Bertram Family Connection

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September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

Sept 15 - Oct 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 25 - No School Professional Development Day

Sept. 28 - PTO Kickoff Meeting @ 5:30 pm

Sept. 28 - 1st 6 Weeks Report Cards Available in Skyward

Oct. 3 - National Night Out

Oct. 6 - Fall Individual PIcture Day

Oct. 9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

What a great week. We loved seeing all our students dressed up throughout the week to celebrate Homecoming.

Monday is a student holiday! We look forward to welcoming our Bulldogs back on Tuesday, Sept. 26th. We hope everyone can join us Thursday, Sept. 28th for the PTO Kickoff Meeting!

Bertram's ADA for this past week was 95.67%

ADA stands for Average Daily Attendance and is defined as the total days of student attendance divided by the total days of instruction. "98 IS Great!", so 98% is our goal! We recognize that illnesses and events take place that necesitate absences, however, we do encourage every student to be in school every day he/she is able. Let's work toward 98%!

This first 6 weeks flew by! Your children have been very busy practicing the 7 Habits and participating in Start With Hello Week. This week was started by the Sandy Hook Promise foundation and is a national call-to-action week dedicated to making new social connections and creating a sense of belonging . Your children learned how to say hello in different ways, and wrote compliments on sticky notes that were displayed on a school-wide banner! (see picture)

I will continue to meet with your children during their library time. For the first part of the month, we will be discussing bullying prevention. These discussions will help better define what bullying is, help students to recognize it, and encourage Bertram Bulldogs to stand up against it.

Later in the month, we will continue to build on our current focus of Courage and Respect, I will be providing activities to support students with Responsibility. As your child continues to learn the 7 Habits, learning about responsibility will help reinforce Habit #1 - Be Proactive, and Habit #3 - Put First Things First. Learning to take responsibility for our actions and education, will help us to be more successful in anything we choose to do! Some ways you can help reinforce responsibility at home is to reinforce positive behaviors, such as doing their homework or chores without being asked. Also, holding them accountable for their responsibilities will allow them to feel successful when they Put First Things First.

Thank you for such a fantastic start, and as always do not hesitate to reach out.

Brandy Wood

bwood@burnetcisd.net

(512)355-2261

Report Cards for the 1st 6 Weeks will be posted on Thursday in Skyward Family Access. Please log in and view your child's report card. You will be able to electronically sign that you have viewed the report card.

If you have questions about your child's performance, please reach out to your child's teacher.

National Night Out is a free event hosted by Bertram Elementary, Bertram Police Department, and Bertram Bulldog PTO to engage the community in an evening of free fun! We will have a hot dog dinner, local business, bounce houses, and fun learning games for students to take home! The event is 100% free with no onsite sales. We hope you can join us!

October 9th has been designated as the district's Parent Outreach Day! Bertram Elementary teachers will be contacting parents in the next few weeks to schedule a parent-teacher conference. Save the date!

• 7:15am Student Drop Off/ Breakfast
• 7:25am Office Opens
• 7:40am School Begins
• 7:45am Students arriving after this time are marked tardy
• 9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent
• 1:30pm Any transportation changes DUE, please email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
• 2:30pm All Early Checkouts must be complete - Remember to bring your picture ID to complete early check out
• 3:20pm Student Dismissal
• 3:45pm Office/School Closes

Email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: https://bes.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 315 Main Street, Bertram, TX, USA
Phone: 512-355-2111
Facebook: facebook.com/bertramelementary
Twitter: @BurnetCISD