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This Week at BCS:  February 11

News Posted by ctaylor on Feb 09, 2019 in General News

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

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


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This Week at BCS:  February 4

News Posted by ctaylor on Feb 01, 2019 in General News

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.pdf. Please let us know which area is a good fit for you at [email protected].


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Newsletter_Issue 12

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 29, 2019 in General News

Click on the links to see our 12th issue of the PTO newsletter:

20190130 Newsletter

20190130 Newsletter_Spanish

If you have some time to help the PTO, either at school or from home, please email us at [email protected]. There are things we’d like to do better, but we don’t have a big enough team. Thanks! Details are here:  We-Need-Your-Help.pdf

Funrun.com is now live. If you created an account last year, you can log in with your existing email and password.


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Fun with Teachers Fundraisers, PTO Forms

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 29, 2019 in General News

If catapults or origami are a good fit for your 3rd grade and up student, please support our Fun with Teachers fundraisers and sign up:

Fun with Teachers Fundraisers

New forms are on our PTO Website:

Spring Buy-out Form, if you do not want to raise pledges through the Boosterthon Fun Run

Apparel Order Form, if you would like BCS shirts and jackets

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Parent Information Meeting January 24

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 24, 2019 in General News

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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Boosterthon Fun Run Fundraiser

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 23, 2019 in General News

ATTENTION all BCS Students, Teachers and Parents:

We are excited to host Boosterthon for our Spring fundraiser fun run. Boosterthon specializes in integrating fitness, leadership, and character while fundraising into a fun school-wide event.

It will be held at Briarmeadow in our school field. Family and friends from anywhere in the world can participate and support Briarmeadow by giving pledges towards the number of laps your child runs or walks. Every student can participate despite financial participation. Family and friends are also invited to come and cheer during the event.

We will have a pep rally on February 4 to kick off the event.

The fun runs will be held on February 13.

https://boosterthon.com/

2/13 Fun Run: Outside Field

9:30 – 10:30 am | PreK

12:30 – 1:30 pm | K – 3rd

1:30 – 2:30 pm | 4th – 5th

2:40 pm | 6th – 8th color run

Come cheer on the kids, hand out waters or serve as a Lap Counter. 
 

Parents please click on the Sign Up Genius LINK to sign up to volunteer:

If you have any questions do not hesitate to call or email John Weatherly.
– 832-419-3252
An introductory flyer is here and is going home hard copy on Thursday.
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Frigo Cheese Teacher Recognition Contest

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 19, 2019 in General News

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 at http://cheeseheadsbrightfuture.com.

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Fun with Teachers Fundraisers

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 19, 2019 in General News

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

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 19, 2019 in General News

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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Back To School Breakfast

News Posted by briarmeadowpto on Jan 08, 2019 in General News

Join the PTO this Saturday from 9-11am to celebrate the start of another awesome semester with the BCS family!

Enjoy donuts and coffee, see your friends and meet the After-School Enrichment vendors After-School Enrichment vendors will be at school to introduce themselves, answer questions and share more about their amazing activities

BCS is so lucky to host these GREAT vendors and we really want them to continue to be a part of our community! Please consider signing your student up for an activity today!

Back to School Breakfast Flyer

Spring After School Enrichment 2019

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This Week at BCS: January 7

News Posted by ctaylor on Jan 06, 2019 in General News

This Week:

  • Monday:  Classes resume
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO Meeting—please come learn what’s happening at school and how you can help improve BCS.
  • Friday 9:00am:  School Tour for prospective families.

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

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

News Posted by ctaylor on Dec 16, 2018 in General News

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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Newsletter_Issue 9

News Posted by ctaylor on Dec 05, 2018 in General News

Click on the links to see our 9th issue of the PTO newsletter:

20181205 Newsletter

20181205 Newsletter_Spanish

Our monthly PTO meeting is tonight Wednesday December 5 6-7:30pm. Please come and learn how you can help improve our school:

  • Open PTO positions include chairpersons for:
    • Fundraising and
    • Volunteer Coordination.
  • We also need help with:
    • Promoting after school enrichment programs around the beginning of each semester,
    • Collecting and recording fundraising dollars in the lobby before and after school, and
    • Answering prospective parents’ questions during monthly guided tours of our school.
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Parent Information Meeting Video: November 29

News Posted by ctaylor on Nov 30, 2018 in General News

Parent Information Meeting on Facebook Live

Thursday morning we broadcast the Parent Information Meeting on Facebook Live. 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.

In this month’s meeting video:

  • 0:00 Video begins, skip ahead to the 3:30 mark when the meeting begins.
  • 3:30 Meeting begins
  • 4:45 Mr. Heinze introduces Pam Morris, our math specialist
  • 5:15 Pam Morris’s math presentation, including a card game kids of any age can play-Target The Number
  • 10:50 Target The Number game prep
  • 12:00 Target The Number game begins
  • 19:30 Math wrap up
  • 22:50 Mr. Heinze talks about attendance, sibling enrollment forms, BCS and magnet school applications, fundraising, Family Game Night Friday November 30th 6-8pm, doors open at 5:30, and our Winter Holiday Program.

The hand-outs are on our Facebook page.

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

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This Week at BCS: December 3

News Posted by ctaylor on Nov 30, 2018 in General News

This Week:

  • Monday 9am:  Elementary spelling bee—parents and non-competing students are welcome to attend.
  • Monday 2:05pm:  Middle School spelling bee—parents are welcome. This event is not open to non-competing students.
  • Wednesday 5:30pm:  5th Grade Parents Exhibition Meeting.
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO Meeting—please come learn what’s happening at school and how you can help improve BCS.
  • Friday:  Applications/forms due:
    • Sibling enrollment form
    • GT (Gifted & Talented) testing application for students other than K or 5th Grade who are not yet identified as GT (K and 5th are tested annually)
    • BCS Middle School application
    • HISD Magnet application.
  • Saturday 10am-12noon:  Middle School community service—all sign up spots are filled for St. Martin’s Church.

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

Information from recent morning announcements:

  • Volleyball uniforms are due back to Coach Z.
  • Footballs are not allowed at school. All other athletic balls are allowed. Please direct any questions to Mr. Heinze.
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Sports Announcements

News Posted by ctaylor on Nov 05, 2018 in General News
Congratulations to our volleyball teams for a great season!
Volleyball B Team, please return your uniforms to Coach Z.
Basketball tryouts for boys are next Wednesday and Thursday, November 14th & 15th.
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This Week at BCS: November 5

News Posted by ctaylor on Nov 04, 2018 in General News

This Week:

  • Monday:  K-5 report cards go home.
  • Tuesday 8am-4pm:  6th Grade field trip to Renaissance Festival.
  • Tuesday:  5th Grade families—applications for BCS Middle School are available.
  • Wednesday:  School picture day (yearbook photos). Students should wear uniforms (NOT Briarmeadow T-shirts).
  • Wednesday:  5th Grade CogAT Gifted & Talented testing.
  • Wednesday 6-7:30pm:  Monthly PTO meeting.
  • Thursday 4-6pm:  Middle School Game Night $5 at the door.
  • Friday:  Fun Food Friday for Grades 5-8.
  • Friday:  Early Dismissal—PK at 12:45pm; K–4 at 1:00pm; 5–8 at 1:15pm.
  • Please see PTO Website Calendar and Livingtree Calendar for further details. You can subscribe to both.

 

Next Week Highlight:

  • Monday November 12:  Flu shots, for students with completed forms. Forms were sent home the first two weeks of school. Parents are welcome to sign-in and accompany your student to the shot.

 

Current & upcoming PTO auctions with teachers donating their time and planning fun events for students:

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Fall Festival Tips

News Posted by ctaylor on Nov 02, 2018 in General News

Please see the attached Fall Festival Tips with more information about t-shirts and tickets going home today and about the Festival tomorrow.

http://briarmeadowpto.digitalpto.com/files/2018/11/Fall-Festival-Tips.pdf

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Fall Festival Volunteer Needs & Ticket Sales

News Posted by ctaylor on Oct 31, 2018 in General News

Hello, Broncos!

In this post:

  • Fall Festival Volunteers Needed (31 Slots)
  • Fall Festival Early Bird Pricing Ends Today
  • Fall Fundraiser Buy-out Payments are Due Today
  • Fall Festival Volunteer Count
  • Register with VIPS Now

 

Fall Festival Volunteers Needed (31 Slots)

Our Fall Festival is in three days on Saturday November 3rd 10am-2pm. Thank you so much to the families and classrooms that have filled their 8 one-hour volunteer sign-up slots. Those classrooms have earned a popsicle party for the students! Pre-K and Kinder are receiving their popsicles today.

31 slots remain open in First – Fifth grades. Please see below for the class count. We need these slots filled to make the Fall Festival a success. Classrooms that are full by Friday will earn a popsicle party. If your classroom is not full, please sign-up to help. If your classroom is full and you can help, please sign up for any open slot.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f44aaac2daaff2-fall6

If you cannot sign-up on your own, please email us your name, teacher name, and what hour you’re available and we can add you to the sign-up.

 

Fall Festival Early Bird Pricing Ends Today

Wednesday October 31 is the last day to order Fall Festival Bronco Bracelets at the $30 early bird price ($35 regular price). Please order your bracelets, tickets, and meal tickets. They will be delivered to your student on Friday and you won’t have to wait in line at the Festival.

https://squareup.com/store/briarmeadow-charter-school-pto/

 

Fall Fundraiser Buy-out Payments are Due Today

Fall Fundraiser buy-out payments are due Wednesday October 31. The buy-out form is attached. PTO representatives are in the lobby before and after school this week accepting payment.

https://squareup.com/store/briarmeadow-charter-school-pto/

 

Fall Festival Volunteer Count:

PK Andress FULL
PK Ramos FULL
K Preston FULL
K Reichert FULL
K Lam FULL
1 Stewart FULL
1 Loan FULL
1 Spradley 2 slots open
2 Jackson 2 slots open
2 Brown FULL
2 Loomis 3 slots open
3 Lucas 1 slot open
3 Pacheco 2 slots open
3 Williamson 3 slots open
4 Rebullida 4 slots open
4 Pham 1 slot open
4 Perotti 1 slot open
5 Dede 2 slots open
5 Russo 6 slots open
5 Bender 4 slots open
Total 31 slots open

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f44aaac2daaff2-fall6

 

Register with VIPS Now

Register as a Volunteer in Public Schools (VIPS)

  • Every year all parents and caregivers need to register with VIPS for a background check.
  • To Register:
    1. Register online (no paper form this year):

www.houstonisd.org/vips

    1. AND present photo ID at the Front Desk to scan into the Raptor system.
  • You may use the school lobby computers.
  • We need everyone to register now.
  • You cannot help at school or field trips without VIPS.
  • Don’t know if you’re in VIPS? Ask the Front Desk.
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Fall Festival Volunteers: Sign-up Today for Popsicle Party Deadline

News Posted by ctaylor on Oct 30, 2018 in General News

Good morning, Broncos! Today Tuesday is the day!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f44aaac2daaff2-fall6
On Wednesday the PTO will deliver popsicles to classrooms with full Fall Festival volunteer sign-ups. Please check your class and sign-up today for any open spots. 37 spots remain. Each Elementary classroom has two spots for each hour (10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm). Click all the way through until your sign-up is confirmed. Keep scrolling to get a class count update below.

Wednesday is the last day to order Fall Festival Bronco Bracelets at the $30 early bird price ($35 regular price).
https://squareup.com/store/briarmeadow-charter-school-pto/

As of Monday mid-day, these are the class counts:
FULL
Andress
Preston
Lam
Reichert
Stewart

1 Left
Loan
Pham

2 left
Ramos
Spradley
Brown

3 Left
Jackson
Loomis
Lucas
Williamson
Perotti
Dede

4 left
Bender
Rebullida

5 Left
Pacheco

7 Left
Russo

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