Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA

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BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
561-904-9800
15101 BENT CREEK RD. WELLINGTON, FL 33414
March.
2015
Owl Blast Newsletter
A Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Publication
Volume 3 Issue 7
www.BinksForestPTA.com
Editor: Karen Anthony
Tanya Siskind
PTA President
Hello Binks Families,
Inside this Issue
Administrative Messages
2
PTA Pages
3-4
Around School
5-9
Calendar
10
Advertisers
11-12
Binks Forest PTA
Executive Board
Tanya Siskind– President
president@binksforestpta.com
Amy Rochman– VP School Services
schoolservices@binksforestpta.com
Shana Feuer–VP Ways & Means
waysandmeans@binksforestpta.com
Jennifer Weese– VP Volunteers
volunteers@binksforestpta.com
Amy Robbert– Treasurer
treasurer@binksforestpta.com
Sara Hyams– Recording Secretary
secretary@binksforestpta.com
Emily MacMillan–Corresponding Secretary
Emily.MacMillan@palmbeachschools.org
Michella Levy– Principal
Michella.Levy@palmbeachschools.org
March is turning out to be a busy
and fun-filled month! On Friday,
March 6th dance the night away at
the 2nd annual Binks Owl-lo-ha
Spring Family Dance! Tickets are
$8.00 pre-sale and $10 at the door.
Your ticket includes DJ Dance Music
by our very own Mr. Kyle, your choice of an ice cream sandwich or
an Italian ice, and fun games &
activity stations. There will be a
Photo Booth with props ($1 for each picture strip), teacher volunteers will be selling light-up/ glo items, and $5 hotdog meals will
be available for purchase. We hope you can join us!
March 28th is Binks Night at the WEF (Winter
Equestrian Festival).
Join fellow Binks
parents, students, and teachers at Saturday
Night Lights and witness world class show
jumping and enjoy shopping, dining, and
lots of kid friendly activities. The Binks
Forest Chorus will be performing under the
direction of Mr. Heinrichs. Stop by our tent
and take pictures or selfies in front of a photo back drop with
props. Details and directions will be coming home soon.
Believe it or not, PTA is already planning for the 2015-2016 school
year! Have you ever considered being a part of the Binks Forest
PTA Board by chairing a committee? Binks Forest PTA Executive
Committee is also looking for people who would like to work along
with the PTA Board next year to prepare them for future leadership
roles. There are many opportunities available to join committees
as well. Please email president@binksforestpta.com for more
information or if you have any questions.
I wish you all a very happy and safe Spring Break!
Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
Administrative Messages
Mrs. Levy, Principal
Page 2
15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414
Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal
Tanya Siskind– PTA President
Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor
at 9:45 A.M. if you would like to join
March is going to be a very busy month for us our team and show your support for
walk
at
Meyer
Amphitheater.
here at Binks. We have FSA testing starting the
this month. Our teachers have been working www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/palmbeach
diligently to prepare our students not only to Dates to Remember:
be lifelong learners but also for the new FSA March 6th PTA Spring Dance 6:00 – 8:30 P.M.
standards and test. Here are some things that March 13th Spring Pictures
parents can do at home to help students with March 27th Summer Camp Registration Night
FSA testing.
March 28th Binks night at the Wellington
Dear Binks Forest Families,
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Ensure your child goes to bed early and
gets a good night’s rest.
Provide a healthy protein breakfast.
Make sure your child arrives to school on
time. (Late students are not permitted up
to the room until after testing is complete
for the day.)
Encourage them to do their very best!
Equestrian Festival 6:30 P.M.
