Bett District Update
Bettendorf Community School District Weekly Newsletter
The Bettendorf Community School District is now accepting preschool applications for the 2024-2025 school year. If your child will be four years old on or before September 15, 2024, he/she is eligible to participate.
Funding provided by the State of Iowa in support of the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program allows us to place children four years of age in local preschool programs. Families of preschoolers can receive preschool education at no charge for 10 hours per week with parents paying for the balance of the attendance time. The local preschools participating include: Ready Set Grow Preschool, KinderCare Learning Center, Lourdes Preschool, Redeemer Preschool, St. John Vianney Preschool and Skip-A-Long Child Development Services.
Bettendorf Community School District provides preschool classrooms at Grant Wood Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School and Neil Armstrong Elementary School. Children that meet economic eligibility criteria are given preference in the BCSD public school preschool classes. For more information or to request an application, please call Joyce Meyer at 563-359-3681, email jmeyer@bettendorf.k12.ia.us , or download a preschool application from: https://www.bettendorf.k12.ia.us/o/bcsd/page/preschool
March has been designated as Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®). Music has a lasting, positive impact in our lives. Join us in honoring our vocal music, orchestra and band teachers for their dedication to sharing their love of music with our students and community.
Every day, in classrooms and rehearsal rooms across our school district, music educators dedicate themselves to reaching all students with life-changing musical experiences. Parents, administrators, and the wider community often only see the wonderful results of music performances; however, we miss the months of practice and rehearsals and more importantly the learning process that takes place to make it all happen. The positive impact on music in the lives of our students lasts a lifetime.
Don't miss this free, hands-on event for all Quad Cities students and their families to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Families travel through the middle school to discover a variety of opportunities from our community partners. Snacks & drinks available in the BMS cafeteria. Learn more
- Beekeeping! We all know that pollinators are important! Come learn about bees and beekeeping: How long do bees live? How many eyes do bees have? What happens to bees in the winter?
- Bettendorf Police Department - We will measure how fast you can throw a baseball. You can also check out the seatbelt convincer (weather depending) outside.
- BHS Conservation & Science Clubs - Create an enclosed terrarium for a snail. Check out chemistry and physics demonstrations such as the ping-pong cannon and inertia wheel.
- Building Futures: Explore Career Management Opportunities - Russell is more than builders. They create remarkable structures and vibrant communities. Their construction management team plays a pivotal role in turning visions into reality, managing projects from groundbreaking to completion.
- Chemistry With SAU - Try your hand at fun chemistry experiments with chemistry professors and students from the St. Ambrose University Chemistry Department!
- Girl Scouts - Join the fun in the Girl Scouts slime lab.
- Illowa Council Cub Scouts: Fire Science - Learn about basic fire safety and starting a fire with flint and steel. Starting a fire requires three essential elements known as the "fire triangle": fuel, oxygen, and heat.
- Instrument Petting Zoo - Experience the world of musical instruments and see the endless possibilities through music!
- John Deere Manufacturing - Try your skill with a Virtual Reality Welding Simulator
- Math Puzzles - Create designs, challenge yourself to find the way through a maze or take on a family member in a game. Fun for all ages!
- Metronet: Fiber Optic Fun - Learn how fiber strands work to prove optic internet and how light signals travel through it to deliver internet service to our customers homes.
- Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams - Come to learn about Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams.
- Mural Painting - Stop by and see how Bettendorf Middle School art teacher, Ms. McLeod, is painting a mural in the school office.
- Parker Audiology The World of Wax - Video Otoscopy, discussion of infection control and older kids can experiment flushing out fake ears.
- Physical Therapy Obstacle Course - Our physical therapy students will guide kids through obstacle courses in the gym.
- Donald A. Schaefer Planetarium - The BHS Planetarium will have two shows. Showtimes are 12 and 1 pm. This event is at Bettendorf High School. Please enter through the main entrance at BHS and follow the signs to the planetarium.
- Putnam Museum and Science Center - Simplicity is key when it comes to making electricity. Discover what it takes to build a simple circuit in this electrifying exhibit!
- Quad Cities Clean Energy Center - Ask questions and learn about nuclear energy and how it helps our communities.
- Quad City Steamwheelers: How to throw a spiral - Learn how to throw a spiral with the QC Steamwheelers. The Steamwheeler dancers will also teach how to perform a perfect spin.
- Raptors of Iowa - Join Naturalist/Director Dave Murcia of the Wapsi River Center of Scott County Conservation and learn about our natural world of raptors, including live birds of prey!"
- Robotics with HNI - Learn about robots as well and the problem resolution and product design processes of engineering. Try your skill in a robotic challenge.
