After School Progams

ART CLUB

After School Art Experience classes are back at Beverly! Students will experience new media, art forms, and tons of new techniques. Classes are lead step by step with students learning detailed techniques for each medium along the way.

If your child is interested in attending, please register at: Beverly Elementary - The Art Experience (the-art-experience.com)

Fill out the registration form and when you hit submit, you will have to scroll up to see the confirmation window that will hold the Paypal link. Registration is NOT complete until payment is made. Classes fill within a day or two so be sure to register and pay all at the same time or you could miss your spot!

Classes are offered to K-5th. Tuition for the semester (11 weeks) is $150 with all supplies included.

Schedule: 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4,11/11,12/2,12/9
3:00pm – 4:15pm

***The first class of this program starts this coming Friday 9/9 so be sure to sign up ASAP***

PARENT VOLUNTEER NEEDED: We need one parent volunteer, who will stay during the class and help at dismissal. If you are interested and have your PISD background check cleared, please email Bethany at programs@beverlypta.com. For generously donating your time, your child will receive Free Tuition for the program!

Sponsored by Beverly PTA

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

STEM CLUB

After School STEM Classes from Brick, Bots and Beaker are a new program at Beverly this Fall! From collapsing buildings like the Fidenae stadium and bridges like the Tay Bridge, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, to sinking ships like the Titanic — this camp is all about epic engineering disasters! Students will build structures and discover what went wrong and design and test solutions! Some of the disasters covered in this camp include the Colossus of Rhodes, Exxon oil spill, city group skyscraper, Titanic, and the wings of Icarus. This class is a lot of hands-on fun!

Classes are offered to K-5th.

Tuition for the semester (11 weeks) is $200 with all supplies included.

To register, e-mail rtatineni@bricksbotsbeakers.com or call 214-326-8225 and ask for Radhika Tatineni. You may also register online here, scroll down to Beverly Elementary and click REGISTER.

Schedule: 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4,11/11,12/2,12/9

3:00pm – 4:15pm

***The first class of this program starts this coming Friday 9/9 so be sure to sign up ASAP***

PARENT VOLUNTEER NEEDED: We need one parent volunteer, who will stay to help during the class and help at dismissal. If you are interested and have your PISD background check cleared, please email Bethany at programs@beverlypta.com. For generously donating your time, your child will receive Free Tuition for the program!

Sponsored by Beverly PTA

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

eNews 8.30.2022

Save the date for our FIRST Spirit Night of the year! Next Tuesday, September 6 all day at Chick-Fil-A Twin Creeks Village location (902 W McDermott Dr, Allen, TX 75013). Head there anytime on September 6 and order yummy Chicken Sandwiches, Nuggets, Salads, or anything you'd like.

IMPORTANT: When you order, please tell your server that you are supporting Beverly Elementary. You might also need to turn in your receipt to the cashier. For online order through the Chick-fil-A Mobile app, indicate “Beverly Elementary” in the special instructions section, and turn in your receipt at the cashier when you pick up.

When you mention "Beverly Elementary", Chick-FIl-A will give a percentage of your purchase to our school! If you are looking for an easy way to support Beverly, this has got to be the easiest and yummiest way!

Save the date for our first PTA Meeting of the year! Join us for a Back to School Ice Cream Social and PTA meeting on Thursday, September 8, at 6 pm. After a short PTA meeting, eat ice cream with us, chat and connect with other Bobcat families. Can't wait to see you!

Friday, September 23, at 5pm

Save the date for the Family Fun Night with our Beverly Elementary families at Kidmania Plano! This event is free for Beverly students and their families. Socks required. This is not a drop-off event. All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Food and drinks will be provided.

Donations are optional and all donations collected will go towards funding of this event. Click here to donate.

PACE – Plano Academic Creative Education is a program offered at all Plano ISD campuses that provides services for students who require academically gifted enrichment services and have demonstrated the need for advanced, differentiated instruction. If you are interested in submitting a referral for your child to be tested for this program, please click on this link: Elementary PACE Information.

Please remember the date to submit your online or hard copy referral packet is October 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm.

For additional information, please refer to the Plano ISD PACE Website or contact Alice Michael – alice.michael@pisd.edu

eNews 8.23.22

Ms.Savant (Beverly Principal) and Mrs. McFarland (Beverly PTA president) would love to invite new Beverly families for coffee and talk, on August 30 at 8am in the cafeteria. Please save the date and join us. We look forward to seeing many new Beverly families!

PACE – Plano Academic Creative Education is a program offered at all Plano ISD campuses that provides services for students who require academically gifted enrichment services and have demonstrated the need for advanced, differentiated instruction. If you are interested in submitting a referral for your child to be tested for this program, please click on this link: Elementary PACE Information.

Please remember the date to submit your online or hard copy referral packet is October 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm.

For additional information, please refer to the Plano ISD PACE Website or contact Alice Michael – alice.michael@pisd.edu

Complete these few and quick to-do list to support our school! All of these cost NOTHING to you and donations will be generated for our school when you shop!

✅ Shop through our Amazon Smile link and designate your charity of choice to Beverly Elementary.

✅ Update your Kroger Plus card link to Beverly Elementary (#84353)

✅ Update your Tom Thumb Reward card link to Beverly Elementary (#6930)

Click here for instructions on how to do all of the above and starts supporting Beverly with no additional cost to you!

***Please note that if you linked your card last year you will still need to confirm that the link is still there as our partners reset their links each year!***

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Save the date for our first PTA Meeting of the year! Join us for a Back to School Ice Cream Social and PTA meeting on Thursday, September 8, at 6 pm. After a short PTA meeting, eat ice cream with us, chat and connect with other Bobcat families. Can't wait to see you!

