New Blog Post- March 27

Lots of happenings this time of year! Along with the spring flowers blooming, so many events are in blooming around school. 

We are getting reading for our Grade 3 students to take the ELA MCAS on April 9th and 10th . This is the first year, across the state, that Grade 3 students will take the MCAS online using Chromebooks. The students have practiced and they (and their teachers!) did a great job practicing. We will have Math MCAS on May 7th & 8th. Each of the two subject areas (ELA and Math) have two sessions. This state-wide assessment assists us in understanding our students' progress and helps us to identify areas that we as a school may need to focus on in the future. MCAS tests in no way determine student grades or promotion!

The Grade 3 Committee has been hard at work on the Grade 3 Celebration and creating a school yearbook. They need you help with the yearbook. There are two ways that you can help:

• Use this link to upload any pictures of school events that you have that you would like considered for the yearbook. The link is https://uploads.picaboo.com/8325573
• Secondly, if you or someone you know  owns a business, please consider donating an ad for the yearbook. This ad not only supports the school's yearbook production, but also promotes your business. Information for how to participate with an ad is below.

REMINDER!!!!! The BCHMCPS PTO is meeting tomorrow night, Thursday March 28th at 6:00 pm in the gym. The PTO invites all families to attend the meeting and asks that Grade 3 parents, in particular, also join them as they plan the Grade 3 Celebration. 

Next Wednesday, April 3rd, is a 1/2 day early dismissal (12 pm) for all students. A reminder that on Tuesday, students may order a bagged lunch that they will take home on the 1/2 day. Please speak with your child/ren and decide whether they will order the lunch. Teachers will take orders on Tuesday and lunches will be delivered to the students on Wednesday morning.
There is NO afterschool day care on the 1/2 day Wednesday, April 3rd.

March 22 Blog Post

What a great night last night was for the Spaghetti Dinner and Game Night!

A big thank you to the PTO, with a big shout out to Chairperson Kelly Przygoda, and the Grade 3 teachers for organizing the Spaghetti Dinner and to Mrs. Milne and Mrs. White for putting together the Game Night portion of last night's festivities! So many volunteers and families to thank, along with the wonderful community and business donors who made last night such a success.

Looking ahead, a reminder that April 3rd is an early dismissal for teacher professional development. Students are dismissed at 12:00. There is no afternoon daycare. 

As we continue to increase our efforts to combat hunger in the district, effective immediately, Barnstable Public Schools Food Service Department will offer all elementary students a bagged lunch to take home on all scheduled half days of school.  The lunch will consist of a cold sandwich, bagged snack, fruit and milk.There are no substitutions in the bagged lunch and students are under NO obligation to take a bagged lunch home on these half days.

Students who receive free  or reduced lunch will receive this lunch free or reduced. All other students, the cost is the same as the daily lunch of $2.65. Teachers will ask students on the half day if they want the bagged lunch.

Thank you to the Food Services Department for working so hard to feed our children.

Grade 3 ELA MCAS sessions will be take place on April 9th and 10th. The April 9th Principal Coffee will be postponed until May. 

March 11 Post

Welcome to Daylight Saving Time! It appears that everyone had their clocks set to the correct time today as students arrived on time and ready to start a new week. We also were so happy to welcome temperatures approaching 50 degrees today and predicted to be near 60 by the end of the week! It can be a bit muddy on the playgrounds so you may want to consider keeping the boots as part of your child's wardrobe.

Tomorrow morning from 9-9:30 we will have the Principal Coffee. Tomorrow's topic will be the BCHMCPS School Report Card. All families should have received an electronic copy of the School Report Card back in February. This will be reviewed tomorrow morning followed by a question and answer period.

Don't forget that this Wednesday March 13th is an early dismissal day for teacher professional development. All students will be dismissed at 12:00. There is no afterschool daycare so if your child is usually an afterschool daycare student please make sure to communicate with your child's teacher  your child's dismissal plans for that day. If your child is not in daycare and there are alternate dismissal plans for your child, please communicate these as well.

