La Merced Elementary

Reminder: REGISTRATION: Every student (both new and current) needs updated paperwork for the year. July 23rd: Kinder - 8:30am, 1st - 10:00am, 2nd - 11:00am, 3rd - 1:00pm. July 24th: 4th - 9:00am, 5th - 10:00am, 6th - 11:00am. Please come at your scheduled times as we will have access to only those grades. If you have multiple students please come to the younger siblings time. Again, every student (both new and current) needs to fill out this paperwork.

Good afternoon, Eagle Families, We are excited to inform you of a backpack and school supply giveaway taking place on Saturday, August 3 at Anna Becker Park from 10 am to 12 pm. This event is sponsored by the NM Black Education Act Bureau. Follow the link for more information.:https://5il.co/2ro72

La Merced Registration Dates: Tuesday, July 23rd Kindergarten - 8:30 to 10:00 1st Grade - 10:00 to 11:00 2nd Grade - 11:00 - 12:00 3rd Grade - 1:00 to 2:00 Wednesday, July 24th 4th Grade - 9:00 to 10:00 5th Grade - 10:00 to 11:00 6th Grade - 11:00 to 12:00 Open House Tuesday, July 30th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

Good Evening, BCS families and community members., This is a reminder that we are still serving breakfast and lunch until July 19th. The sites that we are serving at are as follows:       Belen High School - 8:30 to 9:30 breakfast and 12:00-1:00 lunch       Central Elementary - 8:30 to 9:30 breakfast and 12:00-1:00 lunch       Anna Becker Park - 11:30 - 1:00 lunch only       Gil Sanchez Elementary - 8:30 to 9:30 breakfast and 12:00-1:00 lunch       Rio Grande Elementary - 8:30 to 9:30 breakfast and 12:00-1:00 lunch       St. Mary's - 5:00 - 6:00 pm Supper only

Hello La Merced Families, please click on the link to learn more about the free breakfast and lunch summer program https://5il.co/2mzcj . Mr. Mond

Hello La Merced Families, RGEC is offering a summer program. You can see their flyer at the following link, https://5il.co/2mvpe, or go to the following link https://www.rgec.org/summer-school-programs/ . Mr. Mond

Hello La Merced Families, as a reminder La Merced students will be released at 1:51 today and tomorrow. We have about 100 jackets and sweaters in our lost and found. Any remaining clothing items, water bottles, or other lost and found items not claimed by the end of the day tomorrow, May 29th, will be donated. Feel free to come in and look at our lost and found collection. If your child has been attending the afterschool program, this will continue today and tomorrow till 6:00 p.m. Thank you. Mr. Mond

Hello La Merced Families, we are all excited about field day this Friday. What do students need? What can and can't they wear? Please see the attached letter at https://5il.co/2mf17. Thank you, Mr. Mond

Belen High School boys will be having a kid's camp in June. Coaches and players will be teaching fundamental skills to our youth that attend. Each camper will receive a basketball and there will be fun games for the kids and awards.

Good morning, Eagle families, One of our local business partners, Onward Energy, has a job opening that they would like to fill with a qualified local individual with strong mechanical or electrical aptitude. Please use the link below to learn more about the position and submit your application. https://www.onwardenergy.com/careers/

Hello La Merced families, please click on the link below for information about a free summer reading program. Mr. Mond https://5il.co/2l76c

Good Morning La Merced families, I wanted to let you know there was an alarm at La Merced this morning. The fire suppression system went off, but there was not a fire. We will be contacting the contractors to help us fix this problem. For safety reasons, we were not able to use the food that was being prepared this morning. However, our cafeteria crew quickly developed a plan B and were able to get breakfast delivered on time from another school site. Students will also be getting pizza today for lunch rather than the Mandarin chicken that was planned. Mr. Mond

Dear La Merced Families, did you know this is teacher appreciation week? In my humble opinion, teaching is one of the most difficult jobs. They have to expertly manage a class of 20-25 students for 6 hours throughout the day. They often stay late or take a bunch of work home with them, and then they deal with the pressure of getting test scores up. They often go home wondering if they could have handled a situation with a student better. If you and your child would like to make any gesture of appreciation for your child's teachers, it will make their day. Hand written notes, drawings, and flowers are always nice. There are also a lot of good suggestions online. Thank you. Mr. Mond

Good evening, Eagle Families, Belen Consolidated Schools is excited to partner with the Cook Center for Human Connection and their website ParentGuidance.org. This is a mental health resource for parents and provides parents a trusted place to go for real answers, to find support and real help for their children. This FREE resource offers parents access to licensed therapists delivering different courses for parents on topics like living with a child with depression, identifying anxiety, coping with grief and loss. Please join us Tuesday, May 7th at 6:00pm for the first webinar in a six-part mental health series. The first webinar is "Social Media-Protecting Your Child". You may watch from home or join our viewing party in the BCS Boardroom. Click Here to Register

Hello La Merced Families, we have 23/24 yearbooks for sale for $20 each, and 22/23 yearbooks for $5 - while supplies last

Hello Families of La Merced, we appreciate your feedback regarding the cancellation of the Box Car event. We know a lot of hard work was put into this project. It was cancelled today for a safety concern but it will be rescheduled for a day in May. First grade teachers will be contacting parents of the new date.

Good Morning La Merced 1st grade families, today the outdoor box car activity has been cancelled. Parents are not expected to attend activities today. 1st grade teachers will be reaching out to parents for updates. Thank you

Hello Parents and Guardians of La Merced. There will be a youth basketball camp at Belen High School Gym from 9:00 a.m to 12:00 pm June 3rd and 4th. This is for grades K-8. If you are interested and would like to register you can click the link https://5il.co/2joks for the flyer or call Angela Cano at 505-610-3781.

Tomorrow is our family night at the Book Fair from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. It is buy one get one free. The last day is this Friday from 8:00 to 4:00 pm. Hope to see you all there.

Good morning La Merced Parents and Guardians, This morning a fire suppression system went off in our cafeteria. There was no fire and no one was injured, but this system will have to be fixed and recertified which may take a few days. This did cause the alarms to go off in the school and our buildings were evacuated. The fire department responded quickly and made sure everything was okay at our school. We were not able to use any of the food that was prepared in the kitchen today, so lunches were prepared at other schools and brought over to La Merced. Until our kitchen is up and running again, lunches will be prepared at other BCS schools and brought over to our students.