• BES Site Council- BES Site Council is comprised of families that want to know more about the inner workings of the school and dialogue with staff and other families. If you are interested in joining Site Council apply here. This group meets quarterly.

• Kansas Book Festival- This weekend is the Kansas Book Festival on Saturday, September 20th from 9 am to 4 pm.  It is located at Washburn University.  The presenting authors will speak inside the library and there will be vendors and children’s activities and book signings set up in tents next to the library located at the Northwest corner of campus.  (Near 17th and MacVicar.). Here is a link for the “Child Friendly and Youth” activities at the festival: https://www.kansasbookfestival.com/festival-2/children-and-youth-activities/

   

  This year’s Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award winner, Bess Kalb, will be talking about her winning book Buffalo Fluffalo. In library this week all classes from PreK-2nd were read this book, and it is a fun one !  Her session starts at 1 pm in the Washburn Library room 221.

• Upcoming Assembly for 5th and 6th Graders- On October 3rd students will listen to a presentation from Sports in Kansas called Think Before You Post. This presentation will focus on appropriate and healthy social media usage.

• Supporting Claire Pittz- Claire is a preschooler at BES living with PPP3CA and our BES community can support Claire in raising funding of PPP3CA by signing up to walk or donate. Click here for more details on how to support Claire.

• Staff Shout Out- BES staff go above and beyond to support all students. Click here to nominate a BES staff member for a shout out.

We wrapped up our Frida Kahlo unit with lots of creativity across most grade levels!

• 6th Grade finished their “surprise Frida beautification” art pieces and began creating their own unique Frida-inspired portraits.

• 3rd Grade is drawing one of Frida’s iconic bird and fruit artworks while practicing new coloring techniques to make their art pop!

• 2nd Grade is drawing cats—since Frida often included cats and monkeys in her portraits! They’re adding details with oil pastels and will watercolor their cats next week.

• 1st Grade learned about the Hispanic holiday Day of the Dead. In connection to Frida’s heritage, they are creating skeleton portraits of Frida decorated with beautiful colors and designs.

• Kindergarten finished their stamped apple trees and started working on apple cores. They are practicing essential skills like following directions, cutting, and gluing.

• 4th & 5th Grade are working hard on special art pieces that will be displayed during their music program—this will be their very first art show night! Their theme is Rock n' Roll from the 1930's-1960's!

Berryton PTO has an immediate need for a craft fair chair. This event is Saturday November 22 9-3. Responsibilities include soliciting vendors, collecting fees, assigning booths, advertising for the event, communicating updates with PTO, and being there for the entire event. Most planning can be done from home. There will be other PTO members available to assist with planning or questions. This is a nice fundraiser and community event we don’t want to see canceled. If you have an interest in chairing this event or have questions please reach out to Karlee Bocquin at krboc@msn.com.

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