Bangor Township Schools will have 1:1 technology meaning there will be a Chromebook available for each student in the fall! More updates on the video below:
Check out the story "The End" read by our very own Ms. Kochom!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMkZJzzd84&feature=youtu.be
Locker clean out details and six free books delivered to your home! Want to learn more, please watch our weekly video to find out more details.
Love to sing? Want to meet new friends? The Bangor Prelude Youth Choir is looking for new singers to join our program! We had an amazing inaugural year and are looking forward to our 2nd year. The Bangor Prelude Youth Choir is an outreach arm of the Midland Center for the Arts' (MCFTA) Youth Choir Program. Bangor Prelude rehearses on Tuesdays during the school year from 3:30-4:30 pm at Bangor Central Elementary school. Once a month, we combine with the other choirs for rehearsal at MCFTA. There are two concerts per year held in the MCFTA big auditorium.
Students entering 3rd-5th grade in the 2020-2021 school year are eligible to audition. Please fill out this application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWBeOM6lq2Zc_V8yseBqP-W__npAP5SPydtFAbIdfmepKNTQ/viewform Audition videos will be submitted via YouTube. Instructions for the audition video are listed in the application form. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the director, Anna Doering: doeringa@bangorschools.org. Anna is also the 6th-12th grade Director of Choirs at Bangor Township Schools. Auditions will be accepted through Friday, May 22. You will hear back about placement no later than Friday, June 12. She looks forward to seeing your applications!
Free preschool for qualified families. Check the attachment to see if you qualify!
Check out our weekly video to learn more about where to find our digital and paper curriculum online, registration for kindergarten and school of choice, and more as we celebrate our teacher appreciation week this week. Also check out who our mystery teacher was from last week and try to guess our two staff members from this video!
A special thanks to all of our teachers and staff for everything they do to make your child's day. Please celebrate teacher/staff appreciation week with the daily activities we created. Anything you can do to help put a smile on their face during these days of distance learning would be great! We appreciate all of you! #bobcatnation
Parents, do you need help with google classroom? Below is a quick tutorial for parents and guardians to help you out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgS-hoSIjnw
Hello West families, just a reminder that today is the last day for packet pickup at JG from 10-12 near the gym in the turn around. If you can't make it today, you will have to pick up it up at Edison from 9-3 next week. Take care!
Hello! This is a reminder that our pick up for packets, for those who communicated the need to the teacher, is tomorrow at John Glenn from 10-12. Thanks!
Hello #bobcatnation, below is a link to updates from the district, our birthdays we have missed including this weeks, our positivity project, and our Guess Who game with a baby of one of our staff members. Check out the video and look for another video next week!
https://youtu.be/cTFGFj6kh1Q
A message from our Healthy Body Healthy Minds team. Below is their newsletter with guidance on Food Assistance and more.
https://www.smore.com/89vg2
Hello #bobcatnation! I hope all is well with everyone. We wanted to share some positive vibes during the shutdown. If you are missing our awesome team at Bangor West, this video will hopefully help put a smile on your face!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meMV2Rn4vdY&t=4s
West Families, as we continue moving forward with distant learning, we wanted to put a video together of events and memories from this year. Enjoy and take care!
https://youtu.be/G2GWgli1fI8
Here is our Healthy Body/Healthy Minds newsletter for everyone. It has recipes and other healthy choices. Please check it out if interested. https://www.smore.com/gp97v
One of the easiest and possibly most important things to do, in my opinion, during this time is to read with your child daily (try for 20 minutes a day). Reading is a great way to bond and spend some downtime together. While reading you are working on language and literacy skills. If you do not have books at home there are some great books you can read online. Simply search in any web browser, "free online books for kids". Reading daily with your child may look different depending on the age of your child. For example, you might read to your child. You might echo read with your child (parent reads a page, child reads the same page after parent). Your child might read to you (parent assisting in good decoding strategies). You might read alongside your child with your own reading material. No matter the age of your child...don't forget to talk about the story after. Here is the rest of the daily reading calendar adapted from St. Claire
Calendar:
RESA. This can be partnered with your daily reading.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gn5ZXxGciaq2DIEfSfVOiO4J7lw5I50v
Decoding strategies:
1. Reread and think-what makes sense? Sound the 1st part of the word.
2. Check the picture
3. Cover the ending- and find a known part.
4. Chunk the word- example-pro/tec/tion.
5. Connect-does this word remind me of another word I know? example-cloud, proud.
Thinking of you all,
Ms. DeSanto
Hello West Families! Just a few ideas I wanted to share from Teachers out to everyone. There is cup stacking with videos to help students stack from home (YouTube.com/speedstacks) and a link for working on a time capsule while you are at home (file:///home/chronos/u-216d9ad0931dc573f4db18abbdc1c532a6d8b230/MyFiles/Downloads/Covid-19%20time%20capsule%20US%20version.pdf). As a district we will keep you up to date with our distance learning plan as we continue to work hard to meet your child's needs. Have a great day!
Just a reminder that food/meals distributed on Tuesdays and Fridays at JG from 10-12 is for ALL Bangor Township students and not just those that attend John Glenn. Have a great spring break!
West Families - These two links below have numerous sites that will continue to be updated to provide great educational resources for our students and families. These also include social and emotional resources. Enjoy!
BTS: https://bit.ly/33LZnk0
BAISD: https://bit.ly/2JiNp8g
Hello West families! If you are in need of routine or just a smile to make your day brighter, check out this link of a March Reading Month video I made for our morning wake up song and our tell a joke Tuesday. I hope you enjoy! Take care #bobcatnation.
https://youtu.be/xcCEDdtcZ_A