Beach Parents Organization (BPO) | Piedmont, CA

New BPO Website!

Marisa Strong — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:04 +0000

This website is no longer being used as the we have launched the NEW BPO website.

Please visit http://beachparents.org/

This website will be decommissioned by June 2013

Beach Revue Tickets & Showtimes!!

Marisa Strong — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:33:05 +0000

School Performance 3/20 10:30 Wed

Fri 3/22 7:30pm
Sat 3/23 7:00pm
Sun 3/24 2:00pm

Purchase your tickets now! Saturday has already sold out!!
Download form to order Beach Revue Tickets Now!

Winter Jazz Night, Saturday March 9

Marisa Strong — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:15:31 +0000

Get ready to dance at Winter Jazz Night. Come enjoy the sounds of authentic Latin Jazz featuring Jesús Diaz and friends. Bring your dancing shoesfor plenty of Cha,cha,cha, Danzon, Son and Latin Jazz.

Parents and friends are invited to the Beach Dads Club annual Winter Jazz Night, Saturday, March 9 from 7-11pm at the Veteran’s Hall. The event is Adults only.

Food generously provided by Butterfly Restaurant. Drinks will be available at the event for $5 each.

Tickets are $50 each till Mar 1. Then $65 til the event. Tickets can be purchased online at sportability.com/beachdads.

ASE Classes begin Feb 11

Marisa Strong — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:30:03 +0000

Thanks to everyone so much for signing up. ASE classes start next week (the week of Febraury 11th) except:

Wednesday Cooking With Kids will start a week late on February 27th: makeup class Wednesday May 29th

All other classes will start Feb 11 as scheduled.

If your child will be at school but will not attend their after-school class PLEASE email or call Hope Salzer at hopesalzer@gmail.comand 415-816-4673. Hope will be managing the after school absence list this semester!

Beach Revue – Casting Call for Student Performers and Parent Volunteers!

Marisa Strong — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:06:33 +0000

It’s time to sign up for the 45th Annual Beach Revue, “There’s No Place Like Home!” And this year, we are especially happy to be coming home, back to our own Beach School Auditorium.

Please register for the revue using the links below. New performers and new directors all warmly encouraged to participate! Late registrations will, of course, be taken, but early registrations helps us to schedule rehearsal times and determine if we need to combine classes. Parents who are interested in directing or helping in other ways can sign up using the same links.

The revue will be held March 22, 23, & 24 with rehearsals beginning January 12 & 13. Rehearsals will take place on Saturdays and Sundays in 1 hour time slots, in the Beach School Auditorium. Rehearsal times for each class will be posted in early December. If your child is performing in the Revue, please schedule accordingly and plan to be in town the weekends of Mar 16-17 (mandatory rehearsals) and Mar 22, 23, & 24. If you are new to Beach or new to Beach Revue and want to learn more about what it’s all about, please see the Beach Revue Q & A 2013 or contact one of the producers. There is no sign-up fee for participating in the Revue but parents will be asked for a donation to cover the cost of costumes and other supplies. Scholarships are available, please contact Julie Valdez for more information. Sign up using the links below or, if you can’t sign up online, contact one of the producers.

Kindergarten sign-ups: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GHFJCK9
1st – 4th grade sign-ups: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G6ZZCPT
5th grade sign-ups: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6YPLFZ6

See you on stage!

Zoe Maduros and Steve Mills (maduros.mills@sbcglobal.net or 601-0720)
Patricia Andrews (pmgandrews@gmail.com or 923-1196)
Karen Tellengen (kbtellegen@gmail.com or 547-5435)

Download the Beach Revue Q & A 2013

Support the Giving Campaign!

Marisa Strong — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:49:40 +0000

The Giving Campaign is critical to our schools. The Giving Campaign committee is seeking 100% participation from all Beach parents
at whatever level you can afford.

To this end we are asking that you make a contribution to the Giving Campaign by the end of October. While the official “ask” is $1,000 per student, please give what you can afford. That can be $10 a month or $5,000. Every dollar helps.

All the money that goes to the Giving Campaign comes back to BPO. In turn, it funds all that BPO supports: our art, music, math, science and computer teachers, our library and our assemblies, to name a few things. If you would like to see exactly what BPO (and thus the Giving Campaign) funds, please let me know and I’d be happy to forward our budget to you.

Please also consider supporting the Giving Campaign with your time. Again, these are easy ways to help and they are fun as well! There are multiple ways to participate:

There will be phone banks the evenings of October 23rd and November 13th
You can help distribute lawn signs on Nov 19th
Talk up the Giving Campaign at local events! Think soccer games, Halloween parties, etc.

