La Merced Elementary

Good evening, Eagle Families, As we prepare for the start of school, we ask for your patience if you registered your student to ride the bus for this school year. It is part of District regulations that your student's bus driver make contact with the parent to make sure the parent understands where and when their student will be picked up by the bus. Our drivers are working hard to contact the parents before the start of school tomorrow. However, we have had a large number of parents who registered their students today for bus pickup and drop-off. if you have not yet talked to your bus drive, you will need to provide transportation for your student until your bus driver is able to make contact with you. If you have questions, please call our transportation department at 505-966-1176.

Good Afternoon Parents and Guardians My name is James Cordova and I am the new Assistant Principal at La Merced Elementary. Come out this evening and join us at our Open House from 4:30 to 6:30. Come meet your students new teacher and visit with the new administration. I look forward to meeting all our wonderful parents at La Merced Elementary!

Good evening Eagle Families, Please join us Thursday July 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the BHS Auditorium for a town hall regarding what parents can expect from our schools and BCS during the upcoming school year. Superintendent Lawrence Sanchez and Assistant Superintendent of Academics Renee Sanchez will be presenting with a question and answer session to follow.

Hello Parents and Guardians of La Merced, I am looking forward to meeting you. My name is Robert Mond. I'm the new principal at La Merced. I have posted a letter of introduction at the following link https://5il.co/203og

Good afternoon La Merced Elementary Parents. Please click the following link to see the list of school supplies that will be provided by your child's school. Please contact your school if you have any questions. https://5il.co/1zwwa

Hello La Merced Parents. These are the school supplies that will be provided by your child's school. Please contact your school if you have any questions.

Hello Parents and Guardians of La Merced Elementary. We are now enrolling kindergarten students. Please let your relatives, friends, and neighbors know if they have a kindergarten student. Our office is open from 7:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Please do come and enroll as soon as possible to avoid the last minute rush. The first day of school is August 2nd. If you have any questions about registration at La Merced, please contact Ms. Rachel Estep at 505-966-2101 or email her at estepr@beleneagles.org.

Good morning Eagle Families, A reminder that Monday, June 19th is a recognized state holiday in honor of Juneteenth. All BCS sites will be closed that day in observance of the holiday.

https://5il.co/1tjop See the above link for the final newsletter of the school year. We are in the final month of school!

This afternoon until 6pm is Family Night at our Book Fair. The Book Fair is open from now until 6pm. All parents and families are welcome to visit. Every student that comes will be entered into a drawing for a boys and a girls book basket!!

6th grade students are testing tomorrow and Tuesday for the NM-MSSA which is the state test. Please see that your child is present to school, on time, and does not leave early. Thank you.

5th graders will NM-MSSA test tomorrow and Friday of this week. This is the state test for both ELA and Math. Our students are ready and we are confident they will do well! Please see that your 5th grader is on time and present at school the next two days.

4th grade students will test in ELA tomorrow, Thursday 4/6, for NM-MSSA, the state test. As there is no school on Friday 4/7 and Monday 4/10, 4th graders will test again in Math on Tues. 4/11. Please see that your child is present and on time as students do best when they test with their homeroom. It's show time! Our students are ready and will make us proud!

https://5il.co/1rww1 Hello La Merced Parents and Families! The above link will take you to the school newsletter for the month of April. Please see the important dates of upcoming state testing. 3rd through 6th grade students are testing over the next 2 weeks. Please call the school with any questions.

3rd grade students did an excellent job with testing today on ELA! We only had 3 students absent! Many students took their time and did their best. Tomorrow is their 2nd and last day of testing and will be on Math. Please be sure that your child is present and on time. Thank you families for your support!

https://5il.co/1rggk Spring and Class Pictures will take place on Fri. April; 14th. The above link will provide you a PDF of the flyer to order Spring pictures. **Online ordering for SPRING photos ends at 7am DAY OF PICTURES! The PDF is hyperlinked directly to our schools online ordering event. All that needs to be done to go to our online event is to click anywhere on either page of the attached PDF. This will then take you directly to our schools ordering page. You can also access the online ordering portal by going to www.mymjthomas.com and entering our schools event password (located on the 2nd page of this PDF). You may also print this order form and attach a check or cash and bring it in on picture day!

Attention Parents of 6th Graders: BCS will be holding a spring immunization clinic for all current 6th graders who need Tdap, Meningococcal, and HPV (optional). These immunizations are required for enrollment in 7th grade. The immunization clinics will be held April 13—19th. (Dates very depending on the school). If you would like your student to receive these vaccinations free of charge, please fill out and return the attached permission slip. Permission slips need to be returned by April 4th. Reminder—your student will not be able to enroll in 7th grade without these immunizations. If you have any questions call the La Merced Nurse at 966-2122.

5th grade students will test tomorrow and Tuesday for the state assessment in science. Please see that your child is present and on time and does not leave early, as this allows them to test at their regularly scheduled time with their homeroom.

La Merced Correction: the Book Fair is NOT the week of March 20th. Book Fair will be April 14th through April 21st at La Merced.

Hello La Merced families! The below link will take you to the March newsletter. https://5il.co/1q9uh Tomorrow is early release with dismissal at 12:30 pm. Reminder, we are on Spring Break next week! This week is the end of Quarter 3.