Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA

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BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
561-904-9800
15101 BENT CREEK RD. WELLINGTON, FL 33414
January
2015
Owl Blast Newsletter
A Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Publication
Volume 3 Issue 5
www.BinksForestPTA.com
Editor: Karen Anthony
Tanya Siskind
PTA President
Inside this Issue
Administrative Messages
2
PTA Pages
3-5
Around School
6-7
Calendar
8
Advertisers
9-10
A very happy New Year to you all! I hope
you enjoyed a relaxing winter break. 2014
was a year of great accomplishment.
Thanks to all of our volunteers, teachers,
administration, and families.
Here's to
many more great times and successes in 2015!
If your New Year's Resolution is to get more involved at our school,
please check out http://www.binksforest.ivolunteer.com/ PTA is
always working on ways to improve children's education, health,
and wellness. There are many ways for all of us to be a part of that
mission. This is YOUR PTA!
All the best to you and yours,
Tanya Siskind
Binks Forest PTA President
Friday, January 23, 2015
4th Annual Free Family Movie Night
Presenting:
Binks Forest PTA
Executive Board
Tanya Siskind– President
[email protected]
Amy Rochman– VP School Services
[email protected]
Shana Feuer–VP Ways & Means
[email protected]
Jennifer Weese– VP Volunteers
[email protected]
Amy Robbert– Treasurer
[email protected]
Sara Hyams– Recording Secretary
6:00 Doors open
6:15 PTA General
Assembly meeting
6:30 Movie Begins
 Free admission and
popcorn
Candyland 2014 was a
delicious event for the
teachers and staff at Binks
Forest Elementary. Thank
you to our many volunteer
bakers whose tasty gifts
were graciously received
this past December.
 Hotdogs, chips, water and
candy will be available to
purchase, cash only.
 Wear PJs-bring blankets,
pillows, sleeping bags or
folding chairs
Parents or guardians are required to stay and
supervise their children. This is NOT a drop-off
event.
[email protected]
Emily MacMillan–Corresponding Secretary
[email protected]
Have you liked our Facebook page yet?
Michella Levy– Principal
[email protected]
and click “Like”
If not, visit www.facebook.com/binksforestpta
Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
Administrative Messages
Mrs. Levy, Principal
Dear Binks Forest Families,
Page 2
15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414
Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal
Tanya Siskind– PTA President
Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor
The South Florida Fair is coming to town this
month and if you are planning on attending,
please purchase your tickets online by January
15th and put it under Binks Forest so that we
can get credit for it.
Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope
that everyone had a relaxing break and is
ready to start 2015 off with a bang! This
Thursday, January 8th will be our very first
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Sincerely,
(STEM) Family Night starting at 5:30pm.
Mrs. Levy
There will be over 20 interactive, hands-on
stations. We would love for everyone to come
out to explore and discover with us. We will
also have our Barnes and Noble Family Night
on January 15th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm and our
PTA Family Movie Night from 6:00 – 9:00 pm
in the Cafeteria.
Our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will start
Winter Diagnostic testing on January 13th and
14th. Our 5th grade students will continue
testing on January 21st and 22nd.
Ms. Berard, Kyle MacMillan and Mrs. Levy
The front office staff made delicious waffles for
the teachers and staff at Winter Waffle Land.
Mrs. Levy’s Books for Hooks for January:
Our goal is to ignite, delight and cultivate our
students here at Binks. Every month I will be
listing books and/or resources that parents
can use to help support the development of
lifelong readers. A few books that are high
quality in terms of their topic, literary merit or
just the ability to spark thoughts and ideas are
listed below:
Eye to Eye: How Animals
See the World by S. Jenkins
Triangles by D.A. Adler
Hippos Can’t Swim and
Other Fun Facts by L.L.
DiSienna and H. Eliot
Our School Public Accountability Report (SPAR) is
available to all parents on http://www.edline.net/
pages/Binks_Forest_Elementary_School
Non-Discrimination Statement
The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida prohibits
discrimination in admission to or access to, or employment in its
programs and activities, on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex or sexual orientation, marital status, age, religion, disability,
genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other
characteristic prohibited by law. The School Board also provides
equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Page 3
PTA Pages
VP School Services
Amy Rochman
Happy New Year! 2015 promises to be an
exciting year at Binks Forest Elementary! I'd
like to thank some of our amazing parents for
their outstanding support in 2014. Many
thanks go out to Chris Blinston, Paul Disalvo,
and Gabriel Goldstein for the amazing job
they did with the Binks Forest float for the
Wellington Holiday Parade. Our float was
sensational!
