BESCA Bulletin - 1-27-25
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BESCA BULLETIN
January 27, 2025

🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS

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

📖Thursday, 1/30 - Booksin Book Exchange
📕Friday, 1/31- Yearbook - Last Day For Early Bird Pricing

🪩Friday, 2/7 - Glow Dance

 

📢ANNOUNCEMENTS 


GENERAL BESCA MEETING

Don’t miss BESCA's General Meeting! There are so many awesome events coming up for Booksin, and this is the perfect place to hear about all of the exciting details.  Follow this link to join the Webex meeting on Tuesday, January 28th at 7:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

LOTS OF SOCKS DONATIONS

Lots of Socks Day is March 21, the day we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day! To help honor this special day, we’re collecting clean, no-longer-needed socks—singles, pairs, black, white, colorful, any kind! Ms. Holly will be using your sock donations to decorate the Spirit Day display so the more socks, the better! Please bring your sock donations to the front office by February 7th. Thank you for your support!

 

BOOK EXCHANGE
Does your family have children's 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 through tomorrow, 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

URGENT: WE NEED YOUR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS FOR THE YEARBOOK! For example, we only have 7 photos submitted from the Halloween Parade. We usually have at least 100! Submit your photos from community events including the Walkathon, Halloween Parade, Movie Night, Bingo Night, Spelling Bee, 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
This Friday (1/31/25) is the last day to get the yearbook at the early bird price. 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

 

GLOW DANCE
Tickets for Booksin's 2nd Annual Family Glow Dance Party are going fast! This year's event will be held in the cafeteria on Friday, February 7th. 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

Space at the dance is limited and tickets (especially the TK-2 session) are almost sold out! Get your tickets HERE. To help you get your maximum glow on, BESCA will be selling glow-in-the-dark merchandise after school this Tuesday, 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. 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. 
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LOW DANCE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
To make the night a success, we need volunteers to help with various positions!  Please click HERE to choose a volunteer position. No district clearance is needed for these positions since it is after school hours. Thanks for volunteering!


SAVE THE DATE: BOOKSIN BASH

Save the date for the Booksin Bash Friday! This special event will be held on March 28th from 6pm-11pm. 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, February 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! 

SEEKING BOOKSIN GARDEN CO-CHAIR
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

 

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: Ameriprise Financial