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This Week at BCS: May 27

  • Monday May 27:  No school on Memorial Day
  • Tuesday May 28 8:45am:  4th grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Tuesday May 28 9:30-11:10am, 12:30-12:50pm, & 2:00-3:45pm:  Market hosted by 3rd grade
    • Third grade will be creating and running a market on Tuesday, May 28th from 9:30-11:10, 12:30-12:50, and 2:00-3:45.
    • The students will be selling rice krispie treats, slime, jewelry, key chains, sugar scrub and bath bombs for $1-$2 each.
    • All profits will go back to BCS or a charity of student choice.
    • Please send your students to school with some pocket money (up to $3) and/or stop by to support our future entrepreneurs!
  • Tuesday May 28 2:00pm:  2nd grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Wednesday May 29 8:45am:  3rd grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Wednesday May 29 11:00am:  3rd grade party (rescheduled from old 1:00pm to new 11:00am time)
  • Wednesday May 29 2:00pm:  6th grade end of year ceremony
  • Thursday May 30 8:30am:  DéDé & Russo 5th grade student-led conferences
  • Thursday May 30 9:30am:  5th grade end of year ceremony
  • Thursday May 30 11:30am:  PreK party
  • Thursday May 30 12noon:  2nd grade party
  • Thursday May 30 12:30pm:  4th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 12:30pm:  5th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 1:00pm:  6th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 2:00pm:  7th grade end of year ceremony
  • Friday May 31 12noon:  7th grade party
  • Friday May 31 12:45-1:15pm:  Early dismissal, free dress (come to school out-of-uniform) and last day of school
    • 12:45pm PreK
    • 1:00pm Kinder – 4th grade
    • 1:15pm 5th – 8th grade

 

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This Week at BCS: May 20

  • Tuesday 9am-2pm:  Elementary Field Day
    • Elementary students should wear athletic wear (shorts, etc.) and shoes. They do not need to come in uniform.
    • Apply sunscreen on students before school
    • Visitors sign in and out at the front desk
    • Lunch will be in the cafeteria as usual
    • (Middle School had their field day in the fall)
  • Tuesday 9am-2:40pmInternational Day
    • Volunteers need to have their booths set up before 9am
    • 9am-2pm:  Elementary students
    • 2-2:40pm:  Middle School students
    • Visitors sign in and out at the front desk
  • Tuesday 4-10pmFamily Night Out at Raising Cane’s—7531 Westheimer Road. 15% of proceeds will go to BCS. Be sure to mention Briarmeadow when you order or bring the flyer.
  • Wednesday:  4th Grade Field Trip to Zoo
  • Wednesday 8:45am1st Grade end of year ceremony, student-led conferences, and pot luck lunch
  • Wednesday after school by invitation:  Kids’ Hope mentoring program book event
  • Wednesday 4:15pmGymnastics gold medal ceremony
  • Thursday 8:45amKindergarten end of year ceremony, student-led conferences, and party
  • Thursday 4-5:30pm:  Bender 5th grade student-led conferences
  • Friday 9:00amPreK end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Friday8th grade end of year ceremony by invitation only. See invitation for timing.

 

Next Week

  • Monday May 27:  No school on Memorial Day
  • Tuesday May 28 8:45am:  4th grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Tuesday May 28 9:30-11:10am, 12:30-12:50pm, & 2:00-3:45pm:  Market hosted by 3rd grade
    • Third grade will be creating and running a market on Tuesday, May 28th from 9:30-11:10, 12:30-12:50, and 2:00-3:45.
    • The students will be selling rice krispie treats, slime, jewelry, key chains, sugar scrub and bath bombs for $1-$2 each.
    • All profits will go back to BCS or a charity of student choice.
    • Please send your students to school with some pocket money (up to $3) and/or stop by to support our future entrepreneurs!
  • Tuesday May 28 2:00pm:  2nd grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Wednesday May 29 8:45am:  3rd grade end of year ceremony and student-led conferences
  • Wednesday May 29 11:00am:  3rd grade party (rescheduled from old 1:00pm to new 11:00am time)
  • Wednesday May 29 2:00pm:  6th grade end of year ceremony
  • Thursday May 30 8:30am:  DéDé & Russo 5th grade student-led conferences
  • Thursday May 30 9:30am:  5th grade end of year ceremony
  • Thursday May 30 11:30am:  PreK party
  • Thursday May 30 12noon:  2nd grade party
  • Thursday May 30 12:30pm:  4th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 12:30pm:  5th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 1:00pm:  6th grade party/lunch
  • Thursday May 30 2:00pm:  7th grade end of year ceremony
  • Friday May 31 12noon:  7th grade party
  • Friday May 31 12:45-1:15pm:  Early dismissal and Last day of school
    • 12:45pm PreK
    • 1:00pm Kinder – 4th grade
    • 1:15pm 5th – 8th grade

