BCEL had lots of special visitors this morning! Our school board came to see all of the amazing learning happening here. Our resident baker and literacy paraprofessional extraordinaire, Nicole Keyes, baked some amazing treats for our guests!
We also had our annual fire truck visit from our township fire department! The kids loved being able to climb in the truck and ask the firefighters all sorts of questions. Little Lancers have the very best questions!! We are so grateful for the community we live in and all the people supporting our Lancers!
BCEL/Pine River PTO has worked so hard to put on a fantastic fun Fall Fest for our students and families!! We are so grateful for their love of our school, students, families, and our community!!! Thank you BCPR PTO!!!
BCEL is looking for a paraprofessional to assist in a one-on-one compacity. Do you have the heart and drive to help a little learner be as successful as they can be throughout their day? If so BCEL would love to talk to you about helping out as a one-on-one paraprofessional.
Candidates must be able to attend work on a regular basis, follow a behavior plan, collect data, and carry out goals with fidelity in collaboration with the teacher, special education professionals, and district behavior specialist.
Please send all letters of interest to Beth Bredt at bredtb@bcreek.org
Students in Mrs. Napoli's 2nd grade at BCEL are learning about the importance of wondering/questioning before, throughout, and after reading. As they read, students are learning to stop and jot down questions on sticky notes. Students can strengthen comprehension by reviewing questions independently, with partners, and with their whole group. Great job, readers!!! What an amazing strategy!!
A beautiful day in the pollinator garden! Mrs. Lombard's 1st-grade explorers scoured the garden for seeds to create a seed bracelet! Their creations turned out so beautiful! They even had a visitor join them to check out our native plants!
BCEL held its 2nd fire drill on Sept. 26th at 1105am.
Bullock Creek Elementary conducted our first fire drill of the year this morning, Sept. 20th, at 925am.
These change agents are ready to greet our Little Lancers at BCEL tomorrow!!!
We spent part of the afternoon planting succulents together. This year is all about "Rooting for Each Other" and making the 24/25 school year a "SUCC"ess!!!! BCEL is wishing everyone the very best school year!!
BCEL would like to give a big thank you to Remax for sharing your balloon with us today!!! What an awesome experience!!! We sure do love our community and the support they give to our students!!
Ms. Heider's very smart Young Five students enjoyed their math lesson outside today! The kids did an amazing job learning new material, practicing this new skill, and being respectful! I love that our teachers utilize our space throughout their day!
Mrs. Hedlund's BCEL Kindergarteners enjoyed a beautiful day at the Saginaw Children's Zoo yesterday!!! Lots of fun was had exploring all that the zoo has to offer!!!!
BCEL students worked really hard today helping Mrs. Pretzer spruce up our pollinator garden. Students also recorded all the living things they found as they were racking and pulling weeds. The kids did such a great job asking questions about the plants they were taking care of, the living things they found, why we needed to pull weeds, how the mulch was helping, and lots and lots of other questions and rich conversations! I am so proud of the ownership these kids have for our school and our nature spaces! Thank you to Mrs. Pretzer for organizing this day! It is looking beautiful!
Mrs. Williamson, our amazing ASD teacher, and Mrs. Pretzer, our equally fantastic district nature coordinator, worked really hard on a grant to support a peer-to-peer group here at BCEL! They were awarded this grant which allowed them to purchase things to create raised gardens out in our courtyard. During recess yesterday our first peer group got together to enjoy some planting time in the sun! Peers had a great time planting, talking, giggling, and interacting with each other! Thanks for all of your hard work kids! We love these special times together!
Ms. Heider's young five students at BCEL have spend the last several week trying to hatch chicks. Well....yesterday their patience paid off when they began hatch!!! The excitement in that room is off the charts!! Welcome to the world little chicks!
This has been such an amazing experience for these students to study how chickens hatch!
Some BCEL students enjoyed a special visit from a few staff members from the Center of the Arts today. These students were able to explore the steps of invention as they created, innovated, collaborated, and problem-solved through these amazing activities inspired by the stories of Andrea Beaty. Students explored the scientific process as they experimented like Ada Twist, engineered a flying machine like Rosie Revere, and worked as a team to construct a bridge just like Iggy Peck and his classmates!
What a fun and exciting way to make self to text connections and to connect with these experts from our community!
Ms. Heider's Young Five writers enjoyed this beautiful day at BCEL by taking their journals outside!!! The sunshine and warm temperatures inspired them to do their very best!!! Great job little authors!!!
Mrs. Woods' first graders were so excited to have parent readers help us begin March is reading month! Read alouds are great for improving vocabulary, comprehension, listening skills, and intriguing young minds!!
Our Friends, Derek and Mason, from Mrs. Williamson's room at BCEL had a ton of fun using ocean animals in blue Jello yesterday! Our head cook, Brailea, donated our leftover jello from lunch to our ASD room so they could experience some sensory fun!! Thank you, Brailea! What an awesome idea on how to use our leftover food!!
BCEL had so much fun with the Great Lake Loons and Lou E Loon today to help kick off March is Reading Month!!!! GO LOONS!!!!! Thanks for getting us pumped up and ready to read!!!
BCEL's very own Leona was chosen as the Loon's Reading Program bookmark winner! Kids all over MIdland County submitted entries! Great job, Leona! Very creative!! We are so proud of you and are excited to have your creation marking the progress in our reading books during March is Reading Month and beyond!!
