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
November
2014
Owl Blast Newsletter
A Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Publication
Volume 3 Issue 3
www.BinksForestPTA.com
Editor: Karen Anthony
Tanya Siskind
Binks Forest PTA President
Inside this Issue
Exercise Your Right to Vote.
Administrative Messages
2
PTA Pages
3-6
"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote
except the American people themselves and the only way they could
do that is by not voting."
Around School
7-9
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
Voting is your voice. In any type of
election, from local elections to
Presidential primaries, voting is a
way of saying you agree, or disagree, with the overall policies being made by our lawmakers.
The ability to vote exists as one
of the most cherished
Constitutional Rights that many
have fought for, marched for,
and died for over the centuries.
Nov emb er
4th
is
E lec ti on
Day !
Voter turnout on Election Day is critical. The outcome of the
election will shape Florida's future for the next two years.
Carnival News:
November already! The Binks Forest Fall Carnival is just around
the corner. The big day is Saturday, November 15th from 11:00 am
– 5:00 pm. It’s going to be another spectacular event so invite all of
your family and friends!
Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
Administrative Messages
Mrs. Levy, Principal & Ms. Berard, Assistant Principal
Page 2
15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414
Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal
Tanya Siskind– PTA President
Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor
Dear Binks Forest Families,
School Newspaper, Spanish, Hebrew, French,
We have had a ton of fun in the month of Creative Writing by expressing yourself
October. We had a sea of pink with all students through dance, song and poetry….just to name
and staff dressing from head to toe in all pink in a few.
honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. We raised With Owl Pride,
and donated $998.00 on Think Pink Friday for Mrs. Levy
the Think Pink Kids of Wellington.
I want to thank Mrs. Schietz for organizing an
amazing Red Ribbon Week. I loved seeing all
the students participate and pledge to be and
stay drug free.
Our K-5 School-wide Enrichment Model
(S.E.M) was delayed until the second trimester
and will begin November 7th. The teachers and
students have all completed interest surveys
and groups have been made. Some of the
specialty interests are: Ecology, Claymation,
Architecture and Design, Theatre, Academic
Games, Culinary Arts, Geocache, Fitness,
Mrs. Levy’s
BOOKS FOR HOOKS:
Mrs. Levy’s Books for Hooks:
Galapagos George by George and Jean
Craighead
A kick in the Head by Paul Janeczko
Going Places by Paul Reynolds
The Adventures of Beekle Unimaginary Friend by
Dan Santat
Some Bugs by
Angels DiTerlizzi
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.
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PTA Pages
Treasurer
Amy Robbert
Carnival wristband and bookmark/spirit
stick presales have begun! Don’t miss out on
your chance to purchase wristbands for $15
(will be $20 the day of carnival) as well as
discounted basket tickets. Students received
presale flyers last week. Presale ends at
2pm on Thursday November 13th. If you did
not receive a presale form, contact
treasurer@binksforestpta.com or visit our
web site www.binksforestpta.com.
New spirit sticks will soon be available! We
have several spirit sticks on order and are
waiting for them to arrive. Do you like
Legos? Do you cheer or dance? Do you play
piano or soccer? If so then we will soon have
a spirit stick for you! We also ordered refills
of the American flag and happy birthday
sticks due to high demand. Plus we will have
a couple more fun sticks for sale this month,
including a “gobble gobble” stick! There is
limited inventory and sticks sell out fast. If
you are unable to make it out on Wednesday
mornings from 7:30-7:55 visit our website for
an order form and send in with your child.
Almost 500 people have joined PTA this
year. Are you one of them? If not, please
consider joining. It’s only $6 per person,
$3.50 of which is sent to the state and
National PTA to help advocate for our
children’s
education.
Contact
treasurer@binksforestpta.com
for a
membership form. Thank you to everyone
who has already joined.
Thank you to the following families and businesses who
have donated to the Phantom Fundraiser!
