Bergeson BARK
Our Fabulously Favorite Friday Bulldog Newsletter
June 4, 2010
Marian Bergeson Elementary School
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(949) 643-1540
24 Hour Call-In Sick Line: (949) 643-9938
Principal: Barbara Scholl (bscholl@capousd.org)
FRIDAY, JUNE 11 IS A HOLIDAY
Again in a cost-cutting savings to CUSD, schools will be closed this Friday, June 11. The YMCA is open on this date, so if you need some assistance with child care, call them at 949-643-0721.
BOOK FAIR
By popular demand, the Bergeson Book Fair will remain open for one additional day on Monday, June 7 and will close down at 2:30 PM. Since it was a short week, many families haven’t had the chance to come by yet. Feel free to come by since it’s one of the best book fairs ever! Thank you to Diane Marshall and her volunteer PTA team for organizing and working at the book fair.
MISSING LIBRARY BOOKS
Calling all library books! Search the cupboards, the shelves, under the bed and under the couch. We are missing 205 library books from our school library and need to have them returned by this week.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE SUNDAY OC REGISTER FOR 2¢ FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR?
June 10 is the last day! If you are a new subscriber, you can get the Sunday OC Register for an entire year for just 2 cents! In addition, every new subscription generates a $10 rebate straight to Bergeson! What an amazing deal! Look for the sign-up flyer in your child’s backpack. Simply tape your 2 pennies to your completed registration form and send it back to the school no later than June 10th. You must hurry as this offer is available to only 200 households from Bergeson. In about 4 weeks you will begin to receive your Sunday paper. Thanks to the Register’s Education Division for this great offer.
IN LINE ~ ON TIME: DOUBLE LETTER DAYS!
To encourage good, on-time attendance in the next 2 weeks of school, classes will earn two letters per day to spell out the words PERFECT ATTENDANCE if the whole class is In Line ~ On Time on any given day. When they’ve spelled out PERFECT ATTENDANCE, they will receive a popsicle party and a new class ball. As an added BONUS, the class who receives the most letters during this 2 week period will get a FREE lunch at TGI Fridays for the whole class during one of the days of the last week of school. You can do it!
OPEN HOUSE
It was so great to see so many families here for Open House on Thursday evening. We have such a wonderful community and it was great to come together to celebrate the great work and learning that our kids have done throughout the year.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
Grandparents Day was a HUGE success today! We estimated that we had approximately 350 – 400 grandparents here representing 575 students today…wow! A big thank you to Kelly Hart and Connie Meckel for organizing our day. Marian Bergeson was in the “house” today, too! She made it to all but 3 classes and was sorry that she couldn’t stay longer. She had a wonderful time here. She explained to everyone “of all the jobs that I’ve held in the State Government, my favorite job of all is being a grandmother”. Mrs. Marian Bergeson was the first woman who was elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate. She has also held many other positions including Secretary of Education for the State of California. We are honored to have our school named after her!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BERGESON MATH TEAM!
Today at our Friday Flag Ceremony, we honored the Bergeson 5th Grade Math Team medaled who won in the category of Measurement and Geometry for the South OC Math Field Day! Congratulations to Michael Ford, Anya Whitshire, Nick Poese and Ryan Brady. Team alternates were Kiersten Battle and Ramsey Mardini with big thanks to their coach, Imelda Ford. Each student who participated in the Math Field Day was required to answer 547 math questions after studying for 6 weeks! We’re proud their hard work!
BERGESON SUMMER ACADEMY
Let’s keep our kids studying during the summer so that they don’t loose their skills! We are pleased to host our 2nd year of the Bergeson Summer Academy for our current Kindergarten through 5th grade students from 9 – 11 AM, Monday through Thursday in two 2-week sessions starting on Monday, June 28. The program will be taught by Bergeson teachers and is a wonderful way to help students keep the great academic skills which they have built throughout the course of this school year. We will send a flyer home next week. The program will focus on Reading and Math. Classes will be kept small so that we can help to individualize instruction. Parents can register online at http://community-ed-capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/. Type “Bergeson” in the search bar to register. If you were interested in doing both the math program and the Summer Academy, you could schedule your math times before and after the academy times to extend the day.
