B.E.N.

Idea Builders - Lego Club
2018-02-01 10:30 - 11:30, 2018-01-25 10:30 - 11:30, 2018-01-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2018-01-11 10:30 - 11:30, 2017-11-02 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Errick Road Library
Idea Builders Lego Club is dedicated to nurturing your child’s creative and critical thinking as we work with legos. Weekly themes include age-appropriate exposure to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Design, Mathematics) concepts. Each week students are introduced to a new STEAM connection through a mini-lesson. Program stresses learning through creative play, hands-on learning and social interaction.

Winter Paint Night
2018-01-26 01:00 - 14:30 | Errick Road Elementary, 6839 Errick Road, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
Winter Themed Paint Night Event!
BEN will be hosting a winter paint night on January 26 at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria. The cost will be $15 per child and it will be a winter themed painting. Please look for the registration form to come home in your child’s folder. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis so please submit yours as soon as possible if interested.

Basket Auction Meeting
2018-01-23 13:30 - 15:30 | Errick Road Library

Parent University Session - Addition and Subtraction
2018-01-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Colonial Village Elementary, 1456 Saunders Settlement Road, Niagara Falls, 14305, United States
Addition and Subtraction This session will focus on strategies that grade k to grade 2 teachers use to develop a conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction in the early years. Topics will include: number bonds, the arrow way, totals below, place value charts, make 10, take from 10 and the standard way. Presenters will explain why each method builds on the next and supports students on their path to the standard method.
Facilitated by Jenn Mielke; Math Specialist and Jenn Golias; Teacher on Special Assignment for Professional Development.

Does your child’s math homework look like a foreign language? Do you often wonder why your child is learning math in a different way than you did? Are you interested in learning the math strategies your child is learning at school so you can help your child at home? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join us for our Parent University series. You may choose to attend all the sessions in the series or pick individual sessions. Childcare will be provided by Niagara-Wheatfield High School Students and refreshments will be provided. All sessions will last from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Martin Luther King Day - No School
2018-01-14 - 2018-01-15

Niagara Chocolate Sale
2018-01-11 - 2018-02-02
Orders due by Friday, February 2nd.
Chocolate will be delivered and available for pickup at Errick Road on Wednesday, March 14, 2:30 to 6:00.
Collect the money for all items sold. Make checks payable to BEN. Include your phone number on all checks.
Return your order form with all money collected to your teacher or the BEN box at school.
If you have questions or comments contact Renee Burd at 909-9493
Volunteers will be needed on March 14 from 2:30 – 6:00 to help with chocolate pickup!

BEN Meeting - January - Officer Nominations
2018-01-11 14:15 - 16:00 | Errick Road Library
This meeting will kick off nominations for the 2018/2019 School Year! All officer positions and chair positions are open so please consider volunteering your time for next year!

Back To School - Happy New Year!
2018-01-01 - 2018-01-02

Christmas Break - No School
2017-12-24 - 2017-12-29

Chorus Concert Performance 2
2017-12-19 08:45 - 09:45

Chorus Concert Performance
2017-12-19 04:45 - 05:45

BEN Holiday Happy Hour
2017-12-12 14:00 - 16:00
Come join us for our BEN Holiday Happy Hour!
Dockside Bar & Grill
153 Sweeney St, North Tonawanda, NY 14120

Poinsettia Pickup
2017-12-07 09:30 - 13:00 | Errick Road Elementary, 6839 Errick Road, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States

Holiday Star Project
2017-12-03 - 2017-12-13
As the holidays approach, it is once again time for our Holiday Star Project to begin. This year, we have several families in our school community with many sincere needs. They would appreciate your generosity in bringing their children some holiday joy. We are asking for your help in purchasing gifts for the children 18 and under in these households. Beginning mid-November, the front foyer will be filling up with colored stars. All of the stars will contain a letter representing the family on the top to protect their privacy, the gender and age of the recipient and a specific gift written on it. In addition, each star color will represent a price range:
Red: Under $10
Yellow: $10-$15
Green: $16-$24
Blue: $25-$35
Those who would like to help are asked to either, select and remove a star from the front foyer, or, complete the form below and send it in with your child so that s/he can select a star and bring it home. Once you have selected a star, please purchase the item listed on the star, wrap the gift, securely tape the star (item side up) on the top of the package and return it to the school by Wednesday, December 13th.
For those of you who would like to take part, but would prefer to provide a monetary contribution, we will have purple stars available that simply say “Supporting Star”. If you wish to take one of these stars, return the star with whatever amount you would like to contribute and we will use the money to buy and wrap a gift for you. We will match up monetary values with stars that still need to be purchased. All monetary contributions will need to be turned in by Monday, December 4th in order to give us enough time to shop and wrap the gifts.
Please be extra careful not to misplace the stars since each star is for a specifically requested item. Return any star that you are unable to buy a gift for to your child’s teacher or office staff so that someone else may purchase that item. In order to help as many children as possible, we also ask that you aim to purchase just what is on the star and take additional stars if you would like to do more for the family.
Please feel free to contact me at 215-3243 or eantonelli@nwcsd.org if you have any questions or if you feel you may qualify for assistance.
Thank you, in advance for your generosity
Elizabeth Antonelli & Jennifer Henry
School Counselors

