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FIRST DAY OF CLASSES + NEW PARENT ORIENTATION

  • Jefferson Elementary 1400 Ada Street Berkeley, CA, 94702 United States (map)

Dear BTS Parents, 

We hope that you had a great holiday. At BTS we are preparing to open our doors on Sunday January 14th for the first day of classes for another semester filled with exciting, and meaningful time with you and your families. 

To get ready for our semester on this same day, we will be holding a Parent Orientation day. Your attendance is very important for this day for a few reasons listed below. Please remember to bring your calendars, and meet us in the library upstairs after you sign in your children.

Please arrive at 9:45 AM the program begins sharp at 10 AM.

Orientation Program

10:15  OUR MISSION/VISION/VALUES

BTS is a community school so we have made an effort to establish more organized ways of parent involvement in running our school more efficiently. On this day we will go over a few but here is the synopsis.

10:30  UPDATE ON OUR FINANCES

10:40: WHAT’S NEW THIS SEMESTER:

  • FOLKLORE CLASSES- MEHMET UNAL

  • MUSIC PROGRAM- FATOSH ARABACIOGLU

  • PARENT CLASSROOM COORDINATORS: 

We are asking our parents to sign up to their child’s classroom to volunteer their time to be a Parent Classroom Coordinator to support our teachers and to develop our community stronger. Please sign up for January, February, March, April or May whichever fits your schedule best. Each coordinator will plan one social activity per month for their classroom students outside of school. (Play at the park, movie night etc)

  • Aid teachers in classroom setup and cleanup

  • Manage the classroom’s library check- in and checkout by bringing the classroom box to the classroom at the beginning of the day, and returning it at the end.

  • Rotate monthly, and train the next coordinator on the last day of your shift.

  • Please Sign up on registration day or we will assign randomly

  • BTS AMBASSADORS:

We are assembling a core group of BTS Ambassadors that is a group of parents that believe in the mission of our school and are willing to lead social planning efforts for our school community. Please let us know how you would like to be a BTS Ambassador for the Spring semester. We are looking for ambassadors specifically to plan/and host:

  • Fundraising dinner for BTS at their homes, inviting their own networks outside of BTS
  • Mothers day brunch for BTS Moms MAY 13 (Mother's Day), 
  • End of the year celebration for May 20th +preparing gifts for children
  • Spring Teacher Appreciation Gifts 

 

  • INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL APRIL 22ND

Our Children's Day Festival is growing every year, and this year we are planning a big event with lots of activities. As the date comes closer we will send out more details but wanted to share the following information  with you as a heads up.  Should you or your firm would like to become a sponsor for our festival please contact Fatosh Arabacioglu at fatosharabacioglu@berkeleyturkishschool.org.  As our Advancement Director, she will be setting up a committee of volunteers and leading the  planning our festival this year in addition to our fundraising efforts.