Dear McKelvie Families ~
We are at the end of yet another week and I am struck at what we have accomplished! I am also astounded at how many snow days have piled up! It is a joy to observe your kids hard at work and at play while here. I know each student has a story of success and struggle at McKelvie. However, it is through these collective experiences that our kids are shaped. As a wise person once told me, the days can be slow, but the years fly by. Enjoy them, they grow up fast. Below are this week’s notes:
Last Day of School
June 22, 2018
State Spelling Bee Runner Up!
A HUGE shout out to Adithya Puninchittaya for being the runner up in the NH State Spelling Bee! Click HERE to see a great pic of Adithya and his award. WE are SO PROUD!!!
Moving to the State Geography Bee!
Congratulations to Yash Veerkar who qualified to complete at the state level! Good luck, Yash!
Kindness Club
A few McKelvie students (with the help of their teachers) have started a Kindness Club. If your child is interested in joining, please click HERE for more information. Questions can be directed to Mrs. Rachael Ramsey at ramseyr@sau25.net.
McKelvie Yearbooks for Sale - ACTION ITEM
Don't miss out! Order your 2017-18 McKelvie yearbook now! Softcover yearbooks are only $25 each. Order information can be found on the Yearbook Club website or by clicking HERE. Important: If you are paying by check, please make sure you make it payable to "McKelvie Intermediate School".
From the Library
Please join some of the McKelvie Staff and McKelvie Student Council members at Cinemagic in Merrimack, NH, on Tuesday, March 13th to view A Wrinkle in TIme (PG Fantasy/Science fiction 2 hrs.) We will attend the show @ 7:15 pm.
This much anticipated movie is based on the 1963 Newbery Award winning novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Click HERE to see the official movie trailer.
Parents/Guardians are required to stay at the event with their child as McKelvie staff will be coming to view this movie with their family members and will not be available to supervise students. We appreciate your support!
Ticket are available through Fandango , Movietickets.com or the Cinemagic website. These sales will be on a first come, first serve basis. We hope to see you and your child(ren) at the movies!
On Tuesday, we had an author visit! Jennifer Richard Jacobson, the author of Small as an Elephant, our READ Project book, spent the day at McKelvie speaking with the 5th & 6th graders, staff, and conducting writing workshops with students. Click HERE to see Jennifer explaining that writing is like learning to play a sport. To be a writer Jennifer explained one has to have determination, an open mind, willingness to practice, and the ability to make choices! Her visit was a great way to wrap up our 2017 Read Project.
Improving our Attendance Practice
The district has tightened up our attendance practices this year. This is because many absences can make it challenging for a student to be successful in school. There has been an unintended (but very real) consequence to this change. Some families have shared with us that our approach has felt insensitive. I want to make it clear that there are times when students need to be out of school -- it could be for medical reasons, a family loss, or (especially this year) the flu. At the same time, we still need to be proactive with families about the impact of absences. So, if a student is absent for 10 days in one year, the school will continue to contact the parent/guardian to make sure we understand the challenges the family is facing. If a student reaches 15 days absent, the school will arrange a meeting to develop a plan (if one is not already in place) to help the student and family manage those underlying challenges. While our new practice will remain in place, we will work hard to communicate more clearly AND sensitively. - Sincerely, Chip McGee
Discussing Substance Abuse in our Community
These are two truly excellent community discussions on substance abuse. They were hosted by BeBold at their regular speaker series. If you could not attend, you might be interested in watching the videos. All of these discussions (and a lot more) is available on the BCTV website.
School District Vote on March 13
Please remember to vote on Tuesday, March 13. Polls are open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm at Bedford High School in the gymnasium.
- Voters will select two people for open Board seats.
- Voters will decide whether to proceed with an energy efficiency feasibility study.
- Voters will decide whether to support the district operating budget for 2018-19.
- A citizen's petition article asks voters to decide whether to fund a switch from Styrofoam lunch trays to compost-able lunch trays.
From the PTG
Yankee Candle – A big thank you to everyone for participating in another successful fundraiser benefiting our Bedford Schools!
COLOR BLAST REGISTRATION NOWOPEN!!! Click Here To Register for our 2018 Color Blast scheduled for Sunday June 3rdat 9:30am. Visit our website https://bedfordptg.org/fundraisers/color-blast-fun-run/for event details including sponsorship and volunteering opportunities. Come out for a colorful day of fun in support of the Bedford PTG and the Bedford School District!
The PTG and BeBOLD ARE EXCITED TO CO-SPONSOR A PRESENTATION FOR ALL PARENTS & GUARDIANS - Wednesday, March 28th from 7-8:15pm at BHS Auditorium
“Understanding How to Parent So that Children Can Succeed: Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential Pathway towards Substance Abuse”
Special guest speaker Jessica Lahey veteran teacher, journalist, and author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.
Jessica Lahey will provide insight on how to raise kids who are happy and healthy and less likely to turn to destructive coping strategies, including ways to prevent childhood addiction. Lahey will also share research on the most effective ways to parent and support the psycho-social and emotional needs of our children. Additionally, she will outline risk factors, explain which positive interventions can overcome those risk factors, and offer parents and teachers actionable, useful tools for raising happy, resilient children who will be less likely to turn to unhealthy behaviors when faced with the increasingly toxic stress and anxiety they face at home, in school and in our society. This event is open to all parents/guardians.
The 45-minute presentation will be followed by a 30-minute question and answer session.
VOTE VOTE VOTE – Don’t forget to get out and vote on Tuesday March 13th!
Have a great weekend,
Michael Fournier
Principal
McKelvie Intermediate School
108 Liberty Hill Road
Bedford, NH 03110
603.472.3951 (W)
603.472.4503 (F)
BeBOLD Board Member
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