 

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This Week at BCS: May 6

  • All week:  The Dad’s Club has canceled their BBQ fundraiser due to weather concerns. Please contact them about refunds:  [email protected]. They plan to hold it during the next school year on October 19th.
  • All week:  See LivingTree for STAAR water & snack donation sign up.
  • Tuesday-Friday until further notice:  Closed campus for STAAR testing. Briarmeadow will be closed to all parents and visitors. This includes the cafeteria. Parents may not go past the lobby before school and cannot remain on campus once school begins.
  • Tuesday:  STAAR 8th Grade Algebra
  • Wednesday:  National School Nurse’s Day
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Dad’s Club meeting at Mike’s Ice House
  • Thursday 6pm:  Sports Banquet
  • Friday 8:30am:  If the campus is open to visitors:  Final International Day planning meeting
  • Friday:  2nd Grade field trip
  • Friday:  Mr. Heinze’s birthday
  • Friday 2:45pm:  Yearbook Release Party for pre-order students
  • Saturday 3-7pm:  Dad’s Club BBQ Dinner

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This Week at BCS:  April 15

We need volunteers in April to:

This Week

  • Now through Tuesday April 16:  Bring Earth Day picnic donations
    • PreK – 1st Grade:  Desserts-grocery store bakery cookies, brownies, etc. (no nuts please)
    • 2nd– 4th Grade:  Chips-individually wrapped
    • 5th– 8th Grade:  Drinks-juice boxes/pouches, water, soda
  • Now through April 20:  Scholastic book fair on-line
  • Monday-Thursday 8am-4:30pm:  Scholastic book fair in the lobby (later on STEAM Night). Sign up for the 38 open volunteer spots
  • Monday-Thursday:  Earth Day picnic wristband sales in the lobby before and after school
  • Tuesday 8:30-11:30am:  Make Teacher Appreciation decorations–sign up here
  • Tuesday 5:30-7pm:  STEAM Night for students and families
  • Thursday 10:45am-1:45pm:  Earth Day picnic—volunteers are needed. Sign up for the shift before or after your student’s lunch
  • Thursday 3:30-5:30pm:  Hang Teacher Appreciation decorations
  • Friday:  Spring Holiday—No School

Next Week

  • Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week & Nurse’s Week:  Sign up NOW to bring a breakfast item April 22-25
    • Monday:  PK-1 breakfast & Flower Day
    • Tuesday:  2-3 breakfast & School Supply Day
    • Wednesday:  4-6 breakfast & Sweet Day
    • Thursday:  7-8 breakfast & Thankful Thursday
    • Friday:  PTO lunch & Be a Fan Day

Other

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This Week at BCS:  April 1

  • Now through Friday 7pm or until buy-it-now:  On-line auction to name Stinkerbelle’s two newborn goats
  • All Week:  Bring bottled water and nut-free dry snack donations for STAAR testing.  See signup on Livingtree.
  • Monday:  1st Grade field trip to see Aesop’s Fables play
  • Monday 5-6pm:  Family Learning AcademySign up/RSVP
  • Tuesday:  World Autism Awareness Day—Light it up blue:  Students who come to school wearing light blue for autism awareness may come in free dress. Students who do not dress for the theme should wear uniforms.
  • Tuesday 8:30-11:30am:  Teacher Appreciation Week Decorations—It’s time to show our appreciation for our fabulous teachers and staff! Teacher Appreciation Week is April 22-26, and the PTO needs your help NOW to decorate our school. Please sign-up to let us know you’re coming. Sign up for as many time slots as you’d like. Be sure to click all the way through until your sign up is confirmed.
  • Tuesday 12:30-3:15pm:  Teacher Appreciation Week decorations.
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO Meeting—All parents and teachers are welcome. To learn more about what we do and how you can help, please see this flyer or come to the meeting.
  • Thursday 8:30-11:30am:  Teacher Appreciation Week decorations. Please sign-up to let us know you’re coming.
  • Thursday 8:30am:  Planning Meeting for International Day—Please come if you are interested in representing your country or culture at our May 21 International Day.
  • Friday 9am:  Last school tour of the year
  • Other:  Ms. Preston has a new Donors Choose project to fundraise for classroom STEM toys. Please share her project with anyone who might donate.

