I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend! The month of May was packed with activities at McKelvie School. Last weekend the McKelvie Maskers put on an outstanding performance of Frozen Jr. The cast, production crew, and parents worked incredibly hard to put on such a fantastic show. Special thanks goes to Nate Sawyer and Becky Coughlin for the countless hours spent on this year's production!
This past Thursday, our school had a Memorial Day Assembly. I could not be more proud of how respectful our students were during the assembly that included performances by the band and chorus, poetry readings by various students, a presentation by our very own Mr. Robinson, and taps played by students. The kids were incredible at the assembly from start to finish.
Upcoming Events:
May 30th at 9:30 Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in MIS cafeteria
June 10th-Last day of school 1:15pm dismissal No After School Program
Library News:
A "Lunch and Learn" session will be held on Friday, May 31, 2019, for all interested 5th & 6th-grade students. Grace Larochelle, Head of Children's Services at the Bedford Public Library, will be here to discuss the summer reading program, as well as the opportunity to become a Jr. Librarian. She will be conducting 4 sessions during lunch times. A nut safe table will be established for these sessions. Interested students will be allowed to carry their lunch from the cafeteria or bring their lunch to the library to listen and learn! Please encourage your child(ren) to come and hear about the program.
Additional summer reading opportunities will be hosted right here at the McKelvie Library this summer! These "Relax and Read" events will take place on:
Monday, July 1, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm
The students (grades 4-6) are invited to pop in or stay, check out books, and participate in readers' advisory. If a 6th-grade student checks out books during the summer, there will be a box for McKelvie books at the Ross A. Lurgio Middle School Library when school re-opens for the next school year. The Bedford Public Library will be open as well, but I feel strongly that students should be able to access their school library space during the summer. Students can be dropped off at the center side entrance off of County Road. There will be sawhorses and signs marking the way to the library. Please walk your child in to relax and read!
Please consider helping to keep your McKelvie student's home library current by participating in our second annual Summer Reading Book Swap! This will encourage kiddos to keep reading over the summer! This swap will be held Wednesday, June 5th, through Friday, June 7th. Students will be able to bring in 1-2 gently used, grade-level appropriate books to swap out for another 1-2 books. This will hopefully generate some additional excitement about reading over the summer months! "A Universe of Stories" is a common theme to those libraries involved in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP).
Please help your child remember that all library books are due back by June 3rd.
Additionally, this information will be posted on the McKelvie Library Blog as well as the McKelvie Homepage.
I hope you all had a great weekend!
~Mrs. Cote
Congratulations:
Jessamine Hui is a 6th grader at McKelvie and her FIRST LEGO League (FLL), Blue Box, was recently selected as one of the 20 semi-finalists to compete for the FLL Global Innovation Award (GIA). More information on this can be found at https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/global-innovation. Jessa is the only Bedford student on the team. The team will be holding a fundraiser to raise money to attend and participate in the GIA next month. Click HERE if you'd like to help support Jessa's team by attending the fundraiser.
PTG News:
On behalf of the PTG, we’d like to wish all families an enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend!
BEDFORD PTG COLOR BLAST FUN RUN/WALK SUNDAY JUNE 2nd 9:30AM – Rainbows your thing but running isn’t? Come help out at PTG’s Color Blast Fun Run on Sunday June 2nd …all the color without the running. We need LOTS of volunteers to make this a successful event. Please consider spending the morning with us! Please click HERE to see how you can help. You can help in the morning and still run with your family!
Congratulations:
Jessamine Hui is a 6th grader at McKelvie and her FIRST LEGO League (FLL), Blue Box, was recently selected as one of the 20 semi-finalists to compete for the FLL Global Innovation Award (GIA). More information on this can be found at https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/global-innovation. Jessa is the only Bedford student on the team. The team will be holding a fundraiser to raise money to attend and participate in the GIA next month. Click HERE if you'd like to help support Jessa's team by attending the fundraiser.
PTG News:
On behalf of the PTG, we’d like to wish all families an enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend!
BEDFORD PTG COLOR BLAST FUN RUN/WALK SUNDAY JUNE 2nd 9:30AM – Rainbows your thing but running isn’t? Come help out at PTG’s Color Blast Fun Run on Sunday June 2nd …all the color without the running. We need LOTS of volunteers to make this a successful event. Please consider spending the morning with us! Please click HERE to see how you can help. You can help in the morning and still run with your family!
Still planning on running . . . . REGISTER NOW …Online Registration closes NEXT WEEK on Wednesday, May 29th
Visit our Color Blast Fun Run/Walk website for more details.
BHS GRADUATION SEAT RAFFLE - The PTG is raffling off 2 sets of FOUR seats for the June 8th Graduation Ceremony in a prime picture taking spot. Winners will also receive one reserved parking spot that day. $20/Entry or 6 Entries for $100. Click HERE for entry form and details. Entries, with cash or check payable to “Bedford PTG”, are due to BHS school office by JUNE 3rd. Winners will be drawn & announced on June 5th.
BHS PARKING SPACE RAFFLE The PTG is raffling off TWO prime guaranteed parking spaces in the top lot for the 2019-2020 school year. You must have a valid license and a vehicle sometime during the 2019-2020 school year to be eligible to WIN! $10 Donation Per Entry. Click HERE for entry form and details. Entries, with cash or check payable to “Bedford PTG”, are due to BHS school office by June 3rd. Winners will be notified before the end of the year.
Visit our Color Blast Fun Run/Walk website for more details.
BHS GRADUATION SEAT RAFFLE - The PTG is raffling off 2 sets of FOUR seats for the June 8th Graduation Ceremony in a prime picture taking spot. Winners will also receive one reserved parking spot that day. $20/Entry or 6 Entries for $100. Click HERE for entry form and details. Entries, with cash or check payable to “Bedford PTG”, are due to BHS school office by JUNE 3rd. Winners will be drawn & announced on June 5th.
BHS PARKING SPACE RAFFLE The PTG is raffling off TWO prime guaranteed parking spaces in the top lot for the 2019-2020 school year. You must have a valid license and a vehicle sometime during the 2019-2020 school year to be eligible to WIN! $10 Donation Per Entry. Click HERE for entry form and details. Entries, with cash or check payable to “Bedford PTG”, are due to BHS school office by June 3rd. Winners will be notified before the end of the year.
Have a terrific week!
Jen Asdot