Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
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Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 561-904-9800 15101 BENT CREEK RD. WELLINGTON, FL 33414 January 2015 Owl Blast Newsletter A Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Publication Volume 3 Issue 5 www.BinksForestPTA.com Editor: Karen Anthony Tanya Siskind PTA President Inside this Issue Administrative Messages 2 PTA Pages 3-5 Around School 6-7 Calendar 8 Advertisers 9-10 A very happy New Year to you all! I hope you enjoyed a relaxing winter break. 2014 was a year of great accomplishment. Thanks to all of our volunteers, teachers, administration, and families. Here's to many more great times and successes in 2015! If your New Year's Resolution is to get more involved at our school, please check out http://www.binksforest.ivolunteer.com/ PTA is always working on ways to improve children's education, health, and wellness. There are many ways for all of us to be a part of that mission. This is YOUR PTA! All the best to you and yours, Tanya Siskind Binks Forest PTA President Friday, January 23, 2015 4th Annual Free Family Movie Night Presenting: 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 6:00 Doors open 6:15 PTA General Assembly meeting 6:30 Movie Begins Free admission and popcorn Candyland 2014 was a delicious event for the teachers and staff at Binks Forest Elementary. Thank you to our many volunteer bakers whose tasty gifts were graciously received this past December. Hotdogs, chips, water and candy will be available to purchase, cash only. Wear PJs-bring blankets, pillows, sleeping bags or folding chairs Parents or guardians are required to stay and supervise their children. This is NOT a drop-off event. secretary@binksforestpta.com Emily MacMillan–Corresponding Secretary Emily.MacMillan@palmbeachschools.org Have you liked our Facebook page yet? Michella Levy– Principal Michella.Levy@palmbeachschools.org and click “Like” If not, visit www.facebook.com/binksforestpta Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Administrative Messages Mrs. Levy, Principal Dear Binks Forest Families, Page 2 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor The South Florida Fair is coming to town this month and if you are planning on attending, please purchase your tickets online by January 15th and put it under Binks Forest so that we can get credit for it. Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope that everyone had a relaxing break and is ready to start 2015 off with a bang! This Thursday, January 8th will be our very first Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Sincerely, (STEM) Family Night starting at 5:30pm. Mrs. Levy There will be over 20 interactive, hands-on stations. We would love for everyone to come out to explore and discover with us. We will also have our Barnes and Noble Family Night on January 15th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm and our PTA Family Movie Night from 6:00 – 9:00 pm in the Cafeteria. Our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will start Winter Diagnostic testing on January 13th and 14th. Our 5th grade students will continue testing on January 21st and 22nd. Ms. Berard, Kyle MacMillan and Mrs. Levy The front office staff made delicious waffles for the teachers and staff at Winter Waffle Land. Mrs. Levy’s Books for Hooks for January: Our goal is to ignite, delight and cultivate our students here at Binks. Every month I will be listing books and/or resources that parents can use to help support the development of lifelong readers. A few books that are high quality in terms of their topic, literary merit or just the ability to spark thoughts and ideas are listed below: Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by S. Jenkins Triangles by D.A. Adler Hippos Can’t Swim and Other Fun Facts by L.L. DiSienna and H. Eliot Our School Public Accountability Report (SPAR) is available to all parents on http://www.edline.net/ pages/Binks_Forest_Elementary_School Non-Discrimination Statement The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida prohibits discrimination in admission to or access to, or 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. Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Page 3 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President PTA Pages VP School Services Amy Rochman Happy New Year! 2015 promises to be an exciting year at Binks Forest Elementary! I'd like to thank some of our amazing parents for their outstanding support in 2014. Many thanks go out to Chris Blinston, Paul Disalvo, and Gabriel Goldstein for the amazing job they did with the Binks Forest float for the Wellington Holiday Parade. Our float was sensational! Thanks also go out to our families for their generosity in donating to the holiday toy drive. Your holiday spirit shone through! I'd also like to thank the volunteers who dedicated their time to gathering, sorting, and delivering the toys. The Village of Wellington was thrilled to receive them, and they were donated to needy families right here in our hometown. Finally, I'd like to recognize the 16 talented students who created entries for our annual Reflections art program. We had some simply amazing entries, and I wish them great success as they move on to the county level. A 5th grade student with her Reflections Certificate and Sketch Book. www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor Page 4 Binks Forest Elementary School PTA 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President PTA Pages www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor Thank you to everyone who participated and we hope our winners enjoyed their Holiday Hut Gift Certificate! Box Tops for Education Thursa Sotak and Kris Rodgers Happy New Year Binks families! We hope you had a restful winter break. We will be announcing a new contest in the next few weeks so hopefully you were able to collect some Box Tops while visiting friends and family over the holidays. The teacher of the month contest for January begins on January 6th and will run through the end of the month so be sure to send in your Box Tops to try to win your teacher that coveted up front spot! Thank you for all you do to make Box Tops so successful at Binks and keep an eye out for a flyer in your student’s folders about our next contest. We would like to congratulate our December Teacher of the Month… Ms. Combs! We will be bringing you the Traveling Trophy and Spirit Sticks during the first week back. Enjoy that fantastic parking spot! We would also like to recognize our Holiday Hut Contest Winners: Kindergarten: Zane Rehr and Caleb Thompson First: Braydon Sherry and Jayden Hendricks Second: Grace Norick and Jasper Hu-Manning Third: McKelle Rhodes and Livia Jahan Fourth: Kristian Strong and Sara Connor Fifth: Patrick Cerasulolo and Alison Duchrow Mr. Brandine’s November clipping superstars! Box Top VP Volunteer Services Jennifer Weese VP Ways and Means Shana Feuer Happy New Year! Thank you to all of our volunteers for your hard work in 2014. Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a relaxing winter break. I first would like to thank all the volunteers that helped the happy shoppers at our Annual Holiday Hut. Holiday Hut was a huge success because of you. We hope everyone enjoyed their little surprises. We’re kicking off the new year with a busy January. Please check out www.binksforest.ivolunteer.com for more information. We look forward to seeing you soon. We kick off 2015 with a popcorn Friday on January 9th. We hope the kids have been enjoying their popcorn. Another big thank you to the parent volunteers that make popcorn Fridays possible. We have our next spirit night and Dollar$ for No Collars$ on January 29th . Spirit Night will be hosted by California Pizza Kitchen in the Wellington Green Mall. I hope to see everyone there. Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Page 5 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 PTA Pages Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Page 6 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Around School Counselor’s Corner Randi Schietz, Ph.D. 904-9811 Randi.schietz@palmbeachschools.org Guidance & Counseling: This part of the year will bring about some new topics in Guidance for our older students. Third Graders will be starting Student Success Skills in preparation for FSA which includes coping with stress, goal setting and test anxiety. Fourth graders will also be participating in the Student Success Skills program and focusing on learning strategies and coping with change. Fifth graders have been learning about bullying for a few weeks and will now be starting a 5-week Holocaust unit in Guidance which culminates in the spring with a visit from a Holocaust survivor. Girl Talk” will also be starting this month for all the 5th grade girls, which addresses some the social “girl issues” and middle school transition. New divorce groups will be starting this month so you can still contact me if you want your child to participate. Career Week: It was a blast!!! Thank you to all the parents and community members who took the time to come in and speak about your careers. We had quite a diversity of careers this year including engineers, equestrian careers, firefighters, police, physicians, lawyers, an FBI agent, a cheerleader, a chemist, an animal rescue worker, an MLB Catcher and many more. The entire school will participate in Vehicle Day on January 12th which is always quite an event. We are still looking to recruit some more career-related vehicles. Career Week pictures will be displayed on a bulletin board in February in the main hallway and some online too. If you are interested in speaking next year, feel free to email me now and I will put you on an email list and contact you next year. Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor Grief and Loss (FREE): The Sea Star Program’s Camp Good Grief is open to grieving children and teens, age 8-17. The camp will run from Friday, February 13 through Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Everglade Youth Conservation Camp in western West Palm Beach. The purpose of Camp Good Grief is to bring children and teens whose loved ones have died together for support and friendship. Please direct any questions to Christina Dekkar at(561) 227-5175. Applications must be received by January 19. If you have a student in grade 3-5 who has experienced a loss and would be interested in participating in a Hospice-facilitated 5-week small group, please contact me this month. Thank you to all of our Career Week volunteer speakers for wonderful and educational career presentations! Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Page 7 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President Around School www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor Spelling Bee A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the 28 fantastic spellers at Binks Forest Elementary School! “Class Bees” were held to select the top 3 spellers from each 4th and 5th grade class. A “Grade Level Bee” a was held on Tuesday, December 16th to select the finalist who will compete in the “School Wide Spelling Bee” on Wednesday, January 7 at 8:30 am in the school cafeteria. The winner will move on to compete in the “Palm Beach County Elimination Bee.” Congratulations to Binks Forest Elementary faculty members, Emily MacMillan, earning her Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, and Randi Schietz with a Ph.D. in Counseling from FAU. Fourth Grade Winners: Rohith Karthik, Daniela Braun, Allyson Steinberg, Nicholas Walton, Tyrell Griffin, Avantika Naidu, Michelina Coats, Sara Connor, Alexa O’Halleron, Thomas Ford, Jenna Dranchak, Jessica Smith, Juliana Letters, and Angelina Howard. Fifth Grade Winners: Noah Englehart, Ricky Izquierdo, Ethan Burke, Ben Schwartz, Dane Law, Skye Schneider, Asher Smith, Zachary Fleisch, Deven Seedial, Noah Norwitch, Armando Jimenez, Gavin Anthony, Aaron Bigby, and Carlos Gonzales BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S LINGUISHTIKS TEAM PLACES 2ND IN THE COUNTY! A special congratulations goes out to Binks Forest Elementary School’s Linguishtiks team! Over the past several weeks, the team worked very hard and it paid off!!! On December 2nd, the Binks Forest team finished 2nd place in Palm Beach County, against 10 other elementary and middle schools. The team was made up of the following 4th and 5th graders: Ashesh Amtaya, Angelo Chen, Timothy Chen, Ava Francis, Gavin Grave de Peralta, John Parel, Asher Smith and Miles Wang. In addition, 3 of the players placed in the top ten spots individually for Palm Beach County: Gavin Grave de Peralta- 5th; Miles Wang – 6th; and Timothy Chen – 9th place. All three of these players will go on to compete at the state tournament in March, 2015. Gavin will also represent Palm Beach County at the national tournament in April, 2015. We are extremely proud of the effort these students put in to this game. Binks Forest Elementary Barnes & Noble Night Thursday, January 15, 2015 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Information will be coming home with the students. Mark Your Calendars! Binks Forest students performed in the Miami City Ballet’s presentation of The Nutcacker at Kravis Center over winter break. Page 8 Binks Forest Elementary School PTA 15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414 Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal Tanya Siskind– PTA President Calendar January 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat www.BinksForestPTA.com Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor February Sneak Peek Feb. 3 Trade a Book Feb. 6 Popcorn Friday Feb 13 Jump Rope for Heart 1 2 3 Feb. 16 No School Teacher Work Day 4 5 Teacher InService Day 6 7 8 Binks STEM Family Night 5:30 9 Popcorn Friday 10 11 12 Vehicle Day 13 Trade-aBook 14 16 17 19 No School– Holiday 20 21 15 Barnes & Noble Family Night 4-7 pm 22 26 27 18 25 29 PDD/Early Dismissal $ No Collar, Spirit Night CPK Dismissal/ $ No Collar/Spirit Night Feb 26 Science Fair Night Feb. 27 Popcorn Friday 23 Popcorn Friday 24 30 31 PTA Family Movie Night, General Assembly Meeting 28 Feb. 26 PDD/Early 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! Don’t Forget to Join us for MOVIE NIGHT on January 23rd at 6pm! Our Advertisers: Our Advertisers: