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PTA Bronco Beat

Week of November 11, 2019

(NB: Next edition will be sent Sunday, November 24)

ALL SCHOOL

PTA App & Website: Join the PTA for 2019-2020!
Please note that the PTA School Directory, Membership and Store are operated through an app called "Membership Toolkit" and can be found and downloaded at https://bronxvilleptany.membershiptoolkit.com. The PTA also has updated its website which is up and running at https://www.bronxvillepta.org. Please reference it for past Bronco Beats and information about PTA events, activities, and registrations.

B*Well - OneLove Event 11/12 @7pm Join One Love to learn how adults can start the conversation about healthy and unhealthy relationships with the young people in their lives. Film screening and Q&A for parents will be held in the MPR from 7-9pm. RSVP to chrissy.besheer@joinonelove.org

Bold Council Parent Talk 11/13 @7pm. Please join the BOLD Council for a Parent Talk on "Planning for Success: Post High School Transition Planning for Students with an IEP or 504". The meeting will be held in the HS Board Room (A108). Panelists include parents Angela Seminara & Lori Beecher, as well as Lena Martini a transition services consultant for Eastchester & Scarsdale school districts.

ALL SCHOOL LOOKING AHEAD

November 12: OneLove Relationships Talk @7-9pm @ MPR

November 13: BOLD Parent Talk @7pm HS Board Room (A108)

November 14: NPC Meeting @7pm in Library

November 15&16: MS Play "Murder, Actually" @7pm in Auditorium (tickets sold at door)

November 18: School Photo Retake Day

November 20: MS/HS Library Ribbon Cutting & Open House @7pm

November 27: Early Dismissal @1:45pm

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ES Play Registration This Week for "Untangled"

Registration for the ES Play can be completed on the PTA website via Membership Toolkit. The dates to register are as follows: Grade 5- 11/12 & 11/13; Grade 4- 11/14; Grade 3- 11/15. More information below in "Performing Arts"

Book Fair is Coming! Please mark your calendars for Monday November 18 - Friday November 22 for the ES Book Fair. The book fair committee will be offering TWO early morning opportunities to come shop with your children before you head off to work and they go off to school on Monday 11/18 and again on Thursday, 11/21 at 7:45am. Please consider signing up to volunteer for a shift as well!

ES LOOKING AHEAD

November 12: Lost & Found Check @MPR

November 18-22: ES Book Fair

MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHARACTER AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE (MSCC)

PARENTS! Please click HERE to volunteer with the MSCC

STUDENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Wednesdays @ ECAP! (4-5:00 pm) Calling all 8th graders to tutor at ECAP! An opportunity for 8th graders only to assist at the after school program at ECAP in Tuckahoe. Please sign up for multiple

sessions. Drop off and pick up at ES Canopy.

8th GRADERS & PARENTS: CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER AT ECAP!

Wednesday, November 13: Technology Tutoring for Seniors at Gramatan Village. (3:15-4:15pm) Do community service AND still be on your devices - all walking distance from school! Help senior citizens at Gramatan Village learn how to FaceTime with their families, send texts, download apps and other basic smart phone technology to help keep them connected to their loved ones and the outside world. Tutoring will be one-on-one. Student volunteers FILLED. Click HERE to chaperone the kids as they work with the elderly!

NB: *Wednesday, November 13: Help serve the needy a warm meal at the CSA Soup Kitchen in Mt. Vernon. FILLED; Wednesday, November 13: Cooking for CSA. Student volunteers FILLED; Thursdays BASC Homework Club Helper: FILLED through 12/2

MS LOOKING AHEAD

November 15: MS Council Meeting @8:30am in MPR

November 15&16: MS play @7pm in auditorium (more info below)

November 18: Picture Re-Take Day

November 19-22: 7th Grade Williamsburg Trip

HIGH SCHOOL

HS 2020 Yearbook

Order the 2020 Bronxville High School Yearbook today to reserve your copy. After January 17, the yearbook will be sold on a first come, first served basis at an increased price of $115.

https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/14190

HS Youth Council

If you would like to volunteer, please email: Anabel Maldonado anabelm20@bronxvilleschool.org; Claire Rich Clairer20@bronxvilleschool.org; or Will Tormey williamt20@bronxvilleschool.org

HS LOOKING AHEAD

See BHS Week Ahead

ATHLETICS, PERFORMING ARTS & SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS

ATHLETICS

Winter Sports Registration: Registration is open for JV, Varsity and Modified Winter Sports at https://www.familyid.com/bronxville-athletics. Varsity and JV sports start on November 11 & 12. Modified sports will have an all sports meeting on November 18 with practices starting November 25. Registrations should be completed before the start date in order for athletes to be cleared for the first day of practice. Any MS student trying out for a HS team must still complete the Advanced Placement Parent Permission Form that is available on the athletic website http://www.bronxvilleathletics.com.Health clearance forms should then be completed through FamilyID.

Bronxville Broncos Home Game Schedule

(see http://bronxvilleathletics.com/download/Nov-11.pdf)

Go Broncos! See bronxvilleathletics.com for updates & complete schedules

PERFORMING ARTS

MS Early Morning Music: Please help your child remember his or her Early Morning Music class day:

Tuesday, Grade 8; Wednesday, Grade 7; Thursday Grade 6. All students should arrive by 7:45am for the early morning class.

MS Play: Murder, Actually 11/15 & 11/16 @7pm

The MS play opens this coming weekend in the Bronxville School Auditorium! Performances will be held Friday, November 15 at 7pm and Saturday, November 16 at 7pm. Tickets will be sold at the door ($5 for children and $10 for ages 11 and up). Come see the MS performers in "Murder, Actually" where Wuthering Heights meets Downton Abbey meets Love, Actually.

Registration for the ES Play: "Untangled"

Registration for the ES Play can be completed on the PTA website via Membership Toolkit. The dates to register are as follows:

Grade 5- 11/12 & 11/13
Grade 4- 11/14
Grade 3- 11/15

Space is limited and is on a first come-first serve basis. Children will be assigned to Cast A or B after registration. Rehearsals run for two weeks beginning January 13 and performances will be the weekend of January 25. If you have any questions please email EStheater@bronxvilleschool.org

For more information on the ES, MS & HS performing arts, please visit:

http://bronxvilleschool.wix.com/performingarts.

BRONXVILLE COMMUNITY NEWS

One Love Foundation Event on 11/12

One Love will present on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from 7-9pm at Bronxville School in the MPR. RSVP: Chrissy.besheer@joinonelove.org

NPC Meeting on 11/14 @ 7pm

On Thursday, November 14, Bronxville's Committee for Non-Partisan Nomination and Election of School Trustees (NPC), will host its annual Open Meeting at 7pm in the Yeager Room of the Bronxville Public Library. All members of the Bronxville community are invited to attend. School Superintendent Roy Montesano, School Board President Jonathan Atkeson, and School Board member Jack Bierworth will discuss the top issues facing the school and board and will answer questions from the public.

THE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL PTA

EVERY CHILD, ONE VOICE.

PTA Bronco Beat

Week of November 11, 2019