Thanks also go out to our families for their
generosity in donating to the holiday toy
drive. Your holiday spirit shone through! I'd
also like to thank the volunteers who
dedicated their time to gathering, sorting,
and delivering the toys. The Village of
Wellington was thrilled to receive them, and
they were donated to needy families right
here in our hometown.
Finally, I'd like to recognize the 16 talented
students who created entries for our annual
Reflections art program. We had some
simply amazing entries, and I wish them
great success as they move on to the county
level.
A 5th grade
student
with
her Reflections
Certificate and
Sketch Book.
Page 4
PTA Pages
Thank you to everyone who participated and
we hope our winners enjoyed their Holiday Hut
Gift Certificate!
Box Tops for Education
Thursa Sotak and Kris Rodgers
Happy New Year Binks families! We hope you
had a restful winter break. We will be
announcing a new contest in the next few
weeks so hopefully you were able to collect
some Box Tops while visiting friends and
family over the holidays. The teacher of the
month contest for January begins on January
6th and will run through the end of the month
so be sure to send in your Box Tops to try to
win your teacher that coveted up front spot!
Thank you for all you do to make Box Tops so
successful at Binks and keep an eye out for a
flyer in your student’s folders about our next
contest.
We would like to congratulate our December
Teacher of the Month… Ms. Combs! We will be
bringing you the Traveling Trophy and Spirit
Sticks during the first week back. Enjoy that
fantastic parking spot!
We would also like to recognize our Holiday
Hut Contest Winners:
Kindergarten: Zane Rehr and Caleb Thompson
First: Braydon Sherry and Jayden Hendricks
Second: Grace Norick and Jasper Hu-Manning
Third: McKelle Rhodes and Livia Jahan
Fourth: Kristian Strong and Sara Connor
Fifth: Patrick Cerasulolo and Alison Duchrow
Mr. Brandine’s November
clipping superstars!
Box
Top
VP Volunteer Services
Jennifer Weese
VP Ways and Means
Shana Feuer
Happy New Year! Thank
you to all of our volunteers
for your hard work in 2014.
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a relaxing winter break. I
first would like to thank all the volunteers that helped the happy
shoppers at our Annual Holiday Hut. Holiday Hut was a huge
success because of you. We hope everyone enjoyed their little
surprises.
We’re kicking off the new
year with a busy January.
Please
check
out
www.binksforest.ivolunteer.com
for more information.
We look forward to seeing
you soon.
We kick off 2015 with a popcorn Friday on January 9th. We hope
the kids have been enjoying their popcorn. Another big thank
you to the parent volunteers that make popcorn Fridays
possible. We have our next spirit night and Dollar$ for No
Collars$ on January 29th . Spirit Night will be hosted by California
Pizza Kitchen in the Wellington Green Mall. I hope to see
everyone there.
Page 5
PTA Pages
Page 6
Around School
Counselor’s Corner
Randi Schietz, Ph.D.
904-9811
[email protected]
Guidance & Counseling: This part of the year
will bring about some new topics in Guidance
for our older students. Third Graders will be
starting Student Success Skills in preparation
for FSA which includes coping with stress, goal
setting and test anxiety. Fourth graders will
also be participating in the Student Success
Skills program and focusing on learning
strategies and coping with change. Fifth
graders have been learning about bullying for
a few weeks and will now be starting a 5-week
Holocaust unit in Guidance which culminates in
the spring with a visit from a Holocaust
survivor. Girl Talk” will also be starting this
month for all the 5th grade girls, which
addresses some the social “girl issues” and
middle school transition. New divorce groups
will be starting this month so you can still
contact me if you want your child to participate.
Career Week: It was a blast!!! Thank you to all
the parents and community members who took
the time to come in and speak about your
careers. We had quite a diversity of careers
this year including engineers,
equestrian
careers, firefighters, police, physicians,
lawyers, an FBI agent, a cheerleader, a
chemist, an animal rescue worker, an MLB
Catcher and many more. The entire school will
participate in Vehicle Day on January 12th
which is always quite an event. We are still
looking to recruit some more career-related
vehicles. Career Week pictures will be
displayed on a bulletin board in February in
the main hallway and some online too. If you
are interested in speaking next year, feel free
to email me now and I will put you on an email
list and contact you next year.
