Our Fabulously Favorite Friday Bulldog Newsletter
YEARBOOKS
Yearbooks ARRIVED and will be delivered to the classrooms on Monday or Tuesday. A limited supply of extras will be available for purchase for $30. Forms can be found in the front office. If you have any questions contact Ann Beyer at annbeyer@cox.net.
SEND A LETTER TO THE MAYOR
The Grodahl family won our Silent Auction item to have lunch with the Mayor of Laguna Niguel, Linda Lindholm. During their lunch, the Mayor explained a project that the city is working on where they would like some assistance and opinions from our Bergeson students. Mayor Lindholm has been very involved with the development of Laguna Niguel’s new City Hall complex (Crown Valley and Alicia). Building a City Hall complex was one of her main goals, and now the project is well under way. One of the finishing touches on the lobby will be a fossil centerpiece. The fossils they are choosing from were all unearthed during the building of the 73 toll road. The fossils came from the area where the 73 crosses Greenfield – very near the school.
Mayor Lindholm must make a recommendation for which fossil (or fossils) to use in the lobby. The choices are a saber-tooth tiger and a whale. The Mayor has a special request of Bergeson students. She would like the students’ help with making her recommendation to the city council. She’s asked the kids to send her their opinions about which fossil would be best in the lobby of City Hall. Should it be a saber-tooth tiger, whale, or maybe both? She’d like to hear what the Bergeson students think is the best choice and why.
If any students are interested in sharing their opinions with the Mayor, she would LOVE to hear from them (and hear SOON)! Who knows? You might be the person who writes the compelling letter which helps her to make her decision! You could write to the mayor at the address below or you could drop off your letter in our front office and Emily Grodahl will deliver them to the Mayors office.
The Honorable Linda Lindholm
City of Laguna Niguel
27801 La Paz Road
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
NEW PTA BOARD
Our last PTA meeting took place on Tuesday May 18th. It was a wonderful evening at Mimi’s Cafe and Courtney Fielder had the honor of thanking all the wonderful chairpersons and current board for their service. Also honored were 5th grade graduating volunteers who held board or chair positions in the past.
The new board was officially installed for the 2010-2011 school year. The new board will officially take over on July 1st. We are currently in transition getting ready for next year’s events.
Our new board members are: Evelyn Riyhani, President; Diane Marshall, Vice President; Melissa Coletto, Treasurer; Janice Ruckmick, Recording Secretary; Cheryl Deacon, Financial Secretary; Kelly Hart, Historian; Courtney Fielder, Parliamentarian; Amy David, Corresponding Secretary.
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. Unfortunately, the report card is not given to the student on the last day of school until the missing book is found or paid for.
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.
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!
BAKE SALE
Thank you to much to all of the bakers, the buyers and the organizer Jamie Warth for a successful bake sale this afternoon in front of the school. This group of parents raised over $325 for our science lab and we truly appreciate it!
MOVING?
If you have plans to move over the summer or if there are any changes to your enrollment here at Bergeson, please let us know through Angel, our attendance clerk. This helps us to start to configure classes for the Fall.
PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY
Thank you to our Principal for the Day! They provided ALL KINDS of leadership to our students this week. We have one more student next week, too. Students won this opportunity because their parents were the highest bidder on Silent Auction fundraiser in March.
Monday – Kyle VomSteeg
Tuesday – Mari Grodahl
Wednesday – Adam Arabshahi
Thursday – Claire Mahaffey
Tuesday – Ashley Salcido
FUN RUN
Our Fun Run was a great success thanks to Ann Beyer, Shana Ballmer, Evelyn Riyhani and all of the parent volunteers. Special thanks go out to the YMCA for donating our top prizes and for helping offset the cost of the t-shirts. Also, a big thank you to RonJon Realty for supplying the water for our runners!
Our top winners are:
Tied for First place are: Morgan Haberlin and Verinia Gillebaard
Second place: Michaela Snook
Third place: Morgan Brooks
Our winners receive Toys R us gift cards for $75, $50, $25 respectively.
BOOK FAIR
Our book fair was QUITE a success thanks to all those who purchased books AND our volunteers, Chair: Diane Marshall, Phil Marshall, Janice Ruckmick, Marci Winchester, Kelly Romo, Linda Frank-Kuljam, Cheryl Deacon and all the other volunteers who work hard to make this fair available. The Book Fair raises money specifically for the programs that the PTA pays for such as: science lab, field trips and school supplies.
IN LINE ~ ON TIME: DOUBLE LETTER DAYS!
To encourage good, on-time attendance in the next week 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. As a recap, we had 18 tardies on Monday, 28 tardies on Tuesday which is less than a usual day. Let’s keep trying to do our best. Go to bed early, wake up with your alarm and plan your evening/morning activities so that you can help with establishing good habits.
5th GRADE PARENTS – AVMS PTA
Attention parents of 5th Grade students that will attend Aliso Viejo Middle School next year. AVMS PTSA Needs You! The incoming PTSA board for the 2010 – 2011 school year is already hard at work making plans for next year. Volunteers are still needed to fill a few positions. Please contact Brad Epstein (Incoming President) at brad@michaelsonentertainment.com or Courtney Fielder (incoming Executive Vice President) at cfielder1@att.net if you are interested in volunteering.
Directory Chairman – Creates a Directory of all students and distributes to families that purchase a directory. Aug – October.
Legislation Chairman – Participates with the Capistrano Unified Council PTSA Legislation team, attends monthly meetings of the legislation team, provides reports of legislation activities for the newsletter and at Association meetings. September – June. If you are interested in the legislation that effects our children’s education and want to help shape education statewide, this is a great way to become involved.
Recycling Chairman – Coordinate weekly recycling program with ASB, parents and student volunteers. Provides reports to parent on the progress of the collections, coordinates the incentives rewards for participants. September – June. If you really care about the environment and want to make sure the AVMS community does its part, this is the job for you!
Reflections Chairman – Publicize the National PTA Reflections program, coordinate the program at AVMS, collect entries, coordinate the judging of entries, provide recognition for participants and award winners. August – November. The PTA Reflections program promotes the arts nationwide – with categories in music, dance, photography and painting. This position is a fantastic way to promote the arts at AVMS and make sure that the arts flourishes for all the students.
Of course we welcome and encourage all involvement so even if you just want to get involved but not necessarily fill one of these positions, please email your contact information so we can get in touch during the summer. If you have special areas of interest, let us know so we can work together at AVMS.
WE ARE 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. Applications will only be accepted for the next two weeks and then our friends will need to wait until mid-August to register.
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 ARTS
The Orange County Department of Education has compiled some summer arts opportunities in an online website called Orange CReATE. If you are interested in summer arts experiences for your children, click here for the information: http://OrangeCReATE.ocde.us
IN LINE ~ ON TIME
Congratulations to Miss Fadule, Mrs. Roso and Mrs. Terheggen’s 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/
