McKelvie Principal's News: 9.6.19 Principal Notes

Dear McKelvie Families~

It was a terrific second week at McKelvie School! Kids looked great for picture day and the weather was perfect! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Please scroll to the bottom to see this week's pictures, after reading this week's notes.

Important Dates:
Sept. 11th Grade 5 Open House 6-7 for Parents.
Sept. 12th Grade 6 Open House 6-7 for Parents.
Sept. 13th Club/Intramural Registration opens at 7:00pm.

Open Houses:
Our Open Houses are for parents only. Traffic and parking are often an issue, so please plan for a little extra driving /parking time. Grade 5 Open House is Sept. 11th and Grade 6 Open House is Sept. 12th. Both begin at 6:00pm.

Clubs and Intramurals:

Descriptions for Quarter 1 Intramurals as well as descriptions for this year's Clubs are now available on the school's website. Please click HERE to see the Quarter 1 intramural offerings. Please click HERE to see club offerings. Registration for both will open next Friday, September 13th at 7:00pm.

Strings Club:
The Bedford School District has partnered with the Manchester Community Music School in order to offer strings lessons K-8. Please click HERE to see a flyer about the program if your child is interested in playing a stringed instrument. The program is run by MCMS but lessons are at McKelvie and the strings club will be incorporated into our school concerts.

Library News:
Susan Cavanaugh, our Digital Learning Specialist, and I just finished Chromebook Overview lessons for all students! Please make sure that you help your child be a great digital citizen when they are using their school Google account at home. Parents and students should have reviewed and returned the McKelvie Student Chromebook Contract that was sent home. This document outlines all of the student expectations/safety guidelines for using their Chromebooks and school Google accounts. Please click HERE if you need to review this important document.

Please click HERE to see an Adobe Spark of three different students who located Golden Tickets found hidden inside McKelvie Library books! Congrats to Brendan, Kaelyn and Faith! You will also see an image of several September 3rd new releases. It is wonderful when students find sequels, companions and new publications from authors they love.

As part of the 1:1 Chromebook program, students were asked to bring in a pair of inexpensive headphones/earbuds to leave at school. We want to remind parents that there is an option for students to purchase a pair of inexpensive earbuds (similar in quality to what you would purchase on a plane) from the library for $1.

Have a restful weekend! Next week will be our first five day week of the school year! ~Mrs. Cote

PTG News:
Volunteers Needed for McKelvie lunch and recess duty coverage:
We would like to provide the opportunity for our teachers to meet as a team. They can do this if we provide lunch and recess duty coverage. Click on the link below to help with this coverage in September.

September Lunch and Recess duty coverage

SUPPORT THE PTG: Help the PTG continue to bring exciting programs/speakers to our schools like Project Nature, Wildlife Encounters, Music In Technology, David Flood Motivational Speaker, and Chris Herren Drug Prevention Speaker. If you’d like to make a donation, simply click on the PayPal link at www.bedfordptg.org or send in a check payable to Bedford PTG in the support envelopes that have been sent home (K-6) or an envelope labeled with your name and email address. Click HERE for more information on the PTG and programs funded with your support. Thank You!

LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER: Bedford PTG is again offering a faster, paperless way to share your information for volunteering for Bedford Schools. Instead of sending home a paper volunteer form to fill out and return, we now offer a Volunteer Google Form for each school. To access the form click HERE , or check school websites, or the PTG website www.bedfordptg.org under PTG Forms. You need to fill this form out in order to hear about volunteer opportunities at the schools or district wide.

McKelvie Volunteer Orientation: Please join members of the Mckelvie PTG Committee to learn about the many different volunteer opportunities for the upcoming school year. We will be holding this event in the McKelvie cafeteria on Thursday, September 19th at 9:00 AM.

PTG VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Looking for some great opportunities to volunteer this year? The PTG has several district level and committee positions available…

Ski , Skate and More Committee members: Due to the success of our annual sale, we are looking for new members to be part of the planning committee. The Ski, Skate and More sale is schedule for Saturday, November 23. The first committee meeting is Friday, September 13th at 3:40 at McKelvie.

Color Blast Fun Run Committee Members: Get in on the Colorful Fun and be part of planning this amazing community event!! Color Blast is looking for anyone that might be interested in being part of the planning committee. The committee meets monthly starting in October and more frequently closer to the event which is scheduled for Sunday, May 31st.

District Book Fair Coordinator- Oversee the Scholastic Book Fair held in the spring at the 3 elementary schools and McKelvie. Work closely with school level coordinators to ensure they have what they need for a successful book fair.

If you are interested in any of these roles or would like more information please email bedfordnhptg@gmail.com

BOX TOP PROGRAM CHANGE: Put away the scissors! No More Clipping! Box Tops is changing to fit today's families. The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school's earnings online. Visit www.btfe.com to learn more and start earning for our schools.

MEET THE PRINCIPALS EVENT SEPTEMBER 27TH: You are invited to join the PTG and the Principals from all six schools at our annual "Coffee with the Principals" event on Friday, September 27th from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at BCTV (10 Meetinghouse Road). This is a great opportunity to hear what each school has in store for the year. There will be a Q & A following the presentation. Light refreshments will be served and your young children are welcome to attend.

McKelvie Pics: