Open Enrollment is Feb 25-March 8, 2013

Are you ready for open enrollment?  SPS Open Enrollment info is here.

This is your only chance to:

(a) apply for Bagley if you are out of the area

(b) apply for Montessori

It's also an opportunity to sign up if you are in the area.  Although this can be done at any time, since you're guaranteed a spot in the contemporary program if you live in the Bagley attendance area, it's nice to give the school an idea of who is coming.  It lets SPS begin the process of assigning spots to the people who apply during open enrollment.

Scan through old posts for more information about the enrollment process.  Look for the label 'registration' and take a spin through this post from last year.

New Kindergarten tours - dates & times

New student tours are finally here!   PTA members, school staff, and Bagley families will show you around and give you the inside scoop.

Just show up to Bagley on the day that works best for your schedule (no kids, please - babes in arms are OK). and follow the signs and volunteers' directions to the lunchroom:

Tues., Jan. 29, 2013, 10-11 a.m.

Thur., Feb. 7, 2013, 10-11 a.m. <-- this date includes additional information on special education at Bagley

Mon., Feb. 11, 2013, 10-11 a.m.

Tues., Feb. 19, 2013, 6-7 p.m.

No RSVP required. Pass it on!

Jogathon is coming!

Mark your calendars for Friday, September 28, 10:30-11:30 at Lower Woodland for the annual Daniel Bagley Jogathon!



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The Jogathon is the biggest fundraiser of the year, and one where kids really feel connected to the campaign, since they're doing the work.

Adult volunteers are needed to help, too:  setting up, cleaning up, transporting supplies to and from Woodland Park track, making sure kids get on buses, cheering, punching cards after each lap, directing, and more.  If you can take the morning off work, it's a great way to get connected to the school and see the kids in action.

2013 Kindergarten Tours

New student tours are finally here!   Just show up to the Bagley front doors on the day that works best for your schedule (no kids, please - babes in arms are OK):

Tues., Jan. 29, 2013, 10-11 a.m.

Thur., Feb. 7, 2013, 10-11 a.m. <-- this date includes additional information on special education at Bagley

Mon., Feb. 11, 2013, 10-11 a.m.

Tues., Feb. 19, 2013, 6-7 p.m.

No RSVP required. Pass it on!

Monday Morning Meetings

Parents are welcome to attend Monday Morning Meetings, held right after the first bell (~9:35 or so) in the lunchroom.  Sign in at the office as a visitor if you plan to stick around.

There's a good chance that tomorrow's MMM will be an all-school one, based on (a) last year's schedule and (b) it being the first one of the school year... but I don't know.

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From a springtime Buzz edition:  LAST YEAR'S Monday Morning Meeting Schedule (2011-2012):

First day is tomorrow!

Don't forget to pack an extra change of clothes in a ziploc (stays in the locker all year), lunch, a water bottle, all those forms, and the items from your school supplies list.

The first bell is at 9:25, but get there early - it will be pandemonium on the playground with all the extra parents milling around. Find your classroom line, leave the backpack there, and play until the bell... then kids have to come back and line up to go inside.  Usually, kindergarten parents can go inside on the first day to help with locker finding and so on.  Don't forget to take photos (it's tricky with all the activity).

The annual flag raising ceremony will be around 9:45/10 at the front of the school, so stick around for that.


Pickup is at 3:30/3:35 in front of the school.  Only K-1 classes are picked up at the front of the school so it won't be hard to find them; usually they are on the lawn approximately in front of their classroom.  Children must wait for parents and teachers to make eye contact before leaving the class group, so try to enforce that right from the start.

Congratulations!  You've made it!