COUGAR PTA

Billingsville & Cotswold

Community

Thank You Cougar Community for Going Above And Beyond for Pledge for Paws!

Our Cougar community came through! Thanks to your generosity, the Pledge for Paws fall fundraising campaign raised an impressive $49,000 – wow! Congratulations to the top three grades with the highest participation! 

  • First place: Kindergarten – extra recess
  • Second place: 2nd grade – pajama day
  • Third place: 4th grade – Rice Krispie treats

And congratulations to Daniel Valenzuela for winning our final raffle prize of two tickets to a Charlotte FC game! A special shout out to all our raffle prize donors: the Alvey family, Charlotte Checkers, Charlotte Knights, For Goodness Cakes, the Heintz family and Toy Mania. We’re so grateful for your generosity and support. 

Our BCE families are one of the many reasons our school is so special. Our sincerest thanks for making a meaningful impact on students, teachers and staff this year and beyond!

Pledge for Paws on Giving Tuesday

Today is the last day to donate to BCE’s fall fundraising campaign, Pledge for Paws, and it’s a race to the finish line! The top three grades with the highest donor participation will earn a prize:

First place: Extra recess

Second place: Pajama day

Third place: A sweet treat

And, our final raffle prize is up for grabs – two tickets to a Charlotte FC game! Donate in ParentSquare today for your chance to win and to put your child’s class on top! https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/23570253

Reading is your Passport

The fall Book Fair on the Cotswold campus is next week. Come travel with us! Visit ParentSquare for your opportunity to join the volunteer flight crew (opportunities avl), donate to the All for Books program, load your e-Wallet, and view the class shopping schedule. 
Evening shopping opportunities are available this Tuesday from 5:30-7pm during the FREE Meet & Eat and IB 101 event. Dinner will be provided by Sabor Latin Grill.

Biztown is BACK!

Our fourth grade students spent several weeks of classroom learning preparing for an unforgettable experience at Junior Achievement’s simulated city, BizTown. Students had the chance to discover careers, build financial skills, collaborate with classmates, exercise civic duties, invest in the community, and more! Special thanks to our 4th grade teaching team, attending staff and volunteers for helping make this an experience BCE 4th graders will draw on for the rest of their lives.

Education Impacts on the Election Tues Nov 7

On November 7, there are two education items on the ballot. 

  • Three At-Large candidates will fill seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education for a four-year term. The race is non-partisan. Visit HERE for candidate bios and responses. 
  • $2.5 billion bond referendum that includes 30 projects in our district. Go online HERE for more information or join BCE SIT Meeting in person or virtually to hear directly from CMS leaders on Tuesday, October 24 at 4pm at Cotswold. Please RSVP by email <Anne.Elis.Davis@gmail.com> if you plan to attend in person and/or need Spanish interpretation. Join virtually via Microsoft Teams.

CMS Digital Learning and Library Services (DLLS) Cotswold Shoutout

Cotswold students and new Media Center Specialist, Ms. Lock, received a district shoutout for their high enrollment in ONE Access. This initiative is a CMS partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, where students have access to Library services using ONE number, a CMS Student ID number. With their ONE Access account, students can:

  • Access Library research databases
  • Borrow digital materials, such as e-books, audiobooks, magazines, music and video
  • Borrow up to 10 print or audiobooks

💻Log in from home www.cmlibrary.org/oneaccess to support easy access to all forms of reading!