Quick Reference Calendar

St. Baldrick's Fundraiser

Pi Day Fundraiser for Cerebral Palsy

5th Grade Yearbook Ads

BT Dine Out at Nomad Pizza

2024-25 Kindergarten Registration Information

Clothing Donations for School Nurse 

BOE Meeting Schedule

Community Happenings

March 6: Wear Bear Tavern Shirts

March 7: Hat Day/Cereal Box Challenge

March 8: St. Baldrick's Event; Wear Green

March 13: Early Dismissal; Staff Development

March 14: Pi Day for Cerebral Palsy

March 18: Author Roxie Munro Visits BT

March 21: BT Dine Out at Nomad Pizza

March 29: School Closed for Good Friday

April 1-April 5: School Closed for Spring Break

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

CLICK HERE to purchase your Congratulatory Ad

Pricing:

1/8 page (4.25x2.75 in.) - $15

1/4 page (4.25 x 5.5 in.) - $25

Deadline:

All ad submissions and payments must be received by Friday, April 26

Looking for a private preschool experience for your 2, 3, or 4 year old in Hopewell Township? St. Peter's Lutheran Nursery School is located just minutes from Bear Tavern and registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open! They offer 3 programs, as outlined above, with optional add-on programs. Tours are available upon request. 

Have questions or want more information? 

Call Jenn Garrow at 609-466-6511 or email

director.stpeter@gmail.com

The Hopewell Valley Education Foundation will be hosting a "Spring Fling Luncheon"with Fashion Show by Poppy Boutique, Sunday, March 24th 11am-3pm at Cobblestone Creek Country Club. Proceeds benefit HVEF's mission to enhance educational excellence at all HVRSD schools. More information below. To register to attend, click here.

The date and theme for this year’s Hopewell Valley 5K has just been announced. Get ready to lace up your running shoes and put on your greenest gear to try and catch the Leprechaun in this year’s “Lucky Bulldog Dash” on Saturday, March 16th! 

This year’s race will kick off at the high school and run down Dublin Rd and back for an Irish adventure to find the ultimate Pot O’ Gold at the finish line in front of Timberlane. Winners in age group categories will walk away with a chocolate prize. Prizes will also be awarded for the best team and individual St. Patrick’s theme costumes. There will also be a special prize for anyone who can catch the Leprechaun.

This is a great course to kick off your running season or just to get outside with the community and beat those winter blues – maybe do a little Irish jig along the way. We can’t wait to see you there.

Click HERE to Register Now!

Please see the flyer below for details. Please encourage your kids, friends and neighbors to run or walk the course with us. For those of you in the running community, this event is USATF sanctioned and available for 500 Grand Prix points.

We are still looking for race sponsors. Please email Lynne Nau if you would like to be a sponsor or would like to connect the event organizers with potential sponsors.

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.

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

Bear Tavern Parent Teacher Organization

Bear Tavern Elementary School

1162 Bear Tavern Road

Titusville, NJ 08560