This Friday, March 15th will be the All School Community Meeting. This All School Meeting will celebrate this year's clusters. A flier went home with your child with more information. Please note that there was an incorrect date at the top of this flier. The flier listed the All School Meeting as March 9, 2018. It is this Friday March 15th. Sorry about any confusion.

March 5 Post

What a great day we had on Monday March 4th celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday . A big thank you to Reading Specialist Mrs. Kelly White for organizing this special day filled with reading, fun and special guest readers. A very big thank you to all our guest readers! The following community members gave up part of their day to be part of the BCHMCPS day. 

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  Lynne Poyant (Town of Barnstable Recreation/Community)

  Lieutenant Mark Cabral (Police)

  Tom Cahir (CCRTA Transit)

  Mark Ells (Town of Barnstable Town Manager)

  Miss Mary (Town of Barnstable Librarian)

  Joe Izzo (HYCC Director)

  Stephanie Viva (Radio 106)

  Glen Anderson (Town of Barnstable Past Principal)

  Cat Wilson (Radio 104)

  Mark Milne (Town of Barnstable Finance)

  Dave Read (Radio/weather 99)

  Matt Pitta (News/Cape Cod Broadcasting)

  Lieutenant  Lanman (Town of Barnstable Fire Department)

  Jason Kolnos (Cape Cod Times)

  Kevin Matthews (Radio 106)

  Fire Chief Burke (Town of Barnstable Fire Department)

  Deputy Chief Melanson (Town of Barnstable Fire Department)

As part of the celebration guest reader Cat Wilson from Cape Country played  Mrs. Burnett's class's recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on Cape Country.


On Thursday March 21st, everyone is invited to a great family night! A flier will be sent home soon to sign up to join the BCHMCPS community for the annual Spaghetti Night Dinner. This year a fun night of games is included as well. Please see below for all the information that you will see coming home in your child's backpack. 

 Spaghetti Dinner and Game Night

This week marks the last cluster week. So many fun weeks filled with learning and enrichment! Please remember that at the Friday March 15th All School Community Meeting we will have our annual cluster celebration. We hope to see you at the HYCC at 9:30 to join us in celebrating our volunteers and students.

From our English Language Teachers:
We would like to invite you to a special event introducing ELPAC. 

What is ELPAC?

ELPAC is an acronym for English Learners' Parent Advisory Committee.

The first meeting for ELPAC will be March 27, 2019 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Barnstable High School in Room 1310.

As ESL teachers at Barnstable Community Horace Mann Charter Public School, we encourage our bilingual parents to have a voice in our school and district. We hope that you will become a member of ELPAC, or at the very least, come to our first meeting to join the conversation with other bilingual parents about current and future programs at our schools.
Thank you,

Mrs. Michael and Ms. Spagnuolo
ESL Teachers
BCHMCPS


Don't forget: Daylight Savings Time starts this Sunday March 10th!

Welcome March

 So happy to welcome the month of March! March is the  month with the most days in school.
With that in mind, I would like to remind parents/guardians of the importance of getting your child/ren to school every day barring an illness. Students' attendance is a critical component to success in school and we know that students need to be in school to continue to move ahead academically. Thank you for all your support.
It is said that "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb". With two storms predicted in the next few days, it looks like March is living up to this. Let's just hope the lion part doesn't last long and the lamb part comes sooner rather than later!
Please see all the March calendar going home today for all the March happenings.






A BIG reminder that the PTO is holding a Bingo Night tonight, March 1, from 6:30-7:30  in the school cafeteria. Bingo will be $5.00 a person or $15 a family.  Come on down for a fun family night!

On Monday, March 4th BCHMCPS will celebrate Dr. Seuss's 115th birthday and Read Across America! Students may wear their pajamas and bring their favorite Dr. Seuss book to school to read during our whole school reading time in the hallways of BCHMCPS.

A big thank you to our local celebrities who will be stopping by BCHMCPS to read their favorite Dr. Seuss book to classrooms. Thank you!! 

Reminder!  Students still have time to complete the BCHMCPS Reading Challenge.