a day at the beach
February 2, 2026
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I hope you will join me for an upcoming Principal Chat. Last year, principal chat conversations supported the creation of our Hate Speech Protocol and our Technology Use Guidelines. What's on your mind?
Friday, March 6 @ 8:00-9:00 - IN-PERSON
Tuesday, March 10 @ 5:00-6:00 - VIRTUAL - Click this link to join!
🛑 Wait! Before You Throw It Out! 🛑
We’re on a mission to gather unused or gently used items for our school-wide student store! Your donations will help students at Beach purchase fun and useful items with their Paw Cards.
What We’re Looking For:
Toys (new or gently used), Candy, Stickers, Arts & Crafts Supplies, Fidgets, Learning Games, Board Games, Journals, Fun jewelry collectables, Clean stuffies etc.
Why: Financial literacy is your treasure map! It teaches you to save, spend wisely, and make smart choices—helping you become a money wizard for a bright future!
Drop-Off Locations: Donation Box found in the office
Every little bit helps! Let’s create a vibrant store for our students. We can work together to get students excited about making an earning, counting, saving, and spending smart. Together, we can make a difference!
This month, we're focusing on one of the most powerful and important qualities we can cultivate: Kindness!
Kindness is about showing care, compassion, and friendliness to others. It's about thinking how our words and actions make others feel and choosing to make a positive difference in their day. For our elementary students, practicing kindness helps build a strong, supportive, and joyful school community.
Throughout July, we'll be exploring what kindness looks like in action. This might include:
Using Kind Words: Encouraging students to use polite language, offer compliments, and speak in a way that builds others up.
Helping Hands: Recognizing opportunities to help a classmate, a teacher, or someone in need, whether it's picking up a dropped item or offering assistance.
Inclusive Play: Making sure everyone feels welcome and included in games and activities, and reaching out to those who might be feeling left out.
Empathy in Action: Understanding and responding to the feelings of others, and choosing actions that show we care.
We'll be celebrating acts of kindness, big and small, as we learn how our compassion can spread throughout our classrooms and beyond. We encourage you to reinforce this at home by talking about moments of kindness you've witnessed or experienced, and by encouraging your child to think about how they can show kindness in their daily lives.
Every PPS school is working to increase their students' regular attendance because if students aren't in school, then they're missing critical learning opportunities. Our goal this year is to increase the number of students who have good or acceptable attendance by 15 percentage points, from 78% to 93%.
Comparing our attendance from this time last year to this year, we are up 3 percentage points! 12 more points to go!
If we can help you with attendance challenges, reach out to Katrina at kdeboer@pps.net.
Reminder that Beach Bike Train rides every week! The ride is open to all beach students and families who want to avoid the school drop off and also get some fresh air and start their Friday mornings right!
If any student or family needs gear to attend (gloves, helmet, even a bike tune up) let our coordinator, Nic, know.
208-860-1413
Current Route/Schedule:
North Route -
Rosa Parks/Concord at 7:30 AM, depart 7:35 Am
Killingsworth/Concord at 7:40 AM, depart 7:50 AM
South Route -
Meet at Shaver/Overlook Blvd at 7:42 AM, depart 7:47 AM
Would your child like to learn to knit or engage in other hand crafts? Have we got a club for them! Ms. Bridget would like to invite up to ten students to join her on Thursdays from 2:45-3:45 beginning February 12th.
Ms. Bridget would be happy to teach students how to knit and provide a space for students to engage in other hand crafts, as interested. She has a personal inventory of knitting needles, some yarn, and knitting patterns that she is ready to share with students, and students are more than welcome to provide their own materials if they would prefer.
If your child is interested, please fill out this permission form and return it to the main office.
Upcoming OBOB Dates to know:
2/19 2:30-3:30 OBOB Volunteer Training (room 100)
2/27 OBOB Pool Play--Each team plays all other teams in their pool
3/6 OBOB Bracket Play--Highest scoring teams from Pool Play compete in single elimination matches until a winner is declared
We need your help to run the school competition! Whether you have a child competing, are curious to know what it's all about, or are already counting down the days until your younger child can participate--please send an email to Erin Boni (erin.boni@gmail.com) OR Elena Hernandez (BCUVolunteering@gmail.com) with the subject 'OBOB volunteer' to sign up!
Please remember that all volunteers must have a cleared background check to go beyond the front office. Plan ahead! Background checks can take several days/weeks to process at the district level. Please submit yours today to ensure you are cleared in time for your next visit.
Click Here to Start Your Background Check
Questions or concerns? Please reach out to Tina at tmyers2@pps.net.
You can also get to these from the quick links on our website under "Our School" for future reference.
- Friday, February 6 - Hearing & Vision Screenings for K, 1st & 3rd
- Saturday, February 7 @ 7:00 @ The Highwater Mark - BCU Beach Rocks
- Tuesday, February 10 @ 5:00-6:00 - Connect to Kindergarten
- Tuesday, February 10 @ 6:30-8:00 - BCU Community-Wide Meeting - Dinner & Childcare Provided!
- Wednesday, February 11 @ 11:50 - Early Release
- Friday, February 13 - School Spirit Day - Wear Hearts!
- Tuesday, 2/17 - Restaurant Night @ Tamale Boys on N Dekum
- Thursday, February 26 @ 5:30 - Black Excellence Night - Dinner Provided by BCU & Costco
- Thursday, February 26 - Immunization Records Due
- Friday, February 27 @ 1:45 - Friendship Parade
Friday, March 6 @ 8:00-9:00 - IN-PERSON
Tuesday, March 10 @ 5:00-6:00 - VIRTUAL - Click this link to join!
Saturday, April 24 @ 6:00 - Beach Auction
School Phone: 503-916-6236
Esther - School Secretary - eromero@pps.net
Tina - Administrative Assistant - tmyers2@pps.net
Katrina - School Counselor - kdeboer@pps.net
Rhys - School Social Worker - rnearyhills@pps.net
Niki - Principal - njohnson@pps.net