Snowflake Shop
2017-11-27 - 2017-11-30 | Errick Road Blue Gym
Snow Flake Shop is a “store” we set up in the blue gym where students can come in with their own money and purchase Christmas gifts for members of their family and discover the joy of giving !

1/2 Day K-5
2017-11-27 03:00 - 12:00

Thanksgiving Break - No School
2017-11-21 - 2017-11-24

Save the Elephants
2017-11-20 - 2017-11-21 | Errick Road Elementary, 6839 Errick Road, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
Help Errick Road “Save The Elephants”
Save the elephants is asking you to donate $1 and wear your favorite animal themed clothing (no costumes or pajamas). Donations will be collected by classroom teachers during morning arrival on Tuesday, November 21st.
Save the Elephants was started by a group of 5th grade students. They raise money to send to the Wildlife Conservation Network. The WCN helps preserve the well being of the elephants in Kenya, Africa.

Errick Road Bash
2017-11-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Alder Creek Banquet Hall, 7113 Nash Road, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States

Parent University Session - Focus On Fluency
2017-11-16 13:00 - 14:30
Does your child’s math homework look like a foreign language? Do you often wonder why your child is learning math in a different way than you did? Are you interested in learning the math strategies your child is learning at school so you can help your child at home? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join us for our Parent University series. You may choose to attend all the sessions in the series or pick individual sessions. Childcare will be provided by Niagara-Wheatfield High School Students and refreshments will be provided. All sessions will last from 6 to 7:30 pm. Please fill out the attached sheet and return to school by October 7, 2016.
Focus on Fluency Thursday, November 17, 2016. Errick Road – This session will focus on the concept of fluency; what it is, the grade levels students are expected to reach fluency benchmarks and how you can help your child with facts at home.
Facilitated by Kathy Torrico; Math Specialist and Jenn Golias; Teacher on Special Assignment for Professional Development

Falcon Force Spirit Day - Pajama Day!
2017-11-14 - 2017-11-15

BEN Meeting - November
2017-11-14 13:45 - 15:00 | Errick Road Library

No School
2017-11-09 - 2017-11-10

Picture Retake Day
2017-11-07 03:00 - 12:00

Poinsettia Sale
2017-11-02 - 2017-11-17

Halloween Parade
2017-10-31 04:00 - 08:00
This year’s Halloween Parade will take begin at 9:45 a.m.
There will be seating available for parents/guardians in the wood gym, blue gym and cafeteria to watch their child walk across the stage (wood gym), chorus risers (blue gym) and through the cafeteria during the parade. Parents need to remain in the designated seating areas for the duration of the parade. For safety reasons, we request that parents do not stand in the hallways or follow their child in the parade, as the hallway space is needed for the students (and staff) and has limited capacity.
If you are dropping off your child for school, and you wish to stay for the parade, please go directly to one of the designated seating areas listed above and wait for the parade to start. We ask that parents of students in grades 1-5 do not go to the classrooms, so there is no interruption of instructions. Parents of kindergarten students may go to their child’s classroom to partake in the Kindergarten Halloween celebrations.
Students may come to school dressed in their costumes as long as they are not a safety hazard on the bus.
The parade will take place entirely inside the building. The kindergarten students will lead our parade to the blue gym first, then to the cafeteria and through the wood gym. We appreciate your patience in waiting for students to parade through your seating area as we anticipate some travel lulls between grade levels.
If you plan on taking your child home after the parade, please wait for the completion of the entire parade before signing your child out. There will be an announcement indicating the completion of the parade. At that time, parents may sign their child out at his/her classroom. Students will not be dismissed until the parade is completely over.
Parents who are taking their child home must exit the school grounds (including the parking lot) by 11 a.m so that we may dismiss students safely to the busses.
We ask that parents do not wear costumes so that we are able to identify all adult visitors in the building.
As always masks, weapons and scary costumes are not allowed in school
