Please find the Bradley Newsletter for 4.4.25  HERE

Have a great weekend!

Bradley Weekly Newsletter

Principal Update 

Welcome back from spring break! We were thrilled to see all our students re-energized and ready to learn. As we move forward into our final two months of school, we are excited to see our students shine and celebrate their hard work.  Please save the date for Student Led Conferences on May 2.  This is a great opportunity for your student’s to share their progress and celebrate their accomplishments from the year. 

We wish our 3rd grade Destination Imagination (DI) students the best during their “Worlds Beyond” scientific challenge at the DI State Tournament taking place tomorrow! They will be competing against 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders from other schools across Colorado. Let’s cheer them on as they showcase their creativity and teamwork!

Have a great weekend, 

Kimberly Ulery, Principal 

Jose Fernando Hernandez, Assistant Principal  

Bradley Summer Camp Registration

Register for Bradley Summer Camp for current K-5th Graders that will be held June 9 – June 27, 2025.  Register through this CheddarUp application by May 23, 2025.**Students should have attended at least Kindergarten through 5th grade this school year (2024-25).** See camp descriptions HERE

Dates: There will be 3 1-week sessions. You can choose to join 1, 2 or all weeks! You can choose to have your student attend ½ day camp or full day. See what might fit your schedule. As a note, we will not hold camp on June 19 (Juneteenth Observed). Camp hours are 9:00am-3:00pm

Camp Fees (scholarships are not available):
∙ Full day of camp $250/week
∙ Half day of camp $150/week

BESS
Behavior and Emotional Screening System (BESS): The BESS is a screening tool published by Pearson for schools to determine student’s behavioral and emotional well being.  This tool is short in duration and is written in such a way that the student report form can be used by students ages 8 through 18 (3rd through 12th grade).  The tool yields a risk score in three domain areas of:

1. Internalizing
2. Self Regulation
3. Personal Adjustment

These three areas are combined into what is referred to as a Behavioral and Emotional Risk Index.  In both the sub domains and the Behavioral and Emotional Risk Index, the tool uses the responses to the questions asked of the students to yield a risk score of Normal Risk, Elevated Risk, or Extremely Elevated Risk.

You are invited and encouraged to complete a short form to provide valuable  input on your student’s mental health and social emotional well being.  A form can be completed in less than 5 minutes! Access the BESS HERE.4th Grade Students Take Action
A few 4th grade students want to take action to help others in need. Do you have any gently used adult and children clothing to donate to this cause?  Please see their presentation HERE to see if you can help support their cause. 
Kids Heart Challenge
Our Kids Heart Challenge program has come to a close and we are so grateful for your support and dedication! 

A heartfelt thank you to our Bradley International School families for your engagement and involvement in any way you were able! We are so grateful for what you have helped our community achieve- we are thrilled announce that our school had

We raised $11,600!

98 Families engaged in Kids Heart Challenge

21 Families completing Finn’s Lifesaving Mission

$11,600 were raised to support the American Heart Association

We are proud of our partnership with the American Heart Association, their impact affects us all, things like:

• The tobacco buying age
• Nutrition access
• CPR Trainings
• Congenital Heart Defect Research (1/100 babies are born with CHD!)

April IB Learner Profile
The Learner Profile for the month of April is “Knowledgeable”.  Those who are knowledgeable explore concepts and ideas that have local and global significance.  In doing so, they acquire in depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines. 

Activities for Parents

• Encourage your child to read books at home that correspond to the topics being covered in school. 
• If English isn’t your primary language, then encourage books in their mother tongue. This will help make them more meaningful and create connections to what is being taught in their classroom in English. 
• Ask your child about what they are learning in school and engage them in conversations about it.
  -”Why do you think that was an important thing to know?”
  -”Can you think of anything happening in the world today that might be similar to that aspect of history?”
• Encourage your child to become more familiar with the acts of kindness throughout the world and how they can replicate those acts of kindness in their own lives and the lives of others. 

PTO NEWS : PTO WEBSITE

• Do you like numbers and data? Is your idea of fun a well-organized budget? The Bradley PTO Leadership team needs you! We are on the hunt for a new treasurer – someone who can keep track of all the funds, numbers, and receipts, while we keep things running smoothly. No prior experience is required, but a love for numbers and fun is required! Email BradleyIBpto@gmail.com. 
• We need your help to honor Bradley staff  during Teacher Appreciation Week May 5-9! Check out the ways you can help below – all items need to be at Bradley by April 18:
  • Purchase items needed for our week-long events on our Sign-Up Genius: Wish List in-person, online – or  directly from our Amazon Wish List (delivered directly to the school). 
  • Donate money to help us fund the week’s activities and prizes click here. 
  • Block your calendar – we will have a Volunteer Sign-Up Genius soon for volunteers to help us make the week awesome. 
  • Do you have a prize you could donate for staff (vacation home, airline miles, restaurant gift cards, etc.)? If so, email BradleyIBPTO@gmail.com. 
• Mark your calendars – the next Bradley Dines Out is at Birdcall Cherry Hills on April 16 ALL day! Tell your friends and family – Bradley gets 25% back! 
• The Bradley PTO is excited to launch a new sponsorship program for the 2025-2026 school year!  Check out the Bradley PTO website to see all the options and benefits businesses receive when they sign up to sponsor. 
• Join us next Thursday, April 10 at 3 pm for the Bradley PTO Meeting. In the library or on Zoom (visit the Bradley PTO website for Zoom links). Free child care is provided.
• Join Bradley families on May 15 at 5 p.m. for the Bradley Family Festival! More details coming soon!

COMMUNITY NEWS: 

• Denver Parks & Recreation – Eisenhower Rec Center – See the My Denver Youth Activities Schedule – HERE
• Grace Methodist Church Egg-Stravaganza Event on Sunday, April 13th at 2:00pm. Join in the games, crafts, snacks, stories and Easter Egg Hunt! Open to all kids and families. See flier HERE.
• Colorado Announces Raising Colorado Kids: We’re excited to share a valuable new resource for Colorado families! The Colorado Department of Early Childhood has launched www.RaisingColoradoKids.com, a user-friendly platform that simplifies access to early childhood services and family resources. This platform consolidates information from 5,500 web pages from 15 different sites into one accessible, easy-to-navigate resource for early childhood services in both English and Spanish. Families can now use this single, powerful hub to discover services they qualify for, check application statuses for programs like CCCAP and Colorado Universal Preschool, and seamlessly connect with additional resource finders like Colorado Shines and 2-1-1 Colorado. Visit RaisingColoradoKids.com to learn more!