May 6, 2022

Our last PTSA community meeting of the year will be held on Thursday, May 12 at 7pm. The principal, associate principal, and PTSA President from Finn Hill Middle School will join us to provide information about the transition to middle school and to answer any questions. We will also vote for next year's budget and next year's PTSA Executive Board. All Bell families are encouraged to attend.

Click HERE to join the meeting
- Meeting ID: 847 6699 7561
- Passcode: 464235

We Need You!

The Bell PTSA is BUSY!! The work we do is vital, and it takes a lot of folks pitching in to pull it all off. Visit our volunteer page for all the ways you can help.

Our most urgent need - we need a Treasurer for next year. As a 501(c)(3), we MUST have a treasurer, or we cannot have a PTSA at our school. PLEASE help! Reach out to nominations@agbellptsa.org ASAP.
We need a VP of Community Events for next year. Reach out to nominations@agbellptsa.org ASAP.
Our last financial review will be in early July. We need three PTSA members to volunteer to review our financials. Or, a qualified accounting professional can do it solo. Email president@agbellptsa.org if you can help.

Thank you, Tennile Jones, for organizing another wonderful Staff Appreciation event this week. And thank you to all the community members who donated items, sent in thank you cards, purchased items from staff member's Amazon wishlists, or volunteered their time to help with set-up and clean-up.

Bell staff, we hope this week made it clear that we think the world of you, and we know how lucky we are to be part of the Bell school community. We are so thankful for each and every one of you!

Walk to School Week is May 16-20!

We need volunteers! This is a super fun and easy volunteer opportunity that occurs for 30 minutes each day before school that week. Volunteers help collect the names of kids who have walked (or just want to enter)! We will also need volunteers to wear the Alex the Bulldog Costume (the envy of all the kids)! The kids love this event and you're all done by the time your little ones have entered the building! Click below to help.

We are so excited about Bell's first ever Carnival & Dance event on May 20 from 6-8pm. To make this event a success, we need all the help we can get. We have volunteer positions both before and during the event. Please click on the button below to sign-up.

Thank you, Erin Barr, for chairing this event. We are so thankful for all the time and energy you've already put into this amazing night!

Questions or feedback: email dance@agbellptsa.org.

The Egg Drop is back and we are so "egg-cited" about it! This is a super fun STEM activity and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in teams on creative solutions that get those engineering minds working. Visit our Egg Drop page for more information.

We need supplies and help from the community to ensure this day is a success.

Bell Teachers:

We need to know the Egg Drop teams in your classroom and which students are on each team. Please create teams and have the students come up with their team names, then enter the information HERE.

Our May art lessons with Mrs. Lustgarten kick off next week! Below are the classes we still need volunteers for.

Holzer/ Cross-Clark's (4th) - 5/19
Dennehy's (K) - 5/24
Lazoritz's (K) - 5/26

As a reminder, two custom pages come free with the purchase of the yearbook. You create these yourself in Treering and customize them however you want. The customized pages only print in your student's copy of the yearbook.

If you plan to do customized pages, they need to be completed on TreeRing prior to May 15. Here is a tutorial. Visit the yearbook page for more information.

The 2022 AG Bell Nominating Committee would like to present the following nominations for the 2022-23 PTSA board. Elections will be held at the General Membership Meeting on May 12th.

For the office of President: Keri Morgan
For the office of Secretary: Leslie Victor
For the office of Treasurer: OPEN
For the office of VP of Student Enrichment: Rashmi Mehta
For the office of VP of Fundraising/Membership: Jane Helbig
For the office of VP of Community Events: OPEN

We are still looking for a Treasurer for next school year!In order to have an operating PTSA, we MUST fill the treasurer role. If you have finance or accounting knowledge and can offer a few hours per week to manage our PTSA finances, please reach out to us!

We are also looking for a VP of Community Events. If you love connecting with others and helping to build a sense of school community, this position is for you! Duties include supporting event chairs and helping to plan and coordinate community events at the school.

If you are interested in either position please email us at nominations@agbellptsa.org.

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Looking Ahead

A few need-to-know items about the yearbook (visit the yearbook page for more info):

Photos can be uploaded on TreeRing until May 15, school code: 1015269962362510
Yearbooks can be ordered anytime. Please ship them direct to your home.
The yearbook is put together by our yearbook chair, Dawn Matsui Liu, (THANK YOU, Dawn!) and typically ships by the end of the school year.
If you plan to do customized pages, complete these on TreeRing prior to May 15.
Preschool families: Pre-k has been added to the yearbook, as of last year. Get your photos uploaded before May 15, and place your yearbook orders!