eNews 1.6.22

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Online Auction Is Coming Up ... and We Need YOU!

Beverly PTA's Annual Online Auction Is Headed Your Way February 18- February 27, 2022! This is a fun annual tradition and a great fundraiser for PTA programs for your students like classroom parties, field trips, online curriculum, and more!

We are working on putting together fun items and experiences to bid on, such as possible staff experiences, reserved parking spaces, and even some packages for a fun staycation, family movie night, etc.

But to do this, the Auction Committee needs your help! It is crunch time for collecting auction items.

How Can You Help Our Auction Committee?

Do you have an item to donate?

Do you frequent a local business that might be willing to donate?

Do you have extra gift cards you received for Christmas that you're not using?

Do you have reward points from Staples or Best Buy that we could use to purchase items for the auction?

Are you willing to help solicit auction items but need training?

If so, please contact us at waysandmeans@beverlypta.com!

The Online Auction is one of PTA's two major fundraisers and its success is key to paying for school programs like: Grade Level Field Trips, Annual Field Day, Class Parties, 5th Grade Graduation, AR Program, some clubs, and so much more!

CONTACT THE COMMITTEE FOR MORE INFO

Register for our PTA Meeting Tuesday, 1/11 at 6 p.m.

Come to our first general PTA meeting of 2022! Easy peasy -- just register via the link below and show up at 6 p.m.. We appreciate your support and can't wait to see you there!

REGISTER FOR THE MEETING HERE!

Interested in Making Friends and Making a Difference?

Want to help our PTA but don't have time to volunteer on an ongoing basis? Volunteer for our nominating committee! Duties listed further below.

In January we get to form our yearly nominating committee -- 5 PTA members with 2 alternates. This is a great way to meet other parents and find out how PTA works!

Duties: Committee members will hold one or two meetings (in-person or virtually, and according to committee members' schedules) to discuss open positions and make recommendations. Other communications between committee members may be done informally as needed.

Committee members will contact recommended members to offer the opportunity to serve. Committee members are not required or expected to know everything about the positions. They may refer members with questions to this role description page, as well as to the PTA president and other current board members.

Feel free to email president@beverlypta.com to volunteer for this committee, get more information, OR to learn more about open board positions for 2022-23. Thank you for your help!

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFO

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer Opportunities

The best way to make a difference in your child’s education and to show support for the children and staff is to be involved. We LOVE our volunteers and appreciate any amount of time you can give. We have jobs of all sizes and some can be done at home or at school, whether you work full-time or not. Any amount of time you can offer is much appreciated! Here are some of the positions that are open for your consideration:

CHECK OUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES!

Submit Your Volunteer Form Now!

Don't get caught by surprise when you want to volunteer for a school event or to eat lunch with your child -- get your volunteer form submitted now!

We are using the Voly system to manage our volunteers and volunteer opportunities. 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! Once your application is complete, you will be able to sign up for volunteer opportunities at Beverly and our PTA.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.

eNews 12.14.21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May the season brings you warmth, peace, blessings, and joy. Happy Holidays and have a wonderful Winter break, from all of us at Beverly PTA!

Beverly's Holiday Gift Drive

**LAST CHANCE! DUE THURSDAY** Participate in longtime Beverly's holiday tradition! Please help us provide gift cards to bless some deserving local families this year. You can find the signup form by logging on to your account on the Beverly PTA website. Click here to see a wish list of items. Send donations to school with your child or drop them off at the front office with attention to Tracy Bulino. We thank you for your generosity! Donations due by 12/16/21

Spirit Wear Holiday Special

Holiday special! When you purchase one of our newly printed Bobcat spirit T-shirts, you will get a FREE Bobcat sticker! Take advantage of this special offer now through the end of December! Go to Beverlypta.com and login to purchase.

Get your Yearbook now!

Order your yearbook NOW at the early bird price of $25 and guarantee you will get a copy! Almost every year, we have parents who contacted us after our order window is closed wanting to place their order. Orders after the deadline are NOT guaranteed. Place your order now before it's too late!

Also, BACK AGAIN this year and special for our 5th graders: Recognition Ads are for sale (LIMITED QUANTITY)! Show your 5th grader student how special they are with a personalized ad in the yearbook. You can design and personalize your own ad with your student's pictures and special notes from you! Click here for more information on how to purchase the ads.

If you have questions, please contact yearbook@beverlypta.com

Support Beverly on your holiday shopping!

You can support Beverly and earn some cash for our school while you do your holiday shopping on Amazon, without any additional cost to you! Shop through our Amazon Smile link and designate your charity of choice to Beverly Elementary. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with exactly the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop through the AmazonSmile link, the Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to us!

Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also available on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) at the same price. You will see eligible products marked “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation” on their product detail pages. Bottom line: you can earn some cash for Beverly when you shop in Amazon, without any additional cost to you!

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

Early Release + Lunch

This coming Friday, December 17 will be a 12 pm early release. Please make sure your students are picked up at that time. Below is the modified lunch schedule for Friday.

Kindergarten - 11:00 @ Classroom

1st Grade - 10:30 @ Classroom

2nd Grade - 10:15 @ Cafeteria

3rd Grade - 10:45 @ Classroom

4th Grade - 11:10 @ Classroom

5th Grade - 11:20 @ Cafeteria

College Week is coming up!

January 10-14

We have a fun dress up theme week coming up!

01/10 Monday- On Our Way to College! Wear a Beverly, Hendrick, Clark, or Plano Senior High shirt.

01/11 Tuesday- My Future is Bright! Wear neon.

01/12 Wednesday- "Marvel" at your future. Dress as a superhero.

01/13 Thursday- Dream Big! Wear pajamas.

01/14 Friday- Plan for Success! Wear a college shirt and think about your plan for the future.

VOLUNTEER

Lunch Volunteers Needed!

We have a special volunteer opportunity on campus, Bobcats! Beginning December 1, we need volunteers to assist during lunch periods in the cafeteria. One person per grade level 2nd through 5th. (Kinder and 1st eat in their classrooms, so volunteers are not needed for them.)

Volunteers must have completed their PISD volunteer application via Voly in order to volunteer for this job. Please sign up via VOLY.

To sign up for a volunteer slot, please click this link.

Note: All volunteers must be background checked. If you have not completed your PISD background check and volunteer application, visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.

CALENDAR

Thursday, December 16

Holiday Gift Drive Last Day

Friday, December 17

12:00a Grade Level Winter Parties / Early Release

Monday, December 20

12:00a Winter Break

eNews 12.7.21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Fall Book Fair is here!

On December 6-10, Beverly PTA and Beverly Library are hosting our Fall Book Fair in the library and virtually. Parents can set up an E-wallet for their child. Only students will be able to shop at the in-person book fair at the library. We also have the online book fair if parents would like to shop (starting Dec 6).

***HELP NEEDED!***

We also need Book Fair volunteers for three time slots daily. Please do not bring smaller children. Volunteers will help students when they come to the Book Fair. All volunteers will receive the following discount: Buy 3, get 1 free of equal or lesser value.

Sign up here through Voly: https://plano.voly.org/opportunity/view.html?id=67194 (to be able to sign up to volunteer for a time slot, you must have a VOLY account and login here: https://plano.voly.org/volunteer/login.html)

Beverly's Holiday Gift Drive

Participate in longtime Beverly's holiday tradition! Please help us provide gift cards to bless some deserving local families this year. You can find the signup form by logging on to your account on the Beverly PTA website. Click here to see a wish list of items. Send donations to school with your child or drop them off at the front office with attention to Tracy Bulino. We thank you for your generosity! Donations due by 12/16/21

Get your Yearbook now!

Order your yearbook NOW at the early bird price of $25 and guarantee you will get a copy! Almost every year, we have parents who contacted us after our order window is closed wanting to place their order. Orders after the deadline are NOT guaranteed. Place your order now before it's too late!

Also, NEW this year and special for our 5th graders: Recognition Ads are for sale (LIMITED QUANTITY)! Show your 5th grader student how special they are with a personalized ad in the yearbook. You can design and personalize your own ad with your student's pictures and special notes from you! Click here for more information on how to purchase the ads.

