Quick Reference Calendar 

Pretzel Fridays

BT Night at Trenton Thunder

BTPTO End of Year Picnic

BTPTO End of Year Survey

New Family Welcome Sign Collection

Clothing Drive for School Nurse

Kindergarten Registration 2025-2026

Annual Appeal

MTK Directory Information

Community Happenings

June 6: Field Day

June 7: BT Night at Trenton Thunder

June 12: BTPTO End of Year Picnic

June 18: Early Dismissal 

June 19: Early Dismissal/Last Day of School/Fifth Grade Clapout

BT Night @ Trenton Thunder will be on Saturday, June 7 at 6:00pm. Come out for the game and cheer on our very own BT Treblemakers as they perform the National Anthem!  Feel free to wear your best Tie-Dye for a night of The Grateful Dead themed family fun rounded out with fireworks after the game. The deadline to purchase tickets has passed; this is just a reminder for families who already purchased tickets. Looking forward to seeing you there! 

The BT Health Office has clothing available for student needs after accidents, rips, and mud puddles! Unfortunately, the supplies are running low and they can use help with a restock! An Amazon Wishlist has been created to make donating quick and easy! Please use this link to access the Wish List for Nurse Watt! Thank you!

Please send any donations of gently used or new clothing you can spare in to Bear Tavern, Attn: School Nurse.

• Underwear and pants (boys & girls) - all sizes up to adult
• Universal shoes  such as crocs or flip flops
• No shorts or sweaters are currently needed
• Also needed: Plastic cups for students to use when they have forgotten their water bottles

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 2024-2025 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://beartavernpto.membershiptoolkit.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://beartavernpto.membershiptoolkit.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?

Reach out to Caitlin Stratuik- caitlin.stratuik@gmail.com 

SAVE THE DATE: June 5-7, 2025

This Hopewell Valley three-day community event was established to increase awareness of nature and an appreciation of time spent outdoors in Hopewell Valley. Families and community members are welcome to attend any of the activities offered over the 3 days. An activity newsletter providing a listing of all the activities being held will be available in May! Click on the link below if you would like to receive the activity newsletter as soon as it’s published. https://bit.ly/4bnxSA7

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

We are also mobile!

The app is available for free in the Apple Store and in Google Play.

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