RM Bacon Weekly: May 2017

Monday, May 29, 2017

May 30 - June 2, 2017

Bears,

We at Bacon hope everyone had a safe weekend and took some time to remember those who made the highest sacrifice while in the service of our country. May we not take for granted the men and women who selflessly gave the most they could possibly give. To those, we humbly and gratefully say, "Thank you."

In a word, last week's Spring Community Night was a success. I'd like to thank everyone who participated to help make the evening great. Many local businesses were represented, and many of our staff put in an extra long day to give back to our community. Despite the weather, we had a great turnout, and many families came in to check out what we had going on. Thank you all!

Olympic Day and Bacon's Fun Day were both on Friday. While the 4th and 5th graders were at Memorial participating in some cross-town competition, the K-3 grades were enjoying fun and games back at school. For everyone, it was a busy but great day. The Blue Angels practicing overhead added to the festive nature of the day and weekend. We hope many of you got the opportunity to attend the air show on Saturday and Sunday!

Check out our upcoming important dates:

5/31 -- Multicultural Week - Bacon's day (5th grade)

5/31 -- Lego Land trip (3rd grade)

6/1 - 6/2 -- Safety Patrol trip

6/1 -- Atlantic City Aquarium (1st grade)

6/6 -- Lakeside Orientation (5th grade)

6/7 -- Ocean City (K)

6/8 -- Band trip to Lakeside

6/9 -- Cape May (4th grade)

6/9 -- Phenom Factory (5th grade)

6/12 -- Safety Patrol trip
6/14 -- 5th grade step-up ceremony at 4 p.m.

6/16 - Last day of school (and graduation at the senior high school)

That's all for now. Everyone have a great week.

Olympic Day/Fun Day Pictures

Community Night

Birthday Selfies

Sunday, May 21, 2017

May 22 - 26, 2017

Bears,

Last week, we celebrated Bacon's Staff Appreciation Week. With the PARCC test behind us, it was a good opportunity to do a few nice things for all the great people who work hard each and every day. Throughout the week, we gave away gift cards (done through live drawings on the intercom). The students loved hearing their teacher's name called out, and each class hoped their teacher would be the lucky one picked. Also entered into the drawings were our aides, cafeteria workers, security guard, nurse, guidance counselor, and custodial staff. A fortunate teacher even won the prize of being able to leave school an hour early. To wrap up the week, our awesome cafeteria staff set up an Italian soda bar and strawberry shortcake station for all to enjoy.

Each day, I'm thankful to you all for the hard work and the student-centered focus with which you approach your job - from cleaning the halls to preparing meals to delivering top-notch instruction. As I often say, keep being great.

Monday night (weather permitting) is our second Community Night of the year. We hope you all can join us for a great evening of fun. The event will run from 6-8. If you have any questions, please call the school. We will be monitoring the weather throughout the day. As of right now, it looks like a wet morning with the rain moving out by event time. As long as the blacktop areas and fields aren't a complete disaster, we'll keep it as planned. If things look too messy, we'll make a call by early afternoon to postpone the event until Tuesday.

See below for a list of upcoming important dates and events:

5/22 -- CFC visit to Bacon

5/22 -- Bacon Community Night (rain date 5/23)

5/26 -- Olympic Day (4th and 5th grades) and Fun Day (K-3)

5/31 -- Multicultural Week - Bacon's day (5th grade)

5/31 -- Lego Land trip (3rd grade)

6/1 - 6/2 -- Safety Patrol trip

6/1 -- Atlantic City Aquarium (1st grade)

6/6 -- Lakeside Orientation (5th grade)

6/7 -- Ocean City (K)

6/8 -- Band trip to Lakeside

6/9 -- Cape May (4th grade)

6/9 -- Phenom Factory (5th grade)

6/12 -- Safety Patrol trip

6/16 - Last day of school (and graduation at the senior high school)

Pictures from around the School

Final practice before the concert at the Levoy

Doing what they do, and doing it well

Art!

The Guided Reading library is shaping up nicely

Italian soda bar for Staff Appreciation Week

Strawberry shortcake station -- thanks, cafeteria staff!

Birthday Selfies!

Weekly overview

Monday (5/22): B day - Lesson plans due, CFC visit kindergarten, Spring Community Night (6 - 8 at Bacon)

Tuesday (5/23): C day - PBIS assembly and final Bear Bucks store of the year (2 pm in the gym)

Wednesday (5/24): D day - K, 2nd, and 5th grade PLCs, Workout Wednesday

Thursday (5/25): E day - 4th grade PLC

Friday (5/26): A day - 1st and 3rd grade PLC, wear Bacon gear, Olypmic Day, Fun Day

Sunday, May 14, 2017

May 15 - 19, 2017

Bears,

Happy Mother's day! We hope all you moms did something nice - or more specifically, we hope something nice was done for you. Moms - you rock! Thank you for simply being who you are, and there's nothing simple about what you do. We appreciate you!

Congrats to Nancy Gandy and Amanda DeVita on receiving their MAIT (Masters of Instructional Technology) from Stockton University. See below for a few graduation pics. Well done! You've both worked hard and earned it.

Members from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Deparment, Millville Rescue Squad, Millville Police Department, and Millville Fire Deparment were at Bacon on Friday for our annual First Responder's lunch. The students loved hanging out with them, and it was a great way for us to say thank you to the hard-working men and women who keep us safe. Thanks to all the responders who came out. We appreciate your time and service, and the students had a blast.

Something very cool and unexpected happened at Bacon last week. Mrs. Fryling's husband, who had been deployed for several months, was due to come home awhile ago, but he was delayed. No return date had been given. Much to our surprise and delight, he called the school Friday morning and told us he was about 45 minutes away, and he wanted to know if he could simply pop into her classroom to surprise her. We said no, that would not be okay, because we wanted the whole school to be able to witness this special moment. So staff members acted and quickly whipped up a plan in the time we had. We called an evacuation drill (monthly emergency drills are required by the state anyway, so we thought we'd make the most out of it). With all the students watching, Mr. Fryling, being escorted by Mr. Paul Lokey and some awesome members of the Millville Fire Deparment (who readily agreed to help out), marched across the field to his unsuspecting wife. When Mrs. Fryling realized what was happening - well, priceless. The video is posted on Bacon's Facebook page (click here to check it out). What a great moment! Mr. Fryling, thank you for your service, and welcome home.

Monday, 5/15, is the Art Show and Spring Concert at Millville's Levoy theater. The art show begins at 6:30, and the concert is at 7. If you have any questions about this event (or any event, for that matter), please call the school.

Here are some important dates:

5/15 - 5/19 -- Bacon's Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
5/15 -- Spring Concert and Art Showcase at the Levoy Theater (3rd - 5th grades, concert begins at 7, the art showcase is at 6:30 - both at the Levoy)
5/22 -- Bacon Community Night (rain date 5/23)
5/26 -- Olympic Day (4th and 5th grades) and Fun Day (K-3)
5/31 -- Multicultural Week - Bacon's day (5th grade)
5/31 -- Lego Land trip (3rd grade)
6/1 - 6/2 -- Safety Patrol trip
6/1 -- Atlantic City Aquarium (1st grade)
6/6 -- Lakeside Orientation (5th grade)
6/7 -- Ocean City (K)
6/8 -- Band trip to Lakeside
6/9 -- Cape May (4th grade)
6/9 -- Phenom Factory (5th grade)
6/16 - Last day of school (and graduation at the senior high school)

We'll end with this -- With PARCC testing officially behind us, Bacon will be celebrating teachers and all staff members this week. We'll do a little something special each day. To all members of our Bacon staff - you have my heartfelt and sincerest thanks and gratitude for what you do each day. We don't have easy jobs, and we don't do it for the recognition. We do it because we know we have to - not out of obligation, but out of a moral responsibility rooted in love and care for the young people we influence each day. And that's what we really do - influence. All the talk about making a difference and making an impact...that's all very true. But I believe it ultimately boils down to influence. How will you influence those in your care? How will you influence - today, tomorrow, next week - those who look up to you, who need you, who depend on you to do what only you can?

So keep on influencing, and keep on being great.

Pictures from around the School