Important News

Bright Minds Foundation - Strutting with the Staff Dance Contest

Come and cheer on your favorite principal and teachers dancing on stage at the Strutting with the Staff dance contest. The Bright Minds Foundation is hosting the 3 rd Annual dance competition on Wednesday, March 22 from 7-9 pm at the Jim Rouse Theater in Wilde Lake High School. Teams from 12 Howard County high schools will compete. Tickets are…

Growth Mindset Sessions for Parents

March 13 th – March 17 th is Math Madness Week at Bollman Bridge! It will be a week long celebration of mathematics! As part of this week you are invited to attend a parent session on Growth Mindset in Mathematics. Sessions will be held March 15th and 16th, 10am &12:15pm Growth mindset is an idea, discovered and developed by…

Math Madness Week

Next week is our first annual Math Madness Week at Bollman Bridge, a week when we celebrate mathematics! We will have the following Spirit Days: Monday, 3/13 Wear a Pattern Day! Friday, 3/17 Wear a Number Day!

PTA News and Volunteer Opportunities

Reading Night will be held at Bollman Bridge on Thursday, March 23rd at 6pm! The PTA is hosting an "Off the Page" family dance following the Reading Night activities from 7-7:45pm, and we are looking for a volunteer DJ to keep the party going! Family-appropriate songs are a requirement, and karaoke would be an extra bonus... Please contact bollmanbridgepta@gmail.com if…

Let Me Run! Spring 2017

Let Me Run registration is OPEN!!! Let Me Run is a running program for 4 th-8 th grade boys, but it’s more about the boy than the run. Counteracting the negative pressures society places on boys, the program uses running as the vehicle to inspire, teach, and reach them. Combining exercise with fun activities and lessons, our trained coaches, Mr…

Do You Have Bulletin Board Skills?

The 5th annual Bollman Bridge Read-A-Thon is just around the corner from March 2-31! The reading team is still in search of a volunteer who enjoys creating and maintaining a bulletin board advertising the progress that each grade level makes in reaching their reading goals during the month of March. This bulletin board needs to be up and running by…

Read a Thon!

How can you help build classroom libraries at Bollman Bridge Elementary School? JUST READ! Starting Thursday, March 2 nd, we will be kicking off a month-long fundraiser to support classroom libraries- the Bollman Bridge 2017 Read-a-Thon! By collecting pledges and reading books, you can help provide new and exciting titles for your teacher’s library. March is National Reading Month, so…

GT Summer Institutes

The G/T Summer Institutes provide interested students with advanced-level instruction and enrichment experiences not regularly available during the academic school year. The curriculum is focused on talent development and provides academically and artistically rigorous activities. Teaching strategies represent best practices in the fields of gifted and talented and arts education. Click here for details.

Patuxent Valley PTA Annual Yard & Bake Sale

Patuxent Valley Middle School PTA is hosting our annual Yard & Bake Sale at the end of April. Would you be willing to post on your boards & newsletters an announcement to our communities? We appreciate the help, and look forward to another great community sale. Our sellers are from the neighborhood, so please help support our efforts this Spring…

Puberty Education Materials Preview

5th grade will soon begin a meaningful unit in the health and wellness education curriculum entitled Puberty Education. A list of unit objectives and curriculum materials will be available for preview on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 3:30 pm in Ms. Pearce's 5th grade classroom.