BES Wildcats ROAR

We are in the midst of a busy time of year for students and families. Please keep an eye on our school newsletter and Facebook page for important announcements!

Upcoming Events:

12/13-12/20 Christmas Dress Up Days

12/20- Half day for Students

12/21-1/3 Winter Holidays

Drop off and Pick Up Reminders: In order to ensure the safety of students, there should only be one line used for drop off in the mornings. Please do not pass other cars once you drop off your student. Parents, please ensure that students are ready to go once you enter the car line in order to keep the line moving. Also, please do not enter the loop for dismissal until 2:00. We use the loop for recess and PE often and may have students outside. Thanks for helping us keep our student safe!

Safety Notes:

Any visitor to our building will pass through metal detection. We encourage you to leave personal items in your vehicles. When you enter our front door, there is a table and basket to the right. Anything that you are bringing in should be placed in that basket. Please clear metal detection and then ring the new buzzer that will allow you into the office area. The buzzer on the office door is a new safety feature. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with these safety measures.

We are glad to welcome our parents and families to eat lunch with their own child. Visitors should not pull other students to eat with their child. If you are coming for lunch, please make sure that you have your ID to check in and get a badge. Visitors should report to the sunroom to eat with their child. Once lunch is over, the student should return to their class for dismissal from lunch, and the parent/visitor should return to the office for check out. Visitors should not travel down the hallways or other places in the building. Thank you in advance for your help with this safety matter!

Parents Needed!

Please consider joining the PTO! Our PTO has done some wonderful things for our students and staff, and wants to continue that work this year. There are different ways to participate and we would love your support! Joining the PTO is a wonderful way to support your child and our school community! Let your child's teacher know if you are interested in joining PTO. Thank you in advance for being an active member of the BES community.

*Please continue to scan Box Tops for our school. Our most recent total is below. Our goal for the year is $1,000.

Please read for 20 minutes at home each day!

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

10:45 Miss Cantrell

10:50 Mrs. Whelchel

10:55 Mrs. Will

11:00 Mrs. Phenicie

11:10 Mrs. Blackwell

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

11:40-1:05

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

12:15 Mrs. Hamright

12:10 Mrs. Ham

12:05 Mrs. Comer

11:45 Mrs. Norman

11:50 Ms. Seay

12:00 Mrs. Harr

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

9:50-11:15

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

Scholars will continue a novel study using Bud Not Buddy (chapters 13-16). Word study this week will include- graph and an assessment. Vocabulary will come from Week 3.

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

11:15 Mrs. Yeargin

11:20 Mrs. Brown

11:25 Mrs. McRobie

11:35 Mrs. Phillips

11:40 Mrs. Porter

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

8:20-9:45

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

Math

Students will work with Christmas logic puzzles.

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Word Study- Students will begin Winter Word Master Challenge words.

Research-

3rd- Discuss in groups why animals were sent to space. Do you agree or disagree with this?

4th- Innovation Madness Competition- What invention is the most important invention in our lives?

5th- Continue research in expert groups on an area of the Renaissance to present to class.

• Good News Club will meet on Tuesdays beginning on January 16th. If you signed your child up, please send a transportation note for Tuesday.
• If your student is on the Robotics team, practice will continue this week.
• Please support your child by ensuring that their laptops are charged every day and brought to school each and every day!
• Please turn in a note if your child is out of school for any reason. Truancy letters have been sent home for students that have missed three unexcused days in a row OR five unexcused days total. Be sure to check out our new link for submitting parent notes online as well.
• Please send a note if there is a change in transportation. This note should include the child's first and last name, the change requested, length of the change, and a parent/guardian signature.
• Pick-up for the Kids Club is in the back loop. Car riders are picked up in the back loop until 2:45. Please do not pick-up up from Kids Club before 2:45. Parents are required to sign their child out from Kids Club.

Email: julie.foster@cherokee1.org

Website: https://bes.cherokee1.org/o/be
Location: 402 Hardin Street, Blacksburg, SC, USA
Phone: 864-206-6518
Facebook: facebook.com/BESWildcatsROAR