Liebe Eltern, dear parents and guardians,

Saint Nikolaus – a German Tradition

On December 5, every child cleans and polishes their winter boot and puts it into their bedroom window. During the night, if they have been good, Saint Nikolaus visits and leaves them a gift. This could be some chocolate, an orange and a small gift. If they have been ‘bad’, they find a piece of coal in their boot. On Wednesday of this week, all students at Bowcroft received a pencil and orange for Saint Nikolaus. I hope they enjoyed the little gift and the story that came with it.

More Clubs are Starting!

Division 2 (grade 4-6) keep having more and more noon activities to choose from on Tuesdays: Our German kindergarten volunteer Mr. Thomas Rath is an avid biker and bike repair man. Seeing as the school has the yellow bikes that do need occasional repairs, he thought that offering a Bowcroft Bike Repair club to grade 5 students would be useful. Grade 1 teacher Ms. J. Rusnak, who loves biking, too, is sponsoring this club. Grade 6 teacher Ms. Tetz is also starting a coding club for interested grade 4-6 students. Students would have brought home letters for both clubs this week.

Dress to Impress: Ballroom Dance Winter Celebration

If possible, please have the students wear black, red, green or sparkly. The classes are making excellent progress. Most students are able to step in time to the music now. Everyone has learned the basic steps and some of the older students are starting to learn underarm turns. It’s just so much fun to watch them improve their skills each class.

New This Year: Tracking academic progress!

Did you know that you can see your child’s marks online?

1. Download PowerSchool App
2. Click on App
3. Input District Code: DDXT
4. Log in, just as you would online. Same username and password **a disclaimer comes up. You will need to deny or allow

Earlier School Start Time in 24-25?

Seeing as we have many siblings who are attending Thomas B. Riley School, we are working on aligning our hours better. Why? Many older siblings have to drop off the younger siblings. This is very difficult, as TB Riley starts much earlier than Bowcroft school. What does this mean? Hopefully, we will start a earlier in the 24-25 school year. Stay tuned! It will probably be spring time before we know anything for certain.

If you are in the German program, you may wish to explore this link:
Adventskalender 2023 - PASCH-Initiative (pasch-net.de)

A reminder that there is no school on Friday.

Warm Regards,
Meike Thomsen, Principal

Important Dates

December 8: Non-Instruction Day, NO SCHOOL
December 20: German Program: Winter Celebration 6pm
December 21: Community Program Winter Celebration 6pm;
December 22: ROARS Assembly & Last Day of School
December 25 - January 5: Winter Break
January 8: Classes Resume, BPAC Meeting at 6:30 pm
January 15: No School, Non-Instruction Day
January 25: Open House
January 26: ROARS Assembly
January 29-February 8: Alien Inline Skating 
February 5: BPAC Meeting at 6:30pm
February 15 and 16: No School, Teacher Convention
February 19: No School, Family Day
February 23: ROARS Assembly
February 29: 6:30 pm Literacy Night
March 4: BPAC Meeting at 6:30pm
March 21: Last Day of Classes Before Spring Break; Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:15 to 8:00pm
March 22: Parent-Teacher Conferences 8:00am to 1:00pm
March 25-April 1: Spring Break
April 2: Classes Resume
April 8: School Council, 6:30 pm
April 19: No School, Non-Instruction Day