To make sure all our Redfoxes have the chance to enter a project in our STEAM Fair and Expo, we’re extending the deadline to enter to Thursday, March 9! Trifold posterboards will be distributed for free to all entrants on Friday, March 10.
Learn more about STEAM Day here: https://www.brespta.org/steam-day
Sign up to enter here (all you need is a title and short description of your project!): https://forms.gle/8VQ7UhnZHyFdriwr6
This meeting will be held at 7pm on Zoom and all you have to do to join is click below. Closed captioning will be available in languages including Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and more. As always, you do *not* need to be a PTA member to attend the meeting.
As a meeting incentive we are entering each attending family into a raffle for the FOX BOX! Ask your students if they know what it is Names will be drawn on the morning announcements Wednesday February 8.
Join on Zoom by clicking here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82306669906
Along with our usual PTA updates, Principal West will be sharing updates about ELC roll-out at BRES, the Anti-Racist Audit and next steps, and more! We're also delighted to have special speaker Shaton Berry, National PTA Board Member and Healthy Minds Brand Ambassador.
The full agenda is below. We can't wait to see you there!
Welcome
Approval of last meeting’s minutes
Special speaker: Shaton Berry, National PTA Board Member and Healthy Minds Brand Ambassador
Principal’s Report
PTA Board Member Reports
President’s Report
Membership
Programming
Treasurer
Delegates
NAACP Parents Council
Adjourn (8pm)
The BRES PTA is excited to sponsor Music of the African Diaspora, featuring Dante Pope, for our Black History Month Assembly for students on February 24th! This high-energy presentation will illustrate the sounds and songs of the African Diaspora using traditional African-based performance structures of: call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation.
Featured instruments will be the djembe of West Africa, rhythm bones most notably used in early American roots music, acoustic guitar, and the voice.
There will be two performances: one at 9:45am and one at 10:45am. BRES parents and guardians are welcome to attend! Just check in with ID at the front office.
Get ready for a blast of science as the Bayard Rustin Elementary School (BRES) STEAM Fair returns on March 18! We have partnered with local scientists and STEM organizations to provide interactive and educational demonstrations.
We also invite students to share their own projects with us by entering our Science Fair or displaying a STEAM project at our expo. Both of these projects are fun, engaging, and noncompetitive ways for our growing learners to explore the world around them.
There is now LOTS of info on our website, including requirements and a form to enter the Science Fair or STEAM Expo, as well as resources that can give you and your child ideas on how to get started!
Questions? Please reach out to programs@brespta.org if there’s anything we haven’t covered here.
Do you have gently used books for kids in grades PreK-6th? We’d love to have them for our PTA Used Book Fair, which will run from March 16-18 at the school. Look for the blue bins near the BRES entrance and add your books today!
Sign Up Genius Link here to volunteer at the Pop-Up Book Shop. We need you to make this a success!
Join us at Ledos Pizza– 1319 H Rockville Pike–or order online for pickup. To make sure we get the credit, please enter promo code "FUNDRAISER" when ordering online or mention the fundraiser to staff when dining in.
We are SO EXCITED to announce the return of the Bayard Rustin Elementary School STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Fair and Expo on Saturday March 18, from 10AM - 12PM. This in-person event will feature:
A Science Fair Experiment display presentation where our budding scientist students from grades K-5 will be invited to share discoveries from their own experiments; blank posters available for those in need.
A STEAM Project Exhibition for student artists and engineers to showcase original creations; and
An interactive STEAM Expo with hands-on demonstrations and experiments!
More details to come in time for our February 7 PTA meeting (including an official signup with more info for your kids to enter the Science Fair or STEAM Exhibition), but for now we need to hear from you.
RSVP if your family will attend and join the fun! We need to know how many of you will be there in order to plan a successful event.
Fill out this form if you have a science background and may be interested in being a Science Fair judge or planning a STEM demonstration.
Questions? Reach out to Danielle at programs@brespta.org for more information.
Hello, K and 1st grade families! Help us show the BRES Staff our appreciation by providing them with a lunch! Sign-up to contribute homemade or store bought food items, supplies, decorations, or drinks on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. You can just drop it off at the main office, or coordinate with Patti Westenberg (president@brespta.org).
Here’s the link to grab your slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4aa9a62aa7f4c25-kandfirst
Please sign-up ASAP but no later than Sunday, February 5 so we can plan to fill any voids. Thank you!
BRES will celebrate Lunar New Year with special assemblies on Thursday, January 26. You’re welcome to join us for a dragon dance, performances from our Chinese Immersion classes, and a lion dance from a visiting dance troupe! We will also be streaming via Zoom webinar in case you can’t make it out, but would like to join in on the fun!
January is KINDNESS month at BRES. Mark your calendar for our Spirit Week 1/23/23-1/27/23, where in addition to fun unity days (ie., pajama day) students are also provided with challenges to elevate acts of kindness.. Throughout the month, students will engage in lessons related to incorporating kindness into every day life, and how they can create warm and inclusive spaces for their peers. For a sneak peak at the spirit days, or to preview the content students will review, check out these slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15gMfJqfpylWi86UHQV0bBXm8NwpSt8JPPzSOU-PRsW8/edit?usp=sharing