12.21.18

Dear McKelvie Families~

I wish you all a wonderful holiday break and a Happy New Year! See you in 2019!

Spelling Bee Winner:
Congratulations to super speller Advika Govindaraju - the McKelvie school spelling bee champion! Advika will advance to the State Spelling Bee in Concord in February. We wish her all the very best! See her winning photo HERE!

Select Chorus News:
Last Friday, the Select Chorus sang Holiday Songs to the residents at Carlyle Place in Bedford. The residents and students had a wonderful time singing together. What a great way to get in the holiday mood. Click HERE for a picture!

Library News:

Season's Readings from the MIS Library! I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. Cherish the time with your family, child(ren), and friends Enjoy all the magic that the holidays bring. Be sure to take some time to curl up with a good book! Click HERE to see one of our holiday readers here in the library! Remember, reading is a gift that lasts a lifetime! Happy 2019!

Have a happy holiday season! ~Mrs. Cote

Bedford Community Food Pantry Food Drive:
McKelvie is collecting food for the Bedford Food Pantry during the month of January. Please consider participating by donating Canned Pasta (with meat). Thanks for your support!

PTG News:
The Bedford PTG Would Like To Wish You And Your Family A Safe And Happy Winter Break!

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION with Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier: Hosted by the PTG, Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier invites you to “Coffee and Conversation”, Tuesday, January 8th, 6:30PM at Bedford Town Library (Richmond Meeting Room)…LIMITED SEATING-RSVP REQUIRED.

This will be a small, informal gathering to discuss Bedford School District happenings.

In order to be more interactive and personal, seating is limited so you must RSVP here… Coffee&ConversationSignUp if you wish to attend.

This will be a discussion based gathering, so questions and comments will be encouraged.

Additional get-togethers with Mr. Fournier will take place throughout the school year if you are unable to attend or seats are no longer available.

HANNAFORD HELPS REUSEABLE BAG PROGRAM: Hannaford on Jenkins Road has chosen Bedford PTG to be the beneficiary of the Community Bag program in December. For every green Community reusable bag purchased at Hannaford, on JENKINS ROAD, in December, the PTG will receive a $1.00 donation.

FAMILY EVENTS COMING IN JANUARY: Principal Winter Reading Night Thursday, January 24th. Barnes and Noble Days January 25th - 27th. Stay tuned for more details!

Take Care!

Jen Asdot

12.14.18 Principal Notes

Dear McKelvie Families~

This has been an amazing week of Student Achievements here at McKelvie! Students brought it over 600 toys for our Toys for Tots Drive. In addition, the Thornton, Burke, Robinson pod collected $1,000 for WZID's Christmas is for Kids Fundraiser, in an initiative organized by the Seth Guttman and his family. Thank you to all of the amazing McKelvie families, who helped brighten this holiday season for kids! 

Congratulations to Maggie Berleth, a 6th grader in Mrs. Burke's homeroom. Maggie is the district winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot's Pen contest. Maggie's winning essay was about "Why I Honor the American Flag." We wish her luck at the state level! Way to go Maggie! HERE is a picture of Maggie and her essay!

Officer Nightingale brought students to school this week in her police cruiser as part of the Move-A-Thon. See the lucky winners, Jadon Yamauchi and Aiden Nguyen HERE and HERE as well as Teddy Bond and Tyler Pickett HERE and HERE.

Upcoming Events:
The McKelvie Spelling Bee is December 18th at 9:30 in the cafeteria.
Thursday, December 20th is Holiday Sweater Day! The tackier the better!
Friday, December 21st is Comfy Day! Jammies and Sweats are perfect!
There will be no homework club the week of Dec 17th-21st.

From the Community Action Team (CAT):
CAT will be selling Candy Cane Grams during the holiday season with the profits from this sale going to Boston Children's Hospital donation wish list. Candy Cane Grams cost $1 and families can choose to gift either a candy cane or pencil/eraser attached with a message. Sales will be collected from now until December 19th. Candy Cane Grams will be sold in the cafe during the week of 12/17. Deliveries will be made on Friday, December 22nd. Additional information and Candy Gram order can be found HERE.

Library News:
The McKelvie Library continues to be a space used by many for lessons, research, and fireside reading! Click HERE to see an Adobe Spark of books & cocoa in the library.
Enjoy the magic of the holiday season! ~Mrs. Cote

PTG News:
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION with Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier: Hosted by the PTG, Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier invites you to “Coffee and Conversation”, Tuesday, January 8th, 6:30PM at Bedford Town Library (Richmond Meeting Room)…LIMITED SEATING-RSVP REQUIRED.

This will be a small, informal gathering to discuss Bedford School District happenings.

In order to be more interactive and personal, seating is limited so you must RSVP here… Coffee&ConversationSignUp if you wish to attend.

This will be a discussion based gathering, so questions and comments will be encouraged.

Additional get-togethers with Mr. Fournier will take place throughout the school year if you are unable to attend or seats are no longer available.

HANNAFORD HELPS REUSEABLE BAG PROGRAM: Hannaford on Jenkins Road has chosen Bedford PTG to be the beneficiary of the Community Bag program in December. For every green Community reusable bag purchased at Hannaford, on JENKINS ROAD, in December, the PTG will receive a $1.00 donation.

AMAZON SMILE! Did you know that every time you buy on Amazon, you can support the Bedford PTG? Simply visit AmazonSmile and select “Bedford NH PTG” as the organization that you’d like to support. Now, every time you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a percentage to the Bedford PTG. Thank you for your support.

Enjoy the weekend!

Jen Asdot

Interim Principal