Belmont Elementary
School
Principal’s Post
May/June 2011
3 – PTA Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Media Center.
 10 a.m. Grade 5 Departing Photo.
6 – Spring Pictures
9 – Instrumental Music Concert 7 p.m.
10 – St. Mary’s Grade 4 Field Trip from 8a.m.-5p.m.
10-12 – Half Off Scholastic Book Sale.
11 – Kids on the Block perform for Grade 5 @ 10:15 a.m.
12 – Patrol Picnic Day!
19 – Field Day for Grades K-2.
20 – School Management Team Meeting 8-9 a.m. Media Center.
 Field Day for Grades 3-5.
 Sock Hop at Belmont E.S. from 7-9 p.m.
30 – Memorial Day. Schools and Offices Closed.
31 – Field Trip Grade 3 to Brookside Gardens leaving at 9:30 a.m.
June 2011
6 – Sherwood High School Graduation 2:30 p.m. at DAR in Washington D.C.
7 – Improv for Kids Assembly at 9:30 a.m.
 PTA Meeting @ 7 p.m. Dessert Social.
8 – Author’s Tea Grade One at 1:15.
10 – Grade 5 End of Year Cruise from 9-3 p.m.
14 – Promotional Activities for Grade 5 @ 9:30 a.m.
16 – Last day for students. ½ Day. Dismissal at 12:35.
23 – Report Cards are mailed.
Remaining Marking Periods for 2010-2011
Marking Period
Fourth
Marking Period
Ends
June 16, 2011
Number of
Days
50
Report Card
Distribution
June 23, 2011
Mailed
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New Belmont Website
Please take a few minutes and look at Belmont’s new website at:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/belmontes/.
Reporting an Absence
Reporting Absence - We are excited to announce that our "new" website is up and running! One of the new
features is you are now able to report your child's absence on the website! Click on "Report a Student Absence" and
it will direct you to the page to complete and submit. Once you complete the information and click on submit, the
information will be emailed to Mrs. Duvall (attendance secretary) and Ms. Butler.
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/belmontes/
PAWS Incentive Program
We are in our last quarter of the school year. We do want to remind the students and parents of our continuing goals
of a safe, kind and prepared student body. The students love the Town Hall meetings each Thursday morning when
they are recognized for meeting these goals.
We do have consequences once a student has received three reminders. Our goal is that they won’t get that far! Once
a student has gotten three reminders during this school year, you will get a call from the administration (or a designee)
explaining the reason for the reminders. You should have seen copies of the reminders in their data notebooks.
Leadership Team Meeting
April 15, 2011
Belmont Elementary School
Present: Mrs. Nancy Straight (Kindergarten Teacher), Mrs.
Laura McCanna (First Grade Team
Leader), Mrs. Michele O’Neill (Second Grade Team Leader), Mrs.
Bonnie Smoral (Teacher, Grade 3 Team
Leader), Mrs. Amanda Freely (Fourth Grade Team Leader), Mrs. Jill Broer (Special Education Chair), Mrs. Nancy
Kauderer (Reading Specialist), Mrs. Jennifer Wallace (Media Specialist), Mrs. Sharrie Ross (MCEA Rep), Ms. Nicole
Butler (SEIU Rep.), Mrs. Rachel Sifri (Staff Development Teacher), Mrs. Staci Hinerman (PTA President), Dr. Peter
Bray (Principal).
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Principal Report – Just as a reminder: the school building itself will be closed from the end of June until the week
before teacher’s return in August. The school will be considered a “hard hat” area. No one will be allowed to go to
their classrooms just to get one thing! The teachers will be sent an e-mail when the building is available. The main
office will be in the portable from the end of June through the middle of August.
The “End of Year” procedures were distributed and briefly discussed. Team leaders will share these with their teams.
The student survey from this spring was distributed and discussed as well. Copies of these will be made available
once we have the parent and staff survey information.
PTA Up-Dates – Mrs. Hinerman began by thanking the teachers for their participation in the Variety Show. The
show itself was highly successful and enjoyed by all.
Teacher Appreciation Week is the first week in May. Information will be going home through backpack mail. The
teachers asked if they could send it electronically as well. Mrs. Hinerman will look into this for us.
The PTA Treasurer, Mrs. Wessling, asked that all reimbursements from the staff be requested by June 1. She also
noted that the Scholastic Book monies are not completely used by all grade levels. Please let her know if you do not
want all of your money.
The PTA is investigating the use of a computer system for signing into the office and getting a printed sticky badge
using next year’s Direct Appeal money. This system is being used in many our MCPS schools.
The PTA did raise enough funds this year to purchase a third Promethean Board through their Direct Appeal. This is
wonderful news.
The time for the dedication of our new playground equipment purchased in honor of Mr. Alan Brenner is yet to be
determined. We will keep you posted once a time is firmed up for the dedication.
On April 28, the PTA Cluster Meeting will be here at Belmont Elementary School at 7 p.m. in the conference room.
PBIS – A team from Positive Behavior Intervention Systems will be coming out to our school on May 23rd to
informally interview the staff and students. Their goal is to get feedback for the committee as we plan for our next
school year.
On May 3rd, we will be taking a whole-school picture about 10:30. We will call classes to line up.
Reading/GT – The tickets for the Keys have been distributed.
SGA – SGA will be collecting money for the American Red Cross supporting the earthquake in Japan during the
week of April 27-29.
The SGA is also collecting gently used clothes to support DARE. The collection box is on the edge of the driveway
and will be there for one year. If students bring in a bag of clothing, please let the office know and we will collect the
clothes and put them in the box for you. Parents may drop them in the box themselves at any time.
Our next SMT meeting will be held on May 20, 2011 in the Media Center at 8 a.m.
Late or Absent?
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If your child is late for school, please come into the office to sign him/her in before he/she goes to class. You must
come into the office.
If your child is going to be absent, please call the office and let us know. We do make an effort to call every home if
the child is absent and we have not heard from you. If you call us, you will save us a call!
BELMONT PTA
ONLINE
Join our Yahoo! Group. Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belmontpta/
You’ll need a Yahoo! ID and password
Visit our PTA Website. Go to
www.belmontpta.com
Pay your Membership Dues. You can now pay your membership dues AND make donations to the
Belmont PTA right from our website using paypal.
If you need help with Yahoo! or the website, email Wendy at wendy_in_md@yahoo.com
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