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This Week at BCS:  March 4

This Week:

  • Through Friday March 8:  Box Tops Contest—The class with the most Box Tops wins a PICNIC with MR. HEINZE and their teacher wins a $50 Amazon gift card! Put your teacher’s name on your Box Tops collection sheet or baggie. See this collection sheet for instructions:  http://briarmeadowpto.digitalpto.com/files/2019/02/BoxTopsBloom.pdf
  • Monday 6-6:30pm:  8th Grade Parent Meeting
  • Tuesday 5-6:30pm:  5th Grade Southwest Middle School Open House—for 5th graders looking for a small middle school other than BCS. Dinner at 5:00, presentation at 5:30. This is at 6400 Westpark, not at BCS.
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO Meeting—anyone interested in learning what’s happening at BCS or helping is welcome.
  • Thursday:  PreK field trip
  • Thursday 3:45-5:30pm:  Origami After School with Mr. Vasquez
  • Friday:  Elementary Field Day (PK-5th)—Please see your teacher or room parent for volunteer needs. Students should wear athletic shoes and may wear athletic attire to school–look for specific guidance from Mr. Heinze. Please put sunscreen on your students, as they will be outside more than usual.
  • Friday:  Due date for re-enrollment forms for ALL returning students, except 5th grade, to save your spot for next year. See Livingtree for details.
  • Friday:  Last day to buy yearbook ads

Next Week:  March 11-15 is Spring Break—no classes

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This Week at BCS:  February 25

This Week:

  • Tuesday 11am-midnight:  Family Night Out at BB’s Restaurant—dine at BB’s for lunch and/or dinner, mention Briarmeadow, and 20% goes back to BCS! https://www.bbstexorleans.com
  • Tuesday 5-6:30pm:  5th Grade Southwest Middle School Presentation—for 5th graders looking for a small middle school. Dinner at 5:00, presentation at 5:30.
  • Thursday 7:45-8:20am: Monthly Parent Information Meeting with Mr. Heinze in the lobby during morning drop off. The PTO will livestream a video on Facebook of the meeting for parents who cannot attend in person:  www.facebook.com/BCSPTO
  • Thursday:  The Spring Buy-Out is due to a PTO representative or the front desk, if you did not meet the Boosterthon minimum.
    • Choice of two ways to meet your PTO Spring fundraising obligation:
      • Spring Buy-Out: $100 (1 child) or $200 (2+ children) – or –
      • Minimum Boosterthon Pledge Obligation: $50 (1 child) or $100 (2+ children); pledging is now closed.
    • The Spring Buy-Out form is at this link:  http://briarmeadowpto.digitalpto.com/fundraising/
  • Friday 9am:  School Tour for prospective families
  • Friday 6-9:30pm:  Family Movie Night on the Lawn
    • Presented by the Dads Club.
    • Please come for a night of fun and fellowship!
    • Admission is free, concessions are $1 each (beef or turkey hot dogs, chips, drinks, s’mores).

 

Please see the PTO Website Calendar and Livingtree Calendar for further details. You can subscribe to both.

 

Fun with Teachers Fundraiser:

Mr. Vasquez, who is teaching 7th & 8th grade social studies and Odyssey of the Mind this year, is hosting an upcoming Fun with Teachers Fundraiser. If you have 3rd– 8th grade students who like to build and craft, please sign them up for some fun learning origami.

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This Week at BCS:  February 11

This Week:

  • Monday & Tuesday:  Boosterthon team huddles & pledge drive on funrun.com
  • Tuesday-Friday:  Picnic wristband sales in the lobby. Pizza or Raising Cane’s chicken fingers, chips, dessert, and a drink for $5. Please bring food donations to the lobby or carpool (chips, juice boxes, water bottles, or nut-free cookies)
  • Wednesday:  Boosterthon Fun Run—get a visitor badge from the front desk before going to the runs:
    • 9:30 – 10:30 am  | PreK
    • 12:30 – 1:30 pm   | K – 3rd
    • 1:30 – 2:30 pm    | 4th– 5th
    • 2:40 – 3:40 pm    | 6th– 8th
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Dads Club Meeting at school
  • Thursday:  Valentine’s Day
  • Thursday 4:30-6:30pm:  Middle School Valentine’s Dance
  • Friday:  LOVE Briarmeadow Style Picnic, approximate times
    • PreK:    10:15 – 10:45
    • K/1:      11:00 – 11:30
    • 2/3:      11:40 – 12:10
    • 4:          12:20 – 12:50
    • 5:          12:30 – 1:00
    • 6/7/8:  12:45 – 1:15
  • Friday:  Early Dismissal
    • PK – 12:45pm
    • Kinder – 4th Grade – 1:00pm
    • 5th – 8th Grade – 1:15pm
  • Saturday: Run of Pi https://raceroster.com/events/2019/21345/the-run-of-pi