- Science Applied to Life by 3M - Learn how science applies to life and take home hands-on experiments that teach you how the world is put together.
- Screen Printing - Screen print the STEAM Expo logo on a plastic bag.
- Sensational Seeds - Explore the wide wonderful world of seeds, the differences in how they travel, and what they need to get growing!
- Spin Art with the Figge - Use markers to blend colors to learn about centrifugal force with tabletop spin art.
- St. Ambrose Center for Health Sciences Education - Learn about the work of the St. Ambrose Center for Health Sciences Education.
- STEAM @ the Bettendorf Public Library - Hands-on activity created on a laser engraver. Check out information available on the other STEAM-related programming and services.
- The Adventures of Veterinary Medicine - Join us for an inside look at the day-to-day adventures of a small animal vet clinic from administering vaccines to radiology to general anesthesia. Look at specimens under the microscope and wear lead suits to take X-rays.
- University of Iowa Health Care - Experience the medical field through hands-on activities led by medical students from the University of Iowa!
- Watershed Education - Learn about Scott County watersheds, ways to help/improve our watersheds, and a watershed display to show how runoff can affect the watersheds!
- Wild About Woodpeckers - Learn about woodpeckers and their adaptations for obtaining food in the wild. Create a woodpecker beak and see if your creation can gather seed out of the bird feeder!
- Write More Light Into Your Life - Out-of-the-box, interactive storytelling activities and opportunities for young people including prompts, bookmaking, fortune telling, performance, and writing.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day commemorates the dedication of RDNs as advocates for advancing the nutrition status of Americans and people around the world. Please join us in honoring Michelle Riessen, MPP-D, RD, LD, our registered dietitian nutritionist for her tireless work as our food and nutrition expert and for her indispensable leadership in food and nutrition services. #BETTerTogether
Calling all BHS Seniors! More than $38,000 in scholarships are being offered by BCSF. There are also opportunities from community partners and through Department Awards.
Applications closes on Monday, March 18th. Don't wait, APPLY TODAY!
Safe+Sound Iowa is a free anonymous K-12 school safety reporting system to help prevent violence, unlawful possession of weapons, self-harm, and other forms of victimization and threatening behaviors in schools across Iowa. Students, school staff, parents, and concerned community members can report safety concerns three ways:
- Downloading and using the free Safe+Sound Iowa app
- Going to SafeandSoundIowa.gov, or
- Calling 800-224-6018
Check out the 2023-24 family handbook for: District Information | General School Procedures | Climate & Safety | Curriculum & Assessments | Programs & Supports for Students | Health & Wellness | Student Rights & Responsibilities | Attendance & Absences | Parent Information & Resources | Registration/Enrollment | Elementary Information | Bettendorf Middle School Information | Bettendorf High School Information | Links to Forms
Purchase your tickets for winter athletic events through Bound!
Reconnect, engage, give back! With BettConnect, a joint initiative by Bettendorf Community School District and Foundation, alumni can now connect while supporting current students. Let's bridge the gap and build a stronger community! BettConnect.com #AlumniPower #BETTerTogether
CONNECT - Alumni can stay in touch with other Bettendorf graduates
GIVE BACK - We are looking for local mentors for current students and recent graduates
CAREER CONNECTION - Share job/career information and opportunities with current students and recent graduates
NETWORK - Expand your professional network
SUPPORT - Stay informed about the current work of the Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation and learn how to support current students and teachers
KEEP IN TOUCH - Stay up to date about what's going on in Bettendorf High School and the Bettendorf Community School District
Staff, Parents, Community Are Welcome to Join
Many features are available for staff, parents and community members. Please join and let us know which categories represent you.
Business Directory - Alumni and community members are welcome to add their businesses to the BettConnect Business Directory and update with offers.
Currently enrolled high school students will eventually have access to mentorship connections through Haleigh Hoyt, BHS Career Readiness Coordinator.
Get Your Bulldog Gear!
Check out the Bett Boosters Online Store! Orders will be processed every two weeks and can be picked up locally from Brand 2306 or shipped. BETTerTogether wear NOW AVAILABLE!
Bettendorf Athletic Boosters will be selling apparel and merchandise at all home football games. We have many new designs we can't wait for you to see. Go Bulldogs!
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NEW THIS WEEK
- QC Symphony Youth Ensemble Applications - Due May 13
VIRTUAL BACKPACK
- Bett/PV Youth Baseball - Registration | Info
- Putnam Museum - Spring Break Camp for grades 1-4 - March 11 - 15
Bettendorf Community School District
Educating & Empowering Every Student Every Day in Pursuit of Educational Excellence.
3311 18th St., Bettendorf, IA
(563) 359-3681
www.bettendorf.k12.ia.us
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