Bates Family Newsletter

Happy weekend, everyone! Just a reminder that we have an early release day and we have our first assembly! Shout out to PTO for sponsoring the assembly. Photos and write to follow next week!

Early Release (Grades 1-5) at 11:15am

PK at 11am

Kindergarten at 11:10am

Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Ms. Smith, Mr. Mac, and Mr. Lister

There are no formal Beacons of the Week on "short weeks", however, so many students exemplified what it means to be a safe, responsible, and respectful human being all week!

Twice a month, two of our wonderful families will be featured on our morning announcements that are shared each day to build community in our school as well as in our family newsletter. Our hope is that this will create new friendships, bring us closer as a community, and help us celebrate the beautiful diversity that we have here at Bates. It ties in with our motto: "Believe, be you, belong, at Bates!".

Your family can record a Zoom with Ms. Roz, create a poster to share a little about your family, or come into school for a fun interview. Want to learn more? Contact Ms. Roz at rguevera@salemk12.org. Want to sign up? Fill out this form, and Ms. Roz will contact you.

Monster Mash was a great success! Here are some pics from Trunk or Treat...

Our Name the Lane winner, Grace, rode to school in a limo with her buddies and our lane will be known as "Gracelton Street" for the remainder of the school year. Congrats, Grace!

If you want to join PTO, now is the time! Please feel free to reach out to the Bates PTO at batesschoolpto@gmail.com if you're interested or if you want to find our more about the following open positions:

Events Coordinator

Spirit Coordinator

Hospitality Coordinator

Submitted by Ms. Gojanovic, and Ms. Amanda, School Adjustment Counselors

Safe Schools

Safe schools is an extremely important topic that is discussed throughout the year! Our priority is to make sure that the Bates School is a safe place where students feel like they can be themselves, belong and feel safe. Students spend a LOT of time at school! For any learning to occur, it is imperative that students feel like they are safe- throughout their day and throughout the building.

While it is up to adults to make sure that kids are safe physically, we also had discussions this week about feeling safe emotionally as well.

One way we talked about this was using 5th grade student role plays that showed the problem of Intention Vs. Impact. Ask your young person if they remember the two videos where a student caused an accidental impact to another student’s body and feelings.

We practiced recognizing that even if something was not our INTENTION, we are responsible for the IMPACT. See these visuals and talk with your young person about how these skills help them and others to feel emotionally safe at school!

The school menus are posted on the SPS website. Find them here.

Our goal is to keep our chronic absence rate under 19.5% this year. We're also looking for under 11% for the month of October. This week, our chronic attendance rate was down from last week. Shout out to PreK and grade 5 again this week!

If you need any assistance with getting your student to school, please reach out to Rosalyn Guevara, Family Engagement Facilitator at rguevara@salemk12.org.

If your student wasn't here on picture day or needs a re-take, please mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 19th.

October

• October 22nd - Celtics Spirit Day
• October 23rd - 1/2 Day, PTO Enrichment (Anti-bullying assembly)
• October 31st - 1/2 Day - Happy Halloween! (Black and orange spirit day - no costumes, please)

November

• November 5th - No School (Election Day)
• November 11th - No School (Veteran's Day)
• November 12th - PTO Meeting, 6:30, Library
• November 13th - End of Trimester 1
• November 19th - School Site Council Meeting, 7:45am + School Picture Retakes
• November 20th - Polished Dental
• November 27th - Report Cards Published + Crazy Sock Spirit Day! + 1/2 Day!
• November 28th - No School, Happy Thanksgiving!
• November 29th - No School

Did you know you can earn money for our school just by scanning your grocery receipts? All you need to do is download the Boxtops app, and scan those receipts! Don't want to scan? No worries, you can always send receipts into school with your student in an envelope marked, "PTO Boxtops".

Our Bates spirit rock is available for weekly rentals. Celebrate your student's birthday or other accomplishments by painting a message on our rock. Please click here to rent the rock!

Bates Elementary School, in partnership with our families and community, will provide all students with a culturally responsive, student – centered, and equitable learning experience that celebrates our students’ diverse backgrounds, creative pursuits, and their academic, social, emotional success.

School Hours:

Regular school hours:

Monday through Friday: 7:45am to 1:50pm

Early Release (Grades 1-5) at 11:15am

PK at 11am

Kindergarten at 11:10am