Its not too late to support Binks Forest
Elementary PTA though the Phantom Fundraiser.
Visit www.BinksForestPTA.com
for more information.
Bronze ($50)
Appel
Bagwell
Bueno
Croucher
Goldstein
Jemail
Lovell
Smith
Schneider
Sullivan
Schmell
Silver ($100)
Englehart
Kapsos
Gold ($200+)
Burnett
McKilligan
O’Neil
November Advocacy Update:
Tuesday, November 4, 2014:
Election Day! Take your
kids and VOTE!
If
you
need
any
ad di ti o na l in for ma ti on
visit the Supervisor of
Elections
website.
www.pbcelections.org
Not sure about a particular race or ballot
amendment? We recommend the non-partisan
League of Women Voters, Voters Guide.
http://lwvpbc.org/2014-nonpartisan-votersguide/
Page 4
PTA Pages
Page 5
PTA Pages
VP Volunteer Services
Jennifer Weese
During this month
of Thanksgiving,
we would like to
thank
all
of
our
amazing,
dedicated,
and
hard-working
parent and grandparent volunteers. Without
the thousands of hours our volunteers
donate, we would not be able to offer special
programs like Trade-A-Book, Popcorn
Fridays, Fall Carnival, Holiday Hut, Book
Fair, and so much more.
Although Fall doesn’t always bring cool,
crisp days or chilly nights, at Binks Forest
Elementary it does always bring busy days
and lots of fun events for our students.
So whether you’d like to help students shop
for new books at Book Fair or holiday gifts at
Holiday Hut; coordinate fun & games at the
Fall Carnival or help students find a new
reading adventure at Trade-A-Book; help
collect new toys for children-in-need in our
community or coordinate the Teachers’
Thanksgiving Luncheon…we need you!
Please visit the school’s volunteer website at
http://binksforest.ivolunteer.com for more
information.
If you have any questions, please contact me
at volunteers@binksforestpta.com.
We are also currently looking for Middle and
High School Volunteers to help with the
Carnival Games at the Fall Carnival on
Saturday, November 15. If you know of a
student looking for community service
opportunities, please have them contact me
at volunteers@binksforestpta.com.
VP School Services
Amy Rochman
Thanks so much to the talented Binks Forest
students who participated in our visit to
NuVista Assisted Living and Rehabilitation.
Our students played the piano and sang for the
NuVista residents. Thanks also to the SACC
program for making festive decorations for the
seniors. If your students can play sing or play
piano or other instrument, and would like to
participate in a future visit to NuVista, please
email schoolservices@binksforestpta.com.
The deadline for the National PTA Reflections
program is November 21st. The theme is "The
World Would be a Better Place if..." For more
information,
check
out:
http://
www.binksforestpta.com/reflections.html
I look forward to seeing some amazing entries!
We are excited to partner with Meals on
Wheels again this year. We will be asking our
students to make Holiday and Birthday cards to
be delivered to our homebound seniors in our
community. We look forward to bringing some
cheer into the lives of those around us.
And lastly, our annual toy drive will be taking
place in December. Binks families are always
so generous, and we are grateful for your
support. All toys donated will go to assist
families in need right here in Wellington!
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PTA Pages
Box Tops for Education
Thursa Sotak and Kris Rodgers
the
details
have
Congratulations!
been
arranged.
We
would
like
to
congratulate
Mr. Crickenberger for winning the October
It’s time for the Box Tops Ice Cream Party Teacher of the Month award. He will be able to
Contest results! The winning classes are as park in the coveted VIP parking spot and his
class will soon be receiving the Traveling
follows:
Trophy and the Box Tops Spirit Sticks.
Kindergarten – Mrs. Smith
New contest information will go out very soon!
