Bella's Bark

Last week everyone should have received an email to create your own account. If you need help please ask your grade level lead or come to the office for support. Below is the email that you should've gotten explaining how to create an account.

Signing into the Desktop Portal:
The first step you must do is set a new password in the Desktop Portal. You will use this same password in the Smartphone App.

1. Go to https://pbisr.navigate360.com/ and click on the button labeled "Activate Account"
2. Follow the instructions by searching for your school and entering your email address.
3. You will get a second email with a link to set a password. Click the link in that email and set a new password.
4. After you set your new password, the next page will take you back to the login screen to sign into y our account.

Installing and Signing into the PBIS Rewards Staff App:
Download the PBIS Rewards Staff app through Google Play for Android devices or the Apple App Store for iOS devices. The next steps are similar to signing into the Desktop Portal. You must have successfully signed into the Desktop Portal before you can use the Smartphone App.

1. Follow the instructions on the login screen, using the same information you used for the Desktop Portal.
2. The first time you sign into a device, you will receive an authorization email. Click on the link in that email to authorize your phone as a device that can run the app.

Open the app and select the blue arrow and enter your password again. From this point forward, you simply will enter your password to use the app.

Need help? Click the following link to see a short video that explains the login process.
Click here: New Account Setup Video

Active learning is important in the classroom because it engages students directly in the learning process, encouraging them to think critically, collaborate, and apply what they learn. Instead of passively receiving information, students participate through discussions, problem-solving, and hands-on activities that deepen understanding and improve retention. This approach also helps develop communication, teamwork, and analytical skills—abilities essential for success beyond the classroom. By making learning interactive and student-centered, active learning fosters motivation, curiosity, and a deeper connection to the subject matter.

Active learning and engagement in the classroom

Encouraging Students to Learn Through Application and Experience

Shout Outs!

We LOVE to celebrate one another at Bella Vista! Please send your shout out to me by 3:00 on Friday and I will add them to the newsletter. Thanks for spreading joy and gratitude!

• Shout out to JARVIS, LETTY, CINDY, and JASON for your generous contributions to fill the food bags which went out to our tk, k, and 1 families whose SNAP benefits were not funded Nov.1. Our kids were hungry and in need this week, and YOU helped to feed them 🩷 -d.

• Shout out to everyone in the office who takes the calls from parents even after we have already communicated the answer. Your patience and willingness to help and solve problems, despite having a full list of your own, does not go unnoticed or unappreciated! -d

• Shout out to coach Nunez for the amazing organization of chaperones etc for the hockey game. you are the bomb! -d

• Shout out and Happy Birthday to Megan. Thank you for hosting book club in your beautiful home. It is so nice to get together with book loving colleagues who I barely get to see or get to know during a busy work day. I cherish these get togethers. -d

• Shout out to YAJAIRA for helping our families with your enthusiasm for making Friday bags available to those in need, despite a cut at such a crucial time. You also made the Thanksgiving give away happen despite challenges- because you care and did not give up! Heart you, lady! You are the BEST! -d.

• Shout out to all BVES staff for a great parent teacher conference week. - Mardi

• Shout out to Coach Nunez for organizing BVES Firebirds Night. - Mardi

• Shout out to all of the teachers, Ms. Arseo, and Crystal for running another successful Saturday school. - Mardi

• Shout out to Yajaira for coming in on Saturday and getting treats and coffee for our ELAC meeting. You are always willing to support me and our families. - Mardi

Important Reminders:

• Make sure to take attendance by 8:15 am every day
• Students that are tardy should be walking in with a bright pink tardy paper
• If you have students that are constantly absent please reach out to the families and if you can't get in contact with them then let Crystal, new attendance support secretary, (cescobar@psusd.us) or Yajaira, attendance clerk, (ycardenas@psusd.us) know

Monday, November 10

• Mardi gone for the morning
• Fire Drill
• Continue TO FILL OUT DESIGNATED SUPPORT WORKSHEETS
• 25/26 CAASPP Designated Supports Informed 3RD-5T
• 25/26 ELPAC Designated Supports Informed K-5TH

Tuesday, November 11

• No School Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 12

• Vision to Learn on Campus
• 12:30 Chili Cook-off
• Staff Meeting
• 2:30 pm Leadership Meeting
• 3:00-6:00 pm DHS Elementary Football Tournament DHSHS

Thursday, November 13

• 5th Grade RCOE Science PD
• Vision & Hearing Screening
• 9:45-10-:30 Principal/Assistant Principal Walk: Literacy Implementation Walk at BVES (make sure to have current student work in the halls and classroom)
• Principal Meeting: Lisa & Mardi

Friday, November 14

• 5th Grade RCOE Science PD
• Mr. Stone at SPED Training all day
• Vision to Learn
• Awards Assembly.
• 5th 8:15-8:35

  4th 8:40-9:00

  1st 9:20-9:40

  Tk/K 9:50-10:15 Bailey

  10:35 –10:55 Boehnlein, Padilla, Serna, Tremblay, Carabello, Neff

  11:30-11:55 Banks, Jacobson, Escobedo, Lowe, Nielsen, Benesch, Hauser

• Have a restful weekend!

Hello Teachers,

Click the image below to access the Fall Coaching Corner Newsletter. The Newsletter includes the following important information:

• All Slides from the October 13th In Service - if you would like any of these reviewed or presented, let me know.

• BVES Action Planning & Goals that also includes a slide deck from one of my UDL Nights focusing on UDL and Goal Setting

• A Roadmap To Reading Infographic

• Phoneme/Grapheme/Syllable Mapping Info and Sign up for 1st-3rd Grade

• October/November (Coming Soon) UDL Newsletter

Click on the newsletter above to access it.

"Every day may not be good,

but there is something good in every day."

— Alice Morse Earle