The Botelle PTO

The goal of the Botelle PTO is to enhance the educational experience and support the students and teaching staff by providing additional equipment, services, and special events. We work to foster a close working relationship between parents, teachers/staff and students and believe that a strong PTO is evidence of parental interest and ensures a better school environment for our children.

The PTO holds monthly meetings to discuss and implement the ideas of parents and the teaching staff. Meetings are held at 6:00 pm on the first Monday of each month. All are welcome. Even if you are unable to attend meetings, we value your input … please feel free to reach out to us at pto@botelleschool.org! 

2019/20 Meeting Minutes

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2019/20 Cultural Events

Math Magical – Math focus

https://www.brianrichardsassemblies.com/math

Math Magical is a 45 minute production designed to get your kids pumped about math.  With Math Magical, math is never boring. In fact, it is exciting, fun, and cool! Using MAGIC, COMEDY, and TONS of AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, Brian Richards will make math come alive.    The show is designed for grades K - 6 and every show will get your kids excited about Problem Solving, Probabilities, Fractions, Geometry, and so much more. Your students and staff will learn an awesome math trick that will stimulate their brains and fool their families. They will discover that MATH is EVERYWHERE and important for anyone that wants to be successful.   In other words, they will learn that they need to Study Math To Be On A Better Path.

Rain Forest Animals – Animal focus

https://www.assemblyline.com/product-details/rainforest-animals/

This award winning, educational, and highly entertaining show will allow your students and staff to meet some of the world’s most exciting and fascinating rainforest animals. Wonders of the rainforest will showcase live animals and artifacts from the rainforests around the world, as well as cover their survival, natural history, geography, natural behaviors, and conservation education. The show promotes awareness and enthusiasm for wildlife conservation education on the local, national, and global scale. Each presentation will feature live animal ambassadors from around the world. The show will consist of at least 5-6 rainforest animals that your students will have a chance to get up close and personal with, including: Macaw, Hornbill, Iguana, Various snakes, Honey Bear, Rainforest anthropoids, Rainforest reptiles, Rainforest amphibians, and Brazilian Badger.

Bright Star – Theater / History focus

https://www.brightstartheatre.com/

Bright Star Touring Theatre specializes in literary, curriculum and character-education based performances that are at home in any space! All of our shows are highly entertaining, contain a strong character education message, and are directly related to important curricular concepts.  Program:  “ONE SMALL STEP...” THE REAL LIFE JOURNEY TO OUTER SPACE.  Few events in human history have captured the imagination quite like the journey that humankind took to the moon! This tale marks the history of flight and space travel from the Wright Brothers

Forward Motions BMX – Phys Ed / Positivity focus

https://www.assemblyline.com/product-details/forward-motion-bmx/

Incorporating an inspirational theme, our professional BMX riders showcase extreme athleticism, years of disciplined practice, and a positive attitude to help guide your students to find their passion in life. Tricks like back-flips and supermans enable our riders to capture even the most difficult audience’s attention and opens a window to present inspirational messages from topics that can influence students to think about their own futures and how they can become positive role models for their community. Shows are all inclusive; utilizing 2 professional BMX riders, a 4ft tall jump, and professional sound equipment for an action packed and inspirational show experience. In their own words, “Our show is designed to help us lead by example, and ignite the desire to do so in others.”

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Laser Science – Science focus

https://www.assemblyline.com/product-details/laser-science/

Imagine your student’s excitement as they walk down the hall to a professional Laser light show! The only thing better than that excitement is your staff’s knowledge that all of this “fun” fits right into their STEM curriculum. LaserScience is all about optics and vision. The physics of optics help us add layers of excitement to the show. But that’s half the story. We also explore how one beam creates entire images, using the science of our eyes. As we play with visual perception, we even delve into motion in movies, cartoons, and laser shows.  Areas of focus include: persistence of vision, perception of motion, light rays and momentum, how lasers make light, how science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) work together

African Drum and Dance – Dance focus

https://www.assemblyline.com/product-details/african-dance-and-drum-troupe/

Oumar and his group have been coming to the US from Senegal for eight years to bring American schools examples of their cultural heritage and message of unity and each year the show grows in scale and popularity. Your students and staff will experience traditional clothing and culture, music and dance, antique instruments and drums, and tons of audience participation—all while being a part of one of the best assembly programs available anywhere. Without hesitation, I can tell you that this is a truly unique and important opportunity and almost all of our customers that have had them once, have had them back multiple times.