Field Day 2017!

We had a spectacular day for Field Day 2017! Thank you to Mr. Clemente, Lieutenant Cabral and all the teachers and volunteers who made this day a wonderful one for all the students.
If you were not able to make it today, please enjoy the pictures to get a small taste of the fun day!

Summer Meals Available to Families

Summer is almost here and this weekend gave a nice preview of the beautiful weather to come. With summer comes a long vacation for children and families who may miss school and the meals that school provide. During the school year, we are privileged to feed our students both breakfast and lunch every. This past April, with the start of the universal free Breakfast in the Classroom Program, we were so happy to offer all students a free breakfast to start their day. This program continues when we start back in late August. In between the June 22 and the start of school, it may be a challenge for some families to pay the household bills and provide healthy meals. There are agencies in the area who offer free meals program to help support families.

If you  visit the Child Nutrition Outreach Program's website at www.meals4kids.org and use the "Find a Summer Meal" tab you can access all the places meals for children are available all summer, no registration or i.d. necessary. Below are the sites I found that are located within a half mile of BCHMCPS:

FAITH ASSEMBLY B
154 BEARSES WAY, HYANNIS MA 02601
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th F
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM 

 

FAITH ASSEMBLY A KIDDIE CAMP
154 BEARSES WAY, HYANNIS MA 02601
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th F
Breakfast: 8:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

 

HYANNIS YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTER
141 BASSETT LANE, HYANNIS MA 02601
Sponsor: THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASS
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.25.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th F
Lunch: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
PM Snack: 3:00 PM - 03:30 PM 

 

CAPE COD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
29 Bassett Lane, Hyannis MA 02601
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th F
Lunch: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM 

 

HYANNIS PUBLIC LIBRARY
401 Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: F
Breakfast: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM 

 

CROMWELL COURT APARTMENTS
168 BARNSTABLE ROAD, HYANNIS MA 02601
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: M W F
Breakfast: 8:15 AM - 09:00 AM
Lunch: 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM 

 

Hyannis West Elementary
549 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601
Sponsor: Barnstable Recreation
Program Dates: 7.3.2017-8.18.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th F
Breakfast: 8:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM 

 

TOTAL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
221 Willow Street, Yarmouth MA 02675
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: M Tu W Th
Breakfast: 08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Lunch: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

 

STURGIS LIBRARY
3090 MAIN STREET, BARNSTABLE MA 02630
Sponsor: Cape Cod YMCA
Program Dates: 6.26.2017-8.29.2017
Days Available: Th
Breakfast: 11:45 AM - 01:15 PM 

 

Summer can be a challenge for families so please take advantage of the agencies who are here to help.

 

Reminders for this week:
Grade 3 Celebration tomorrow, June 12th
Grade 3 Ceremony Tuesday June 13th at 2:00
Field Day has been rescheduled due to last week's weather to this Wednesday June 14th

June is here and the countdown to the end of the 2016-2017 school year is on. Only fourteen school days in this busy month as we wind down a great school year! Some things to remember:

• Our school nurse Mrs. Melley would like to remind everyone to please pick up your child's medications: inhalers, epi-pens or any other medications your child has in the health office. These medications cannot be stored over the summer and will be discarded after June 22nd. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nurse Melley by stopping by the Health Office or calling her at 508-790-6495.
• Our lost and found clothes bin is overflowing with coats, hats, sweatshirts, sweaters, etc. that have been lost over the school year. Please claim any items that may belong to your child.  All items left after June 22nd will be placed in the recycle bins in the front of the school. 

The PTO would like to thank all of those who donated to last week's Walk-a-thon. This was not only a successful fundraiser but also promoted a healthy way for our students to start their day! Thank you!

The garden is coming along great and most of our students have visited with their classrooms over the past few weeks. Last week, though, we had another visitor to the garden- an Eastern Painted turtle! Parent garden volunteer Kelly Downing helped the turtle and delivered it to the pond after school that day. Many students got a chance to see it in the garden before it went back to the pond. Kelly states that she believes it may have been a female turtle that laid eggs in the sand in the church lot across the street. If this is so, she thinks the eggs will hatch between August 13-21st, so be on the look out for any baby turtles that may be crossing Bearses Road mid-August! Kelly posted pictures on the garden Facebook page (The garden at Bchmps) if you want a look. The url for the turtle video is below. Please make sure that you like the Facebook page for the garden and for the school!
https://www.facebook.com/GardenBCHMCPS/videos/1622078751165878/

Coming up this week;

• June 7- Field Day - (rain date June 14th)
• June 9- 3rd Grade Celebration