Originally delivered on 1/9/2024 10:00 am

SUBJECT: BT FLASH: Happy New Year!

BT FLASH - January 9, 2024

Everything you need to know for the next month and beyond

Included Information

Quick Reference Calendar

HV YMCA After School Enrichment Programs

PTO General Meeting Reminder

BT Dine Out

Annual Appeal 

Clothing Donations for School Nurse 

BOE Meeting Schedule

Community Happenings


Mark your Calendar...

January 10: BT Winter Concert 7pm

January 12: Day of Service; Wear BT Shirts

January 15: School Closed; MLK Day

January 18: PTO General Meeting

January 25: BT Dine Out at Tomatello's

January 31: Early Dismissal; Staff Development

February 9: Sports Day

February 14: Wear Pink/Red

February 19: School Closed; President's Day

*Reminder that there is no lunch served on early dismissal days

Current Happenings
HV After School Winter Enrichment

Please note that the Winter Enrichment program will begin the week of January 22nd and registration is now open. The Winter Session runs for 7 weeks and has lots of fun and exciting programs. Do not delay as registration will end on January 15th! Please go to https://hvymca.org/child-care/after-school-enrichment/ to register for your respective schools. Please reach out to Lorri Cefalone at 609-737-3048 with any questions. 

Upcoming PTO Meeting

Please join us for our next General PTO Meeting on January 18th at 9:30 via Zoom. A link will be emailed prior to the meeting. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Annual Appeal Update

If you have already donated to the appeal, a huge thank you!  If you haven't yet donated, it is not too late! Your support directly funds field trips, assemblies, visiting authors, and classroom technology. And, your child(ren) now have the opportunity for a special activity with Mr. Billy with your donation! Please see below for details!

Help us reach our Appeal Goal to fund activities and programs for the wonderful students at Bear Tavern! 

Click Here to Donate

Clothing Donations Needed

Our new school nurse, Ms. Watt is in need of some clothing donations.

Items she is seeking include:

-Girls socks

-Girls size 5T, 6T, 7, 8 leggings or sweatpants 

-Girls/Boys sweatshirts all sizes welcome

-Winter hats and gloves would be great to add also with the winter months coming up!

If you have anything you are willing to donate, you may drop it in the main office or backpack it into school with your child. 

Thank you for your support with this!

Upcoming Board of Ed Meetings

The Hopewell Valley Regional School District Board of Education welcomes and invites public comment. During the meeting, public comments will be accepted in-person only. (There will not be an opportunity for those watching the live stream to comment.)

Meeting Schedule:

January 22, 2024 

February 20, 2024

March 18, 2024

April 29, 2024

May 20, 2024

June 17, 2024

Community Happenings
Membership Toolkit Directory Information

In alignment with the Hopewell School District, the Bear Tavern PTO will continue to use Membership Toolkit for our Student Directory and Communications for the 2022-2023 school year.  

Once you update your Membership Toolkit Account you will have access to the directory, PTO newsletters, donation links, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

You must update your information every year to be included in the directory! For those families who have children attending other Hopewell Schools, you will need to update your information for each school that your children attend.

Here's how: 

  1. LOGIN at https://www.beartavernpto.com. (You must login with the email address where this newsletter arrived.) Once the Primary Account is set up, the Primary User can "invite" other email addresses to access the account.  This allows the Secondary User to have their own login information, but still have access to the family account.
  2. For those who are new to Membership Toolkit, please follow these instructions:
    1. Go to https://www.beartavernpto.com.
    2. Click on the Register/Login button.
    3. Select "New User".
    4. Select "Create Account" and fill in your name, email (please use the email where this newsletter arrived), and password.  
    5. Click "verify my email" and then check your email for a link to complete the process. The link expires within 2 hours. If you do not receive the email, check your spam or junk folders.
    6. Once you have verified your email address, log back in and finish the 3 step registration process.
  3. Complete the Parent/Family and Student Information.
  4. Complete the Directory/Publish Preferences. By marking active, you are allowing other Bear Tavern families to see whatever contact information you choose to share. This is a great feature to foster friendships with playdates, birthday parties, etc.

Questions?

Please don't hesitate to contact us at beartaverndirectory@gmail.com.

Quick Links

EMERGENCY CLOSING INFORMATION:

For all emergency schedule changes consult one of these sources:

District Website:http://www.hvrsd.org
District Emergency Phone Message: 737-8449
District Phone Line: 737-4000
HV-TV: Comcast Channel 19, Verizon Channel 32
HVRSD on Facebook

IMPORTANT BTPTO ONLINE LINKS
Everything you need from the PTO:
Bear Tavern PTO Website


Bear Tavern Elementary School website (District Website):
http://btes.hvrsd.org/

Virtual Backpack (important flyers and forms)

https://btes.hvrsd.org/o/btes/browse/112859


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