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Bloomingdale Elementary PTO

Flipped Classrooms

Tis’ the SeasonThe holiday spirit is shining bright at Bloomingdale Elementary. Decorations were hung and students and staff were decked out each day for our Holiday Spirit week. Everyone was grateful for some normalcy and enjoyed spreading some cheer. Staff created a festive atmosphere while keeping students engaged and safe. We wish all our families a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a much deserved holiday break!

Even though it may look a little differently than years past, our students are learn-ing and growing every single day. Many classrooms have flipped to doing more class-work electronically versus pencil and paper. This helps ensure success both virtu-ally and in person. Despite everything going on in the world, our students are re-silient, and overcoming chal-lenges they’ve never had to deal with. We are so proud of the way they are performing and adapting. Parents, keep

encouraging your child, and students, keep up the good work.

The students were very excited to use the new water filling stations last spring that the PTO helped our building receive. As part of that same grant, all the students at the elementary school received a cute, new water bottle this year. Students can safely refill their bottles throughout the day, and it helps encourage them to drink more water and keeps plastic out of the landfills. We are extremely grateful for such an outstanding PTO and all they do for our staff and students.

I would like to sincerely express my gratitude for the amazing work you accomplish daily for Bloomingdale Public Schools.

Your positive attitude has been a breath of fresh air. Not to mention how you’re always looking at ways to improve the cleanliness of all of our buildings. It is impressive to see the exceptional discipline and dedication to the students and staff of Bloomingdale Public Schools. 

Please know the school district and community value the amount of effort you put into your work. Your attitude and teamwork is something we could all learn from. Once again thank you for your hard work. I look forward to seeing your future achievements and successes.

In our Life Skills class we are exploring different hobbies. We are learning about finger knitting. Here are some of the projects the students made!

Thank You!

Finger Knitting

Seventh grade students are studying the ancient world of Sumer. They created and submitted projects both in person and online. Using our new Schoology platform, students were able to post pictures and videos explaining their projects.

Anna Steinman methodically measured, cut, and glued for this final, impressive project.

Face to Face student, Jacob Clouse spent many hours recreating a replica of ancient world history.

Remote learner, Isabelle Horvath, submitted a video including her mock-up drawing and ziggurat project which was fashioned from butter pecan cake and Kit Kat bars.

Miguel Mendez shows his drawing of an ancient ziggurat.

Brooks Booster GrantThe Bloomingdale Track and Field and Cross Country teams were one of twenty-six schools to be awarded the Brooks Booster Club grant! The grant includes $12,400 in Brooks shoes, apparel, and gear, a personalized team tent, as well as $2,000 to help with expenses such as meet entries, transportation costs, etc.  Jordan Hamm, Brooks Sports Marketing Specialist states, “At Brooks, we know that running is the most inclusive sport in the world. Our hope for the Brooks Booster Club is to clear the path for participation in running and ensure its accessibility so that young runners can have a lasting and impactful experience with our sport.”  The Bloomingdale teams and coaches are thankful that Brooks has given us such a generous and program-changing grant! Our athletes will benefit from this grant by having the necessary gear to help them be successful. Thank you Brooks!

The Bloomingdale Elf has been very busy spreading holiday cheer to students this year. Mr. Pfeiffer and Mr. Bobalik have taken turns donning the elf costume and traveling around Bloomingdale and Pullman to take pictures at an assortment of interesting locations. Whether it’s been riding in a bus, napping on a couch or a variety of other random spots a new picture of the Bloomingdale Elf has been showing as the background on students’ Chromebooks all across the district each morning. This year 6th grade Language Arts teacher Mr. Swier has added a fun writing component to the daily picture. Each morning all students and teachers were sent a writing prompt about the elf ’s location that day, many teachers throughout the district had their students complete the writing prompt as a great warm-up activity for the day each morning. Thank you to all the students and teachers who had fun taking part in the writing activities and a big thank you to the Bloomingdale Elf for brightening up the past few weeks of school!

Ashlyn Martin, Nathan War-ner, and Aria Reed were the sixth graders who had all of their assignments turned in and painted the bunny names for the signs Mr. Swier is making.

On November 12, Mrs. DeVries’ 3rd/4th Split classroom took part in an hour-long Google Meet with meteorologist Will Haenni from WWMT Channel 3. Mrs. DeVries’ class had been working on a weather unit in science. The students had been completing various experiments and observations about weather. Mrs. DeVries was able to coordinate the Google Meet with Will Haenni and include her in-person learners as well as her remote learners. The students were able to learn many new concepts about weather. They also had an opportunity to ask questions. The students were very engaged and enjoyed talking to a local “celebrity”.

Meteorologist Will Haenni Virtual Learning

Making Music

Custodial Teamwork at the Highest Level 

Bloomingdale Elementary Custodians:Paula Rawson, Sheri O’Neil, Anetta Moss

Middle and High School Custodians:Harry Rawson, Moira Hostetler, Trula Plunkett, Lorrie Stanbro, Carlos Gonzalez

Pullman Elementary Custodians:Gary Sampson, Katie Rojas

VFW DonationWe want to thank the local VFW for their generous donation to the students at Pullman Elementary. The local VFW donated $500 to go directly toward supporting the students in each classroom. We have 10 classroom teachers. Each classroom teacher will be receiving $50 to use at their discretion to supplement their educational program. We are so grateful for the support from the VFW and the Pullman community.

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