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2014-2015. Introductions Mr. Bob Curley, Principal Jori Mendivil Bianca Nakasone Poll Please hold all questions until the end. Mascot: Honeypaws the Bear Bonita B’s: Be your best Be responsible Be respectful Be safe Be a friend Absence line: 949-936-5451 (call before 9am)
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Introductions • Mr. Bob Curley, Principal • Jori Mendivil • Bianca Nakasone • Poll • Please hold all questions until the end
Mascot: Honeypaws the Bear • Bonita B’s: • Be your best • Be responsible • Be respectful • Be safe • Be a friend • Absence line: 949-936-5451 (call before 9am) • Bee Informed e-newsletter • Conduit is sent home every Thursday with important school news/flyers • Star student tickets/lunch bunch with Mr. Curley/free recess for 100 tickets • BC website: www.iusd.org/bc • BC PTA website: http://www.bonitacanyonpta.com • Parent Portal: my.iusd.org • Student ID # (9 digits)- found on my.iusd.org • Student dress code: No spaghetti straps or clothing that exposes the back or midriff. No offensive/disruptive clothing. Must wear shoes appropriate for play and PE.
Biking to/from school is allowed from 3rd grade and beyond (use bike racks near flag pole). • Driving • Front of school (Sundance Dr.)- Drive all the way to the top and make a u-turn and drive down the hill to drop off the student. • Back of school (Chaparral Park)- Park at Chaparral and escort child to school. • Walking • Front of school (Sundance Dr.)- use the crosswalk with the crossing guard at Turtle Rock Drive. • Back of school (Chaparral Park)- this crosswalk does not have a crossing guard so escort your child across the street.
Playground is monitored starting at 8am. Please do not drop your child off at school before 8am. • Front of school is monitored for 10 minutes after dismissal to ensure children are being picked up. • Early drop offs and late pick ups are documented by the office. • Tardy arrivals MUST check in with the office prior to going to the classroom. • Do not let younger siblings play on the school playground. • K and 1st grade, students are exchanged directly with a parent/caregiver at the front of school (near flag pole) at dismissal unless teacher is informed differently. • Rainbow Rising- provides care before and after school ON CAMPUS!! (949) 509-6736 • Turtle Rock Community Park- provides afterschool care for 1st-6th grades (T-rock) (949) 724-6734 and Kinder (Nature Center) (949) 724-6738 • Turtle Rock Pre-School- provides afterschool care for 1st-6th grades including transportation (949) 854-7611 • ACE classes- on campus afterschool classes (~2hrs 1X per week) in specific subjects like cooking, chess, cartooning, etc. (volunteer opportunity)
Online fundingfor hot lunches- can add funds online at myschoolbucks.com though there is a fee for this service OR use the envelope in the office • Hot lunch price is $3.25 • Can see student activity and can set minimum balance alerts • Kinder- snacks from home required each day. The snack bar/hot lunch is NOT available. • Grades 1-6: snacks/hot lunches are available for purchase every day at recess and lunch. First ingredient must be whole grain and fat/sugar ingredients are limited. 2% milk, water and juice is also available. Special hot lunch days: Papa John’s pizza and Pick Up Stix. • No microwave access to heat up food. • Nut free table available for children with allergies of any type. They may bring a friend. Otherwise, seating is by classroom. Please try to avoid sending highly allergenic foods if possible. • Wednesdays are fruit bar days- $1.25 per bar; proceeds go to help fund CIMI trip; run by 6th graders • School supplies- PTA has provided school supplies for each student for the 2014-2015 school year • Field trips- PTA has paid for all school field trips (except for CIMI) for the 2014-2015 school year
School spirit day (every Friday)- spirit wear is available for purchase at the Fall Social and using order forms found in the office • Back to school night (Sep 2 for kinder, Sep 11 for grades 1-6, parents only) • Sign ups for classroom volunteering • Sign ups for room parent • Sign ups for art masters • *Fall social (October, for the family) • Reading programs (Bubblegum Bonanza 1st grade, Bananas Over Books 2nd grade) • *Picture day (November 5) • Parent conferences (late October/early November and April [usually optional per the teacher]) • *Red Ribbon Week (late October) • Halloween parade • Astronomy night (November) • Jump Rope for Heart (mid-February) • Read Across America Week (late February/early March) • *Spring fundraiser (March, parents only)
Fun, adults-only evening with dinner, dancing & bar • Live & Silent Auctions, Teacher Time & more What? • To raise much-needed funds for Bonita Canyon (e.g. art, music and PE classes, classroom supplies, Instructional Aide time, computers, updating library) Why? When & Where? • Friday, March 13, 2015 6:00 – 10:00 pm • At Chuck Jones Center for Creativity in Costa Mesa • Takes an army of volunteers with many different talents (e.g. data entry, getting donations, signs & decorations) • Can donate as little as 1 hour, or as much as 100! How? Kick off meeting in September- read Bee Informed e-newsletter! Spring Fundraiser 2015 Let's jazz it up with beads, masks and lots of fun!
State testing- starting in 2nd grade (May) math and English- language arts (and science 5th grade) • *Teacher appreciation week/luncheon (early May) • Open house (Thursday before Memorial Day, family event) • *Movie night at BC (June) • *Book fairs (fall/spring) • *Field days (June) • Dads and donuts with Mr. Curley (throughout year) • PTA meetings (throughout year) • *Art Masters (throughout year) • Lunch Bunch (throughout year) • CPK/Ruby’s/Barnes and Noble nights (throughout year) • Irvine Junior Games for 4th-6th graders (May) * indicates activities that would not be possible without parent volunteers, check out the PTA volunteer opportunity form in the office- plus, it’s a great way to meet other parents!
K- Thanksgiving feast, holiday party, special schedules on certain days • 1st- Patriotic concert • 2nd- Life Cycles play • 3rd- Mission to Mars play • 4th- Olivera Street and Knotts Berry Farm field trips instrument instruction science lab begin • 5th- Pioneer day • 6th- CIMI, world cultures day, toilet bowl soccer tournament
Lost and found- put out front regularly for you to comb through, but thermoses and lunch bags are thrown away if not claimed in a day or two due to smell. Valuables are brought to the office for safe keeping. • LIFE (environmental) club • Young astronauts • Big/Little Buddies • Girl/Cub scouts • Indian Guides/Princesses