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LURGIO NEWS
September 21, 2018
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Dear Parents,
We’ve made it through the first full week of school! While it’s nice to have some shorter weeks to on-ramp into the school year, it’s even nicer to see everything in full swing. Our co-curricular clubs and athletic teams are fully up-and-running, and it’s wonderful to see so many students so deeply engaged in our school community.
Here’s to another great week next week. And then, on to Cardigan!
All the best,
Ed Joyce
Principal
Important Dates
September 27 (Thu)
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Meet the Principals Event (9:30-10:30 AM BCTV)
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October 1 - 5 (Mon-Fri)
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Cardigan Week
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Oct. 8 (Mon.)
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No School - Columbus Day Observance
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October 20 (Sat)
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BEF Fundraiser
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October 27 (Sat)
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Witch Way Fun Run
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New News
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Destination Imagination Info Night
Destination Imagination Info Night for K-8 will be held on Tuesday, September 25th at 7PM in Room 17 of McKelvie Intermediate School. This is for all new parents who are interested in hearing more about the program. Returning families can register their children here. Registration closes on Friday October 5th, 2018. Destination Imagination is an co-curricular that relies on parent volunteers. There is no guarantee that your child will be placed on a team, but we work very hard to place every child who registers. For more info on this wonderful program offered by our district, please check out www.nh-di.org or contact our coordinator, Marie Russell at bedfordrocksdi@gmail.com.
Books For Breakfast Has Launched
Lurgio’s Books for Breakfast Cafe had a very successful first meeting in the Media Center this morning before school! This is just a reminder that all students and staff are welcome each Friday morning at 8:00am on a drop-in basis. Come meet other people who are wild about books! We always have free breakfast snacks, share our favorite authors and series, and look at author websites and new book trailers. Please join us when it is convenient! And take a look at our first Book Buzz in the Weekly Feature section below.
Introducing New Weekly Feature for Athletics
Starting this week, we are introducing a new weekly feature for athletics. This is a live link to the following week’s athletic practice and events schedule. While we have always pushed this information out to coaches and athletes, we want to make it is more widely available to the broader community who may be interested in attending games and events.
Weekly Features
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Book Buzz
Every Friday morning our Books for Breakfast crew gets together in the media center to share their appetite for reading. Each week, we hear kids simply “buzzing” about the books they’re reading.
This week, our 8th graders were buzzing about Cardigan more than anything, so we are sharing Meika Hashimoto's book The Trail:
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This is an action-packed, survival tale set in the wilderness of hiking the Appalachian Trail alone. Toby and Lucas planned this adventure together, but now Lucas is not with him. They had a list of ten brave events to complete, and now Toby is completing the last of the list alone, coping with gear, weather, and food while hiking the last 400 miles of the AT in Maine. Good thing 8th graders go to Cardigan with 200 friends and not alone!
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Athletics This Week
Please click here to view the practice and game schedule for the week of September 24. Home game highlights include two girls’ soccer games, two field hockey games, one boys’ soccer game, and a home cross-country meet!
PTG Corner
Cardigan Pizza Party
Please help welcome our 8th graders back from the Mountain by donating brownies/water or helping serve pizza and dessert on Wed 10/3 or Fri 10/5. Click HERE for the SignUp
Meet the Principals Event
You are invited to join the PTG and the Principals from all six schools at our annual "Coffee with the Principals" event on Thursday, September 27th from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at BCTV (10 Meetinghouse Road). This is a great opportunity to hear what each school has in store for the year. There will be a Q & A following the presentation. Light refreshments will be served and your young children are welcome to attend.
Coffee and Conversation - Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier
Hosted by the PTG, Interim Superintendent Mike Fournier invites you to “Coffee and Conversation”, Thursday, October 11th, 9:30am at BCTV (10 Meetinghouse Road)… LIMITED SEATING-RSVP REQUIRED.
This will be a small, informal gathering to discuss Bedford School District happenings.
In order to be more interactive and personal, seating is limited so you must RSVP here… Coffee And Conversation if you wish to attend.
This will be a discussion-based gathering, so questions and comments will be encouraged.
Additional get-togethers with Mr. Fournier will take place throughout the school year if you are unable to attend or seats are no longer available.
Online Volunteer Form
Bedford PTG is excited to introduce a new, faster, paperless way to share your information for volunteering for Bedford Schools. Instead of sending home a paper volunteer form to fill out and return, we will now offer a Volunteer Google Form for each school. To access the form click HERE, or check school websites, or the PTG website www.bedfordptg.org under helpful links/forms.
Support Our Schools
Through Donations and Fundraisers the PTG helps fund:
For our Students… Author Visits, Motivational Speakers, Science Programs, Musical Performers and much more...
