BESCA Bulletin - 1-21-25
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BESCA BULLETIN
January 21, 2025

🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS

 

📚Tuesday, 1/21 to Tuesday, 1/28 - Book Collection for the Book Exchange

🍕Wednesday, 1/22 - All Day Dining Fundraiser at Bibo’s Pizza

🏒Saturday, 1/25 - San Jose Barracudas Game (2:00pm)

💻Tuesday, 1/28 - General BESCA Meeting (7:00pm)

📖Thursday, 1/30 - Booksin Book Exchange

🪩Friday, 2/7 - Glow Dance

 

📢ANNOUNCEMENTS 

ALL DAY DINING NIGHT OUT- BIBO’S PIZZA
Our next dining fundraiser is this Wednesday, January 22nd at Bibo’s Pizza, located at 1431 Bird Avenue, San Jose. Gather your  family and friends and enjoy delicious pizza while supporting Booksin; Bibo’s will donate 20% of the cost of your meal back to BESCA!

SAN JOSE BARRACUDAS ICE HOCKEY GAME
Last chance to get your Booksin x Barracudas tickets! The game is happening this Saturday, January 25th at 2:00pm and includes special fan experience extras including high fives from the players and a shoutout out for Booksin on the big screen! Tickets are available in the mybesca.com shop for $18 each through tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21st at 10:00am. After January 21st, tickets must be purchased directly from the Barracudas at a slightly higher price. Please use the link on the mybesca website to ensure that Booksin fans are seated in the same area. There are still some tickets available so get your tickets NOW as this event may sell out.

 

SAVE THE DATE: GLOW DANCE
Are you ready to get your glow on?! Booksin's 2nd Annual Family Glow Dance Party will be held in the cafeteria on Friday, February 9th! There will be two one hour long dance sessions:

  • Dance #1 for TK-2nd:  Doors will open at 5:15pm; Dance is from 5:30pm-6:30pm
  • Dance #2 for 3rd-5th: Doors will open at 6:45pm; Dance is from 7:00pm-8:00pm

To help you get your maximum glow on, BESCA will be selling glow-in-the-dark merchandise after school on Tues, 1/28  in the Spirit Court. Glow-in-the-dark merchandise will also be available for purchase at the dance, along with pizza and snacks. Tickets  will be available in the BESCA shop starting tonight! Please note: This is not a drop off event, all students must come with a parent or guardian, and everyone, adults included, must have a ticket to be admitted. Space at the dance is limited so get your tickets early! 

SEEKING GARDEN CO-LEAD FALL 2025
The Booksin Garden Program is seeking a new Co-Chair for next school year! Current Co-Lead, Sarah Giacomotto, will be deeply missed at Booksin when her daughter leaves for middle school this fall. Our continuing Co-Lead, Rebecca Bitter, is looking for a partner to help maintain and grow Booksin's Garden program, which includes both hands-on gardening tasks, support for garden lessons, and coordination of volunteers. Responsibilities will be divided between Rebecca and the new co-chair with some tasks being held during school hours while others can be done on your own time. Interested parents can email Sarah and Rebecca at garden@mybesca.com to learn more about the role and whether it may be the right fit for you. Why volunteer now? Shadowing the role in winter/spring provides ample opportunities to observe and learn the ropes before stepping into the co-lead position. 

Garden Lead Responsibilities:

• Maintain the garden, including repairing beds, irrigation systems, and other    
    structures as needed.
• Prune trees and shrubs, plant seasonal crops, weed, and add nutrients to garden  
    beds.
• Keep the garden shed organized and stocked with tools and supplies for garden
    lessons.
• Lead the weekly 4th-5th grade Garden Guardians program during lunch, fostering
    engagement with students and communicating with parents as needed.
• Organize the annual Garden Earth Day Sale (April), including plant preparation,
    volunteer coordination, and event logistics.
• Coordinate the summer schedule and oversee volunteer participation (answering
    questions, providing orientation training etc.)
• The co-chair will also communicate/collaborate with BESCA, Ms. Tan, and other school    
    admin throughout the year.
 
