Birmingham Covington School Welcome Cobras! 9:00-10:30 a.m. Move - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Birmingham Covington School

9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Media Center Move Up Day Monday 06/10/19

Our vision at BCS is to inspire students to lead in the global community through a passion for learning, innovating, and inquiry & design.

Welcome Cobras!

The BCS Touchstone

Vision

• BCS inspires students to lead in the global

community through a passion for learning, innovating, and inquiry & design.

– We commit to:

• educate the whole child, supporting the needs of all

learners.

• foster and nurture a learning community of character

valuing integrity, diversity and acceptance.

• prepare students, through original and authentic

learning experiences, to create solutions meeting the challenges of tomorrow on a global scale.

• adapt purposefully by efficiently utilizing the resources

around us to ensure academic excellence in our evolving world.

Mission/Purpose

BCS is a dynamic and collaborative learning

• community. We cultivate an

engaging environment that embraces all students and empowers them to pose questions, integrate resources, synthesize, evaluate and apply their knowledge to positively influence our diverse and ever-changing world.

• Take them home today!

– Note BCS Reading Backpack difference

• Also available at http://bcsonline.info after

June 14

• Supply list will be included – optional

– Purchase on your own or in advance

• Experiential Learning is the focus!

Summer Packets

• August 14th or 21st: 10AM-12PM or 5-7PM
• Come to BCS to confirm your registration is in

place and orient your family to a new year.

• Locker Assignment (time for students to practice)
• Join PTA, Pay Fees, Direct Donations
• Q1 Choice Hour schedule posted
• Medication “Round Up”
• Deposit into lunch accounts
• balance rolls over from previous year
• deposits may be made via check or online at

www.sendmoneytoschool.com.

Welcome Back to School Wednesdays

First Day of School

• Parents may stand near lockers or hallways to

say, “Good-bye! Have a great day!”

• Town Hall meetings (3/4, 5/6, 7/8)
• Make a Connection teams-end of day prep

Meet the 3/4 Team!

Link to Meet the Entire BCS Staff

• Academics
• Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science
• Interdisciplinary Themes and Curriculum
• Co-Curricular classes include
• 45 minutes each class
• One Semester of Art (2x per week)
• One Semester of Engineering Technology (2x per week)
• One Year of Engage (2x per week)
• One Year of PE (2x per week)
• Swimming schedule listed in the weekly WAG and on the teachers’ blogs/sites
• One Year of Spanish (2x per week)
• Click the 3-8 matrix of co-curricular classes
• Snacks/Breaks
• Lunch/Recess
• 20 minute lunch – 3 lines (regular, healthy, pizza/snacks)
• 20 minute Recess
• Planner and binder
• Academic Day ends at 3:20 PM/Choice Hour begins at 3:25PM

A Day in the Life!

Mornings

• When does our school open to students

– Breakfast for purchase in the cafeteria after 7:30 a.m. – Students may be in the hallways at 8:00 a.m. – classes begin at 8:18 a.m. on regular days

• Breakfast is available for purchase
• Kid’s Club – after Choice Hour, 4:10-6:00 p.m.
• Traffic circle and parking lot

– Park in designated spaces only (no parking in circle drives) – There are “10 Minute Spaces” (Blast Winners spaces too) – Check out the Traffic Flow Map

Office Procedures

• Call in or email all absences with as much notice as

possible (extended absence requires pre-approval)

• Visitor Notification System (VNS)
• Sign in at the office when picking up children
• Always check-in the office when entering the

building to get visitor’s pass – check-out when leaving

• A bustling front office – a great place to volunteer
• Students can call home from the office

Communications

• Importance of BCSonline.info for Parent News and Forms
• Emails listed in PowerSchool are automatically included in our

Blackboard Connect communication system.

• Sign up additional emails for school eNews at

https://bpsenews.bbcportal.com/.

• Check http://bcsonline.info for teacher websites and student

resources

• Open Door Policy or Schedule appointments to speak to

administrators or counselors

• Make appointments to meet with teachers (Email vs. Voice Mail)
• Sign up for important text reminders by texting @bcsf to the

number 81010

Transportation

• Make a Connection
• Shuttles and direct morning buses
• Buses arrive for 4:10 PM dismissal only and will leave

BCS promptly at 4:20 PM.

• When will students arrive home on buses?
• Must bring in a note if riding with a friend
• note must be signed by office staff
• All students on buses enter through the “recess” doors

near the cafeteria by the bus loop

• Traffic Circle Procedures
• Parking, drop-off, pick-up expectations
• Students dropped off enter the main doors
• Click Traffic Pattern Map for more details and a route map.

Your PTA Co-Chairs Are:

• Jennifer Taylor-Haughey-2nd year
• Jennifer Weingarten-2nd year
• Open - 1st year

How do you get involved?

• PTA Promise to Participate
• Membership is important
• What does the PTA fund?
• What Fundraisers support this?

Welcome from PTA

PTA Events & Committees

Events

• Ice Cream Social - September
• 3/4 Coney Bingo - October
• Proud Dads Annual Meeting - October
• Eat and Run - November, February, May
• Snow Club - January
• Open House - December 8, 2019
• Blast - March 15, 2020
• Wacky Recess - June
• and many more…….

Committees

• 3/4 Room Parent
• Blast Planning Committee
• Wellness Team
• Green Team
• Proud Dads

Your 3/4 Liaisons

• Butzin - Torri Calver
• Davis - OPEN
• Frishman - Donna Kramer
• Harvath - OPEN
• Maliszewski - Felicia O’Conner
• Parkin - Sally Matak
• Seley - OPEN
• Wallington - OPEN

Your 3/4 PTA Leadership Team

Your 3/4 Room Parent Coordinators Outgoing: Sara Baumann & Sareeka Doshi Incoming: OPEN (2 positions)

Your 3/4 PTA Leadership Roles

Room Parent Coordinator:

• Facilitate Monthly 3/4

Meetings

• Oversee activities at high

level (Coney Bingo, Winter

Party, Reading Party, Spring Conference Dinner, Blast Baskets, Staff Appreciation Week, End of Year Party)

• Attend Monthly PTA Mtgs
• Manage 3/4 Budget

Classroom Liason (8 total):

• Send weekly classroom

communications

• Ensure Party Planning is

coordinated for classroom

• Ensure grade wide event

planning is coordinated

(each class responsible for 1 event)

• Attend Monthly 3/4

Meetings

Classroom Breakout Sessions

• Find your classroom’s or

grade level sign

• Ways to connect and stay

involved

• Questions and answers
• Students return at 10:30AM