This week, the BKW PTA is delivering a planetarium courtesy of the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) for elementary students from April 7-9. BKW fundraising efforts from this year enabled the portable planetarium to be onsite, allowing students to learn about the universe. The “spacey” opportunity also connects with the elementary building’s Pick A …
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The 2024-25 end-of-year schedule is now available to view. You can access the schedule here.
The BKW Elementary School honor roll is now available. This marks the grading period for the second trimester. You can find the honor roll here.
On March 25, 2025, the BKW PTA will launch the Pick A Reading Partner (PARP) program, running through April 11. PARP encourages students to read with a partner—whether a parent, grandparent, babysitter, older sibling, cousin, or friend—for at least 20 minutes each day. Originally developed in 1978 by New York State Senator James Donovan, this …
Kindergarten registration for the fall of 2025 is now open! For more details and to complete the registration process, please visit the school website at: bkwschools.org/student-registration/. If you need assistance, feel free to contact the main office.
Last month, 20 high school students in Mr. James Lemire’s Sociology course visited elementary school classes from Kindergarten through sixth grade, sharing stories they wrote, illustrated, and turned into books themselves as part of a unit on Socialization and Culture in Community. The elementary students and teachers universally raved about the stories and creativity of …
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Families and Friends, The winter newsletter is here! Catch up on all the good things happening around our school campus. The newsletter can be found here. We hope you enjoy! Please note that hardcopy versions will be arriving in mailboxes in the next week or so.
The BKW Alumni Association is currently taking orders for official BKW apparel. You can find the link to ordering here. Place an order for your Bulldog gear today!
On Monday, January 27, BKW Elementary School fourth grade teacher Alyssa Smith was recognized by Curriculum Associates as an Extraordinary Educator. Mrs. Smith joins 29 educators nationwide in receiving this recognition. This annual listing focuses on best-in-class educators based on criteria ranging from classroom innovation to student engagement to establishing standards and success for students …
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There’s no need to travel to New Orleans for this year’s Super Bowl. We have our own Super Bowl right here at BKW! Over the next month, a friendly reading competition will take place between third and fourth-grade classrooms. Appropriately called the ‘READBowl,’ it has third and fourth-grade classrooms logging their time reading to gain …
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