With Owl Pride,
Mrs. Levy
The schedule is as follows:
March 10th 4th and 5th grade students take
the ELA Writing test
March 25th and 26th 3rd and 4th grade
students take the English/Language Arts test
March 31st and April 1st 3rd and 4th grade
students take the Mathematics test
Dr. Schietz and Mrs. Levy
Dr. Schietz was awarded “School Counselor of the Year”
for Palm Beach County
April 13th – 30th 5th grade students test on
the computers for Language Arts,
Our School Public Accountability Report (SPAR) is
Mathematics and Science.
available to all parents on http://www.edline.net/
We want to congratulate Dr. Randi Schietz, pages/Binks_Forest_Elementary_School
she was nominated as the elementary “School
Counselor” of the year for Palm Beach County Non-Discrimination Statement
The School Board of Palm Beach County,
and won!!!
discrimination in admission to or access to, or
Please join the Binks team on Sunday, March
8th for the 2015 Walk Now for Autism. We
will meet at the corner of Datura/Flager
Florida prohibits
employment in its
programs and activities, on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex or sexual orientation, marital status, age, religion, disability,
genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other
characteristic prohibited by law. The School Board also provides
equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
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PTA Pages
Shana Feuer
VP Ways & Means
It’s hard to believe it’s already March, which is
going to be an exciting month with our 2nd
annual spring dance on March 6th and Binks
night at the WEF on March 28th. I would like to
thank everyone who came out for our last spirit
night of the school year on February 26th at
Chick-Fil-A. It’s always great to see so many
families and teachers at our spirit nights. Our
January spirit night at California Pizza Kitchen
and Dollar$ for No Collar$ totaled almost $900
to supply our teachers with much needed ink
for their classroom printers. Great job Binks
family! Our final popcorn Friday will be on
May 22nd. There is a large gap in popcorn
Friday dates due to the new standardized
testing schedule. I’m looking forward to a
great month and I hope to see you all at the
awesome Binks events.
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PTA Pages
Box Tops for Education
Thursa Sotak and Kris Rodgers
The Box Tops team would like to thank all
of the students that participated in the Gift
Certificate Collection Contest. The following
winners will receive a $10 Gift Certificate from
Barnes & Noble.
K- Joshua Pierre/Armas
1- Molly Wells/Peck
2- Adrien Llorens/Gormley
3-Spencer Burns/Euell
4- Adriana Takvorian/Dowling
5- Gina Bernstein/Tatum (Heslin)
We would like to congratulate Mrs. Hessler
(Kindergarten) for winning the February
Teacher of the Month award. Mrs. Hessler will
be able to park in the Box Tops VIP parking
spot, her students will soon be receiving their
spirit sticks and the class will have the coveted
trophy to proudly display in their room!
Jennifer Weese
VP Volunteer Services
It was so great
to see all the
volunteers that
attended
the
Volunteer
A p pr e ci a t i o n
Breakfast
on
February 13! It
was
a
fun
opportunity to
see our long-time volunteers and to meet many
of our new volunteers as well.
It is hard to believe there are only two possible
Teacher of the Month awards left this
year! Continue to send in your Box Tops to try
and win your teacher this special honor. We
will be collecting Box Tops until the end of May
so please continue to send them in. Any Box
Tops sent in will count toward any year end
contest! Thank you so much for supporting this
incredible program!
Mrs. MacMillan’s January Box Top Winners!
notepads, magnets, key chains, lanyards, and
candy.
We are looking for adult and middle/high
school student volunteers to help with the
Aloha Spring Dance on Friday, March 6. If
you’re able to help, please contact me or visit
iVolunteer.
Volunteers are always needed to help in the
Cafeteria and Media Center. You can help as
little or as much as your schedule permits. Any
time you can give is always appreciated. If you
would like additional information see Sue
Tobin or Kim Ebersold in the Front Office or
visit our iVolunteer website.
I hope you were able to stop by the week of www.binksforest.ivolunteer.com
February 9-13, when we had our Volunteer As always…THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!
Appreciation Table set-up in the Front Office.
During the week, we gave away pens, cups,
Page 5
Around School
Student Council News
Mrs. Gifford
Yearbook News
The Secret Admirer lollipop
sale held in February was a
sweet success! Almost 2,000
lollipops were distributed at
school for the children to enjoy
at home on Valentine's Day. It was a
"lovely" fundraiser for Student Council.
Mrs. Croft
Yearbooks are now on
sale and available only
o n l i n e
a t
www.balfour.com.