BAKE SALE ON JUNE 10
A group of Bergeson families have organized a bake sale to benefit our Bergeson Science lab. The Bake Sale will take place on Thursday, June 10 after school so please plan to support them. If you would like to donate baked goods for the bake sale, please contact Jamie Warth at 364-5455 with our thanks for helping this worthy cause. All funds will be used to help save our Science Lab.
WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR: Your child needs to be 5 years old before December 2, 2010 to be eligible for Kindergarten. Or if you have a child currently attending another school and are interested in enrolling them in grades 1-5; please stop by and pick up a packet. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Questions, please call the office @ 949-643-1540
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
The last day of school is Wednesday, June 23 and the dismissal time will on a half-day schedule where students will be released from school at 11:50 AM. Early Bird Kindergarteners will be out of school at 10:28 AM and Late Birds will be in school from 9:07 – 11:50 AM. Our 5th grade transition ceremony will take place at 10:45 AM on the front lawn. Please mark your calendar.
SUMMER MATH PROGRAM
We win! We have enough students signed up at this point to keep the program here at Bergeson! We are pleased to host a fun and interactive math program this summer for elementary and middle school students. Sign up for any half-hour slot of time between “FASTTMath” & “Fraction Nation” are computer-based programs addressing operations with whole numbers and working with fractions and decimals. This fee-based summer class offers different program/time slot options and runs from 6/28 – 8/12, Monday – Thursdays. The program will be taught by Bergeson teachers Mrs. Terheggen and Mrs. Wiseman. Parents can get an application by clicking HERE. Click on the “Summer Math Program” link on the left side of the page. We are required to have 60 students by May 15 to run this program at Bergeson. Don’t miss out on this great summer learning opportunity for your kids!
IN LINE ~ ON TIME
Congratulations to Mrs. Brewer’s early bird Kindergarten classes who have been In Line ~ On Time for 17 days to spell out the words PERFECT ATTENDANCE (one letter for each day) and received their Popsicle party and new class ball. (Congrats to the parents, too!)
CELEBRATION BOOKS LIBRARY DONATION
Purchasing a book for the Bergeson Library is a great way to honor your child’s birthday, applaud a major accomplishment, recognize good grades or just proclaim your child as an outstanding Bergeson Bulldog. In recognition of your donation to the library, your child is recognized by Principal Scholl during the Friday morning flag salute and a “Book Plate” will be affixed to the inside cover of your book selection announcing, “This book was donated in your child’s honor!” Recognitions of book donations are presented every Friday at 7:45 am. Book Club Forms can be picked up in the office. Donating a book to the Bergeson Library is a wonderful tribute for your child that all Bergeson students can enjoy for many years. What a wonderful gift to give to grow our library. Nicole Kouwabunpat – Mrs. Terheggen’s class – in honor of her 7th birthday! Talia Gierut – Mrs. Miller’s class – in honor of Talia’s 8th birthday! Bailey Howe – Mrs. Hornig/Mrs. Jones class – Celebrating her 2nd place finish in the Bergeson Goegraphy Bee!
SHINING STARS
Students have donated their time and given of themselves for a service-learning project called Shining Stars. Applications for these projects are in the office. We will celebrate the students and their accomplishments through our Character Counts program and honor them at our Friday flag ceremony. Congratulations to our Shining Stars for their community service and for “paying it forward”: Congratulations and thank you to: Olivia Wynn, Jillian Stowe, Grace Bentley, Avery Wight, Gretchen , Andrew David, Nik Wisner, Aren Leib, and Max Etienne.
HAPPY JUNE, JULY, AUGUST BIRTHDAYS TO THE FOLLOWING BERGESON STAFF MEMBERS!
Kathy Bennett (6/18), Barbara Scholl (6/21), Jaci Terheggen (6/29), Lisa Buchner (7/3), Judy Anthony (7/4), Celeste Gray (7/8), Tracy Werner (7/23), Karyn Jones (8/17), Kathy Jacobs (8/27)
Respect, Responsibility and Ready to Learn! At Bergeson School, we learn something new every single day!!
Barbara Scholl
Principal, Marian Bergeson Elementary School
25302 Rancho Niguel Rd., Laguna Niguel CA 92677
bscholl@capousd.org
949.643.1540
http://bgnes.capousd.ca.schoolloop.com/
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