The Bergeson BARK
Friday’s Weekly Newsletter
October 5, 2012
Marian Bergeson Elementary School
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
School Phone: (949) 643-1540
Call In Sick Line: (949)643-9938
Principal: Barbara Scholl (bscholl@capousd.org)
Bergeson Website: http://bgnes.capousd.ca.schoolloop.com/
FAMILY PORTRAIT EVENT: For just $30 you get a 20 minute professional photo shoot on location with Jack Randal Photography and either a 8×10 or 2 5×7’s or 10 4×6’s of one of your poses. You must turn in the form and your check made out to BESF by October 15th. Once you turn it in, the photography studio will call you to make an appointment for a day convenient for you and your family. (While there is NO obligation to order additional photos, Jack Randal will donate a % of the proceeds from all photos you order in addition to the free photo. The more we order, the higher % we earn.). To print flyer, click HERE.
PTA GIFT WRAP FUNDRAISER: This is one of our PTA’s largest fundraisers and is vital for the continuation of our enrichment programs. The catalogues are filled with unique gift wraps and household items. Many would make great gifts. Be sure to shop additional great gifts online for our annual gift wrap fundraiser. Beginning Monday, special online prize pens will be awarded in addition to the angry birds bracelet and collectable duckies. Remember to register your child so he/she will get credit for online orders from friends and family and earn some very exciting prizes! Have children bring in the coupon after selling their items because we have a drawing every morning. They can drop off their coupon in the office or out at the morning flag ceremony.
MONDAY is Columbus Day but it is NOT a student holiday.
PTA DIRECTORY COVER ART CONTEST: We are looking for great artwork for our annual PTA Directory cover. Submit your entries on 8 1/2 “ X 11” paper, include Bergeson PTA Directory 2012-2013, and a picture of “Bergie” the bulldog. You may buy a directory for $10. There is no charge to have your name listed. All entries and orders are due October 31st.
LOST AND FOUND: All lost and found items will be in a big basket in the corner of the MPR behind a blue curtain. There are lunch boxes and water bottles in there, too. If you’re missing something, please check there.
25TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 2! Save the date so that you can join us for this memorable event from 5 – 8 PM with some special surprises in store for you. THE REAL Marian Bergeson will be in attendance, Bergeson alumni band, Crown Valley Parkway will be playing, some really special guests, games, rides, boutique booths, BBQ and much more. We are hoping that you can spread the word to ALL of the alumni who might be able to come by and celebrate with us, too. Please help us to spread the word. Mark your calendar so that you can plan to be with us!
WALK TO SCHOOL DAY: This was a record breaking day with 500 students walking to school (out of the 615 students). WOW! Thank you for helping to support your healthy kids! Thank you to the Walgreen’s Store for the waters/school supplies and thank you to the Laguna Niguel Police Department for escorting our families to school. We particularly thank Deputy James Van Patten who helped us to organize the escorts.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT was a smashing success with filled classrooms last night! It shows how much our Bergeson families care to have so many of you come to Back to School Night. We are partners in this educational journey that our children are on and we are truly happy and blessed to be partners with YOU!
THANK YOU TO TGI FRIDAY’S for providing a free lunch to Mrs. Loh’s class today. Mrs. Loh’s class won 1st place in the paper drive competition. We thank their manager, Beau and Assistant Manager, Ally for their generous donations to our Bergeson kids. Mrs. Bell’s class was in 2nd place and they have their TGI Friday’s free lunch at the beginning of November.
FOOTPRINT FRIDAY CHALLENGE – A SUCCESS! Bergeson School WINS over Palisades School! Mr. Scholl, principal at Palisades, wore the head of the Bulldog and the Bergeson red jersey to his flag ceremony this morning and grrrrowled! Most importantly, our school collected SO much recycling that we filled the large bin in one month! Every time we fill the bin, it’s $1000 to our school. Yippee! Today was the start of the October Challenge. The grade level who collects the most bottles and cans will get a free Chick fil A lunch for the whole grade level! You will also get a Bergeson Best each time you bring a bag of recyclables to school on Friday morning. One of the late bird parents will collect recyclable right before school at 9:10 AM, too. Here are the tallies for today:
Kindergarten: 19.92 pounds
First Grade: 27.03 pounds
Second Grade: 38.69 pounds
Third Grade: 20.19 pounds
Fourth Grade: 42.64 pounds
Fifth Grade: 9.23 pounds
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: Thank you for buying books, helping your children to enjoy reading and for supporting our school. A big thank you to Cheryl Deacon and Janice Ruckmick for their organization of the book fair this week.
