December 1, 2017

PWS PrinciPal’s News

PWS Families,

I hope that you all had a beautiful and restful Thanksgiving break. It is always difficult to come back to a full week after the shorter week of Thanksgiving. The students though, were eager and ready to get back to work.  On Tuesday, one of our Kindergarteners won the opportunity to ride to school on a Bedford Fire Engine. It was an exciting way to start the day for her and all her Kindergarten classmates, who came out to welcome her.

This week our some of our first grade students were able to build mazes that their little robots then had to get through. Our second graders continued their explorations of habitats. This afternoon the third grade enjoyed Tinker Time, where they discovered and learned through robotics, engineering, building, and coding. Finally, our fourth graders represented PWS quite nicely as they visited the New Hampshire State House.

Today, we started our Annual Food Drive. We are always so overwhelmed by the generosity of the PWS family. More information can be found below. In addition to this food drive, we will also be running a bi-monthly collection of food to support the Bedford Pantry. Every other month, we will collect one specific item to support them. To start, the individual juice bottles collected on Monday will be going directly to them.

Have a Great Weekend,

Dan Mitchell , Assistant Principal

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Fri. Dec. 8	Ellis Island Day
Monday Dec. 25- Monday Jan. 1	Holiday Break

News from PWS

PWS Food Drive

Today was the first day of our food drive and the students collected almost 500 items!  Next week we have theme days where we are asking for specific items each day. These items will go for the New Hampshire Food Bank as well as Bedford Community Food Pantry's School Lunch+ program.

Monday- Individual bottles of juice

Tuesday- Tuna

Wednesday- Soup

Thursday- Peanut Butter or jelly

Friday- Mac and Cheese

Thank you for all of your support with this.

From the Superintendent

No New Information at this Time

From the PTG

SKI AND SKATE THANK YOU

The Bedford PTG would like to thank all those who came out in support of the PTG and the Bedford School District at our annual Ski and Skate Sale. Thank you all who dropped off merchandise to sell (consignor checks should be delivered by mid-December for sold items), to those who came to shop, and to all those who volunteered their time to help!

SCREENAGERS: Growing up in the Digital Age Documentary

Join us for a special screening on Wednesday, December 6th 6-8pm at Lurgio. Following the movie there will be a panel of staff and guidance for a discussion and Q&A session.

Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? The film SCREENAGERS…explores struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. Visit ScreenagersMovie for more information.

PTG NIGHT AT PANERA BREAD

Take the night off from cooking and stop by Panera at Colby Court on Thursday 12/7, between 4-8pm, a percentage of the proceeds will be donated back to the PTG. A hardcopy of their flyer must be turned in and electronic versions not accepted. You can find a copy of the flyer here: Panera December Flyer

AmazonSmile!

Did you know that 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.

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!

·         Our next collection date is Monday, December 4 – please do send in any and all Box Tops that you have around the house and be sure to tell your friends and family over the holidays about our Box Tops program.

·         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