Newsletter 01/21/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT

Join the BCS PTA This School Year

It’s not too late: Join the BCS PTA This School Year and PTA for your child! Volunteers, donations, and/or advocacy committee leads or members can all make a difference at BCS. Your membership covers a school year, expiring every year in July. Renew or join now for the 2024/2025 school year, choosing a paid or unpaid option. This year, we budgeted for 100 PTA members, which was the goal we just achieved last year. Although our population is getting slightly smaller, we’ve set an ambitious goal of 150 PTA members this year, because more parent involvement, volunteering and advocacy is better for our students. I believe we can get there - with your help! Right now, we have 107 members, so we’ve met our budget goal but not our engagement goal. Check out the Membership FAQs at the end of the newsletter to learn more!

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EVENTS

TICKET SALES OPEN NOW: Raise the Roof Capital Campaign Kickoff Event: February 6, 7:00 pm @ The People's Courts

The PTA is launching a multi-year capital campaign to raise funds for a covered structure for the BCS playground. Kicking off the Raise the Roof Campaign is an adults-only fundraiser on Thursday, February 6th from 7pm to 10pm at the People's Courts (a BCS family owned businness). Help us elevate our playground by fundraising for an undercover play area while enjoying a fun night out with games, food and friends! This is an Adult Only event. Tickets are $100 each. Purchase tickets and make an optional donation at the link below. Please try to purchase tickets by Wednesday, January 29th for planning purposes and headcount. Tickets Include: Pickleball (including equipment) & other games Delicious Dinner Supporting Our School's Playground Project

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Heritage Night: February 27

The inaugural Heritage Night is to celebrate our community by sharing families' individual cultures and heritage, however that is meaningful to them. We all have a story to share! Families/students may set up a "booth" with information about their family, display special artifacts, foods, music, etc. and/or sign up to do a demonstration of song/music or dance. We are also working to bring in an artist for a community art project. February 27, 6:00 - 7:30 pm BCS Cafetorium

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Burgerville Fundraising Night - This Thursday!

Come out to Burgerville on MLK on Thursday, January 23rd from 4pm to 8pm and support the BCS PTA. When you mention BCS PTA 20% of your purchase will be donated to our organization. You can order ahead withthe BV App and use promo code: BEVERLYCLEARY. Make sure you are visiting the Conventin Center Burgerville at 1135 NE MLK Blvd., 97232

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BCS Movie Night for 3-5 grade 6pm-7:45pm on January 31, 2025

Third, fourth and fifth graders in the house! Come join us for a fun movie night in the cafeteria! Bring sleeping bags, blankets and pillows. We will be showing, "The Sandlot" on the big screen! There will be drinks, snacks and popcorn for sale cash only. Children must have an adult chaperone in attendance. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Neon Night!!! Middle School Dance 2025

We are so excited to announce our Middle School Dance coming up February 7th, 7-8:30pm. Our dance committee is made up of 6th, 7th and 8th graders and the theme they have chosen this year is a Neon Glow Party!!! There will be snacks and drinks for sale cash only. Tickets will be available for sale before and after school and in the cafeteria during lunch on February 3rd, 5th and 7th for $5 cash only. Students must have a signed permission slip to purchase a ticket. As always none of this could happen without our amazing parent volunteers. If you are interested in helping to plan or chaperone this event please reach out to Korwren at community@beverlyclearyschool.org.

BCS Trailblazers Night: Buy your tickets now for Monday, March 17

Join us for Beverly Cleary School Night as the Trail Blazers take on the Washington Wizards. All who purchase the discounted ticket using the provided link will be granted early access to Moda Center prior to the public to watch the Trail Blazers and Wizards warm-up. You won't want to miss it! Plus, a portion of the ticket sales will go to the BCS PTA! Tickets are on sale until February 17.

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OBOB Tournament Saturday, February 8 - Volunteers Needed!

Our BCS OBOB tournament is rapidly approaching and we are looking for 27 volunteers to help the day run smoothly. Even if your child isn't participating you are still invited to help. There are a variety of volunteer time slots between 7:30 am and 3:00pm. Volunteer for an hour or a longer session. All help is appreciated.

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PTA MEMBERSHIP FAQs

Q: I signed up for a membership when we joined BCS several years ago. Shouldn’t my dues automatically renew?

A: Unfortunately, our toolkit doesn’t do that yet! Our PTA year rolls over on July 1 every year. Please consider renewing or join today. We are working on ways to send reminders to help with the mental load in coming years!

Q: If I join, I’m afraid I’ll have to go to the meetings. Will you bug me about that?

A: No, but we genuinely would love for everyone to come! Meeting attendance is NOT a requirement, and just paying your dues helps the PTA.

Q: If I want to attend a meeting, do I have to join the PTA?

A: No! Everyone is welcome to attend. In order to vote, you must be a dues-paying member.

Q: Okay, but what do you do with my dues?

A: We are required to send $9.50 to the state and National PTA, and the rest is part of our BCS PTA budget - meaning, we count on your memberships in our overall budget.

Q: How many members did you plan on this year?

A: This year, we budgeted for 100 PTA members, which was the goal we just achieved last year. Although our population is getting slightly smaller, we’ve set an ambitious goal of 150 PTA members this year, because more parent involvement, volunteering and advocacy is better for our students. I believe we can get there - with your help!

Q: Okay, but isn’t the PTA kind of a weird, members-only click?

A: That’s definitely not the goal. We genuinely need you - your perspective, your involvement, and your skills. Our meetings DO follow Roberts’ Rules of Order, which can feel really formal (or strange) if you’ve never attended before, and because the PTA is both a non-profit and a state and national organization, we’re beholden to some regulation. But I promise - I have to Google some of the rules and terms myself, and we’re all just trying to juggle jobs, families, schools, and life together.

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