For our Community… Principal Winter Reading Night, Seniors Day, New Family Welcome and many other community focused events...
For our Staff… Staff Appreciation, Library Donations, Nurse Donations and more.
Click HERE for more program information.
We couldn’t do it without your continued support. Please consider a donation to the PTG either via PayPal on our website www.bedfordptg.org or a send a check payable to Bedford PTG in the support envelopes that have been sent home (K-8). Thank You!
Meadow Farms Gift Wrap and More
Looking for quality gift wrap, everyday gifts, tote bags, and gourmet mixes? Our popular Gifts, Wrap & More fundraiser is just around the corner. Brochures will be coming home with elementary students next week with ordering details. Families, students, and staff at McKelvie, RAL and BHS will be able to order online. 40% of sales goes back to our schools. Sale runs from Friday 9/28-Friday 10/12. More details coming soon.
New Family Welcome
If you recently moved to Bedford or are sending your first child to a Bedford School, you’re welcome to attend Bedford School District’s New Family Welcome hosted by the Bedford PTG on October 4th, from 9:30-10:30am or 6:30-7:30pm, at the Bedford Public Library.
Representatives from each school will be available to answer questions, provide school and town information, share opportunities on how you can be involved, and welcome you into our community.
Please RSVP to psvdm617@gmail.com and specify if you will attend the morning or evening session.
Lurgio Tech Corner Update
As we start off the school year, we need everyone’s help to get students into a routine of charging and bringing their chromebooks to school every day. Starting Monday, we will begin tracking loaner chromebook usage. Click here to read more. Any questions, please contact Donna Dennis dennisd@sau25.net.
RAL Kitchen News:
Students and staff come fuel up and start your day the right way with school breakfast. The new breakfast cart will be running taste testings next week Wednesday & Thursday. New recipes will be featuring delicious fruit smoothies, so come try a taste and give us your feedback!
Reminder: The breakfast cart will start every day in the cafeteria at 8:15, then will be located on the first floor in the green pod.
For hot lunch the kitchen will be featuring a strawberry spinach salad on Tuesday the 25th and a flatbread pizza bar with lots of yummy toppings on Friday the 28th. No food in the tummy = no energy in the brain!
Thank you,
Emily Murray
Director of Food Services
Reminders
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Health Office News
Hello 8th Grade Parents: Cardigan will be here before we know it!! If your student requires any prescription medication during the Cardigan trip, please bring it to school Monday September 24th- Thursday, September 27th. I will be packing the Wed-Thurs PODS prior to my leaving on Monday with the first group of students. Prescription medication needs to be in the labeled, prescribed bottle with only those doses needed for the trip. Please bring the Medication Physician Permission Form found here, with your signature and instructions for giving the medication.This form may be signed by the MD but is not required for the Cardigan trip. Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl will be available for students as needed. If there are any over the counter medications needed for your student, please drop them off to the health office as well. Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Chessie, RAL School Nurse.
Traffic Reminders
Traffic at dismissal continues to improve, and we would like to thank all parents for following safe driving practices even in the frustration of our most high-traffic times. Today was our most efficient dismissal, with all buses making it up the hill prior to the final bell of the day!
As a reminder, please continue to follow these practices any time you are driving on campus:
- Refrain from cell phone use, even when idling.
- Load and unload only in the designated area marked by the double green areas.
- Pull all the way forward in both lanes of the pick-up/drop-off area.
- Mind the speed limit on campus (15 MPH), and remember that slower is better when student pedestrians are present.
- Reserve the use of the traffic circle for students with mobility issues (wheelchair, crutches, etc...)
- Feel free to smile and wave at your friendly outdoor duty teachers!
By continuing to follow these guidelines, we can continue to see improved traffic flow and increasingly efficient dismissals.
Bedford Education Foundation (BEF) Annual Fall Fundraiser
Buy Your Tickets Now
Saturday, October 20, 2018, 7 PM @ Noah's Event Center in Bedford
This event features the RAL Jazz Band and Mr. Michael Fournier as our Master of Ceremonies!
Tickets are limited and sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Find more information about the Bedford Education Foundation on our website, or follow us on Facebook. If you have questions or would like to get involved, please email info@befnh.org.
The Lurgio FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics team 12622, Red Spark
The Lurigo FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics team 12622, Red Spark, will be having their first meeting on Monday, September 17th 2018 from 3:15-5:00 pm. We will be meeting in the Health Room (C145) by the Dining Hall. If you are passionate about robotics, mechanical reactions, programming, coding or think you may want to join a fast paced exciting team to design, build, and program a robot you should consider joining.
