Mustang Message - March 29, 2024


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We are a community of learners... thriving in a diverse world!

We are a family.

We are capable.

We are caring.

We all belong!

 

Upcoming Dates/Events

FCPS Calendar for the 2023-24 School Year

April 1-2             NO SCHOOL:  School Planning Days

April 4                Family Market, 4:30-6 p.m.

April 10              No School - Eid Holiday

April 11              Orientation for Rising Kindergarten, 5:00 p.m.

April 11              Family Literacy Night, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

April 27             PTA-Pancake Fundraiser, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

April 28              Due Date for Family Referral for School-Based AAP                                            Screening for Part Time Service

June 12             Last Day of School, School Ends at 2:00 p.m.

 

BMP Office Closed

The Bren Mar Park front office will be closed to the public from April 1 - 2.  The front office will be open again to the public from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.  

 

PTA Read-A-Thon

Tomorrow is the final day for the Bren Mar Park ES Read-A-Thon sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA).  See the BMP PTA webpage for more information... and keep on reading! 

 

BMP Title 1 Feedback Opportunity

Bren Mar Park is a proud Title 1 school!  We welcome children from all over, with 36 home languages from Amharic to Vietnamese from ages 3-12 years old.  Our vision is to always be "A community of learners thriving in a diverse world."

Title 1 is a federal program that supports schools with a higher percentages of students who qualify for free/reduced meal status through a provision of funds to increase family engagement and high-quality instructional access for students. You can learn more about FCPS Title 1 program here.

We want family feedback on ways in which we can leverage Title 1 funding to support increasing our home-school partnerships in a meaningful way!

Please take a few moments to complete our feedback survey.  The information collected will be used to drive decisions for next school year's spending.  The survey will close at midnight on Sunday, April 7, 2024.

 

Family Volunteer Opportunities - Career Day

BMP is hosting a Career Day on June 6th from 2:15 - 3:30 and we are looking for presenters! On Career Day, presenters will share information with our grades 3-5 students about their careers. Our goal is to have a variety of fields represented in order to give students an opportunity to envision themselves in different professions. 

Presenters will share in three, 20-minute rotations:

  • training requirements of their occupation
  • satisfactions and dissatisfactions of their job
  • school skills used in their job 
  • what a typical day might include
  • related jobs to their career field
  • anything else that they feel students might be interested in!

If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this google form or email Kristin Feathers at kmfeathers@fcps.edu

 

Summer Programming at Bren Mar Park!

Information about summer programming hosted at Bren Mar Park will be coming soon!  Summer SOAR and Young Scholars programs are for identified students based upon achievement on assessments, classwork, and other information.  Please do not reach out to the school to see if you can register your child.  Invitations will be sent home to identified students in mid-May.

For families looking to enroll their child in summer programming hosted at Bren Mar Park ES, Rec-PAC will be at our school again this summer!  From June 24 - August 1, families may choose to enroll their child or children on a week-by-week basis.  Hours are 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

For Rec-PAC, families can visit the Rec-PAC website for more information.  The Scholarship Application is also now open for families who may qualify because the family has financial need or receives public assistance.