October 25th, 2024

A Note from Principal Webb

It’s a busy five days at BFES next week!

Mother Son Kickball is tonight from 4pm-7pm in the BFES back fields. You can buy tickets at the gate with cash or card.
A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away Book Fair starts Monday! Your child will have an opportunity to shop the Fair with his/her class. Parents are welcome to shop with their child during classroom shopping as well. After school family shopping is Tuesday, October 29 until 4:30 (during PTO’s Jim 'N Nick’s Spirit Night pick up).
Grandparents’ lunches next week during our Monster Book Fair. Come on in and after lunch, check out the Book Fair. If a grandparent will be checking out your child from school, please send in a note that day to allow them to go home with them.
Congratulations to five of our fifth-grade girls—Ava Barnabie-Dehar, Maddie Grace Cervino, Madison Drye, Indie Joye, and Eva Mahoney—they came to me with a plan to revive our old garden and recently launched what they've named our: Girls for Greatness Garden. They put in the work and recently earned a $600 Environmental Education Grant from the City of Milton, which Mayor Peyton Jamison awarded to them last Friday after they gave him a tour and a taste of their homegrown veggies. I can’t wait to see future students dig in to keep it growing--despite the name--any student is welcome to help with the garden.
Red Ribbon Week is next week! Dress-up information can be found further below in the newsletter. On Thursday, we have book character dress up day. Students should not wear masks or bring extra “pieces” to their costume such as play swords or any type of lookalike weapon that goes with their costume.
Check out our Lost & Found. Scroll down and a picture is located under announcements.
BFES is not an early voting site.

Dates that Rate:

October 25th - THIS AFTERNOON!!Mother + Son Kickball Event on the BFES Back Fields
October 28th - November 1st - BFES Scholastic Book Fair and Red Ribbon Week. *Red Ribbon dress-up information can be found further down in this newsletter
October 29th - After-School Book Fair Shopping- from 2:30-4:30 and Jim 'N Nicks Family Meal Kit Pick Up from 3-5p!
October 30th - Grandparents Lunches
- 5th Grade: 10:35 - 11:05
- 3rd Grade: 11:05 - 11:35
- 2nd Grade: 11:50-12:20
October 31st - Grandparents Lunches
- 4th Grade: 10:50 - 11:20
- Kindergarten: 11:35 - 12:05
- 1st Grade: 12:20 - 12:50
November 5th – No School – Election Day and Remote Day for Students
November 6th - Hearing and Vision Screening Grades 1, 3, 5
November 8th - Drop Everything and Readathon! Find out more HERE!
November 21st - Thanksgiving Lunches
- 5th Grade: 10:35 - 11:05
- 3rd Grade: 11:05 - 11:35
- 2nd Grade: 11:50-12:20
November 22nd - Thanksgiving Lunches
- 4th Grade: 10:50 - 11:20
- Kindergarten: 11:35 - 12:05
- 1st Grade: 12:20 - 12:50
November 25th – 29th – No School – Thanksgiving Break
December 3rd - Winter Musical for Kindergarten and 1st at 5PM
December 4th - Winter Musical for 2 nd and 3 rd at 5PM
December 5th - Winter Musical for 4th and 5th at 5PM
December 23rd – January 6th – No School – Winter Break
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Around the School

Fall Scholastic Book Fair Information!

A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away Book Fair starts Monday! Your child will have an opportunity to shop the Fair with his/her class. Teachers will let you know the date and time. We welcome parents to shop with their child during classroom shopping.

Additional ways to shop the Fair –

Family Shopping after school until 4:30pm Tuesday, October 29 during Jim ‘N Nicks Spirit Night pick up
Grandparents Lunches on Wednesday, 10/30 (5th/3rd/2nd) & Thursday, 10/31 (4th/K/1st). This is a special opportunity to welcome our grandparents into BFES by first having lunch with their grandchildren in the cafeteria and then shopping at the Book Fair. If you haven’t already reached out to grandparents, we hope that you will.

Accepted payment methods at the Fair –

Cash
Credit
Check
eWallet - [SETUP HERE]

In lieu of teacher gift certificates, add funds directly to teacher eWallets through the links below to allow them to build their classroom library from the Fair as well as Scholastic’s entire online catalog!

Please note that per Scholastic, each purchase made at the Fair will include sales tax and all cash registers will automatically round up purchase totals to the nearest dollar. Funds from the register round up go towards classroom books. If you would like to opt out, have your child let the volunteer cashier know at checkout.

We have open volunteer slots and would love your help - even if you can’t stay for the entire shift. All volunteers who sign up for 2+ time slots will receive 10% off their Book Fair purchases.

We’re excited to see everyone next week – and thank you for your support!

Community Corner

PTO Corner

Mother Son Kickball is THIS AFTERNOON!

Join us this afternoon, Friday, October 25th, from 4-7pm on the BFES backfields. Don’t miss this year’s event with kickball games, yard games, nacho bar and more!

Game times are per grade level:

4pm: Kindergarten + 1st Grade

5pm: 2nd + 3rd Grade

6pm: 4th + 5th Grade

Buy your tickets HERE

*Tickets will remain on sale until the event date, there will be no guarantee of event shirts with tickets purchased after Oct. 4.

Treat the Staff to a Casserole on the Day After Halloween!

Help “treat” our staff members by purchasing a casserole for the day after Halloween HERE! Thank you for giving them a break from tricks, treats, and making dinner!

October Spirit Night - Jim & Nick's Meal Kit Pick Up Information!

Ordering ended today at noon!!

If you placed a Meal Kit order, swing through the BFES Carpool line on Tuesday, October 29th from 3-5p for pick up!

**And don't forget, pick up night coincides with after school Book Fair shopping!

Drop Everything and READATHON!

Our Drop Everything and Readathon Fundraiser is underway and we are currently at $10K of our $20K goal!!

We are asking students & families to collect pledges and send in donations over the next two weeks to support our PTO initiatives at BFES. Individual students, classes, and dens can work toward incentives based on the funds raised.

On Friday, November 8, the whole school will participate in a fun, celebratory reading event: our Drop Everything And Readathon!

Find out more & make a donation at BFESPTO.com

Every contribution counts toward making our school a better place for all students.

Thank you for your support, and happy reading!

PTO Meetings

Join us at 9:30a in the BFES cafeteria on the following dates this fall for our monthly PTO Meetings:

November 22nd

Yearbook Photo Submissions

This year, you will be able to submit photos after each event through a specific link. Be on the lookout for a flyer with a QR code at the event or check back to THIS PAGE for the specific links!

Make sure to follow us on social media and tag us in your BFES pictures - we love seeing our Bobcats!

Instagram: @BFES_Bobcat_PTO

Facebook: Birmingham Falls Elementary PTO

PTO Business Partnerships

Thank you to all our Business Partners!

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Birmingham Falls Elementary School

14865 Birmingham Highway
Milton, GA 30004
Phone: 470-254-2820 | Fax: 470-254-2806

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