First – Mrs. Hambrock
BOX TOPS UPDATE – Oct. 27
Second – Mrs. Moore
Third – Mr. Crickenberger
Forth – Mrs. Soto
Fifth – Mrs. Hessler
Everyone did an awesome job and some of the
classes were close! Information will go be
distributed to the winning classes when all of
VP Ways & Means
Shana Feuer
Park Avenue BBQ hosted the October Spirit
Night. Thank you to all the families that came
out. The money we raised that night plus
Dollar$ for no Collar$ totaled about $800 to
help purchase holiday gifts and meals for Binks
families that are in need of assistance.
I hope everyone is as excited as I am for the
Binks Fall Carnival on November 15th. I want to
thank everyone who has helped with planning
and organizing this wonderful event and a big
thanks to the volunteers who will be helping on The kids have been enjoying Popcorn Fridays.
carnival day! It’s all your hard work that makes The November Popcorn Fridays
the carnival a huge success every year!
are scheduled for 11/7 and 11/21.
Please remember that due to a
new district mandate we are no
longer allowed to sell popcorn on
the day of a Popcorn Friday. To
receive popcorn it must be
preordered for the year.
It’s hard to believe our annual Holiday Hut is
right around the corner. The Holiday Hut this
year will be December 4th – December 12th.
Please keep an eye out for more information
about your child’s designated day to shop.
Page 7
Around School
Academic Games - Equations
Mrs. Dowling and Mrs. Tatum
A special congratulations goes out to
Forest Elementary School’s Equations
The Binks Forest team finished in 1st
in Palm Beach County, against 15
elementary and middle schools.
Binks
team!
place
other
The team was made up of 4th and 5th grade
students: Ashesh Amatya, Angelo Chen,
Timothy Chen, Zachary Fleisch, Gavin Grave
de Peralta, Rohith Karthik, Leo Lorusso,
Deven Seedial, Asher Smith, and Miles Wang.
Individually, Zachary Fleisch finished in tenth
place, Deven Seedial earned 9th place, Miles
Wang came in 5th place, Angelo Chen came
in 4th place and Timothy Chen tied for 1st
place overall Palm Beach County. All 5 of
these players will go onto represent Binks
Forest Elementary and Palm Beach County at
the State Academic Games competition in
March 2015. Timothy, Miles and Angelo will
also go onto National Academic Games in
Orlando, FL in April 2015!!
The team
practiced at least 3 afternoons a week in
order to learn a tremendous amount of
material for the competitions against other
4th, 5th, and 6th graders over the past 5 weeks.
Mrs. Dowling, Mrs. Tatum and the Binks
Forest family are so proud of all of your hard
work and efforts!
Student Council News
Mrs. Gifford
Student Council is
sponsoring
the
a n n u a l
"Thanksgiving
Food For Families"
food
drive
from
November
3-14th. We will be
collecting canned foods, boxed food items, and
baby foods. This is one of Student Council's
largest community service projects and we
know that we can always count on the generous
students and parents at Binks to participate in
an outstanding way! A flyer with more
information will be sent home with your child
prior to November 4th.
A Big “Thank You” to
Wellington Rotary Club
For their generous donation of
Dictionaries for all of our
3rd Grade students!
Page 8
Around School
Sharon Wedgworth
Library Media Specialist
We are so excited to
see
how
many
students are taking
advantage of the
early
morning
library media time
(7:30 - 8:00 a.m.)! It
is so wonderful to
see the excitement on our students' faces when they
choose a new book or pass a Reading Counts quiz!!!
In the month of November, our fall book fair,
SIR READALOT'S CASTLE, will begin on Monday,
November 17th thru Tuesday, November 25th.
Family Night will be on Tuesday, November 18th
from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. The students will be coming
home soon with information about this exciting
event!!!!
HAPPY READING!
Thank you to the Children's Services Council
of Palm Beach County's
HAPPILY EVER AFTER BEGINS WITH READING
program. On Oct 9th every student in the
school received a free book! THANK YOU!!!!
MUSIC NEWS
Mr. Heinrichs
Quote of the month: "I think music
in itself is healing. It's an explosive
expression of humanity.
It's
something we are all touched by.
No matter what culture we're from,
everyone loves music."
-Billy Joel
In the classroom: All music classes
have been really enjoying the new
layout
of
the
music
classroom! There is much more
space now for creative movement
and small group collaboration. For
more information about why
expressive movement and musical
creation is so effective in
developing high-level thought,
critical problem solving skills and
impressive peer-collaboration,
PLEASE visit The American OrffShulwerk Association's main sight
at AOSA.org (be sure to click on the
'about' tab and watch the 7 min
video). We do this and so much
more EVERY DAY here at Binks!
After School: The Binks Holiday
Chorus and the Binks Beats
Percussion Ensemble rehearsals are
well under way! We are preparing
for our Joint Winter Concert
on Thursday, December 18th at
6pm on the cafeteria stage... you
DON'T want to miss it! (Chorus will
also be performing at the Binks Fall
Carnival on Saturday, November
15th at 11am so stop by with the
family if you are free!)
Page 9
Around School
Counseling: Most of the Banana Splits
(Divorce) groups or will be starting in the next
2 weeks for new and repeating groups. If you
would like your child to participate, please
email me so that I can finalize these groups.
Other groups for other topics will be starting in
Red Ribbon Week: Thank you for all your December or January. Individual counselor
enthusiasm and participation in our “Love chats are always available by student or parent
Yourself, Be Drug Free” Red Ribbon request.
I am interested in starting a group
Week…..more photos to come next month.
for grief and loss for students in grades 4 and 5
facilitated by Hospice of Palm Beach. I need a
minimum of three students to begin this 6-week
group.
Counselor’s Corner
Randi Schietz
(561) 904-9811
randi.schietz@palmbeachschools.org
Career Week: (December 1-4– Speakers,
January 12 – Vehicle Day) Career Week
registration forms have gone home and can be
found on my Edline Page. Please return as
early as possible if you are interested in being
a Guest Speaker this year or bringing a
career-related vehicle. Feel free to email me if
you have any contacts you would like to
suggest as participants or need an electronic
copy of the registration form. I am always
looking for more interesting vehicles for this
event. If you have already registered, you will
receive a confirmation and schedule before
Thanksgiving. Please contact me if you need
Donations: If you have any university pennants verification sooner. At this time, we still have
or bumper stickers that you could donate, I openings for all grade levels. Please refer to
the registration form for the specific dates and
would really appreciate them.
times of Career Day for each grade level.
Thank you to the following businesses for becoming Binks Forest Elementary School Business Partners:
Great Flight
Wellington Preservation Coalition
British Swim School
Palm Beach International Equestrian Center
Top Floght Martial Arts
Pyra Promotions
Simon Orthodontics
And our newest business partner:
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Calendar
November 2014
Sun Mon
Tue
Wed Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
9
3
10
16
17
23
24
4
No School,
Teacher
Work Day,
Election Day
5
7
8
SEM
Program
Begins,
11
No School,
Veterans
Day
12
18
19
Book fair
Family Night
6
13
Popcorn
14
Carnival
Wristband
Pre-sale
ends
20
7pm Gifted
Meeting
Emerald Cove
15
Hometown
Harvest
Carnival
21
11am-5pm
22
28
29
Reflections
Due
Popcorn
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Fall Book Fair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Bookfair
25
26
27
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ No School–Holiday ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
30
Owl Cart– Now Open Wednesdays
in the front of school from
7:30-7:55am
Spirit Sticks- Introducing our New
“Healthy” Incentive for students, no
sweets involved! Spirit Sticks will
begin to 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!
December Sneak Peek
12/1-4 Career Week
12/2
Trade a Book
12/4-12 Holiday Hut
12/14 Wellington
Holiday Parade
12/15-17 Field Day
12/18 6pm Chorus and
Binks Beats
performance
12/22-1/2 No School
Holiday
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Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA

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