Benner Elementary

Everyone Be Kind, Always Be Respectful, and Ready and Prepared. Students who earned five Benner Elementary or more Bear Paws during the second nine weeks participated in a school-wide dance party at the Friday Newsletter end of the day. February 6, 2015 PSU Lion’s List Benner students did a great job again at showing positive behavior and earning bear paws during the second marking period. As a result, the entire school has been invited to join the PSU Lion’s List. Please Kindergarten Registration Dates see the attachment for information Benner Elementary Kindergarten on free and discounted men’s and Registration dates have been announced. women’s basketball tickets. It is Contact Mrs. Potter to schedule an great to be a Benner Bear! appointment. March 19 3:00-8:00 Bellefonte Reads May 12 12:00-4:00 The BELLEFONTE READS Committee is Please help us spread the word to our sponsoring a contest for BASD students in incoming kindergarten families. Please grades K-12! They are looking for poem, see the attachment for more poster, and essay submissions that reflect the information. statement “Why I Read.” The entries submitted will be displayed at the School Calendar Changes BELLEFONTE READS Community-Wide We have missed four days of school due Literacy Night scheduled for Thursday, to weather. The school calendar has February 19th, 2015. Please see the March 6 and April 6 built in as snow attachment for more information. make-up days. Therefore, students will Volunteers now have school on March 6 and April Classroom and school wide volunteers are a 6. At this point, two additional days will big part of the formula for success at Benner also be added to end of the school year Elementary. Thank you to the volunteers as well. below who have volunteered in the building Jump Rope for Heart on a regular basis this year. Please contact Due to the recent snow cancellations your child’s teacher or Mr. Vancas to find out and delays, the Jump Rope for Heart how you can become a Benner Bear (grades 2-5) has been rescheduled for Volunteer. the morning of Thursday, February 19. Roger Bagwell, Christin Bishop, Faith Please be sure your child wears Costella, Chrissie Ebeck, Patty Eckenroth, sneakers. All donations for the Katherine Erdley, Jenna Greaser, Jillian American Heart Association will also Hockenberry, Debra Houser, Christopher be due at this time. Lahr, Deb Leonori, Brittany Macneal, Mike Mamolen, Candi Shannon, Kelly Uchneat, SWPBIS-The Bear Necessities Bethany Underwood, Megan Zinoble.

Quarterly Event Dance Party PSSA Testing Please remember that students in Benner Elementary held a quarterly event this grades 3-5 will be taking the PSSA’s in afternoon to celebrate the success of students the spring. The testing window is who follow the Bear Necessities-Be Safe, below. Assessment Dates dry, trace over them and enjoy the English Language Arts April 13-17, delicious smell. 2015 Grades 3-8  Write your words using two different Mathematics April 20-24, 2015 colored markers. Use one color for all consonants and another color for Grades 3-8 all vowels. Science April 27-May 1, 2015  Type your words ten times each. Grades 4 and 8 Change the text color and fonts for Make-up May 4-8, 2015 each time typed.  Do jumping jacks, when you clap at Educational Trips will not be the top say a letter to spell your approved for students in the words. testing grades during the dates  In a dark room, use a flashlight to above. write the letters on the wall.  Trace the words on Mom or Dad’s arm or back. Then give Mom and All Pro Dad Breakfast/iMOM Morning Dad the words and have her or him Breakfast trace them on your arm or back.  Set a timer for three minutes. See A new date will be announced how many times you can correctly soon for All Pro Dad Breakfast. write all of your words before the timer goes off. The next iMOM breakfast will be held on Friday, February 27, Customer Service Satisfaction Survey weather and parking permitted. More details will be announced next week. Our goal is to provide our students, parents, and community members with the best service possible. Please Benner Elementary arent take a couple of minutes to complete P the customer service questionnaire T eacher A ssociation found under the Parents tab at The PTA Spring Fundraiser will kick- www.basd.net. Your comments will off next Friday. Please be on the look- enable us to see how we’re doing out for PTA Fundraiser packets. overall and find out how we can improve. PTA Family Fun Skate Night The PTA will sponsor another family fun skate night at Penn Skates on BASD Community Bulletin Board Sunday, February 15 from 7:00-9:00. Just a few of the bulletins listed include:  Bellefonte Soccer Association Reading Corner-Mrs. Roos Spring Season Registration Fun Ways to Practice Spelling Words  Bellefonte Little League Late  Write a short story using all of your Registration words. Illustrate your story.  Nittany Valley Girls Softball  Write your words using letters cut  Bellefonte Reads (flyer attached out from old magazines. to e-mail)  Write your words adding one letter Check the complete list out to stay up to at a time. You will end up with date with all that is going on in the pyramids. community.  Write your words with glue and Save the Date sprinkle with jello powder. Once Feb. 13 PTA Spring Fundraiser Kick-off Feb. 15 PTA Family Fun Skating Ready & Prepared Night at Penn Skates 7:00- 9:00 SCHOOL RULES AGAINST Feb. 16 No School Feb. 17, 18 Book Fair BULLING Feb. 19 Jump Rope for Heart Event We will not bully others. Grades 2-5 Feb. 19 Bellefonte Reads We will try to help students who are Community Event bullied.

Benner Bear Necessities - We will make it a point to include students who are easily left out.

When we know somebody is being Be Safe bullied, we will tell an adult at school Everyone Be Kind and an adult at home. Always Be Respectful