Bennett News

Our school is excited to roll out Benny Bucks, a new program designed to promote and celebrate positive behaviors throughout our campus. Students who demonstrate expected and appropriate behaviors can earn a Benny Buck ticket from staff members. These tickets are entered into grade-level drawings, giving students the opportunity to select items from a special prize cart! Winners also receive recognition by having their pictures displayed in the school lobby, celebrating their efforts and inspiring their peers. Currently, we’re focusing on positive behaviors in the hallways and during transitions, but stay tuned—additional behavior expectations will be emphasized in the coming weeks. Let’s work together to make our school a safe, respectful, and positive place to learn!

This month we will begin our i-Ready mid-year testing in ELA and Math. For both of these subjects, your child's results will reset and adjust their personalized learning path. This path ensures that they are working on instruction that matches their learning needs during the online portion of their learning. Your child previously took the diagnostic for both Math and ELA in September and will take the end of year assessment in May. Teachers will be using the results of the assessment during data meetings to tailor their instruction for the coming weeks.

With the unpredictable nature of the New England weather, we encourage parents to dress their children in layers that can be added or removed to accommodate variations in temperature and conditions. Please note that students will go outside for recess most days of the year. Thank you.

If your child misses school for any reason, please contact the main office. Absences may be excused for medical appointments with a note from the doctor's office. Notes can be sent in to your child's teacher or faxed/emailed directly to the main office.

Any student with a fever of 100 degrees or more, diarrhea, or vomiting, cannot return to school until they are fever/symptom free for 24 hours without the use of fever/symptom reducing medicine (Tylenol, Motrin etc.) If a child is absent for five or more consecutive days, a written note from your child’s health care provider may be required for re-entry to school. If you have any questions, please contact our Nurse Kimball at (508) 821-1245 or ckimball@tauntonschools.org.

We’re excited to invite parents to join the Bennett Elementary School Facebook group, managed by BES administrators. This private group will showcase highlights of lessons, activities, and events happening at school. It’s a great way to stay connected and celebrate the wonderful things our students are learning and experiencing. Parents can request to join by searching for the page online or by using the QR code provided.

The Bennett PTO is a group of parents, teachers, and administrators working together to help supplement the educational offerings at BES by planning, coordinating, and running special events and fundraisers. The group is always looking for new members and volunteers. If you would like to take a more active role in supporting the school community, please consider joining. The next PTO meeting will be Tuesday, February 4, at 6 PM in the BES cafeteria.

Hey, Bennett Rockstars! The PTO is super excited as we gear up for this year's action-packed Fun Run, and guess what? We’ve just locked down a amazing low price for this year’s T-shirts! Here’s where we could really use your help - We’re on the lookout for about 8 awesome Super Hero Sponsors to help us out, so we can offer these shirts to Bennett students at no cost! If you or someone you know has a business and would love to see their logo on the back of these shirts, which will be worn by over 300 fantastic students, please send their contact info to BethDarosa@comcast.net or Christinarando8@gmail.com. We appreciate your support! For those new to Bennett, here’s a glimpse of what it looked like last year!!