Greetings!
Benvenue Elementary Bus 53 will not have a driver for the afternoon route. Please be prepared to provide transportation for your child tomorrow afternoon. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
Students who ride Bus 358 will ride Bus 332 home this afternoon. The bus is on regular schedule.
Reminder: Join us for Curriculum Night in the cafeteria on Thursday, 12/14 from 5-6pm. This is a floating event. Our K-1 students will perform in the multi-purpose room at 6pm. K-1 students should wear holiday colors (red, green or white) and be dropped off by 5:30pm at the entrance to the kindergarten hall. Parents are welcome to sit in the multi-purpose room to wait for the program to begin or stop by the cafeteria for curriculum night. At the conclusion on the program, students will be taken to the cafeteria for parents to pick them up from their teacher.
Fall picture make-up picture packages are coming home with students today. The sale dates ae 12/14 - 1/12/24. You may pay with cash, check payable to "Strawbridge Studios" or online at www.strawbridge.net. You will need the code on the pride sheet to pay online. Please keep in mind that the school is responsible for the picture packages. Any unpurchased pictures need to be returned to the school.
The Bobcat Mart will be open on Friday for students to shop before school.
Students in Ms. Westlund and Mrs. Smith's classes are working on a service project and they need the help of the school and local community. They are asking for donations of NEW winter gloves, hats, socks and coats to support children in our school and community that are in need of these items to keep warm during the winter months. Each student will earn a Bobcat Buck for each item that they donate. Please share this information with family and friends. There is a donation box in the front lobby. Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 21st. Thank you in advance for supporting these students as they work to help their school and community!
REMINDER:
PBIS Candy Cane Gram order forms and money are due tomorrow (Thurs, 12/14). They will be delivered to students on Tuesday, 12/19.
Join us for Curriculum Night in the cafeteria on Thursday, 12/14 from 5-6pm. This is a floating event. Our K-1 students will perform in the multi-purpose room at 6pm. K-1 students should wear holiday colors (red, green or white) and be dropped off by 5:30pm at the entrance to the kindergarten hall.
Reminder:
Cold Weather Apparel order forms and money are due by 9am on Wednesday, 12/13. Items will be sent home the week of 12/18. Due to the short turnaround time, we will not be able to accept late orders. This is the last order for this school year.
Benvenue School Community,
Students in Ms. Westlund and Mrs. Smith's classes are working on a service project and they need the help of the school and local community. They are asking for donations of NEW winter gloves, hats, socks and coats to support children in our school and community that are in need of these items to keep warm during the winter months. Each student will earn a Bobcat Buck for each item that they donate. Please share this information with family and friends. There is a donation box in the front lobby. Feel free to share this post with family and friends. Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 21st. Thank you in advance for supporting these students as they work to help their school and community!
Drumroll Please.........
Our quest to level up our readers has never been so much fun! We’re blasting through our adventure to earn as many books as possible for our students. Today, we announced the winner of the iPad! Congratulations, Alaysia Whitaker!
Where to find the model release form? (the document for images/video/audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRiOtCl8s0
Brame will be closed December 20 - January 5 for Winter break. They will reopen on January 8, 2024.
Here's what's happening: If you are an EDGECOMBE COUNTY Resident and have a child/children or family member in a NCPS High School. The deadline is coming up soon for you to make a decision if your high school student will be staying at their school or transferring out. TONIGHT, there is an information session to review this information.
Thanks to everyone who has helped make Book Blast such a success for our school! We now have our 4th and final Book Blast Treasure Chest stuffed with cash winner. Congratulations to Ayanna Speight! This has been a fun first week of rewards and prizes for many of you, and the grand prize drawing for the iPad is next. So, be sure to complete your Treasure Map assignment tonight. You could be the next winner!”
BES STAFF NEWSLETTER 12/11: https://www.smore.com/8z1hm
Lunch with Santa - Sunday, December 17
See attached flyer for more information.
Bobcat Family Newsletter 12/11: https://www.smore.com/zthvk
Our students had an awesome time at our World's Finest Chocolate Reward Party. Congratulations to Miking Daniel who was our top seller! There was tie for top homeroom between Mrs. Wellenhofer and Mrs. Bunn's homerooms. They will be treated to an ice cream party. Thank you to all that participated
Power up! Our 3rd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner is Kayden Cooper! Congratulations! Did you know that Book Blast contributions help ensure all our students receive books? After your student earns all 10 books from the book list, additional contributions help provide more books for all our students, including those who don’t receive contributions. Your involvement makes a world of difference!
Good evening:
We are dedicated to ensuring that you are well-informed about the demerger and transition plan, as it will significantly impact your child, family member, or a friend. Please share this important update, to help spread this upcoming event. This message is to keep you updated and aware of the ongoing developments of the demerger and plan of transition.
Here's what's happening:
If you are an EDGECOMBE COUNTY Resident and have a child/children or family member in a Nash County Public School High School. The deadline is coming up soon for you to make a decision if your high school student will be staying at their school or transferring out.
Monday, there is an information session to review this information.
Monday, December 11 at Rocky Mount High School at 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in the media center.
Bring or tell your parent/guardian and Family! This is where they can learn more and ask questions.
Please get in touch with us via this form for any questions: https://forms.gle/JBiqf3UnrgfC3MR76. Demerger landing page, https://www.ncpschools.net/o/ncps/page/ncpsdemerger.
Thank you so much.
NCPS-Transition Team
Congratulations, Nicholas Cobb, for being our 2nd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win a Treasure Chest or an iPad by inviting 15+ friends or family members: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/BenvenueES27804. Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries! If you’d like to support our school and help all our students have access to more books, please donate here: https://tinyurl.com/BenvenueCommunityLink. Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education!
Bobcat Families,
The Bobcat Mart will be open on Friday for students to shop before school.
Our PBIS Team is sponsoring a Candy Cane Gram sale. Students and parents can send Candy Cane Grams to their child, friends, teachers, or a staff member. Candy Cane Grams are $1 each. Look for the order form (attached) in your child's Thursday folder. Money is due by Thursday, 12/14. Funds raised will be used for PBIS prizes and celebrations. Thank you in advance for supporting PBIS!
If your child is participating in the PBIS Pajama Day tomorrow (Friday), please make sure pajamas are school appropriate.
The $20 early bird pricing for yearbooks ends on Thursday, 12/21. Please return the order envelope to your child's teacher or you may order online at www.strawbridge.net. The online code is YB29549. Beginning 12/22 through 2/29/24, yearbooks will cost $25.
We are doing an additional cold weather apparel order. Order forms (attached) were sent home earlier this week. This will be the last order for the school year. Order forms and money are due by 9am on Wednesday, 12/13. Items will be sent home the week of 12/18. Due to the short turnaround time, we will not be able to accept late orders.
We are trying to close out our school picture sale with Strawbridge. If you have not done so already, please return payments and/or returned any unpurchased pictures. The school is responsible for the packages that were sent home. You may still purchase them online at www.strawbridge.net. The online code is in your child's picture package.
Our World's Finest Chocolate reward party is Friday, 12/8. We still have some uncollected chocolate money. These payments need to be sent in asap. Chocolate bars can still be purchased in the office for $1 each.
Thank you for your continued support.