Hornet Nest News

Bailey Elementary staff are committed to provide a safe, supportive, caring, and compassionate learning environment, ensuring student success and encouraging all to become lifelong learners.

Provide all students with a safe, supportive, caring and compassionate learning environment that promotes student success.

Hornet Families,

The start of the 2023-24 school year is quickly approaching! This newsletter serves as the first of the school year! Weekly newsletters will be sent on Sunday evenings to ensure consistent communication. Consider these newsletters as a "one stop shop" for all things Bailey Elementary. We are actively planning and preparing our school to make this year one of the best! Below you will find information that I hope will help you prepare for this upcoming year. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me using my contact information at the bottom of this newsletter.

We are excited for a great year in Hornet Country!

Allen M. Wilson,

Principal

Nash County Public Schools is excited to announce our new mobile App explicitly designed to keep families better informed and connected to what's happening in our schools.

The App features:

• The latest district and school news

• Push notifications about breaking news, closures, weather, events, and more!

• Easy access to lunch menus and calendars

• School and staff directory

• Parents log in to access grades, fees, and bus information

The App is FREE and available for download today!

Click here to download the App from the Apple Store.

Click here to download the App from the Google Play Store.

How to Download The App?

• Go to the App Store or Google Play

• Search "Nash County Public Schools"

• Select "Free" and then "Install."

• You will need to know your Apple or Google account password

• After it has been installed, select "Open."

• You have now downloaded the App

How to Customize Your News and Calendar Feeds

• To customize your news:

• Select "Settings"

• Select "Follow Schools"

• Select which school(s) you wish to follow

• Choose which type of news you want to follow

• Select "Back" and then "Done."

• Now your customized selection will display in your News Section

To customize your events calendar:

• Select the Events Calendar icon

• Select the "Gear" in the top right-hand corner

• Select which school(s) you wish to follow

• Select "Done"

• Your App is now customized

This year, postcards with each student's teacher name and room number have been mailed out. Please bring this postcard with you to Open House on Tuesday, August 22nd. If you do not receive a postcard, a station will be available at Open House for you to visit to obtain that information.

We will be hosting open house at 2 separate times this year, 11:00-1:00 and 5:00-7:00 on Tuesday, August 22nd. Please plan to come out to meet your student's teacher and visit the following stations: Parent Portal, Student Information, Buses, Technology, T-Shirt Sale, YMCA After-School Care, PTO, and much more!

All Pre-K and Kindergarten students will have a staggered start. One-third of the class comes on the first day to interact for the first time with their teacher and learn the daily routine, one-third comes on the second day, and one-third comes on the third day. On the fourth, all students begin coming to school together. If your child is enrolled in Pre-K or Kindergarten, you will receive your assigned staggered start day on your teacher notification postcard as well as contact from your child's teacher.

The first day of school is Monday, August 28th. For this day only, we will allow parents to walk their child to their classroom doors starting at 7:30 and ending at 7:55. Parents we ask that you do not enter the classroom. (We will allow Pre-K and Kindergarten staggered start parents to do this on their child's first day, if it is different from above)

📢 Attention all parents/guardians of NCPS students! 🚸🚌 Please complete the transportation form by August 18th to secure your child's spot on the bus. Let's make their school journey hassle-free!

Form Link: https://bit.ly/ncpstransportation

More bus information will be provided at open house.

Please direct all bus questions and concerns to Assistant Principal Samantha Deans. (email listed below)

Car Rider Drop Off

• Pre-K parents will be notified of their arrival procedures by their teacher.

• Student drop off may begin at 7:20 AM. Students arriving between 7:20 AM and 7:40 AM will report to the cafeteria and sit in their assigned grade-level area. At 7:40 AM students will report to their homeroom class. Any student arriving after 7:40 AM will eat breakfast in cafeteria (breakfast is optional) and report to their homeroom class after. Breakfast will end at 7:55 AM. Breakfast will not be allowed to be taken to the classroom.

Bus Rider Drop Off

• Bus students arriving before 7:40 AM will report to the cafeteria and sit in their assigned grade-level area. When bus students arrive on campus after 7:40 AM they will eat breakfast in the cafeteria (breakfast is optional) and report to their homeroom class. Breakfast will not be allowed to be taken to the classroom.

Car Rider Pick Up

• Pre-K parents will be notified of their dismissal procedures by their teacher.

• Begin dismissal procedures at 2:55 PM.

• Car rider students will sit by grade level in the hallway by front office until their name is called over the radio.

