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The “Bear” Necessities
The Official Newsletter of Bowmar Magnet PTO
April 2015
Principal: Tammy Burris
PTO President: Amber Davis
We are having a canned food drive now through April 10. Help line the halls
with cans for the Storehouse Community Food Pantry!
Upcoming Events
 Apr 2: Leadership Day
for parents
 Apr 3: Yearbook
orders due
 Apr 3: No school
 Apr 6: No school
 Apr 9: Leadership Day
for community
 Apr 10: Field Day at
8:30 am for K-2nd and
12:15 pm for 3rd-6th
 Apr 13: PTO meeting,
5:30 pm
 Apr 13: Robotics team
sign-up following PTO
meeting
 Apr 23: Glow WalkA-Thon @ YMCA
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Mark your calendar:
May 2: 6th Grade Dance
May 7 & 9 Fame Jr. Musical
May 21: Last day of school!
Bowmar’s 3rd Biennial
Glow Walk-A-Thon
Leader in Me Habit
#7: Sharpen the Saw
Thursday April 23rd
from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
at the Purks YMCA
Track
Wear neon colors. Glow
sticks will be provided!
Spring Clean-up was a Huge Success!
There was a lot of hustle and bustle at Bowmar on Saturday March
21st, despite the rainy weather. The interior of our school got cleaned,
painted, rearranged and decorated. It looks great! Students were
surprised the following Monday to find the main bathrooms decked
out in a brand new nautical theme! Thanks to all the families,
teachers & staff that participated: Ferracci, Vroman, Townsend,
Thompson, Sherwin, Smith, Watts, Styles, Gatchell, Davis, Bradley,
Patel, Buxton, Kilroy, Broadfoot, Jackson, Spangler, Surti, Green,
Boland, Figarola, Britton, Hern, Tankersley, Flagg, Callon, Jennings
and the others that missed our sign-in sheet!
is Friday April 10th
The PTO needs your help with donations for the concession stand.
We are requesting that the following items be sent in by Tuesday
April 7th. Money raised from concession sales will continue to help
make Bowmar the best!
Kindergarten:
1st and 2nd grades:
3rd grade:
4th grade:
5th & 6th grades:
12 pack of Dr. Pepper*
$5 to help purchase candy & syrup for
snow cones
12 pack of Diet Coke*
12 pack of Sprite*
package of individual chips*
*if you would prefer to send money instead, please send $5 in an envelope
labeled with student name, grade & teacher by Thursday April 2nd.
Don’t forget to order your yearbook!
The deadline is this FRIDAY, April 3rd
Order your yearbook for $15.99 by visiting
https://www.treering.com.
Click on “Sign Up” on the top of the page then enter our school code:
103488631671714
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 The 2nd issue of our student run newspaper, “The Paw Print” went home
March 25th, 2015. We hope you read it to find out what’s going on in our
school. Great job, student writers, photographers, designers & editors!
 Leadership days are Thursday April 2nd for parents & Thursday April 9th for
the community. We are eager to showcase how Leader in Me is having a
positive impact on our school!
2015/2016 Robotics Team
sign-ups will be held on
Monday April 13th immediately
following the PTO meeting.
Look for a flyer coming home
soon for details.
Points of Pride Congratulations to Marisol Byrd for not only winning Bowmar’s Parent of the Year but also being named Vicksburg Warren School District’s Parent of the Year! Marisol takes those beautiful photos on our leadership wall, is our yearbook chairperson & coordinates our Scholastic Book Fairs. She is a PTO member and also gets involved in many other ways! We are very proud of the many Bowmar students that earned awards at the District & Regional Science Fairs. Class I, 1st‐3rd grade Class II, 4th‐ 6th grade District Winners Ava Pritchard – 2nd place behavioral & social sciences Katelyn Clark‐ 1st place biochemistry Jonathan Henderson‐ 2nd place biochemistry Colton House‐ 1st place botany Gracie Davis‐ 1st place botany Beau Davis‐ 1st place chemistry Ella Broadfoot‐ 2nd place earth, space & environmental science Cade Fairley‐ 2nd place engineering, computers & mathematics Micah Jones‐ 2nd place microbiology Addison Averett‐ 2nd place physics Tatum Watts‐ 3rd place physics Alyssa Kindhart‐ 1st place zoology Regional Winners Mariah Harrison‐ 6th place behavioral & social sciences Jonathan Henderson‐ 6th place biochemistry Jon Daniel Busby‐ 6th place microbiology Addison Averett‐ 6th place physics Adalyn Reece Anderson‐ 4th place physics District Winners Claire Ellison‐ 3rd place chemistry Tyler Smith‐ 1st place earth, space & environmental science Jonathan Eng‐ 1st place engineering, computers & mathematics Shreya Surti‐ 3rd place engineering, computers & mathematics Adan Byrd‐ 1st place medicine & health Brandon Gilliam‐ 2nd place physics Lauren McMillian‐ 1st place zoology Jane Hopson‐ 2nd place zoology Ricky Carraway‐ 3rd place zoology Regional Winners Allie Boland‐ 6th place behavioral & social sciences Adan Byrd‐ 3rd place medicine & health Terrance Johnson‐ 5th place medicine & health Brandon Gilliam‐ 3rd place physics Lauren McMillian‐ 4th place zoology PTO Members
Ca$h for Tra$h
May 8th will be the last day for
collection this year so get your
items turned in before this
date, please!
The top 3 classes will receive a
snow cone party.
Mrs.
Liddell’s and Mrs. Watts’
classes are currently in the
lead with 5 beams of light
each.
Shop. Snap. Earn.
Please continue to snap photos
of your receipts via the
Shoparoo App.
Our top grades are currently:
5th grade with 21,955 points
Kindergarten with 14,750 points
2nd grade with 12,325 points
Every 10,000 points earn us $20!
Please attend the PTO meeting on Monday April
13 at 5:30pm. We will be voting on executive
board member positions for 2015/2016.
President- Ashley Jennings
VP- write in
Secretary- Sheri Wallace
Corresponding Secretary- Sally Green,
Erin Hern, Susan Mandarino
Cash for Trash Chair- Sarah Figarola
Fundraising- Ashley Vroman
Camp Invention, a fun summer enrichment day camp, will be held at Bowmar June 15th – June 19th. Go to campinvention.org to register your child!
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Fax: (601)-631-2853 E-mail: cjackson@vwsd.org PTO email: bowmarpto@gmail.com Website: bowmaravenueelementary.weebly.com