FLEX Program

Buenos días! Bonjour!  Our FLEX program is the Bayport-Blue Point’s second language enrichment program for students in grades 3-5.  The acronym stands for “Foreign Language Experience” and affords students a chance to explore the basics of Spanish and French in a non-threatening atmosphere.  The goal is to expose students to other languages and cultures, and to help them make connections to English, thereby expanding their English vocabulary as they learn words in other languages.  Students enjoy learning Spanish and French and are encouraged to interact and use other languages for basic communication.  Students learn Spanish and French through a variety of interactive and engaging activities such as singing songs, playing board games, and puppet play in the target language.  This program is primarily oral/aural and lays the foundation for the formal study of world languages at the secondary level.  Please email Sally Miller, the district-wide FLEX teacher, with any questions.  She can be reached at smiller@bbpschools.org.

 Banana Splits

The Elementary Social Worker, runs a 10 week Banana Splits program for children whose parents are divorced, separated, or no longer together.  The group’s goal is to provide a safe place to express feelings and to normalize feelings through sharing.  The program takes place during the winter months, usually from November through February.

 Wellness Club

This club is student-centered focusing on all aspects of a person’s well-being including the social, emotional, and physical aspects of being healthy. The club promotes nutrition and physical activity while addressing the social and emotional needs of the entire school community.   

 Peer Leader Club

Peer Leaders is an after-school program for 4th and 5th grade students. A Peer Leader is a person who sets an excellent example of student leadership for others to follow. This person makes a commitment to work cooperatively with others to help create a positive environment. 

The purpose of this club is to: 
1. become leaders & good citizens in their school and community 
2. participate in school & community service 
3. fundraise for specific charity organizations to help others 

Past Events: • “Strides for the Center” Run • Thanksgiving Food Drive • “Holiday for Heroes” • “Birthday-In-A-Bag” Drive • Character Breakfast • “Hot Dog for a Guide Dog” Community Dinner • Charity Ice Cream Sale • “Relay for Life”

STEAM Club

The STEAM Club is an engaging afterschool club opportunity for students to explore the exciting world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). The STEAM Club aims to provide an enriching and enjoyable learning experience for students to participate in a variety of hands-on activities designed to stimulate their natural curiosity, foster critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills.  This afterschool club meets monthly and is grouped by grade level where students experiment, brainstorm, design, and build solutions to real world challenges.

BPE Garden Club

The BPE Garden Club shares our garden skills with the BPE community once or twice a month. All students were invited to join late this fall and everyone has the opportunity to come at least twice a year. More opportunities open up as students get older. We work outside whenever possible!  We are tending and improving the Paige Boucher Garden on the southeast part of the property as well as the garden beds along the classrooms at the “turn-around” parking lot. We’ve propagated coleus plants, learned the anatomy of a plant and what it needs, discerned the difference between a weed and a plant, made a simple leaf craft, and had fun building community together.  The group meets across the grades, with different mixes of grade levels each time, getting to know each other and learn from each other.  Captains are experienced student gardeners who are responsible for leading others, assisting adults, being role models and showing those with less experience how to do some of the gardening skills, like weeding.  The mission of the garden club is to learn, teach and grow our community and our garden. With the leadership of the captains, the club is headed in the right direction to do it all!