If you have questions, please contact yearbook@beverlypta.com

Lunch Visitors

We are so excited to be able to welcome parents back as lunchtime visitors. Please read the information below and then use the Sign-Up Genius link to reserve a spot if you would like to visit your child for lunch.

· Limited to one visit a month per child.

· If you have multiple students, you must sign up for a spot with each grade level.

· Only one parent/ guardian may attend for the lunchtime visit.

· Guests may only eat with their child, no other classmates/ friends may join.

Beverly Lunch Time Visitors Sign Up (December)

Middle School Info

Attention 5th Grade Parents! These are some important dates to add to your calendar pertaining to planning for Middle School next year:

Thursday, January 6th @ 7:00 Hendrick Parent Info Night

Tuesday, January 11th @ 2:00 Hendrick Counselor comes to speak to 5th grade (students only)

Thursday, January 13th Music Demonstration Field Trip to Hendrick for 5th graders

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

PTA General Meeting

Tuesday, December 7, at 6:00 p.m

You are invited to our next general PTA Meeting. Anyone can attend and learn about the different programs and events our PTA is doing for our school. Please note that although anyone can attend, only PTA Members can vote. Sign up to attend the meeting at Beverlypta.com (click "My Account" to register), and we will send you link to the Zoom meeting.

Virtual Art Camp "Just Imagine"

**Registration ends on December 9**

Looking for an activity for your child to do during winter break? Check out Camp Just Imagine, which is a virtual arts enrichment program designed for students in 3rd through 8th grade to learn various art techniques through instruction by an expert illustrator, artist, and author. The camp will be three two-hour sessions, with Drawing on Monday, December 21, Writing on Tuesday, December 21, and Macrame on Wednesday, December 22. Sessions are $30 each or $75 for all three. Registration is open through December 9th. For more information, or to register, visit www.txpta.org/campji

VOLUNTEER

Lunch Volunteers Needed!

We have a special volunteer opportunity on campus, Bobcats! Beginning December 1, we need volunteers to assist during lunch periods in the cafeteria. One person per grade level 2nd through 5th. (Kinder and 1st eat in their classrooms, so volunteers are not needed for them.)

Volunteers must have completed their PISD volunteer application via Voly in order to volunteer for this job. Please sign up via VOLY.

To sign up for a volunteer slot, please click this link.

Note: All volunteers must be background checked. If you have not completed your PISD background check and volunteer application, visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.

eNews 11.30.21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Make Up Picture Day

Did your Bobcat miss Picture Day or want their pictures retaken? Good news! Make up Pictures will be taken this Thursday, December 2, 2021. Club and Team pictures will also be taken on this date.

If you're hoping to order pictures you can click here. Enter Picture Day ID: EVTN3NRBG. Try using the code: SHIPFREEF21 for free shipping on orders $29.99+!

Get your Yearbook now!

Order your yearbook NOW at the early bird price of $25 and guarantee you will get a copy! Almost every year, we have parents who contacted us after our order window is closed wanting to place their order. Orders after the deadline are NOT guaranteed. Place your order now before it's too late!

Also, NEW this year and special for our 5th graders: Recognition Ads are for sale (LIMITED QUANTITY)! Show your 5th grader student how special they are with a personalized ad in the yearbook. You can design and personalize your own ad with your student's pictures and special notes from you! Click here for more information on how to purchase the ads.

If you have questions, please contact yearbook@beverlypta.com

Lunch Visitors

We are so excited to be able to welcome parents back as lunchtime visitors. Please read the information below and then use the Sign-Up Genius link to reserve a spot if you would like to visit your child for lunch.

· Limited to one visit a month per child.

· If you have multiple students, you must sign up for a spot with each grade level.

· Only one parent/ guardian may attend for the lunchtime visit.

· Guests may only eat with their child, no other classmates/ friends may join.

