Bridgeview Family Association
Promoting community, Communication, Understanding, and Fun
The purpose of the Bridgeview Family Association is to promote communication, cooperation, understanding, and mutual support among faculty, students, and parents of Bridgeview Montessori School. The goal of this group is to help enrich our children's experience here at Bridgeview Montessori School as well as to provide an opportunity for parents to meet each other outside of school hours.
The BFA encourages and motivates participation of parents in the life of the school. All parents with children enrolled are considered members of the BFA and are encouraged to become active in this organization.
The BFA gets together regularly to talk about current issues, plan future activities, listen to scheduled guest speakers, and generally keep in touch with each other. This is a great way to keep up on what is happening at the school, and to meet the parents of your children's school friends. Past events have included:
Harvest Fest
Parent Montessori Math Education Night / Student Pajama / Pizza Party
Winter Craft Evening
Family Movie Night Under the Stars
To contact the Bridgeview Family Association, please email familyassociation@bridgeviewmontessori.org
Join our Bridgeview Family Association facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9306073992752295/members
BFA MEETING Minutes
(newest to oldest)
Meeting Minutes, November 6, 2024
Blue Room: 9 - 10 am
Event Planning and Fundraising Check-In
Recap of Fall Festival: 23 families RSVP’d, 16 attended. Fun atmosphere, people were happy to be there. Kids from every classroom, Yellow Room most represented, E2 just one family.
Raffle didn’t seem popular, we raised $85 from 4 families who participated.
Would it be better to charge admission vs. suggested donation vs. raffle
Cindy Horgan Event: December 2, 6-8pm, at Bridgeview in the Blue Room. Sending out info to community today/tomorrow. $10 fee for attendees (family max). Parent only event, will be open to adults outside of Bridgeview community also.
Holiday Party: Winter event to mirror the one we held last year. Monday, December 16, 4-5pm. Cookie decorating, lantern making, hot chocolate, etc. Many supplies left over from last year. $5 per child admission fee.
Parent Event: Reaching out to Hammer and Stain to see if we can host an event in January. Think about procuring raffle items ahead of time for people to win at that event (restaurant gift cards, etc)
Elementary Event: Pizza, movie, and dance party evening. Friday, February 7th at 5:30pm (tentative, pending teacher involvement). $5 per child admission fee?
Other event/fundraising ideas:
Facilitating a meet up for kids outside of school (ice skating, trampoline park, etc)
Utilizing local bookstores (we are too small for a Scholastic Book Fair): Titcombs, 8 Cousins, Reed Books, BookLove
Our goal is to raise $1500 this year in order to break even and cover the costs of events and Teacher Appreciation Week. Moving forward we would love to be able to operate with a surplus in order to provide "extras" for teachers and children.
Service Opportunities:
Looking into sponsoring a family or 2 for the holidays as a whole community.
BFA Liaisons have all communicated with their classrooms.
Yellow Room: Emily Curry and Katie Behunin
Red Room: Estelle Besse and Taniya Roy Chowdhury
E1: Christine Cullity
E2: Liz Farmer
Meeting Minutes: October 2, 2024
Blue Room: 9 - 10 am
BFA Meeting Recap:
Dear Bridgeview Community,
The following is a recap from the first Bridgeview Family Association meeting of the year. We will do this for each meeting throughout the year. Please be sure to answer the short survey (sent separately) so that we can best tailor our meeting times to reach the most families. Thank you.
BFA Leadership Roles Assigned:
Meeting Leader runs meetings, creates agendas, refers to previous meetings, manages decisions. Meeting Leader for 2024-2025 school year is Carolyn Reis, Yellow Room parent.
Secretary takes notes during meetings, produces a meeting report to recap meetings. Secretary for 2024-2025 school year is Gillian Monroe, Yellow Room parent.
Event Coordinators manage events hosted by BFA. Organize volunteers and procure materials as needed. Event Coordinators for 2024-2025 school year are Anna Stein, E1 parent, and Kelly Band, Red Room and E1 parent.
BFA Liaisons (Room Parents) will be the bridge between classroom families, teachers and the BFA. Event organizers can call on BFA Liaisons for assistance with volunteers or materials. TBD for 2024-2025 school year - See volunteer opportunity below.
Treasurer - Oversees and manages BFA fundraising opportunities and general funds. Treasurers for the 2024-2025 school year are Peter and Emma Von Stelzer.
Communication:
Bridgeview Family Association can be reached at familyassociation@brigdeviewmontessori.org. In addition, please find us on Facebook - Bridgeview Family Association.
Upcoming Events:
Fall Fest - November 2, 2024, 2-4pm, rain date November 3, 2-4pm. Please RSVP if you can make it!
Other ideas for events throughout the year:
Family Game Night
Movie Night with outdoor projector
Paint Night for parents at a local restaurant
Parent education event with local speakers
If you have an idea for a great community event, don't be shy, share it with us!
Current Volunteer Opportunities: