Relay For Life

Relay For Life	2
Child Development Concerns	2
Summer School	3
Parenting Class	3
Bennett Calendar	3

Inside this issue:

Calendar

Calendario

May 8: Scrip Orders Due

Pedidos de vale (scrip) son ven cimientos

May 8-12: Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week

Semana de Apreciacion de Em pleados/Maestros

May 13: Bennett Spring Social

Fiesta de Primavera

May 16: BFLP Foreign Fest

Festival de Lenguajes Extran jeros

May 23:PTSA Meeting at 7:00pm

La Reunion para PTSA

May 29: Memorial Day—No School

Dia Memorial—No hay Es cuela

June 13: PTSA Board Meeting

Reunion del Directorio de PTSA

From The Editors

Editors: Karla Ostlund and Janan Carter

We are pleased to serve as editors of The Friday Flyer this year.

Just go to the Bennett Website: www.bennettelementary.org and click on “Click here to submit to the Friday Flyer”. Fill out the form, which will be forwarded to us for publication

The deadline for the next issue of The Friday Flyer will be May 5th 2006.

Bennett Spring Social!

Please save the date Saturday May 13th for a family fun night out. Swimming, climbing wall, pool table, indoor soccer, dodge ball, lots to do for everyone of all ages.

Scrip Orders

The next round of scrip orders is due on Monday May 8th. There are just two orders left this year so start thinking about summer entertainment and travel needs. Every purchase you make with a scrip gift card means more funding for PTSA sponsored programs, at no cost to you!

Bed, Bath and Beyond have a special offer for Mothers Day. The school will receive 18% of the purchase price of their gift cards, rather than the usual 13%.

Free Parenting Class

Hopelink in Bellevue (14812 Main Street) will be hosting a free 8-week parenting class for low-income parents on Thursday evenings from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. beginning on May 2 and continuing until June 22. will learn basic child development, nurturing, communication, disciplinary measures that work and more. class is open to parents with children at all stages of development. may join the class at any date.To register, call Jessica at 425.943.7577. child care is provided, but please call ahead to make a child care reservation.

Baptiste Arrouye

Dana Beach

Jack Bentsen

Po Bodin

Roxana Butnar

Hadleigh Davis

Aleana Groenhout

Daphne Guan

Alexia Gutierrez

Elizabeth Hearthway

Alexandria Kaiser

Katherine Kaiser

Hiromichi Kawabata

Mitsuhiro Kawabata

Andrew Kennedy

Nicole Kennedy

Morgan Malley

Amelia McDermott

Cassidy McDermott

Kari Lynn Morrison

Emma Oslund

Emma Petersky

Juan Romo

Karissa Shapard

Ken Sheperd

Alex Thoman

Jack Thoman

Rachel Tsai

Dorathea Verbowski

Ashly Wall

Elliott Wood

Shelby Woodhouse

Team captains: Cassidy McDermott, Dana Beach, Emma Petersky, Roxana Butnar, Hadleigh Davis, Morgan Malley

Coordinators: Emma Ostlund and Ms. Gilbert

We have begun our all school coin drive which will continue until May 5. All donations can be dropped off in the office before or after school in the office. Student donations will also be collected in the classroom and brought to the office with the daily attendance. Please make checks payable to the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. Help support our team members who are well on their way with individual fundraising! Thanks for your contributions!

CANCER SURVIVORS…we invite you to join us for a brunch on May 6 at 10:30 and open the event by walking a lap around the track at noon. Register with Jeanne and Jon at jjtranch@comcast.net, Survivor Coordinators.

Please come join and support us on May 6^th at Redmond High School, 17272 NE 104, from 12noon – 11pm

Bellevue School District Summer School 2006

General Information

Dates: July 10 - August 4

Enrollment deadline: June 9th

Last day for refunds: June 30th

Place: Lake Hills Elementary School

(For students completing 1st - 4th grade)

Times: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

A four week program focused on strengthening reading, writing and math skills. Emphasis will be on preparation for the following school year of learning.

-ESL classes in the summer are beginning level.

-Transportation is provided to Lake Hills.

-Food service on campus offering both breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost.

-Registration forms available in the school office.

We need your Safeway Club Card Numbers!

If you have a Safeway card please email your card number, plus your name and address to ljdunk@msn.com. We would like to register as many people as possible with the eScrip program so that your shopping can be earning money for Bennett over the summer!

Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week May 8-12

"Great teachers make great public schools" Please show Bennett Teachers and Staff how much they mean to you. Each class will be celebrating their teacher in their own way. Room parents will be sending out that information soon. Please remember to recognize non-teaching staff as well as teachers.

Lost and Found

We have been collecting lost clothing items at Bennett, since the beginning of the school year. As you can imagine, our pile has gotten tall and wide. Last Friday (April 21), we displayed all the items to students in the cafeteria-in hopes a large portion of items would be found by rightful owners. On Friday, May 5, we will be donating all items that are left in storage. If you feel your child may have lost an item, please contact Norma Gilbert before it’s too late!

Child Development

If you have concerns about your child’s development, the Bellevue School District offers free developmental screenings/assessments for children age birth through preschool age that live within the Bellevue School District. The screening helps identify children who are having problems with speaking, thinking, social or motor skills. The program is called Childfind.

For information on:

- Assessments for children from 0-2 years, call Kindering Center at 747-4004.

- Preschool screenings for children from 3-5, call 456-4171.

- Concerns about the development/school progress for students from kindergarten through 21 years, contact the counselor at your child’s school.

Moving?

If your plans are to move from the Bennett Elementary attendance area, please come to the office and fill out a relocation plan form.This will help us with student placement and let us know we will need to forward your child’s records to the new school in August. (You may pick up immunization records at the office before the last day of school so you can take them directly to the new school).