Beverly Lunch Time Visitors Sign Up (December)

Middle School Info

Attention 5th Grade Parents! These are some important dates to add to your calendar pertaining to planning for Middle School next year:

Thursday, January 6th @ 7:00 Hendrick Parent Info Night

Tuesday, January 11th @ 2:00 Hendrick Counselor comes to speak to 5th grade (students only)

Thursday, January 13th Music Demonstration Field Trip to Hendrick for 5th graders

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

Book Fair

Fall Book Fair is here! On December 6-10, Beverly PTA and Beverly Library are hosting our Fall Book Fair in the library and virtually. Parents can set up an E-wallet for their child. Only students will be able to shop at the in-person book fair at the library. We also have the online book fair if parents would like to shop (starting Dec 6).

PTA General Meeting

Tuesday, December 7, at 6:00 p.m

You are invited to our next general PTA Meeting. Anyone can attend and learn about the different programs and events our PTA is doing for our school. Please note that although anyone can attend, only PTA Members can vote. Sign up to attend the meeting at Beverlypta.com (click "My Account" to register), and we will send you link to the Zoom meeting.

VOLUNTEER

Lunch Volunteers Needed!

We have a special volunteer opportunity on campus, Bobcats! Beginning December 1, we need volunteers to assist during lunch periods in the cafeteria. One person per grade level 2nd through 5th. (Kinder and 1st eat in their classrooms, so volunteers are not needed for them.)

Volunteers must have completed their PISD volunteer application via Voly in order to volunteer for this job. Please sign up via VOLY.

To sign up for a volunteer slot, please click this link.

Note: All volunteers must be background checked. If you have not completed your PISD background check and volunteer application, visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.

eNews 11.17.21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving break is November 22-26. We are so thankful for all our Bobcats families and friends. Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful break!

New Spirit Wear

New spirit wear has hit the shop! Snag a new Bobcat shirt to wear every Friday for spirit day! Go to Beverlypta.com and login to your account to purchase.

Get your Yearbook now!

Order your yearbook NOW at the early bird price of $25 and guarantee you will get a copy! Almost every year, we have parents who contacted us after our order window is closed wanting to place their order. Orders after the deadline are NOT guaranteed. Place your order now before it's too late!

Also, NEW this year and special for our 5th graders: Recognition Ads are for sale (LIMITED QUANTITY)! Show your 5th grader student how special they are with a personalized ad in the yearbook. You can design and personalize your own ad with your student's pictures and special notes from you! Click here for more information on how to purchase the ads.

If you have questions, please contact yearbook@beverlypta.com

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

Beverly's Holiday Gift Drive

Beverly's Holiday Gift Drive is a long time holiday tradition to help out families in need within our Bobcat communities. More information coming soon!

VOLUNTEER

Teacher Holiday Luncheon Class Coverage

We need a few parents to help us with class coverage during Teacher's Holiday Luncheon on December 9th from 11am-1pm. During this time you will cover classrooms while teachers sit down for a catered meal all together. You will take the kids to lunch and supervise them during indoor recess. If you are able to volunteer, please sign up here.

Please also make sure to do your background check via the NEW Voly volunteer system. Visit www.pisd.edu/volunteer to begin the process. 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 as soon as possible. Let us know if you have any questions!

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.

eNews11.9.21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Get your Yearbook now!

Order your yearbook NOW at the early bird price of $25 and guarantee you will get a copy! Almost every year, we have parents who contacted us after our order window is closed wanting to place their order. Place your order now before it's too late! If you have questions, please contact yearbook@beverlypta.com

Yearbook Club: Photography Teacher needed

Do we have any Bobcats parent who has basic photography knowledge? Or, know someone who does? We are looking for someone who is willing to volunteer about 1 hour of their time (virtually via Zoom) to teach some basic photography technique to our yearbook club students. Our yearbook club students are about 8 4th graders and 5th graders, and they are going to learn to take pictures around the school for the yearbook (candids, group pictures, etc), so they only need some simple, basic knowledge. Our Yearbook Club zoom meeting is on THIS FRIDAY, November 12, at 4pm. Please let us know at president@beverlypta.com

PISD FANS is hiring

Plano ISD's Food and Nutritional Services (FANS) is hiring for all cafeteria positions. Come join the team and work alongside awesome colleagues. Visit www.pisd.edu/Page/3843 for additional information

New Spirit Wear

New spirit wear has hit the shop! Snag a new Bobcat shirt to wear every Friday for spirit day! Go to Beverlypta.com and login to your account to purchase.

