Bernon Heights Names Star Performers

The elementary school announced its Students of the Month for March this week. Email your school's list today.

Bernon Heights Elementary School announced its Students of the Month list this week. Here are some of the top performers at the school this month: William Santamaria Olivia Tharpe Tyler Peloquin Zachary Phannanvong Kaila Belcher Jordan Vitale Stephanie Encarnation Zoe McDermott Yim Sengsavang Abigale Siekiera Faith Cote Hailey Giguere Aidan Gause Alek Groth Kaylee Nowak Ashley D’Alessio Chai Norsavanh Megan Ryan Dereck Navarro Logan Burda Publicize your schools' top performers on Patch! Email your Students of the Month to robert@patch.com. Even better, get the kids together for a group photo in the schoolyard and email that along as well.

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Bernon Heights Students of the Month

The elementary school announced its top students for February. Email your school's list to Woonsocket Patch today!

School: Bernon Heights Elementary  Award: Students of the Month Bernon Heights Elementary School has announced its list of Students of the Month for February 2012. Isabela Henry Paulina Kochanczyk Brooke Duguay Joseph Truong Adia Sarr Haley Miller Ana Ayala Nicole Mumford Jordynn Bergeron Naomi Jeter Elijah Garber Travis Girard Edward Cote Zachary Guerard Jacob Harris Austin Macamaux Ryan Bell Maly Inxi   To publicize your students of the month, email Patch editor Patrick Luce at patrick.luce@patch.com.

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5 Things To Know Today

Today: State of the State and Foreclosure Prevention

Check out briefs on city events and news in the Jan. 31, 2012 edition of Five Things to Know Today.

Governor to Deliver Budget/State of the State Address- Governor Lincoln Chafee will deliver a combined State of the State and Budget Address today. Tune in to local broadcast tonight at 7 p.m. to watch the governor address the state. Mortgage Default/Foreclosure Prevention Info Session- NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley (NWBRV) holds Mortgage Default/Foreclosure Prevention Info Sessions every Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at 719 Front St, Suite 101. If you have recently had a reduction in pay, layoff, illness, death of an income provider, or needed to care for family members and are at risk of foreclosure, NWBRV's HUD-approved counselors can help. At the sessions, the NWBRV team will help you determine which stage of the foreclosure …

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Community Comes Together To Help Bernon Heights Elementary

Boys Town New England along with several other local businesses join effort to help make Bernon Heights Elementary School playground a reality.

A local organization with the express goal of helping families in need has come forward to help Woonsocket youth in a different way: by helping to give kids a safe place to play. Every day children in communities throughout New England are victims of abuse and neglect. They may be living in homes with unsafe conditions, lack of finances, lingering effects of natural disasters, or even worse. These and other circumstances that children sometimes face can leave them in need of a safe place to live.  That's where Boys Town Foster Family comes in. The role of the Boys Town Foster Family is to welcome these at-risk children into the participating homes and provide them with a safe, nurturing family that can provide compassion, guidance and …

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Visitors To Bernon Heights Teach Lessons Of 9/11

Major General Reginald Centracchio joins city officials to discuss the tragedy with Bernon Heights Elementary students.

Over the past weekend, students at Bernon Heights Elementary were busy doing good deeds and performing simple acts of kindness to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist acts which took place on September 11, 2001. While the tragic events happened before most of these students were born, the teachers and support staff at Bernon Heights have taken this opportunity to teach the students about the importance of coming together to help others on a daily basis as well as in times of need, just as the nation did in the hours, days and weeks after the attacks on 9/11. This Tuesday, September 13, as part of this ongoing effort, the 4th and 5th grade students at Bernon Heights Elementary School were treated to a special visit from …

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Open House To Kick Off School Year At Bernon Heights

Bernon Heights Elementary School to hold Open House/Barbeque to Welcome Students to the 2011-2012 School Year.

Bernon Heights Elementary School will open its doors to parents and students for an evening including refreshments and the opportunity to meet staff and gain information regarding the upcoming school year on Monday, August 29.  The 2011-2012 Open House will kick off with a barbeque for students, parents and teachers. After the barbeque, parents will get to meet their child’s teacher and learn about events and fundraisers planned over the next few months. They will also be able to buy school merchandise.   Parents will also be able to meet representatives from several local school groups, including B.H.E.S.’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and School Improvement Team (SIT), as well as the Parent Advisory Council (PAC), Special Education …

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Votes Help City Schools Win Supplies

Avery's Give Back To Schools promotion includes prizes of up to $10,000 worth of Avery school supplies and Bernon Heights Elementary is currently in 59th place.

Bernon Heights Elementary is currently the highest ranked school in Rhode Island in the Avery Give Back to School Promotion, but they will need more votes in the online contest to translate that ranking into free school supplies for students. The top five schools at the end of the promotion, which runs until Sept. 16, will each win $10,000 worth of Avery School Supplies (a truckload,) 10,000 Bonus Box Tops coupons (which translates to $1,000 in cash) and $1,000 worth of gift cards. Twenty-five runner-up schools will also win 5,000 Bonus Box Tops coupons ($500 cash.) In just a few short weeks, the school jumped from 389th place to 59th in the national contest, and they have changed the sign in front of the school to remind parents and …

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