Newsletter 04/14/25

April PTA General Meeting TONIGHT!

The next PTA General Meeting will be held in the school library (or via Zoom) on Monday, April 14 at 7pm. All community members are invited to join! Check out the Meeting Agenda to see what will be discussed this month and get the zoom link.

Agenda

EVENTS

Fun Run - May 2, 2025

This week the PTA kicks off its largest fundraiser of the year, the Fun Run! This fundraiser generates two-thirds of the PTA's operating budget and is critical to funding beloved community events, teacher grants, artist-in-residence programming, and more. This year's event is the morning of Friday, May 2nd at the Grant track. All community members are welcome to watch students run! Stay tuned for this week's special edition newsletter with all the details on how you can participate and support our school.

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Earth Day Bike Bus - Special Guest

Bike Bus is every Wednesday from 8:10am -8:40am ... and we're having a special Earth Day bike bus ride on Wednesday, April 23, with special guest Principal Presley! This is a great time to join Bike Bus just as the weather starts to get nicer.

Bike Bus Details

Ridwell Plastic Film Drive Next Week

BCS is keeping plastic film out of landfills with Ridwell this spring! Next week April 21st - April 25th, BCS's Green Team will be teaming up with Ridwell to host a Plastic Film Drive and celebrate Earth Week. Please bring clean dry plastic film (ziptop bags, grocery bags, bubble wrap, and lots more) to school and drop in the Ridwell labeled bins at either the front or back entrance. Ridwell will make sure it stays out of landfills by working with Trex who turns it into new decking materials instead! Start collecting plastic film at home now so you have a bunch for the drive. In addition, BCS will earn a free pickup of the school’s plastic film for all of the ‘25/’26 school year if we get 10 new members to sign up for Ridwell by May 23rd at the BCS site: https://get.ridwell.com/bcs Ridwell collects hundreds of common household items you can’t recycle curbside, like plastic food packaging, lightbulbs, clothes, Styrofoam, and more. It is a great way to be more environmentally friendly. Pro Tip: You may be able to reduce your garbage bin size to offset the cost!

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week & Family Night

The BCS 3rd Annual Neurodiversity Celebration Week will be held from April 21-25. The entire BCS Community is invited to come out and enjoy Neurodiversity Family Night on Thursday, April 24th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm in the West Gym. Come out and enjoy dinner, dessert and community building around all things Neurodiversity.

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Spring Community Cares Day:  April 26, 9 am to Noon

Please sign up to help make the school sparkle this spring. We need help from all ages for weeding, picking up trash, and sprucing the outdoor spaces. Please bring your own gardening/work gloves and tools including - shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, pruning equipment, weeding tools, etc. Click below to let us know that you will be coming.

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Support Scott School Food Drive

Our sister school, Scott School, is in need of help. Twenty percent of its students rely on food being sent home each weekend through the Portland Backpack organization. However, this program is being put on pause, leaving food-insecure students and their families without the food they depend upon to get through the weekend.

Scott School has asked us to reach out to our community to help fill the gap for these students while this program is unavailable. You can help out in two ways:

1. Donate food items off of this wishlist. Scott has an especially high need for for breakfast items, main meal items, and snack items. These wishlist items are suggestions only, similar items are also accepted. You can drop these items off at the BCS front office at a designated spot.

2. Donate money here, which will then be spent by our PTA on needed food items that will be delivered directly to Scott School.

Let's come together as a community to help a sister community in need! The PTAs of BCS and Scott School thank you for every donation!!!

School Board Election Day: May 20

PPS School Board Elections are coming up on May 20th. Check out this infographic.

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VOLUNTEER

Join the PTA Board

We have several outgoing board members this year. Consider serving next year and help lead our BCS PTA community. The board is crucial to PTA functions, and the many ways the PTA supports BCS events, programs and teachers. Want to learn more? Email membership@beverlyclearyschool.org and our Membership Chair will connect you to the 25-26 Nominating Committe.

Spookarama 2026

Planning for this flagship event typically begins in September, but could start before! Our current leads are ready to make way for a new owner(s) vision and we are looking for new project management/leadership for next year's event. We have notes and systems, and a strong team. If you are interested, please send an email to spookarama@beverlyclearyschool.org. (This could easily be split by Elementary Carnival and Middle School Night to lighten the load!) 

Join the Bike Bus What's App Group

Want to get weekly reminders about Bike Bus? Join the What's App group for announcements and conversation, and the occasional playlist.

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