Dear Parents,

February is always a special month at Belle Chasse Pri-

mary. Not only do we celebrate Valentine’s Day and Mardi

Gras, this is also when, as a school, we participate in raising

money for the “Make A Wish” Foundation. Our Make-A-Wish

campaign is an expression of kindness. By purchasing paper

“wishing stars” for $1.00 or other trinkets in the Make-A-Wish

store each morning, our students contributed to making a

wish come true for a special child. During the Make-A-Wish

ceremony at the end of this week, our entire student body will

come together to celebrate granting that wish. It’s always a

touching ceremony where the students find out about the

child and his or her wish. We appreciate any amount that you

contributed to the granting of the wish.

With the end of February approaching, we also want

to remind third and fourth grade parents of some important

dates for standardized testing.

March 16-20– Phase 1 PARCC– English Language Arts

and Math Performance-Bases Assessment

April 14-15– Science and Social Studies LEAP and iLEAP

May 4-8– Phase 2– PARCC English Language Arts and

Math End of Year Assessment

Support and information for parents regarding state testing is

available on the State Department of Education website:

www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/parents-students.

Your partner in education,

Shelley Ritz

Pelican Press Volume 21 Issue 8 Page 1 of 4

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Mission Statement:

All students at Belle Chasse Primary School will realize their

potential to become independent readers, writers, think-

ers, problem-solvers, and communicators.

February 24,

2015

Belle Chasse Primary is a Louisiana Dept. of Ed. school!

Upcoming Events: Tuesday, Feb. 24– Easter

Candy Sale begins

Thursday, Feb. 26– Last day

for Make A Wish store

Friday, Feb. 27– Make a

Wish Ceremony

Saturday, Feb. 28– Saturday

School

March 2-6– Spring Pictures

Wednesday, Mar. 4– PTO

Meeting at 6:30

Friday, Mar. 6– Student of

the Month Ceremony

Saturday, Mar. 7– Saturday

School

Tuesday, Mar. 10– Bella

Bash

Mar. 11-13– 12:30 Dismissal

Saturday, Mar. 14– Satur-

day School

March 16-20– PARCC Phase

1 Testing for 3rd and 4th gr.

Mar. 21– Saturday School

From the Principal:

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Beaux the Blue Crawfish

Parade Time

Mardi Gras is a fun time at BCP. Head Start and PreK students paraded in their festive Mardi Gras floats. First

grade students showed off their book report shoebox floats in the Krewe of Good Books.

Kindergarten students had a visit from Wendy

Cartozzo, author of Beaux the Blue Crawfish. Mrs.

Cartozzo spoke to the students about being kind to

others even if they are

different, and the stu-

dents got to see a real

blue crawfish up close.

February is Dental Health Month. “Growing Up

Fit” representative, Tamaria Hawkins, talked

with first and second grade students about

good dental health habits. The students were

introduced to Plaque Jack to help them re-

member to brush twice daily, floss at least once

a day, and visit the dentist twice a year. A short

video reinforced these good health hab-

its. “Growing Up Fit” is a program in connec-

tion with the P.E. program and teaches about

good health habits.

Growing Up Fit

Top 10 First Grade AR Readers were pa-

rade royalty: Yuuki Lam, Zachary Becnel,

Garrett Linden, Rayne St. Ann, Katie Tran,

Christopher Melling, Sara Gagnon, Amelia

Avedikian, Nathan Nichol and Micah

Goodine.

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Cane’s Night

Guest Speaker in 3rd Grade

The third grade students had a

very special visitor when they

were learning about simple

machines! Rob Campbell

came to talk to the third grade

about simple machines. He is a

Captain at the St. George Fire

Department. He gave a

presentation on how simple

machines are used in fire

department opera-

tions. Ask your third

grader to tell you what

they know about simple

machines.

Thank you to all of the students,

parents and teachers who came

out to support BCP at Cane’s

Night. It was a HUGE success.

Cane’s was packed and we en-

joyed spending time with each

other.

Students celebrated the 100th day of school

at the end of January. Lots of fun counting

activities were planned. Students in kindergar-

ten showed how 10 groups of 10 makes 100

and they made lists of 100 words along with

other fun activities. Pictured to the right are

Ms. Bates’ students wearing their 100 hats.

100th Day of School

Golf Balls are now on sale for Bella’s Ball

Drop at the BCP Golf Tournament and

Family Day on April 18th at Bayou Barri-

ere Golf Club. The ball that lands in the

hole (or closest to the hole) wins the

$500 jackpot. 1 Golf Ball for $5 or 20

Golf balls

for $20.

Bella’s Ball Drop

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February Students of the Month Kindergarten and PreK:

Back row (standing): Ava Davis, Aidan Rees,

Remy Marinovich, Krystal Smith, Kaden Lew,

Beau Chauvin. Front Row (kneeling): Rosalina

Ballay, Jasmine Caban, Madelyn Cuevas, Keith

Kent, Emily Beckham. Not pictured: Chase Bailey

First Grade:

Back row (standing): Brooklyn Ancar, Brandon

Carr, Analise Machado, Emma Anthaume,

Kamdyn Chimento, Blaise DiMartino Front Row

(kneeling): Kailyn Wood, Olivia DiMartino, Brenna

Thayer, Ava DeSalvo

Second Grade:

Back row (standing): Ashton Freeman, Saige Nun-

ez, Lainee Pelas, Cadence Ledet, Rylee Herbert,

Javon Voisin. Front Row (kneeling): Parker Moore,

Da’Nae Hill, Angelina Ives, Dylan Lucurto, Scott

Simpson

Third Grade:

Back row (standing): Jaiden Smith, Korie

Propps, Lealani Alexander-Monsegue,

Gabriella Wolfe, Alyssa Souvinette, Stacey

Do. Front Row (kneeling): Denim Bartholo-

mew, Jackson Camp, Shelby DeSalvo,

Camryn Moses, John Fruge’

Fourth Grade: Back row (standing):

Jaison Symington, Brian Lawson, Rene

Fuentes, Kharlee St. Ann, Cooper Cou-

villion, Cole Stokes. Front Row (kneeling):

Braeden Mine, Isis Schwartz, Abigail

Schroeder, Jacob Crossen, Melanie Dog-

gette