Upcoming Events – Mark Your Calendar
Feb 15-19 Winter Break II
February 20 Benefit Supper (see attached sheet)
March 01 Spring Photos @ BCS
March 8 DARE Graduation @ BCS, 1:30 p.m.
April 02 Staff vs. Students Basketball Game
FEDCO Seed Sale
Information and an order form for the FEDCO Seed Sale will be coming home next week with the Bearfoot News. The orders will be due to BCS by February 25. The items you order will arrive and be ready to pick up by mid March.
MT Ararat Class of 2010 Project Grad Fundraiser
Selling raffle tickets for 2 adult lift tickets to Sugarloaf Good through May 31, 2010. No blackout dates or restrictions Tickets $2.00 each or $5.00 for 3 Drawing will be Feb.10th Contact Kim Totten at 666-5542
Author To Visit BCS
Bowdoin Central School will be hosting Margy Burns Knight, an author, and her illustrator, Anne Sibley O’Brien on Thursday, March 4; with a snow date on Thursday, March 11. This is the kick-off for our Celebration of Learning at the end of the year which will feature walls about which Ms Knight and Ms O’Brien have created two books. There will be an assembly in the morning and our presenters will stay to work with students throughout the day. Ms. Knight will work primarily with the older students and Ms O’Brien with the younger children. During the lunch hour and after school there will be opportunities to buy their books and to have them autographed. A price list and order form will be sent home. As always, parents are welcome to attend.
Calling All Kindergartners
We are continuing to compile a list of students who will attend kindergarten this Fall. If your son or daughter will be five, on or before Oct. 15, 2010, please call the school and speak with Ms. Mayo. If you know of a neighbor, relative or someone else in Bowdoin (who might not get this newsletter and has a child in this age range), please let them know we are looking for them. This information is very important as we are now making budget decisions for next year and need to adequately plan for our kindergarten program.
Basketball Skills Program – 1st & 2nd Graders
1st and 2nd grade boys and girls are invited to sign up for the six-week Basketball Skills program that will begin the week after the February break and end the week before April vacation. . A copy of the registration form is attached to this Bearfoot News. Registrations are due back to BCS by February 10.
Bowdoin Democratic Caucus
On Sunday, Jan. 31, the Bowdoin Democratic Committee will host its biennial Town Caucus at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Office. All registered Bowdoin Democrats and those who wish to become Democrats are invited to attend.
Seventeen-year-olds who will turn 18 on or before Election Day (Nov. 2, 2010) are eligible to participate in the caucus by registering to vote and enrolling before the caucus. New voters and those not currently enrolled in a political party may enroll as Democrats at the caucus. They should bring identification and proof of residency and arrive at the event promptly at 5:15 p.m. for voter registration.
Caucus attendees will be eligible to become one of Bowdoin’s seven (7) delegates to the state Democratic Convention taking place in Lewiston this May. Also, town and county committee members will be elected, and election clerks will be nominated. Attendees are encouraged to bring checkbooks to donate $5 to support Democratic Clean Elections candidates. For more information, contact Caroline Eliot, caucus convener, by email at cseliot@suscom-maine.net or by phone at 666-8184.
Town of Bowdoin Ordinance Committee Seeks New Members
The Town of Bowdoin Ordinance Committee is seeking new members from the community to augment the current committee. The Ordinance Committee is tasked with revising the Town's current Ordinances to ensure they are modern, in compliance with Maine State law, and will continue to meet the needs of Bowdoin residents into the foreseeable future. Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month at the Town Office from 7-9 pm.
Any resident of Bowdoin is eligible and no experience is necessary. Residents who have any expertise in planning or land use, or resource
management are especially encouraged to participate in this important work for the Town.
For more information please contact Greg Anderson (666-3090 eves / ganderso@bates.edu) or Caroline Eliot (666-8184 eves / cseliot@suscom-maine.net)