2021-22 Respect, Responsibility, and Regard

2.17.22

Dates for the Calendar

Monday, February 14th-Friday, March 4th - Read-A-Thon
Monday, February 21st - Friday, February 25th - No School (Winter Recess)
Saturday, March 12th - Bishop Hot Chocolate Meetup

Hello Bishop Families ~ I wish you and yours a restorative, healthy, and safe Winter
Break!

Upon our return on Monday, the 28th of February, students, staff, and administration,
will be prepared to dig in on 7 weeks of uninterrupted teaching and learning! This is
my favorite time of year as we make the push into the Spring season.

Speaking of the Spring season…..Grades 3, 4, and 5 MCAS administration

will commence late March and run through May. Families with students in the
identified grades can access this year’s MCAS schedule HERE

Health and Safety Update - We are very excited to be able to host a First
Dose COVID-19 vaccination clinic in collaboration with the Arlington Board of Health at our
school in the library. The clinic will be held from 1:30- 4:00pm to enable students to receive
the vaccine before they leave school OR if you would like to attend with your student. The
second dose clinic will be held at the Bishop on 3/24.
Please use this link to sign up : https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/arlington

Please feel free to contact Katie Martin, RN with any questions or concerns.
 Pooled Testing Schedule for the Week 2.28.22
We will be pool testing all grades and staff on Monday 2/28 when we return from vacation.
We strongly encourage all students and staff to do a rapid antigen test prior to returning to
school.

Read-A-Thon Has Begun!

The Read-A-Thon is an event that brings students together with family and friends to
encourage reading and to build literacy skills. Last year, our students logged over 122,000
minutes and raised more than $14,000! The main focus of the Read-A-Thon is for everyone
to know our community is committed to improving reading skills.

The Read-A-Thon started on Monday, February 14th and will run through Friday, March 4th.
During this 3-week event, your child(ren) will be encouraged to record their reading minutes.
Reading to your child, listening to audio books, and reading books (including ebooks) ALL
count towards your child(ren)’s reading minutes! There will be fun prizes that children can
earn on an individual, class and school-wide basis.

Your child(ren) should have received sign up information, a paper log sheet and the list
of prizes in backpack mail. In order for your child to log their reading minutes, you will need
to set up an account. Please visit https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/wMJqed to get
started.

Please reach out to the Read-A-Thon Coordinators Grace Judge (judge.grace@gmail.com)

and Sarah Phoenix (srwphoenix@gmail.com) with any further questions.

Bishop - March Spirit Days

Please refer to this March Spirit Day Calendar for upcoming fun spirit days at Bishop.
We will be reminding students during the morning announcements, also.
 Portraits of Black Arlington: Sign up for a free Photo Shoot with Chanel Thervil,
February 20
Chanel Thervil is a Haitian American artist and educator winning rave reviews in the Boston
area for her vibrant mixed media portraits and powerful community-building approach to
artmaking. She's worked with the Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, Children's
Museum, and many more. Now she's come to Arlington as Artist-in-Residence for a project
designed to celebrate Black beauty and joy in the Town. We invite Black community
members who live or work in Arlington to participate in free photo sessions to develop
source material for Chanel's final artwork. Meet Chanel, hear a little about her process, and
get your portrait taken in a relaxed and fun 25-minute session at the historic Robbins
Whittemore House behind Robbins Library. Bring family or friends if you like! One-on-one or
small group sessions, social distancing, and masks (except when being photographed) will
be used to keep everyone safe. Sign up for a session between 1 and 6 pm on Sunday,
February 20 here: https://tinyurl.com/Arlingtonphotoshoot
~Margaret~
Margaret Credle Thomas
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Lost and Found Items

There are a number of student items in the front foyer of the building. Please come by and
take a look before February break if your child has lost anything. All items will be donated on
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

BISHOP PTO NEWS AND UPDATES

Bishop Hot Chocolate Meetup RESCHEDULED

We hope you can join us for the Bishop Hot Chocolate Meetup on Saturday, March 12th
from 1 pm - 3 pm. Dress warmly and come to the school playground to enjoy an afternoon
of fun with your fellow Bishop Bears. Hot chocolate will be provided by the PTO. Select
Bishop Spirit Wear will also be available for purchase. We hope to see you there!
Community News:
Interested in getting information to the Bishop community? Information that you’d like to share
with the Bishop community can be included in the weekly Principal’s Update. Please email the
relevant information to Amanda Maltais (Communications Coordinator, Bishop PTO) at
aemaltais@gmail.com

Bishop Playground To Be Addressed at Public Input Meeting February 17 th

As part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded Parks & Playground Investment Plan
presented by the Park and Recreation Commission, the Arlington Recreation Department
will hold the first public input meeting on Thursday, February 17th. The design is on an
accelerated schedule to have bids awarded by the summer 2022 construction period. Learn
more about Arlington ARPA funded projects at arlingtonma.arpa.

Register for the February 17, public input session.

All interested persons are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be sent to the
Arlington Recreation Office, 422 Summer Street, Arlington, MA 02474 or emailed to
jconnelly@town.arlington.ma.us.

Varallo Orthodontics Partners in Education Program

At Varallo Orthodontics, we love giving back to our community in any way we can! Varallo
Orthodontics has started the Partners in Education Program, or P.I.E. For every patient in
grades K-8 who starts orthodontic treatment with us, we will donate $25 to the patient’s
school PTO. To schedule a free consultation or find out more, visit us at varalloortho.com.

Stay Up to Date
Bishop PTO Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BishopPTO/
Websites:
Bishop School (general info, links to the school system):
http://www.arlington.k12.ma.us/bishop/
Bishop School (news and events): https://bishopschool.net/
Bishop PTO: http://www.bishopschoolpto.com/
DIG website: https://bishopdig.weebly.com/. To join our mailing list, please email
bishopdig@gmail.com