October Update
Happy October!
This month, we raise awareness about mental health, breast cancer, ADHD and so much more. As Hispanic Heritage month comes to an end, BLES will celebrate during the week of October 7th-11th. This spirit week will engage all of our scholars in a variety of literacy, art and cultural activities. Look out for more details about this amazing week of celebration!
Most of our beginning of the year assessments have been completed and very soon, your child’s teacher will share this data with you. Now that we know exactly what our scholars need, we have started to place them in tiered groups for intervention. Some of these groups will meet during the day with a tutor or teacher and some will meet after school or on Saturdays. If we believe that your child can benefit from additional instructional support after school, you will receive a permission slip this month.
I am very happy to say that our attendance is among the highest in the district! We are currently at 94%. Keep up the great work, families! Attendance matters. We will celebrate our scholars and offer incentives for great attendance all throughout the year! For example, on October 2nd, we will have a Perfect Purple Party for every scholar who attends school on September 30th and October 1st.
On random days of the year, someone will use the loudspeaker to announce “Attendance Surprise, Surprise!” Every scholar who is in school on that day will participate in something very special! Your child will not want to miss it! Here are our current attendance percentages by grade:
3K/PreK- 95%
Kindergarten- 92%
First grade- 96%
Second grade- 95%
Third grade- 94%
Fourth grade- 94%
Fifth grade- 95%
Here are some important dates and events to remember:
October 3-4- Rosh Hashana- Schools closed
October 7-11- Hispanic Heritage Month Spirit Week
October 9- Dads Take Your Child to School Day-8:30; SLT Meeting- 4:00 pm
October 10- PTA meeting- 5:30 pm
October 14- Indigenous People’s Day/ Italian Heritage Day- Schools closed
October 16- Principal’s Coffee Chat & Title 1 presentation- 8:30
October 17- Families of Promise meeting- 8:30
I’m looking forward to seeing you at these and other upcoming events.
In partnership,