Beverly Cleary School

Mr. A developed an amazing D & D curriculum for the 2023-24 school year. The students are loving learning the game, strategies & math skills, and using their wild imaginations!

• September 21st - Back to School Night on September 21- more details to come shortly!
• October 4th - Late Start for Middle School Students (details below)
• October 13th - No School (Teacher Professional Development Day)

Dear Beverly Cleary Community,

This year PPS is extending Advisory Programs throughout all 6-8th grades in comprehensive middle schools and also K-8s. This is a school-wide time for teachers to thoughtfully and intentionally foster a sense of belonging, community and social emotional well-being for students, staff and families. Lessons will be centrally planned by the district and site level teams may adapt and adjust as needed.

Our team will be learning and growing this year as we bring on Advisory Programming to our school using the newly adopted Social Emotional Curriculum.

This past May we engaged with our community in the selection of one of two options for the Social Emotional Learning curriculum. Both options foster a sense of belonging and community with explicit instruction and home connection. Our school will be using Wayfinder.

This has been a two year process of adopting a high quality curriculum that will engage our students and increase their sense of belonging. The criteria for this selection can be found here. We will continue to evaluate the implementation of this curriculum in each school and make adjustments as needed. We are committed to continuous growth and improvement in this process.

In order to best prepare our staff for Advisory Programs, we have identified two dates for additional professional learning and would like to make you aware for your planning purposes.

*Fall 2-hour Late Opening:

• The fall 2-hour Late opening will be on Oct. 4th.

*Winter 2-hour Late Opening:

• The winter 2-hour late opening will be on Jan. 25th.

*The entire K-8 school will participate in the late opening. 6-8th will receive training from the site-based trainers and K-5 educators will use the time to collaborate on SEL instruction.

If you would like to provide feedback to the district level administrators, please do so on this form.

Warm regards,

Becky Presley

Proud Principal

Beverly Cleary School

This year's Fun Run will be Friday, September 29th at the Grant Bowl! The Fun Run is the PTA’s signature fundraising event accounting for more than half of our budget. The Fun Run supports teacher grants, scholarships, arts and literacy grants, the garden program, community events, and more.

Start fundraising today! You can gather donations for your classroom or find your student's personal fundraising page by logging into the parent portal. Student donations also contribute to the total for their class.

Donate Here | Fun Run Information Direct any questions to our team at funrun@beverlyclearyschool.org. Thank you for your support!

Join the PTA Parent Portal

The PTA is inviting (and asking) new families to sign up for a free account on our website. An account will give you access to:

• receiving our newsletter,
• access to the school directory,
• volunteer sign up forms,
• ·and configuration of student fundraising pages for the upcoming Fun Run.

Joining the PTA is optional after this, but we welcome that too! You’ll be more connected to your fellow families and more informed about all the programs and community events the PTA has to offer. Questions? Reach out to president@beverlyclearyschool.org or webmaster@beverlyclearyschool.org.

Western Pest Management will be deploying rodent bait stations around the outside of your school. The bait stations will be affixed to the ground, and will contain a rodenticide. Please read the attached notice.