December 15, 2017

PWS PrinciPal’s News

PWS Families,

With one week left until vacation, the excitement in the building is certainly growing. The Snowfall to begin the week certainly cemented the fact that we are officially in the Winter months. As a reminder, we will make every opportunity to get the children outside during the Winter. If the temperature, including Wind Chill, is about 20 degrees, they will be outside. We recommend that students come to school prepared to go outside with Winter gear, including Snow pants, boots, gloves, a hat, and coat. If a child does not have snow pants and boots, their options will be limited at recess. Your help and cooperation as we go into this interesting winter weather season is greatly appreciated.

Have a Great Weekend,

Dan Mitchell (Assistant Principal)

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Monday Dec. 25- Monday Jan. 1	Holiday Break
Wednesday Jan. 10 7:00 PM	Fourth Grade Winter Chorus Concert

News from PWS

Lost and Found

The Lost & Found area is overflowing with many coats, hats, mittens & sweatshirts!  Please visit the bins to see if anything belongs to your child by Thursday, Dec 21st.  The bins will be cleared out on Friday & all items left will be donated.  Thank you!!

From the Superintendent

No New Information at this Time

From the PTG

Last Minute Holiday Shopping?

Every time you buy on Amazon, you can support the Bedford PTG.  Simply visit AmazonSmile and select “Bedford NH PTG” as the organization that you’d like to support.  Now, every time you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a percentage to the Bedford PTG.

Coming in January

Principal Winter Reading Night, Barnes and Noble Days, and Yankee Candle! Stay tuned for more details.

From the Community

Bedford High School Key Club: Gingerbread House Extravaganza Fundraiser

Come celebrate the holiday season at BHS Key Club’s town-wide Gingerbread House Extravaganza fundraiser! Design, create, and decorate your very own gingerbread house. Amidst the fun, you can help out families in need after the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico by dropping off a much-appreciated monetary donation as the entrance fee. Help us spread happiness and come enjoy the holidays with your family and friends on the evening of Friday, December 15th. For more info, check out our flyer!"

Repeated News & Messages

Box Tops for Education Program Update

The fall collection numbers are in, and the PWS community raised $1,175. Thank you to everyone for supporting our school. Congratulations to Mrs. Beecher’s classroom for collecting the most Box Tops across all classrooms!

·         The website always has fantastic raffle opportunities to earn Box Tops dollars – we encourage you to create a login at www.btfe.com and enter the raffles on behalf of PWS.

·         New graphs will be posted on the Box Tops Bulletin Board in January that will include the December collection numbers. There are a few classrooms that are closing in on Mrs. Beecher’s totals, so keep clipping!

Girls on the Run

The girls on the run program is in need of coaches for the Spring Session. The session begins in March with the 5K Final event taking place in May. There will be four coach training sessions that will take place prior to this. If you are interested please let Mr. Mitchell know by phone or email.

More information can be found HERE

PWS School Store

We are excited to announce that the school store will open on November 8th. Fourth grade Student Council members operate the school store as a fundraiser. The store will be open to students in grades 2-4 every Wednesday morning from 7:30 am - 8:00 am (morning bus drop off). It will be located in the gym. Please click HERE for more information about the store.

Science and Math Volunteers

Have you ever considered volunteering with the BEST Science Activities or with Australian Math tasks? If so, John Boucher, our district K-8 Math and Science Coordinator, will be holding training sessions for parents who would like to volunteer. If you are interested, please follow the link to sign up for trainings.

Math and Science Volunteer Training