Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Box Tops Deadline coming up! (February 9th)

Field Day 2012

FIELD DAY is coming...Friday, March 2, 2012.  


Our students love this annual event sponsored by FPAC.   Field Day is scheduled for Friday, March 2nd (weather permitting).   Each class will participate in either:
  • morning session (9-11am, K(am/pm) - 2nd grade) or
  • afternoon session (1-3 pm, 3rd - 6th grade)  
There will be many different events, including:

- obstacle course
- long jump
- balloon pop relay
- 50 yard dash
- and many more!

Volunteers are needed!  In order to be a success, we need at least two parents at each activity, three to help with ribbons, one parent attendant to chaperone each class, and several volunteers before Field Day to help with preparations.  Depending on your schedule, please let us know if you can help either at the morning session or the afternoon or both.   If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Angela Elting, darbelting@yahoo.com, or 480-241-2323.  We appreciate your help in advance for making Field Day a success.  This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in your child's school.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Poetry Recitation Results

Poetry Recitation Results
The Poetry Recitation Contest was held on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. We had participation from twenty-seven students from grades 1-6. All of our contestants did an excellent job of selecting and memorizing a published poem that they recited before an audience and a panel of judges. Each student who participated should be proud of their accomplishment.

The FPAC would like to extend a special thank you to our panel of judges – Heather McLeskey, Muhummud Siddiqui. Teresa Adair, Dawn Hogans, and Melanie Parkinson. Parental involvement is vital to the continued success of our students. Thank you.

We would also like to recognize our first and second-place winners from each grade. Each winner received a medal, certificate, and the opportunity to recite their poem at flag ceremony and at the Christmas Program. Congratulations to:

Grade
First Place
Second Place
First
Liberty Lawson
Mahala Hogans
Second
Leah Parker
James Hammond
Third
Jadyn Parkinson
Natalie Smith
Fourth
Paige Hammond
Andi Swirbull
Fifth
Mary DeWitt
Gene C. Aguas
Sixth
Elliot Bennet
Troy Gilchrist

Monday, October 31, 2011

Poetry Contest Reminder

Annual BFCS Poetry Recitation Contest
    WHEN:  November 9, 2011 at 3:15pm in the Multi-purpose room

    ABOUT:  The Poetry Recitation contest is sponsored by FPAC and is supported through your FPAC dues and the Fall Festival Fund Raiser. Each year, students from first through sixth grade compete by reciting from memory a high-quality, grade-appropriate poem that they have selected. A winner and an alternate is selected from each grade and will receive a medal. Each first place winner will also have the opportunity to recite his or her poem on December 1, 2011 atf the Christmas Program.  Each child that participates will receive a certificate.

    HOW TO ENTER:  The official entry form was sent home with each child and is also available here.  All entry's are due to the office by November 7, 2011.   The Poetry Recitation Contest is not a writing contest; the poem recited should not be an original work.  Instead, students should select a high quality, grade appropriate poem.  Keep in mind, poems assigned in class may not be used.  In addition, the poem recitation should not exceed three (3) minutes.  While poems may be selected from any source, Mr. Nichol reserves the right to reject a poem based on content/appropriateness.

    
JUDGING CRITERIA:  Students will be judged on their memorization skills and their delivery of the poem.  Characteristics evaluated include voice quality (including inflection, articulation, volume, and speed); physical presence (including eye contact and posture); and interpretation of the poem (including appropriateness of dramatization and gestures).

    QUESTIONS?  Please contact Angela Elting at darbelting@gmail.com

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