Grief and Loss (FREE): The Sea Star
Program’s Camp Good Grief is open to
grieving children and teens, age 8-17. The
camp will run from Friday, February 13
through Sunday, February 15, 2015 at
Everglade Youth Conservation Camp in
western West Palm Beach. The purpose of
Camp Good Grief is to bring children and
teens whose loved ones have died together for
support and friendship. Please direct any
questions to Christina Dekkar at(561) 227-5175.
Applications must be received by January
19. If you have a student in grade 3-5 who has
experienced a loss and would be interested in
participating in a Hospice-facilitated 5-week
small group, please contact me this month.
Thank you to all of
our Career Week
volunteer speakers
for wonderful and
educational career
presentations!
Page 7
Around School
Spelling Bee
A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the 28
fantastic spellers at Binks Forest Elementary
School! “Class Bees” were held to select the
top 3 spellers from each 4th and 5th grade class.
A “Grade Level Bee” a was held on Tuesday, December
16th to select the finalist who will compete in the “School
Wide Spelling Bee” on Wednesday, January 7 at 8:30 am in
the school cafeteria. The winner will move on to compete in
the “Palm Beach County Elimination Bee.”
Congratulations to Binks Forest
Elementary faculty members,
Emily MacMillan, earning her
Masters Degree in Curriculum
and Instruction, and Randi
Schietz with a Ph.D. in
Counseling from FAU.
Fourth Grade Winners: Rohith Karthik, Daniela Braun,
Allyson Steinberg, Nicholas Walton, Tyrell Griffin, Avantika
Naidu, Michelina Coats, Sara Connor, Alexa O’Halleron,
Thomas Ford, Jenna Dranchak, Jessica Smith, Juliana Letters,
and Angelina Howard.
Fifth Grade Winners: Noah Englehart, Ricky Izquierdo,
Ethan Burke, Ben Schwartz, Dane Law, Skye Schneider,
Asher Smith, Zachary Fleisch, Deven Seedial, Noah
Norwitch, Armando Jimenez, Gavin Anthony, Aaron Bigby,
and Carlos Gonzales
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S LINGUISHTIKS TEAM
PLACES 2ND IN THE COUNTY!
A special congratulations goes out to
Binks Forest Elementary School’s
Linguishtiks team! Over the past several
weeks, the team worked very hard and
it paid off!!! On December 2nd, the Binks
Forest team finished 2nd place in Palm
Beach County, against 10 other
elementary and middle schools.
The team was made up of the following
4th and 5th graders: Ashesh Amtaya, Angelo Chen, Timothy Chen,
Ava Francis, Gavin Grave de Peralta, John Parel, Asher Smith and
Miles Wang.
In addition, 3 of the players placed in the top ten spots individually
for Palm Beach County: Gavin Grave de Peralta- 5th; Miles Wang –
6th; and Timothy Chen – 9th place. All three of these players will go
on to compete at the state tournament in March, 2015. Gavin will
also represent Palm Beach County at the national tournament in
April, 2015. We are extremely proud of the effort these students put
in to this game.
Binks Forest Elementary
Barnes & Noble Night
Thursday, January 15, 2015
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Information will be coming
home with the students.
Mark Your Calendars!
Binks Forest students
performed in the Miami
City Ballet’s presentation of
The Nutcacker at Kravis
Center over winter break.
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Calendar
January 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Fri
Sat
February Sneak Peek
Feb. 3 Trade a Book
Feb. 6 Popcorn Friday
Feb 13 Jump Rope for
Heart
1
2
3
Feb. 16 No School Teacher Work Day
4
5
Teacher InService Day
6
7
8
Binks STEM
Family
Night 5:30
9
Popcorn
Friday
10
11
12
Vehicle Day
13
Trade-aBook
14
16
17
19
No School–
Holiday
20
21
15
Barnes &
Noble
Family
Night
4-7 pm
22
26
27
18
25
29
PDD/Early
Dismissal
$ No Collar,
Spirit Night
CPK
Dismissal/ $ No
Collar/Spirit
Night
Feb 26 Science Fair Night
Feb. 27 Popcorn Friday
23
Popcorn Friday
24
30
31
PTA Family
Movie Night,
General
Assembly
Meeting
28
Feb. 26 PDD/Early
Owl Cart– Now Open Wednesdays
in the front of school from
7:30-7:55am
Spirit Sticks– Our “Healthy”
Incentive for students, no sweets
involved! Spirit Sticks will be used
to reward good behavior and
academic success! Spirit Rings will
be sold at the Owl Cart for $5 each,
and can hold the new cool Spirit
Sticks!
Don’t
Forget to
Join us
for
MOVIE
NIGHT
on
January
23rd at
6pm!
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