SNEAKER COLLECTION: Our Bergeson Student Council will hold a shoe drive October 1 through 12 on our campus. Only rubber soled shoes are collected. These rubber soled shoes may be old or torn, as long as they are still repairable. You will need to keep the pairs of sneakers together by either tying the shoelaces together or by zip-tying the shoes (if the shoes do not have laces). Each pound of rubber soled sneakers donated will raise 50 cents, so a pair of shoes may raise $1! At another local school, they were able to raise $600 alone. Our school will receive a check for all the money raised for the shoes after about 8-14 weeks. The Green Sneakers organization will also collect your rubber soled sneakers and restore them so they can be sent to third world countries, where they will be reused. There will be a large plastic bin in the office where you can donate the shoes.
4th and 5TH GRADE MUSIC CLASSES: Beginning the week of October 8, 5th graders will be choosing their music class for this school year. A letter will come home with brief explanations of each class. Please discuss these choices and make this decision based on what is best for your individual child and your family. Returning the bottom portion of that letter insures good communication with the music teachers. Thank you from the music teachers, Lisa Gray (strings/orchestra), Doug Jones (5th band, 4th strings), Robin Hervey (choral/general music), Quin Thornburg (choral/general music). Our Bergeson Foundation has put together a fundraiser for music instrument rentals. If you rent your instrument through the SMART Foundation in Laguna Niguel or OC Music (near Wendy’s), our school will receive a percentage of the rent back to our school. For more information, click HERE for the 4th or 5th grade flyer. The 4th Grade Music Demonstration will be in the MPR and parents are invited to attend:
10/24 at 8:35 for Terheggen and Duff’s students 1 – 16
10/26 at 1:25 for Thomas and Duff’s students 17 – 33
5TH GRADERS leave for science camp on Tuesday! They return on Friday. On the way out on Tuesday, we will communicate with 5th grade families to let you know when the campers arrive at camp. In addition, we’ll communicate with you to let you know when they are on their way back from camp on Friday. For those of you who are sending medications there will be detailed instructions on what to do. And for your campers, there will be a detailed list of what to pack and information regarding Tuesday morning. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting Joanne Buchs at jmb33@cox.net or 949-364-5487. For the students who are not attending camp, we have a substitute teacher who will be teaching these 5th graders. 5th graders are expected to be at school if they are not attending camp. If you are planning to have your 5th grader out of school, make sure to communicate with Angel Newell on Monday morning regarding an Independent Study.
TRANSFERS BACK TO THE HOME SCHOOL: Students approved for Open Enrollment placement in accordance with the priority placement criteria spelled out in the school board policy shall abide by all school rules and procedures. Students may be involuntary transferred back to their home school or another school deemed appropriate for any of the following reasons (we don’t want to lose anyone!):
1. Unsatisfactory attendance
2. Continual tardiness
3. Failure of the parent/guardian to make adequate transportation arrangements
4. Unsatisfactory academic performance
5. Unsatisfactory behavior
6. Discontinued participation within a “specialized” school program
7. No longer residing within CUSD boundaries
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS! Thank you for your purchase of the Entertainment Books! The entertainment book sale is final and the prizes have been ordered! All the great Ice Age toys should be here within 3 weeks. Several books are still not returned and not paid. Please search backpacks and make sure your book or payment were returned to your teacher.
JOIN THE BERGESON PTA: ALL classes that reach 100% membership will be winners of a super duper popsicle party. Did you know that the PTA donates $200 for each classroom to purchase classroom supplies? Your donation will also help pay for the science lab, the art program and more. You don’t have to volunteer, just donate your $10 and our kids will benefit. The membership contest ends Friday October 12th.
JOIN THE BERGESON FOUNDATION: Anyone that joins BESF in the month of October will be in a drawing to win $1000 off of braces at Dr. Sayed Orthodontics. (Thank you to Dr. Sayed for donating this fabulous gift, the certificate is good for new patients only) Please support the BESF and join. By joining you helping to keep our K-3 music program, our teacher’s aides for lowered class sizes in reading, new computers, and much much more. For $1 per day for every day your child is in school; $180, you can join the 180 CLUB. The new 180 CLUB will help guarantee our wonderful programs for our children. And, anyone that joins gets free Bergie license plate frame. If you can’t join the 180 Club, please join with whatever donation you can. All of the money goes back to our kids. The Bergeson Elementary School Foundation, with your donations, has already paid $53,000 for the K-3 music program, Two teacher’s aides and new lap tops for your classrooms. We are hoping that all of our families will join the 180 Club. Through the membership and other fundraisers throughout the school year is how we will raise the money to keep Music, Aides and more for next year and the years to come. Check out the BESF website: bergesonfoundation.org
REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST! DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 15:
The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness on the importance of the arts in education. The theme this year is “The Magic of a Moment” and students have 6 areas to choose from:
Literature Musical Composition
Photography Visual Arts
Dance Choreography Film/Video Production
Students can enter in as many of the 6 areas as they would like, and applications can be downloaded here: http://www.capta.org/sections/programs/reflections.cfm Our students are honored at a very nice Reflections Award Ceremony here at Bergeson and then winners go to the District, County and State Competitions.