If you have any questions or want to volunteer your time, please contact our Beach Site Representatives for the Giving Campaign: Sarah Puckett (sarahbeamish@hotmail.com) or Susan Miller-Davis (sem37@cornell.edu).

Visit the Giving Campaign website.

14th Annual Harvest Festival – 2012

Marisa Strong — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:48:53 +0000

Sunday Sept 30th, 11:00am-3:00pm. Piedmont Community Center

http://piedmontharvestfestival.org/

Featuring: The Tri-School Carnival with crafts and games for all ages, Scare-Crow Alley, Home-Grown Veggie and Cooking contests, Jazz Festival, Art Show, Farmer’s Market, Disaster Preparedness Affair, and much more.

New this year are the Picture Gallery, Fix-it Clinic, more Food Choices and Public Safety Resources and Information!

Look for Tri-School Festival Raffle tickets!

Again the weekend activities will include:: FallFest 5k on Saturday morning 9/29, put on by the PUSD Wellness Center. See the Harvest Festival web site for 5K information. http://piedmontharvestfestival.org/

We need cakes for the popular cakewalk and to work at the carnival – please email Anne Marie Miguel with what you’d like to volunteer – aye13@yahoo.com

Winter-Spring After School Enrichment

Len Gilbert — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:46:33 +0000

The After-School Enrichment (ASE) program at Beach by the Bay offers fun classes that build kids’ confidence and encourage their creativity and self-expression. Our teachers are professionals with in-depth experience teaching children. Sponsored by the Beach Parent Organization (BPO), this program is separate from Schoolmates and regular daily classes. Due to our bussing schedule, we only will offer classes on Mondays, following the early dismissal time. Classes will end in time for students to take the 3:10 bus to Piedmont.

Class Offerings!

Adventures
Chefs Around the World
Computer Game Design
Hip-Hop/Dance
Magical, Mythical Creatures & Places
Martial Arts with Studio Naga
Sewing & Knitting

Download the brochure for class descriptions and details.

Online Registration!

Register for ASE classes on-line at www.sportability.com/bpo. It’s fast, easy and green, and lets you know immediately whether your child got into the class you selected. All prices are the same regardless of how you register.
While BPO strongly prefers that everyone register on-line, if you are unable (because, for example, you have no internet access or no credit card), you can still register off-line. Just complete a registration form and submit it along with a check made payable to “BPO” for all tuition and materials fees. Completed forms and checks must be received by BPO before registration ends. Please drop them in the ASE box in the Beach by the Bay School Office, or mail them to Beach Elementary School, Attn. ASE, 1275 61^st Street, Emeryville, CA 94608.
Registration begins Tuesday, January 17th and ends Friday, January 27th.

Financial Assistance Scholarships

Financial assistance scholarships are available for families in need. Please contact Beach Principal Dan Bonnin for more information.
Procedure: Scholarship recipients cannot register on-line. Please submit a completed registration form to the ASE box in the Beach by the Bay School office (or mail to the address above), indicating on the form that you are requesting a scholarship. Your request will be submitted to Principal Bonnin for determination. If the class you requested is not yet full, a space will be held for your child pending a decision on your scholarship request.
Donations to the ASE scholarship fund are welcome and greatly appreciated! You can donate on-line during registration or by submitting a check payable to “BPO.” Please indicate that your check is for the “ASE scholarship fund.”

Enrollment and Confirmation

Students will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. All the more reason to register early and on-line!
Classes with enrollment below the specified minimum may be cancelled. You will be notified if your child’s class is cancelled.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

To cancel a registration, request a refund or transfer classes, you must contact Valerie Villanueva at valerievillanueva@yahoo.com or 415/279-3475. You cannot cancel a registration, request a refund or transfer classes through our on-line registration provider.
All cancellations must be received at least 2 school days before the first day of class. After this time no refunds will be given.
All requests for refunds are subject to a 10% processing fee except requests for refund made because BPO cancelled a class. If BPO cancels a class, enrolled students will receive a full refund.

Class Information

Each class meets every Monday from February 6th through May 21st.
No classes will be held 2/20, 4/9, 4/30 due to school holidays and the 2012 Piedmont Relays.
Cancelled sessions will be made up on Monday, June 4th.
All classes will be held from 1:50 – 3:00 pm, to reflect the early school dismissal time and to allow students to ride the 3:10 school bus back to Piedmont.
Students will be released to their designated school bus following class. Note: If you choose to pick up your child, you must be present before the school bus departs or your child will be placed on the school bus to Piedmont. You must also notify Pear Michaels, our onsite supervisor, either by phone, at 510/517-2974, or in person.