• Parents will pick up students in the car line. (Do not park and pick up students)

• Parents will receive car tags at open house to display to student names daily during carline pick up.

• Students that live in the no transportation zone and are “walkers” will be picked up by parents on the corner of Jackson Street and Pine Street at 3:00 PM.

Bus Rider

• Begin dismissal procedures at 2:55 PM.

• Bus students will line up in the hallway or gym where their bus number is located.

• Students will be dismissed from the gym and hallway where bus numbers are located.

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a program that Nash County Public Schools participates in This program allows students at eligible schools to eat breakfast and lunch at no cost. Bailey Elementary has been approved to participate in the CEP for the 2023-24 school year.

Nash County Schools is excited to announce that your child’s school now offers a new and preferred method of payment for all school fees. School Cash Online is a safe and secure form of online payment that allows you to pay for your child’s school items, like field trips and spirit wear, from your hand-held device or computer, using Visa, Mastercard, or echeck.

Register Now

By registering you will have the ability to:

Keep track of your child’s school items and activity fees

Check your account history

View and print receipts

Pay for school fees with the click of a button

For more information and to register, visit ncps.schoolcashonline.com. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Donna Boswell, Secretary/Treasurer

We are excited to launch our 2023-24 t-shirt sale showcasing our theme 'Raising the BAR"! You can purchase your very own "Raising the BAR" short/long sleeve t-shirt or hoodie sweatshirt 2 different ways!

1) Pre-Pay Cash Purchases at Open House and During 1st week of school

or

2) Register an account for SchoolFunds Online to shop our online store via Credit/Debit card.

(See above information)

Students may begin being dropped off at 7:20 AM

First Tardy Bell 7:40 AM

Morning Announcements 7:55 AM

Class Instruction Begins 8:00 AM

Dismissal 3:00

**In order for students to be counted present they must be present for at least 1/2 of the day (11:15 AM)

**No student check-outs will be allowed after 2:15 PM

If you are interested in your child joining the after school care program through the YMCA here at Bailey, please use this link to register. The after school care is contingent on the number of students registered. Once registered you will automatically be added to the "waitlist" and you will be contacted by the YMCA. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Wilson using his contact information at the bottom of the page.

Bailey's PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) is in need of members to join the organization! If you are interested in joining the PTO for the 2023-24 school year, please reach out to Stephanie Dalton at (434)-941-3947 or reptgirl@yahoo.com or Angela Allega-Greenhalgh (774)-214-6816.

If you are registering a new student or enrolling your child in Kindergarten please click the links below for more information:

Kindergarten Registration Information

New Student Enrollment Information

If you have questions, please reach out to the school using the contact information at the bottom of this newsletter! You can also come out to school as well to complete the enrollment process!

We care very much about your child’s learning—which includes academic, social, and emotional needs. We believe that all students can learn well when their differing needs are met and when adults believe in them.

Because we are committed to providing excellent learning experiences as consistently as possible for all students, our school will use an “Opportunity Culture” teaching model this year.

In Opportunity Culture schools, teams of teachers work together to help students excel. These models let our best teachers reach more students with excellent instruction and help everyone teach more effectively. We expect more students to reach grade-level and subject standards faster, and more students to advance further.

We are part of a national community of Opportunity Culture schools committed to reaching every student with excellent teaching consistently. You can read more about this on OpportunityCulture.org.

The cornerstone of an Opportunity Culture school is the Multi-Classroom Leadership model: small, collaborative teaching teams led by teachers with leadership skills and a record of high-growth student learning. Schools and districts around the country have joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative, and research shows that MCL teaching teams produced strong learning gains for students.

If you child is served by an MCL team, one teacher will be the main point of contact, to keep you informed and keep the team informed about your child.

In our 2nd-5th grade classrooms where our school has implemented Opportunity Culture models, you can expect:

• High expectations that your child can learn and advance, even when facing challenges

• Consistent monitoring of your child’s progress

• Concrete actions to help your child address individual challenges, or advance further

• Personally engaging instruction by teachers who are excited to teach and supported by a team

• Approaches that motivate students to take ownership of their own learning

• Increased small-group instruction

• A team of adults who can focus on your child’s social, emotional, and time-management development

We welcome your feedback as we improve and expand our focus on teaching and learning excellence.

Principal: Allen M. Wilson

Email: amwilson@ncpschools.net

Assistant Principal: Samantha Deans

Email: sgdeans@ncpschools.net

6288 Pine Street Bailey, NC 27807

Phone: 252-451-2892