BSI Newsletter Month of October

Fall has arrived and I am looking forward to seeing the beautiful foliage around our school. As some students visited me during their “office help club”, they could not help but notice and admire the change in seasons as they watered the plants on my window sill. I like to use every minute in the day as a learning opportunity and that moment definitely turned into an impromptu science lesson.

For families of bus students: Your child will soon have a colored bus tag on his/her backpack if you use the bus in the afternoons. The color of the tag corresponds to his or her bus route. Once the tags are on please check it, and let me know in an email with subject BUS TAG if the tag is missing or if there is any error on it. Also, please consider taking a sharpie and writing some emergency contact phone numbers on the back of the tag. Bus drivers will look on these tags if there is nobody at a stop to meet your child; it speeds things up if the driver has a way of contacting you directly rather than having to call the school and wait while we try to close the loop.

Students have been introduced to their bus drivers as well as bus aides that board them on the bus and take attendance, ensuring a smooth transition from the school building to the bus. We will continue to have meetings with all bus groups and to teach into essential learning concepts/safe riding practices. Our goal is to reinforce safe behaviors for riding on the bus. If your child rides one of the OPT buses, please reinforce safe bus behavior at home and make sure to discuss bus contracts which also need to be signed and returned to school.

Breakfast and lunch are at no charge to ALL students.

However, the state requires a Family Income Inquiry Form from every family. Paper copies were sent home with students on the first day of school, and you can also fill it out online at https://www.myschoolapps.com. Your answers are private and the DOE is prohibited by federal law from sharing them.