1 MORE 'LET ME RUN' ASSISTANT COACH NEEDED FOR WEDNESDAYS!

In order to provide this program, we need ONE more Assistant Coach that can help on Wednesdays! Let Me Run is a nonprofit wellness program that inspires boys to be themselves, be active, and belong. Coaches follow a unique curriculum that uses the power of running to encourage boys to develop their emotional, social, and physical health. Practices will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:15 - 3:30. The session is for 4th & 5th grade boys and runs from March 31 to May 7, culminating in an end-of-season 5k race on May 10.  Annie Reynolds will be the head coach and needs only ONE MORE Assistant Coach who can help on Wednesday afternoons. We are grateful that we now have coaches for Mondays and Fridays. If you can help with Wednesday practice each week, please contact Annie at annie.rose.reynolds@gmail.com

 

BOOK EXCHANGE
Does your family have some old books that are ready to be passed on to someone else? Save them for the book exchange on Thursday, January 30! The annual Booksin Book Exchange is a wonderful opportunity to clear out gently used books and donate them to other children in our school community. During the exchange, every student will have the chance to pick out a free book to take home and enjoy! We’ll be collecting book donations starting today, January 21 through Tuesday, January 28. Look for collection bins in front of the library and around the school. We welcome children's books for all grade levels but upper-grade & chapter books are especially in high demand. The more books you donate, the more choices our students will have - thank you for helping make this event a success!
BOOK EXCHANGE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Help us make the Book Exchange a success! We need volunteers to help set up the day before as well as helpers for the actual Book Exchange. Please use this link to sign up for a shift if you are available.

*If you volunteer to help after school for set up, you do not need to be cleared.
*If you are helping during the Book Exchange, you need to be a cleared volunteer.

 

YEARBOOK

WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS FOR THIS YEAR'S YEARBOOK
*Submit your photos from community events including the Walkathon, Halloween Parade, Movie Night, Bingo Night, Holiday Spirit Day, Pajama Day, and Silly Hair/Hat Day. Click here to UPLOAD
*If you have classroom specific photos use this link to find and contact your yearbook volunteer for your classroom.
YEARBOOK EARLY BIRD PRICING
There are only 12 Days left until the price of the yearbook goes up! The early bird price is $30 for soft covers and $50 for hardcovers. Prices go up on 2/1/25. Pre-order your yearbook at  https://www.mybesca.com/yearbook

 

SAVE THE DATE: BOOKSIN BASH
Save the date for the Booksin Bash Friday! This special event will be held on March 28th tentatively from 6-11pm (exact time tbd). Join other parents and Booksin teachers & staff for an adults-only cocktail/ mocktail social event with a live auction, hors d’oeuvres, and DJ dancing. The event will be held at the San Jose Women’s Club, a beautiful historic 1920’s Spanish Revival building in the heart of Downtown San Jose. If you like to dress for a theme, we encourage you to embrace the glam 1960’s “Palm Royale” (tv show) aesthetic. Booksin Bash tickets will go on sale at an early bird rate on Monday, March 3rd. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get your tickets early and plan to joins us for a night of fun!

⭐️ As a bonus, we are partnering with Warrior Code Taekwondo to provide childcare for some of the evening. They will be offering a special kids babysitting event only for Booksin students from 5:30pm-9:30pm for $50 a child and will be giving a percentage of the earnings back to BESCA (like a Dining Night Out). More details to come! 

SHOPPING GUIDE

From January 15 - January 30, 2025,  Tru Earth, which has laundry sheets and other eco-friendly cleaning products (packaged in no plastic), is giving 30% back to Booksin on all purchases (rather than the usual 20%).  Ranked by the Laundry Guru as a Top 3 laundry sheet, now is a great time to try them!  If you don't use the sheets yourself, you can purchase and donate to Willow Glen Cares, which provides cleaning products, hygiene products, and clothes to underserved WGMS and WGHS students.  Buy product and donate to Willow Glen Cares (email fundraising@mybesca.com and Katie can help coordinate).

TruEarth: Laundry Sheets, Dryer balls, Toilet bowl cleaner, and more!
Shop at the Booksin site: http://tru-earth.sjv.io/BESCA

 

WALKATHON SPONSORS
We’d like to take this opportunity to appreciate each of Booksin’s 2024-2025 Walkathon Sponsors. This week, we’d like to thank our Gold Sponsor: 360 Wellness For All