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

Hendrick Middle School Peppermint Village

The Hendrick PTA would like to invite the Beverly Bobcats families to check out our Peppermint Village Gift Shop on Tuesday night, November 16. The shop is open from 5:30-8:30pm. Folks can also pop over to the cafetorium at 6:30 and/or 7:30pm and listen to our choirs' perform. We think it could be a great opportunity for the Beverly families to check out Hendrick.

CALENDAR

Friday, November 12

4:00p Yearbook Club Virtual Meeting

Friday, November 19

12:00a Yearbook Cover Art Winner Announced

Monday, November 22

12:00a Thanksgiving Break

eNews 8.17.21

HAPPENINGS

Chalk The Walk

Our Beverly PTA's Chalk the Walk event was a success! Big thanks to all our Bobcat families who attended and wrote encouraging messages on our school ground to start our school year in a positive way! If you took pictures at this event, please send it to pictures@beverlypta.com for a chance to be included in our Yearbook.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Back to School Checklist

Here is a checklist to make sure you stay informed this school year!

☑ Create your FREE account at BeverlyPTA.com

☑ If you already have an account, log in, then update your information, including your child's teacher's name.

☑ After logging in, you will be able to:
• subscribe to our school calendar
• purchase your PTA Membership
• sign up for volunteering opportunities
• buy Spirit Wear
• order a Yearbook
• receive weekly e-Newsletter to stay informed!

☑ NEW! PISD is now using the Voly system to manage volunteers and volunteer opportunities. 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,.

☑ Download the "Membership Toolkit" app in your App Store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android) and you can access all this information even easier!

☑ Contact us at communications@beverlypta.com if you have any questions!

Spirit Wear Orders

The pandemic and other issues have caused us to fall behind on getting spirit wear orders fulfilled as quickly as we would have liked. If you purchased spirit wear more than a week ago and have not yet received it, please locate your order confirmation email (if possible) and forward to spiritwear@beverlypta.com. We are working on getting caught up and appreciate your patience and understanding as our volunteer coordinator work this out.

BeverlyPTA.com

*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.

EVENTS + PROGRAMS

Parent Information Night

Tuesday, August 17

**TONIGHT** Our Parent Information Night will be VIRTUAL this year. Your child's teacher will be sending more information and links for the Zoom meeting.

PTA General Meeting

Tuesday, September 14, 6pm

We would like to invite you to our first PTA General Meeting of the year! We will be doing it virtually and a Zoom link will be sent out to those who sign up to attend. More information to come!

FREE Lacrosse Clinic from Plano Wildcat Lacrosse

Dates: August 14, 21, 28
Time: 9-10:30am
Location: Plano Senior High School practice fields (behind the baseball field off Independence)

Join Plano Wildcats for a fun and interactive intro to the fundamentals of lacrosse. Equipment will be provided during the clinic. Wear athletic clothing and cleats or athletic shoes.

• Youth teams K-2nd, 3-4th, 5-6th, and 7-8th graders.
• Plano Senior High School team for 9-12th graders.

NEW Youth players get 25% dues. New High School players get 50% off dues.Click here to sign up. For more information contact president@planolacrosse.com

VOLUNTEER

Fall Fundraiser Volunteers Needed!

We need about 4-6 more volunteers to be a part of our Fall Fundraiser team. This position can be done from home! Because it is a team effort, the workloads for this position are divided and won't just fall on one person. Any amount of time you can offer is much appreciated! Please reach out to Tiffani Rivers at waysandmeans@beverlypta.com to sign up and be a part of this committee, or if you have any question.

Submit Your Volunteer Form NOW!

NEW this year!

The PISD volunteering process has changed! We are now using the Voly system to manage our volunteers and volunteer opportunities. 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.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER NOW!

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!

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.