RBS Principal’s Notes
March 31, 2017
Family Fun Night is tonight!
I hope to see everyone there. We
have some great baskets and silent
auction items as well as music, Italian ice, popcorn, raffles, face
painting and more!
IN THE NEWS:
Book Fair
- Our Happy Camper Book
Fair is set-up for next week’s big event!
As you can imagine, it looks great…as usual! A big thank you to our RBS Book Fair Committee
for all of their planning, organization and creativity!
RBS Book Fair hours: Monday – Thursday (April 3-6) 8AM-7PM in
rooms 216/218 (upstairs).
- We are still looking for volunteers. If you can help, it would be GREATLY
appreciated. Please sign up using Sign
Up Genius.
- HERE
is the link to the Book Fair Book Talks that we filmed. We created QR codes to attach to the
books at the book fair. Students
and parents can scan the QR code on the book and watch a video preview of
the book.
Last Day of School
The tentative last day of
school is Monday, June 19th.
Destination
Imagination State Tournament
Bedford DI welcomes New
Hampshire Destination Imagination (NH-DI) State Tournament to Bedford High
School on Saturday, April 1st, 8AM – 6PM. There is a snow
date for Sunday, April 2nd, but please check website for up to date
information and a schedule of events. www.nh-di.org
NH-DI will be hosting the
event where the top scoring teams will be competing for a chance to go to
Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, TN, with almost every state
and 20 countries. Destination Imagination is a fun, hands-on system of
learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through
open-ended academic challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology,
engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning. Participants learn patience, flexibility,
persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative
problem solving process.
Good Luck to the 7 teams
representing Bedford DI!
BHS Save the
Bees Club Event – CANCELLED
The Save the Bees event
that was supposed to take place tonight at the high school has been cancelled
due to the weather.
Safety Educator
Please click HERE
for the March/April edition of Safety Educator.
PTG News/Information
- HELP WANTED: The
PTG is looking for someone to coordinate our ORK (Opportunities Reaching
Kids) program for the elementary schools. This coordinator will be
responsible for all ORK programming- such as Eyes On Owls, Tanglewood
Marionettes & Bat Presentations, across the three elementary schools
(Memorial, Peter Woodbury, and Riddle Brook). This person must have
good communication and organizational skills (flexible hours &
work from home). For more information
please contact Sue Jennato at bedfordnhptg@gmail.com
- Please join us on Thursday April 6th at Shorty’s in Bedford. Every first Thursday of the month
Shorty’s will give the Bedford PTG 15% of all sales when patrons
show this
flyer or simply let your server know you support the PTG. Good on Dine-in and Take-out, all day
long!
- ColorBlast 5k Run/Walk – Sunday,
June 4th @ 10:00 AM
The PTG is excited to announce that registration
for our first annual ColorBlast 5K Run/Walk is open! Register
today and mark your calendar for a super-fun, family event! Not a runner? That’s OK. You can walk, skip, hop, twirl, dance or
stroll your way through six color stations along the 5K route that starts
at Lurgio Middle school on the BHS/RAL campus. Be sure to wear white for maximum color affect
(you will be blasted with food safe colorful powder). All funds raised from this event will go back
into our schools!
Executive
Functioning and Mindfulness Messages
Executive
Functioning
Bosses need to
organize what they learn, so they can keep track of information. Here are two strategies to help: Maps
and Webs help us to picture how to organize main ideas and supporting
details in what we want to write. Strategy Cards are index cards
with a question and a remembering strategy on one side and the answer on the
other.
Mindfulness
Now that we have
practiced focusing our attention with our breath, here is an exercise to try at
home: Rise and Fall
Lie on the floor.
Place an object on your stomach. As you breathe in and out through
your nose, improve your focus by watching the rising and falling of your belly
and the object on it. Try to do this for one minute without letting the
object fall off your stomach.
iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies,
Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up
The Bedford High School
Counseling Department is thrilled to welcome international speaker, Janell
Burley Hofmann, to campus on Thursday, April 6th! The author of
the original iRules Contract will workshop with students throughout the day and
will present “Parenting Generation Tech: Educate, Empower, Engage” to
parents that evening. This free event will begin at 6:00 PM in the
BHS Theater and is open to the community.
Janell Burley Hofmann
is the author of the book, iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know
About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up. She is also a speaker and
consultant on topics like technology, media, health, relationships and personal
growth. Janell Burley Hofmann engages
readers, clients and audiences in relevant and meaningful conversations
igniting personal empowerment, awareness and purpose. Janell serves families, schools and
communities in a partnership that will positively impact the lives of children
and teens. She is a two-time TEDx presenter and was a featured speaker
with SxSW. Her work has been featured in
the New York Times, Good Morning America, USA Today, National Public Radio and
thousands of international media outlets.
REMINDERS:
2017/18 School Calendar
The school calendar for
next year can be found HERE. The last day of school for the 2017/18 is Wednesday,
June 13th.
Yearbook – LOOKING FOR VOLUNEER(S)
Our current yearbook coordinators are looking for a co-coordinator.
This would be someone who is willing to work with a team to help organize
picture inputs from all of the classes, photograph special events, layout
yearbook pages, etc. Much of the job can
be done from home and after hours (or on a flexible schedule). No
specific skills are required, but it really helps to be organized. If
you’re interested, please contact Linda Dinndorf (lindad.bedford@icloud.com) or Jen
Spector (jen.spector@gmail.com).
Art Supplies
Donation (BHS Senior Project)
As
part of her Senior Project, Julie Vyhanek, a student at Bedford High School, is
accepting new/lightly used art supplies to be used at the Elliot Hospital for
Art Therapy. A donation box is located in our main floor hallway if you
would like to contribute. Please click here for
more information about her project.
Bedford Food Pantry – Items Needed for Children
Food Insecurity is a
growing concern across the nation and right here in our own backyard. Nearly 350 adults and children in Bedford
qualify for food stamps and more than 167 families in Bedford meet the income
standards for the government’s free school lunch program.
If you are able to donate
these items (these are ongoing donations), please bring them by the Bedford
Food Pantry at the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 4 Church Road, Bedford, NH.
Parents/guardians, please
contact the school guidance counselor or school nurse if you would like your
child to participate in this program.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 31 – RBS Family Fun Night
March 31 – End of Quarter 3
April 3-6 – PTG Book Fair (Rooms 216/218)
April 3-14 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
April 6 – RBS 4th Grade Play
(RBS Gym)
April 7 – Official Report Cards available
on Power School
April 10-18 – Passover
April 14 – Good Friday
April 16 – Easter
April 24-28 – Spring Vacation