*Important!* All PTA accounts become inactive every year in the summer. You need to log in to BeverlyPTA.com and become a CURRENT contact to keep receiving this e-Newsletter. Go to "My Account", then "Parent & Student Information". Update your information and update your child's teacher information as well.

VOLUNTEER

The PISD volunteer submission expires every year in July. Now is the time to submit your background check again! This MUST be completed for you to go Beverly to volunteer (e.g: lunch duty, class party, field trip, field day etc). Visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process, which includes a background check. It only takes a few minutes! After submitting the form, the background check takes a few days to be approved, so it is best to get this done NOW so you don't have to worry about it. Once your application is complete, you will be able to sign up for volunteer opportunities at Beverly and our PTA.

PISD VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

FUNDRAISING

You shop. Amazon gives.

Shop through our Amazon Smile link and designate your charity of choice to Beverly Elementary. When you shop through the AmazonSmile link, the Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to us, at NO additional cost to you!

Watch this video to see how Box Tops works. Use the new Box Tops App to scan your receipt. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to your organization's earnings online.

MISCELLANEOUS

Plano ISD’s after-school childcare program, PASAR, is currently hiring Site Managers, as well as Assistant Site Managers.

Both roles are part-time, 19.5 hours per week. Work hours are from 2:30 pm- 6:30 pm, Monday- Thursday; Friday hours are 2:30-6:00 pm. During Early Dismissal days, work hours are from 2:30-6:00 pm.

We currently have openings at Beverly. If you are interested in learning more about working for the PASAR program. We invite you to complete the following short Google Form: https://forms.gle/dPCkD77WQGmtfhC17. A member of the PASAR staff will follow up with you.

We are also hiring Activity Specialists! If you know of a high school junior, senior, or college student who would be interested in working as an Activity Specialist, please include their information in the Google Form provided.

If you are NOT interested in exploring an employment opportunity with PASAR, but know of someone who could be, would you please help us by forwarding this information to them? Thank you!

NATIONAL PTA NEWS

Notes from the Backpack: The Teacher Burnout Crisis

In the last few years, teachers have faced unprecedented challenges that have left a lot of them feeling burnt out. Experienced educator and activist, Sofia Gonzalez, shares her thoughts on teacher burnout and how systemic changes could make teaching a more sustainable profession. Click here to listen to this podcast.

eNews 8.11.22

HIGHLIGHTS

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT - 08/16

There will be 2 sessions to accommodate families with siblings in different grade levels.

Session 1: 6:00-6:40

Session 2: 6:45-7:30

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade will meet in their grade level hallways. 5th grade will meet in the cafeteria.

Yesterday, the PTA held a Beverly Bobcat Parent breakfast to kick off the new school year. It was an excellent turn out of parents and school administrators to connect and get to know each other.

A special thank you to our donors and sponsors of the event, Starbucks, Salt and Light Laundry Service, Cyndi Walker and the Walker family as well as Ketevan Kavtaradze and the Kavtaradze family!

Part of the PTA’s mission statement is to “make every child’s potential a reality”, and fulfilling teacher wish list items is one of our favorite ways to support this mission.

Thanks to the membership dues, fundraising and donations that all of YOU have contributed, we’ve been able to spend this week purchasing and delivering items hand-selected by Beverly teachers to enhance their students’ educational experiences this year.

This is just a small, tangible sample of what your generosity allows us to do for our community.

• 42 playground balls color coded for each grade level

• Magnetic blocks and Legos for Kindergarten Centers

• Books for 4th grade class reading assignments

• Individual dry erase boards for all 1st graders

• supplemental reading curriculum for 2nd grade

• Supplemental science textbooks for 3rd grade

• Reading comprehension activities for our resource teachers

• online supplement curriculum subscriptions for our 5th graders

• new sound system and wireless microphones for music and other school programs

Join the Beverly PTA today to be a part of this amazing network of supportive parents and teachers!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Important!* All PTA accounts become inactive every year in the summer. You need to log in to BeverlyPTA.com and become a CURRENT contact to keep receiving this e-Newsletter. Go to "My Account", then "Parent & Student Information". Update your information and update your child's teacher information as well.

Ms.Savant (Beverly Principal) and Mrs. McFarland (Beverly PTA president) would love to invite new Beverly families for coffee and talk, on August 30 at 8am in the cafeteria. Please save the date and join us. We look forward to seeing many new Beverly families!

VOLUNTEER

Our Volunteer of the Month for the month of August, is Jennifer Gurley Allison!

She’s a mom of 2 Beverly Bobcats, wife, works outside the home and is the Beverly PTA’s VP of Communication AND manages all of our school supply order, fulfillment and delivery. This is Jennifer’s second year in these positions, and we could not be more grateful for her hard work. She manages the PTA website and print communication and oversees all digital communication and the yearbook. She’s usually the one behind the scenes here on Facebook, but we snuck in to sing her praises because she’d never do it herself. Jennifer stays out of the spotlight, but she is always the first to volunteer to assist everyone on the PTA Board.

Thank you Jennifer for everything you do!

The PISD volunteer submission expires every year in July. Now is the time to submit your background check again! This MUST be completed for you to go Beverly to volunteer (e.g: lunch duty, class party, field trip, field day etc). Visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process, which includes a background check. It only takes a few minutes! After submitting the form, the background check takes a few days to be approved, so it is best to get this done NOW so you don't have to worry about it. Once your application is complete, you will be able to sign up for volunteer opportunities at Beverly and our PTA.

PISD VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

FUNDRAISING

You shop. Amazon gives.

Shop through our Amazon Smile link and designate your charity of choice to Beverly Elementary. When you shop through the AmazonSmile link, the Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to us, at NO additional cost to you!

Watch this video to see how Box Tops works. Use the new Box Tops App to scan your receipt. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to your organization's earnings online.