RALPH’S SUPERMARKET: Last year, our school raised $8000 through the Ralph’s Supermarket give-back program. Use your Ralph’s card or enter your telephone number at any Ralph’s store and you receive discounts. Sign up our school as a recipient and Ralph’s will donate a percentage of your purchase to our school. Each year, on September 1, we need to sign up AGAIN otherwise we stop receiving those donations. Please go to www.ralphs.com, sign in, go into “My Account” then click on “Community Rewards” and sign up Bergeson school to be the recipient OR print out the bar code sheet and have the checker scan it next time you go through the Ralph’s check out and our school receives the benefits all year long. It’s free money! For the scan sheet, click HERE.
FREE DENTAL CLINIC: Saturday October 27 from 9 AM – 12 PM at Hidden Hills Elementary School, 25142 Hidden Hills Rd., Laguna Niguel. Donated and organized by the Laguna Niguel Rotary, Hidden Hills Elementary, AYUDA and USC. A Free Dental Clinic for Laguna Niguel 1st grade students and older. You must have an appointment to receive service and appointments are taken on a first-called, first-served basis. Make your appointment now by calling Hidden Hills front office 949-495-0050. Dental service is provided by AYUDA, a nonprofit organization in affiliation with USC School of Dentistry that was formed in 2006. AYUDA has been providing International dental care since 1967 through its core of volunteers. AYUDA provides comprehensive treatment including:
• Digital X-Rays
• Cleanings
• Scaling & Root Planing
• Composite & Amalgam Fillings
• Dental Sealants
• Stainless Steel Crowns
• Pulpotomies
• Extractions
• And Other Necessary Treatments
MANDARIN CHINESE IMMERSION NEWS: If you are interested in fundraising efforts and social events, you can find information on this website: www.friendsofmip.com.
DINE FOR DOLLARS AT SOUPLANTATION ON OCT 11TH: Tired of cooking? Take the family out to dinner and support MIP at the same time. 20% of event sales will be donated so come on out! Please be sure to present flyer which can be downloaded from www.friendsofmip.com.
RUMMAGE SALE: Friends of MIP is pleased to announce its Fall Rummage Sale is ON and scheduled for Saturday October 20, 2012 from 7am to noon in Bergeson’s own front parking lot! We are currently seeking donations for items to sell (great way to do some late year cleaning around the house!) and event day volunteers. Also, if you’re interested in selling your own items and keeping all of the proceeds from it, you can have your own space with a donation of $15 to MIP. As you know, our location generates excellent drive by traffic on a Saturday morning! So mark your calendars, start your Fall cleaning, share this great event with friends, and join us for this great fundraiser! For additional details and seller registration, go to http://www.ocrummagesale.weebly.com/. You can also contact Kathy Arreguin at catiearreguin@gmail.com for any specific questions. Thank you!
ADULT MANDARIN CLASS: Just a reminder – if you are interested in the Beginning Mandarin for Adults class – classes start next Tuesday on October 9th. Please go to http://register.asapconnected.com/CourseDetail.aspx?CourseID=27806 to register ASAP!
SHINING STARS: Donate your time to our community through a service project, helping an elderly neighbor (without pay), beach clean up, etc. and become a Bergeson Shining Star! Fill out a form in the office, receive recognition at our Thursday flag ceremony, receive a blue wrist band that reads “Bergeson Shining Star” and get your STAR on the wall in the MPR all year long!
- · Dylan D. entertained the residents of a retirement home by playing piano for all of them in memory of his grandmother who passed away.
- · Katelyn S. raised $20 for mosquito nets in Africa to help prevent Malaria. She had a lemonade stand in her neighborhood to raise the money.
- · Joshua M. took time and initiative to fill up bottles of coins to raise funds for Pregnancy Resource Center. All money donated was his own.
- · Malia M. donated her hair to Locks of Love.