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This Week at BCS:  February 4

This Week:

  • All Week:  Boostherthon Funrun.com Class Registration Challenge—Win free dress for your class on Friday February 15th!  If every student in your class registers on funrun.com by Friday February 8th, you may come to school out of uniform on February 15th! Registration is fast and free.
  • Monday:  Boosterthon pep rallies—1:45–2:15pm for 5th – 8th Grades; 2:25–2:55pm for PK – 4th Grades
  • Tuesday 5:30-6:30pm:  5th Grade Exhibition (interested families are welcome, especially 4th Grade families)
  • Wednesday:  5th Grade Exhibition (students will not be with their projects during 5th Grade enrichment and lunch periods from 11:30am-1:15pm)
  • Wednesday:  Valentine’s Shop open in the lobby before and after school, daily until Valentine’s Day (8th Grade fundraiser)
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO Meeting—please come learn what the PTO is doing and how you can help
  • Thursday:  100th Day of School—any celebrations are planned individually by classroom
  • Thursday 3:45-5:30pm:  Catapults Away with Mr. Vasquez, Fun with Teachers Fundraiser—if your 3rd Grader or older likes to build things, please sign up as soon as possible. As of Sunday morning, the two students who have signed up are not enough to hold the fundraiser. Eight spots remain. Mr. Vasquez is also hosting Origami After School in March.
  • Friday:  Last day of Funrun.com Class Registration Challenge. Pledging and registration continue until Fun Run Day February 13.

Please see the PTO Website Calendar and Livingtree Calendar for further details. You can subscribe to both.

Help Needed:

More parent help is always welcome. Details are here:  We-Need-Your-Help.pdfPlease let us know which area is a good fit for you at [email protected].

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Parent Information Meeting January 24

The video of this morning’s Parent Information Meeting is on Facebook. You do not have to have a Facebook account to view the video. Just click on “Not Now” when you’re asked to create a Facebook account, and scroll down our page. I’ve pinned the video near the top of our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/BCSPTO/

The International Baccalaureate presentation with link to a parent survey in English and Spanish is on the PTO Website. The link to the survey is on the last page. Please help the school and take the survey:

http://briarmeadowpto.digitalpto.com/files/2019/01/Parent-Meeting-January-24-2019.pdf

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Fun with Teachers Fundraisers

Mr. Vasquez, who is teaching 7th & 8th grade social studies and Odyssey of the Mind this year, is hosting two upcoming Fun with Teachers Fundraisers. If you have 3rd– 8th grade students who like to build and craft, please sign them up for some fun:  building catapults & learning origami.

Catapults Away:

Origami After School:

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This Week at BCS:  January 21

This Week:

  • Monday:  No School for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • Tuesday:  Souper Bowl of Caring food drive begins, students are asked to bring 2 nonperishable items, if they are able. Classrooms that collect donations equal to two times their headcount will earn a free dress day. (For example, if a classroom with 20 students collects at least 40 items, they will earn a free dress day.)
  • Thursday 7:45am:  Monthly Parent Information Meeting with Mr. Heinze. The PTO will live stream the meeting on our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/BCSPTO

Please see the PTO Website Calendar and Livingtree Calendar for further details. You can subscribe to both.

Frigo Cheese Teacher Recognition Contest:

Frigo Cheese will choose 60 K-8 teachers to award $500 Visa gift cards. Nominations are being accepted through February 26. Nominate a K-8 teacher who educates, inspires and builds a brighter future for his or her students here:

http://cheeseheadsbrightfuture.com

After School Enrichment Schedule:

Please consider supporting our after school vendors by signing up for classes and getting your friends to join. Some classes may cancel if minimum enrollments are not reached. Contact the vendors directly for additional information. Click on the link for the Spring 2019 schedule:

After School Enrichment Spring 2019

Help Needed:

The PTO needs your help. Please review this list and let us know which area is a good fit for you at [email protected]. Every little bit helps.

We-Need-Your-Help.pdf

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This Week at BCS: December 17

This Week:

  • Tuesday 4:45pm:  Stretch ‘n’ Grow Ballet Recital
  • Wednesday 4-6pm:  Middle School Winter Dance $5
  • Thursday 7:45am:  Monthly Parent Information Meeting with Mr. Heinze. We plan to live-stream on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/BCSPTO.
  • Thursday 8:45am:  PK, 1st and 4th Grades Holiday Program
  • Thursday 10am:  Kinder, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Grades Holiday Program
  • Thursday 12:45-1:15pm:  Early Dismissal; Last Day of School
  • Friday:  No School; First Day of Winter Break

Please see the PTO Website Calendar and Livingtree Calendar for further details. You can subscribe to both.

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Parent Information Meeting Video

Parent Information Meeting on Facebook Live

This morning we broadcast most of the Parent Information Meeting on Facebook Live, but missed the beginning. Hopefully next time we’ll get the whole meeting.  The first part of the meeting is about dyslexia; the second part is about our Fall Festival; at the end we circle back to dyslexia and constructivist learning. If you’d like to watch it, the meeting video will remain on our Facebook page for the next week.

You can watch it on Facebook, even if you don’t have a Facebook account. Go to our page and look for the video pinned toward the top of the page: www.facebook.com/bcspto. Click “Not Now” when Facebook asks you to create an account, scroll down until you see the video, and click on play.

If you do have a Facebook account, please like our page to stay informed.

Fall Fundraiser

Our Fall Fundraiser ends tomorrow Friday October 26.  Chocolate sales dollars are due. Cookie dough orders are due. http://briarmeadowpto.digitalpto.com/fundraising/

Fall Festival Volunteers Needed

Our Fall Festival is in 8 days on November 3. We need 8 adults from each Elementary classroom to sign-up to volunteer at our Fall Festival for 1 hour at 10am, 11am, 12pm, or 1pm. Please sign-up now; don’t put it off. 68 spots are still open. Classrooms that fill all their volunteer spots earn a popsicle party for the students. Thank you, Broncos! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f44aaac2daaff2-fall6

 

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This Week at BCS: October 22

  • All Week:  Our Fall Fundraiser continues through Friday. Chocolate distribution (Elementary) is in the lobby before and after school. The Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough (Middle School) online school code is BRIA28.
  • All Week:  Fall Festival Bronco Bracelets and tickets are on sale in the lobby before and after school and online in the PTO Website Store.

 

 

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Fall Festival T-shirt orders are due tomorrow Thursday October 18

Fall Festival T-shirts ($12) are pre-order only, due tomorrow Thursday October 18 (paper order forms due to the PTO by the end of the school day and PTO on-line store orders must be completed by 9pm). Only pre-ordered t-shirts will be printed. These t-shirts can be worn most school days as a uniform top (except for school picture days when a collared shirt is required). Thanks for supporting Briarmeadow!

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This Week at BCS: September 24

 

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This Week at BCS: September 17

  • Monday – Friday:  Peace Day Picnic $5 wristband sales in the lobby before and after school.
  • Monday – Friday:  Please bring picnic donations to support the fundraiser, to the lobby or carpool drop off:
    • PreK – 1st Grade:     Desserts-brownies, grocery store bakery cookies, etc. (no nuts please, cupcakes tend to roll off the kids’ plates)
    • 2nd– 4th Grade:     Chips-individually wrapped
    • 5th– 8th Grade:     Drinks-juice boxes/pouches, water
  • Monday – Wednesday:  Peace Day Picnic $5 wristband sales on-line with delivery to classrooms on Thursday.
  • Monday 4:00:  UIL Elementary Speech & Theatre Arts Meeting–This is only for those elementary students invited to the speech & theater arts UIL team.
  • Tuesday 6:00-7:30 PM:  Fall Festival Planning Meeting–If you are interested in joining the Fall Festival Committee or simply interested in learning more, please plan to come. It is a PTO-sponsored event and we welcome all help. This is a great way to get to know other parents and PTO board members.
  • Thursday:  Peace Day Deliveries–T-shirts and on-line-purchased wristbands delivered to classrooms.
  • Thursday 3:45:  Name That Book Info Meeting for 3rd-5th Grades. See our calendar for details.
  • Friday 10:15-1:15:  Peace Day Picnic–Students with $5 wristbands get drink, chips, dessert, and choice of pizza (pepperoni or cheese) or chicken fingers. Students without a wristband eat a cafeteria meal or lunch from home. Parents are welcome to join their students, bring a picnic blanket, and/or buy yourself a lunch wristband if you’d like to eat.
  • Friday 12:45-1:15:  Early Dismissal–PreK at 12:45, Kinder-4th at 1:00, 5th-8th at 1:15