Bulldogs Newsletter October 2, 2023

Hello Basswood families,

It was a beautiful day for the 2025 Fun Run. It was great to connect with many of you today as you cheered on all the Bulldog Fun Runners!. Today was the culmination of our biggest fundraiser of the year and I am so grateful for the generous support of this community. You provided nearly 70,000 dollars to support programming at Basswood. This provides for over half of the annual budget and it ensures consistent programming for our students. I am so grateful! Thank you!!!

Social Emotional Supports:

In the Osseo Area Schools, students in grades 2-12 will take the mySAEBRS assessment this fall and again this spring. The mySAEBRS assessment, which stands for Minnesota Student Academic Behavioral Rating Scales, is a student self-evaluation. It provides valuable insights into areas such as social skills, emotional well-being, and behavioral strengths and challenges. This assessment helps our Student Support Team gain a more comprehensive understanding of your child's needs, allowing us to better support their growth and development. This data helps to ensure that we are using our counselor, social worker and other supports for those that need it most. For more information about assessment items and questions asked click here.

If you would like to opt your child out of this assessment, please complete the Parent Refusal Form located at https://www.district279.org/academics/assessments.

In partnership,

Steven Schwartz

Basswood Principal

Basswood Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held during the dates/times listed below:

Monday, October 6, 7:30am-8:30am and 3:40pm-6:40pm

Wednesday, October 8, 7:30am-8:30am and 3:40pm-6:40pm

Monday, October 13, 7:30am-8:30am and 3:40pm-6:40pm

Parents will be scheduling conferences through their ParentVUE accounts. Conference scheduling will open on Monday, September 29, and will close the evening of Saturday, October 4.

Please schedule your conference with your homeroom teacher. If your student is receiving EL services, you can schedule a conference with Ms. Pluzhnik as well as with your child’s homeroom teacher.

If you need an interpreter during your conference, please contact the Basswood office at 763.494.3858 or email at iaconot@district279.org after you have scheduled your conference.

You can log into your ParentVUE account through the Basswood website or at:

https://mn-oas-psv.edupoint.com/PXP2_Login_Parent.aspx?regenerateSessionId=True

If you do not have a ParentVUE account or have forgotten your password, please call the Basswood Office at 763.494.3858 for assistance.

This week we have been teaching students about the new expectations related to cell phones and electronics. As noted in last week's Basswood Bulletin, students that bring cell phones, smart watches and other electronics are expected to keep them in their backpack during the school day. For students that do not follow the expectations, the school will respond as follows:

Incident:

1st: Warning

2nd: Device turned into office. Student picks up at the end of day.

3rd: Device turned into the office. Student picks up at end of day and parents are called.

4th: Device turned into the office. Parent picks up device at school.

5th: Individual plan created for student (i.e. device turned into office daily and picked up at day's end).

The health office is seeking clothing donations for children to change into when their clothes have been soiled. Any child sizes of gently used clothing and shoes would help our students.

Especially needed:
Smaller boy’s shirts sizes 5-8
Smaller boy’s pants sizes 5-8
Shoes size kids12- 4 for boys and girls
Girl’s pants sizes 5-8
Underwear sizes 6-12 for both boys and girls.

Also please remember to wash and send back any clothing that your student borrows from the health office.

Thanks so much!
Nurse Sarah

Talent Development, Academic Challenge and Gifted Support (TAG) services are available to Basswood students in third through fifth grade to strengthen interests, extend grade-level content, and apply skills and concepts in authentic ways. For more information about 2025-26 TAG services, please see the attachment.

With regards,

Mrs. Olson

OlsonMarji@District279.org

Mrs. Berning

BerningL@District279.org

• October 6 - Conferences
• October 7 - Lockdown drill 10:05am
• October 8 - Conferences

• October 12 - PTO Kindness in Chalk 3-5pm
• October 13 - Conferences
• October 14 - Student Picture Day
• October 16-17 - No School

• 2nd grade: 10:45 - 11:10am
• 4th grade: 11:15 - 11:40am
• 1st grade: 11:45 - 12:10pm
• 3rd grade: 12:15 - 12:40pm
• 5th grade: 12:45 - 1:10pm
• Kindergarten: 1:15 - 1:40pm

First bell rings at 8:40am letting students into the school. Second bell rings at 8:50am letting students know they should be in their classroom ready to start the day! At 8:50am, the front doors are shut and student will need to come through the office to get a late pass.

We welcome and encourage volunteers at Basswood. You can complete an online volunteer form online at apps.raptortech.com/Apply/Nzg0OmVuLVVT and work with our volunteer coordinator, Lezlie Northagen. Volunteer information will go home the first week of school. Activities in a normal school year include being a classroom assistant, helping with classroom parties, helping with PTO sponsored activities (Carnival, Turkey Bingo, Book Fair, etc.) along with numerous other opportunities. We continue to follow state guidelines and adjust our volunteer program accordingly.

Yes! You will be able to follow us on Facebook. Please note that we are moving away from Twitter (@BWPrincipal279) for Basswood social media. Click here to follow us.

If you are planning a family vacation or just time away from school, please remember to call your student's absence into the attendance line. You can call 763-494-3858 and press 1 to leave a message with your student's name, student's teacher, reason for absence, and dates that your student will be gone. We really appreciate your assistance!

Every parent or guardian of enrolled students of Basswood Elementary is an automatic member of the PTO. We encourage you to join one of our next general meetings - or just send us a note if you have a question. You can find more information on our PTO website: https://sites.google.com/view/basswoodpto/home?authuser=1 or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BasswoodElementaryPto

Our district Community Education department offers a variety of after school classes. If you do sign your student up for one of these classes, please remember to let your student's teacher know about the class and when your student needs to stay after school.

The District Transportation department only allows students to ride their assigned bus to and from school. If you have questions, you can reach out to the Transportation Department at 763-391-7244 or transportationreques@district279.org.