Snacks

Snacks are not provided in ASE classes except for the Chefs Around the World classes. If your child needs a snack during the time of their ASE class, please pack it.

Absences

If for any reason your child was at school but will not attend his/her ASE class, please notify Pear Michaels at 510/517-2974.
If your child was absent from school or left school sick, you do not need to inform the school office or Pear Michaels that your child also will miss ASE.

Questions?

Contact Valerie Villanueva at 415/279-3475 or valerievillanueva@yahoo.com. Please do not contact the Beach School Office with questions about ASE. You can also download the brochure.

Register Now!

Beach Revue Rehearsals begin this Sunday

Len Gilbert — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:26:50 +0000

BEACH REVUE REHEARSALS BEGIN
THIS SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012

The rehearsals for the “Beach Traveling Roadshow and Revue” begin this weekend on Sunday, Jan. 8th. Rehearsals will be taking place at Havens in the Ellen Driscoll Theatre and the Havens Mulit-Purpose Room.

Group A should report to the Ellen Driscoll and Group B to the Multi-purpose Room for the first rehearsal. Groups will alternate locations each week. ONE PARENT MUST ATTEND THE FIRST REHEARSAL WITH THIER CHILD.

Please contact your class director if you have any questions:

KINDERGARTEN – Patricia Andrews – patriciagatz@yahoo.com, Karen Tellegen – ktell@pacbell.net, Annemarie Miguel
RINEHART– Heather Gonzalez – jcandheather@gmail.com, Bernadette Joseph – bernadette.joseph@gmail.com
ESTRADA & STEPHENS – Patricia Andrews – patriciagatz@yahoo.com, Alicia Elliott – alicia.elliott@ymail.com
V-K – Amy Mckenzie- amy@tomandamy.net,
SNYDER – Annemarie Miguel – amiguel13@yahoo.com
SCHREIBER – Zoe Maduros – maduros.mills@sbcglobal.net
BOMBERG & LASKY/BROBACK (1) – Patricia Andrews – patriciagatz@yahoo.com, Heather Gonzalez – jcandheather@gmail.com, Lynn Wright – lsbourgault@yahoo.com
FORD & LASKY/BROBACK (2) – Cathy Girr – cgirr@earthlink.net, Linda Morell, Gwen Hubbell, Tracey Woodruff
LEE – Marianna Caponigro- mc@roberthouser.com
GARRETT – Karen Franchino – fosterino@sbcglobal.net, Judy Bloomfield- judydb80@comcast.net
5th GRADE– Jackie Gibbons, Cynthia Perez, Teresa Stricker, Teresa Drenick, Parent Communications- Shannon Hanson – smhansen2705@yahoo.com

Download the A/B schedule: Beach Revue 2012 Rehearsal Schedule (updated 1/6/2012)

Beach Revue – Casting Call for Student Performers and Parent Volunteers

Len Gilbert — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:53:55 +0000

It’s that time of year again! Time to sign up for the 44^th annual Beach Revue “The Beach Traveling Road Show and Revue”! And this year is going to be an extra special show as we will perform in the lovely Alan Harvey Theatre at PHS. Please register for the Revue using the attached links. New performers and new directors all warmly encouraged to participate! Late registrations will, of course, be taken, but early registration helps us to schedule rehearsal times and determine if we need to combine classes. Parents who are interested in directing or helping in other ways can sign up using the same links. Directors, please sign up or let one of the producers know of your interest by Friday, November 11^th.

The Revue will be the weekend of March 23-24 with rehearsals beginning January 8. All rehearsals this year will be on Sunday 11-6pm at Havens.

If you are new to Beach or the Beach Revue and want to learn more about what it’s all about, please see the Beach Revue Q&A or contact one of the producers. There is no sign up fee for participating in the Revue but parents will be asked for a donation to cover the cost of costumes and other supplies. Scholarships are available for families in need. Contact Dan Bonin for more information.

For kindergarten sign-ups: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHSDR26
For 1st – 4th grade sign-ups: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZGMFL9N
For 5th grade sign-ups: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZMZ5WBN

A director’s meeting for 5th grade directors will be held at Karen Tellegen’s house on Mon. 11/14 at 7:30 pm. A meeting for K-4 grade directors will be held on Wed. 11/16 at 7:30 pm. Location TBD.

See you on stage,

Zoe Maduros and Steve Mills (maduros.mills@sbcglobal.net or 601.0720)
Patricia Andrews (patriciagatz@yahoo.com or 923-1196)
Karen Tellegen (ktell@pacbell.net or 547.5435)