The ten students practiced after school three
times a week and studied at home to achieve
Binks Forest Elementary School wants to their goal. They learned facts about presidents,
congratulate their Social Studies Academic current world events and history from the
Games Team for winning 2nd place in the 1960s.
elementary division of this program! The
elementary division is considered fourth, fifth The following is the overall placements of
and sixth grades for these competitions. The these students out of about 240 players county
team of ten students competed for four weeks wide!
th
against 49 other schools in Palm Beach County. Gavin Grave de Peralta came in 8 place.
Rohith Karthik came in 10th place.
Timothy Chen received an honorable mention.
Academic Games
These three students will attend the STATE
TOURNAMENT on March 7th. Timothy Chen and
Gavin Grave de Peralta have also been invited
to the NATIONAL TOURNAMENT based on
their excellent performance on previous
academic games.
Other team members include Asher Smith,
Jonathan Buzek, Jacob Hefty, Ahad Khan,
Hannah Brodtman, Angelo Chen and Shawn
O’Sullivan.
Thank you to our newest Business Partners!
Page 6
Around School
Binks Forest Elementary School received $979.65 for 2014!
Use your Target® Visa® or Target® Card and you can help our
school. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each
purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the
Take Charge of Education program. It’s easy. Just visit
target.com/tcoe or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate your school
and help us make a great school even better.
Page 7
Around School
Counselor’s Corner
Dr. Randi Schietz
561-904-9811
Randi.schietz@palmbeachschools.org
Grief and Loss: I will be offering a Grief and
Loss group (grades 2-5) in April if I have
enough students interested. This group run for
6 weeks and is facilitated by Christina Drekkar
from Hospice. Groups need a minimum of 3
students and I need to know if I have the
minimum number of participants before I can
schedule the group with Hospice. This is an
extraordinary experience for students who are
coping with a loss. It must be at least 3 months
since the loss for students to be eligible to
participate.
Pennies for Patients: Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society: We had a very successful
year and raised $5,780 Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society. Mrs. Epstein’s 4th graders
earned $703.00, which was the highest earning
class in the region thanks to Sahit Polineni who
donated $512.00 that he has been earning
since last year by selling coupon books. They
will be enjoying a Pasta Party from the Olive
Garden this week. Mrs. Heslin’s 5th grade class
was the other “Gold Winners” and earned $350
and a pizza party. Other students who were
recognized for their extraordinary efforts to
raise money were Maia Derrevere, Santiago
Camargo, Lily Monnin, Emily Bebergal and
Evan Bergeron.
Above: Mrs. Epstein’s Top LLS Collectors
Below: Vehicle Day Pictures
Page 8
Around School
Page 9
Around School
Page 10
Calendar
March 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Report
Cards go
home
Trade-aBook
9
10
8
Spring Fling
Family
Dance
11
12
Walk for
Autism
9:45am
15
17
18
14
Class and
Spring
Pictures
FSA Writes (4th and 5th)
16
13
19
20
21
~~~~~~~~~Spring Break– No School~~~~~~~~~
22
23
24
No School
Teacher
Work Day
29
30
25
26
FSA English/Language
Arts Testing (3rd and
4th Graders)
27
28
Summer
Binks Night
Camp
at WEF
Registration
6:30pm
6pm
31
FSA Math Testing (3rd
and 4th Graders)
Owl Cart– Now Open Wednesdays
in the front of school from
7:30-7:55am
Spirit Sticks– Our “Healthy”
Incentive for students, no sweets
involved! Spirit Sticks will be used
to reward good behavior and
academic success! Spirit Rings will
be sold at the Owl Cart for $5 each,
and can hold the new cool Spirit
Sticks!
April Sneak Peek
April 1 FSA Math (3rd
and 4th Grades)
April 3 No School Holiday
April 7 Trade a Book
April 16 Room Parent
Meeting for
Teacher
Appreciation
Week (8am &
1pm)
April 23 Kindergarten
Roundup 3-5pm
April 27-1 Spring Book
Fair (Family Night
April 28th)
April 28
Literacy Night
April 13-30 5th Grade FSA
Language Arts,
Math and Science
Testing Window
(Teachers will
provide class
specific dates)
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Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA

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