BELTSVILLE ACADEMIC CENTER

SCHOOL YEAR EXTENDED ONE DAY

The school system has made an adjustment to the 07/08 school calendar by adding one day for students due to inclement weather on February 22^nd. Therefore, the last day for students is now Monday, June 9^th.

GROUNDSKEEPING CHORES - #1

On Saturday, April 19^th Mrs. Mary Johnson and her loyal helpers came out to volunteer pulling weeds to help beautify the grounds around Beltsville Elementary. We want to thank these sixth grade students for all their help: Rebecca Bell, Joanna Bell, Teresa Johnson, Rebecca Vaughn, and Hannah Butcher. Beltsville takes great pride in keeping our outside area in tip-top shape.

WRITE-A-BOOK WINNERS

The Write-A-Book Literary Competition of Prince George’s County Public Schools recently released its winners. Beltsville’s winners are as follows:

Illustrated Fiction Group – Gr 4 (1^st Place) - The Mean Kid Next Door by Ann-Marie Proctor, Gina Clifford & Abigail Legarda.

Illustrated Fiction Group – Gr 5 – (2^nd Place) Murphy’s Project by Nicole Jackson & Xolani Roberts.

Illustrated Fiction Group (Gr 6) (Honorable Mentiion) – Diary of a Stranger by Ede Ashton-Scott, Paola Bonilla, Nadine Roberts & Alondra Flores.

Poetry-Individual (Gr 6) 3^rd Place - A World Worth Saving by Teresa Johnson.

Poetry-Group (Gr 6) 2^nd Place – Especially Made Express by Cristeen Anyanwu & Monique Brooks.

Non-Fiction-Group (Gr 6) Honorable Mention – Champs 4 Life by Ebin Quijada & Salmineo Sherman.

Entries required a great deal of commitment and hard work to create and produce.

Congratulations to our Beltsville winners!

The awards ceremony will be held on May 4^th at 5:00PM at Eleanor Roosevelt High School.

A QUICK LOOK AHEAD

4/29 Interim Progress Reports are sent home

5/7 Career Day

5/9 Pre-Kdg Mother’s Day Program – 8:30AM

5/9 Kindergarten Mother’s Day Program –

12:15PM

5/13 Math Night/PTA Elections

5/15 PTA Picnic 5:00PM; Spring Concert-7:00PM

COMMUNITY MEETING – May 21, 2008

Parents of current Pre-K to 7^th grade students – learn about proposed academic programs and initiatives for Prince George’s County Public Elementary & Middle Schools in 2008/09. The meeting will be held at Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Elementary, 2405 Tecumseh St., Adelphi MD at 7PM.

GROUNDSKEEKPING CHORES - #2

We would like to thank Regina Halper, Charter Org. Rep. for the Cub Scouts, and Sevasti Nagel, PTA Landscaping Chair, for organizing a successful landscaping project at Beltsville Elementary on Saturday, April 26, 2008. We greatly appreciate everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to help beautify our school. A special thank you to Behnke Nursery for their mulch donation, and to Steve Ray for giving his landscaping expertise, and also to his co-workers. A special thank you to the Boy Scouts from Troop 1033; Cub Scouts of Troop 1031, and the girls from Junior Troop 6064 and the parents and students from BES who volunteered their time.

LOST AND FOUND ARTICLES

There are many items of clothing in our Lost and Found area. If your child is missing a coat or sweater, gloves, hat or scarf, please stop by the school to check through the bins of clothing. We have a number of winter jackets that students have left at school that need to be claimed. Please put your child’s name in their jackets.