If you were not able to attend the Curriculum Night, no problem! Here are the presentations for you to view. K-2 received paper copies of the progress report. 3-5 has the progress report for you to view in Powerschool.

Kindergarten Presentation

First Grade Presentation

Second Grade Presentation

Third Grade Presentation

Fourth Grade Presentation

Fifth Grade Presentation

BES Title One Presentation

If you are interested in selling the form is below and also in the Thursday's folder. This money goes to copy paper, field trips, and other student engagement activities.

There is no afternoon driver for Bus 210 on Thursday, October 5. We are terribly sorry for any inconvenience.

Link is attached.

In order to provide continuing support for North Carolina’s youngest readers, The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Office of Early Learning has developed and released “Literacy at Home.” This digital resource provides literacy activities at each grade level, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Families and communities may access this resource for activities that specifically target the literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and oral language. When children grow in each of these foundational areas they are well on their way to becoming proficient readers. Click below to access:

Arrival

The first day of school, students will not be allowed to be walked to class by a parent. This will need to be practiced on Open House Night 8/22. Please let your teacher know which mode of transportation you would like your student to use during dismissal.

Students can be dropped off in carline from 7:20-7:55am. Breakfast will be served from 7:20-7:55am. After 7:55am, all breakfast will stop being served and cleaned up and instruction will begin promptly at 8am. Students are not to bring outside breakfast after 7:55am. At 7:55am the carline will end and students will need to be dropped off and signed in at the Main Office. The drop off in front of the school is for buses and self-contained EC students only. All car riders must be dropped off and picked up in the carline only at arrival and dismissal times.

Dismissal

Early checkouts will end at 2:30pm to prepare for dismissal. Whole school dismissal will begin at 3:00-3:25pm. We will not check out students between 2:30-3:00pm. Please check your student out before 2:30pm if they have to check out early. Driver's license must be present when checking out a student.

PIKMYKID Dismissal Application

In our ongoing efforts to enhance your children’s safety, we have decided to begin using the PikMyKid Dismissal Application. Throughout the country, it has been proven to simplify dismissal, reduce traffic congestion, and most importantly, improve overall safety.

The unique features of PikMyKid allow you, as parents, to easily change pick up modes, quickly delegate to an alternate individual for pickup, change to an ‘After School’ program, and even schedule for future pickup mode, pickup individual, and after school programs. This app allows you to be in full control of your child’s dismissal and it gives us, the school, complete information regarding dismissal and the ability to acknowledge every change and to instantly check your child’s dismissal status should you have a question. We are very excited about this addition and know you will be too.

Check your emails over the next week for additional information and we will be on our way to a safer, quicker, and more efficient dismissal process. To Learn a little more on your own, please check out the following link that will show you a few of the PikMyKid features. https://www.pikmykid.com/features/forparents

Good attendance is necessary to obtain academic excellence. Students and their parents must accept responsibility for regular school attendance. State law requires all pupils under the age of sixteen to be in school each day it is in session. Students absent for a whole day must bring a note signed by the parent explaining the reason for the absence. This note should not be written in the agenda. An excused absence is illness, death in the immediate family, religious holidays, doctor or dentist appointment, trips approved in advance through the office and any other absence considered necessary or beneficial by the administration. Missing the bus and truancy are two examples of reasons for an unexcused absence. Making up missed schoolwork is the responsibility of the student. The student must see the teacher(s) for missed assignments. The teacher will work with him/her in setting up a timetable to submit the missed assignments. If not submitted, missed assignments will be reflected in his/her grades.

Early check outs and late check ins will be charted and monitored due to missing student instruction. Habitually late check ins and early check out students will be provided with an attendance contract and possible retention if this behavior continues to occur.

Every Fridays is "Bobcat Day" when students and teachers where their Bobcat T-shirts and Gear. The link below has our online T-shirt Order form that you can also pay online.

School Cash Online is an easy to use and safe way to pay for your children’s school fees. Now, with a few clicks, you can pay for your child’s yearbook, class trips, purchase t-shirts, and so much more from your own home. All you have to do is register an account, attach your children and in no time you will be able to make payments online. We accept many different payment forms so come in and check us out!

Here is the link for parents -

https://ncps.schoolcashonline.com/

We are also offering Bobcat Sport Socks! The order form for these will be going home in Thursday's folder as well.

Breakfast

Outside side breakfast can be eaten in the cafeteria between 7:20-7:55am. If you sign in your student after 7:55am, please have do not send in breakfast. Our breakfast ends on our campus at 7:55am. Please have your student consume all food items prior to entering the building after 7:55am.

Lunch

You may bring outside food if you are eating with your student for lunch, please check in at the main office. We will not accept any Door Dash, Grub Hub, or any other food deliveries for students. Students need to bring a lunch or receive a free lunch in the cafeteria. All students eat breakfast and lunch for free on our campus.

Thank you so much for your support regarding this matter.

We have restructured our Positive Behavior Plan for this year. Please click on the link and begin to have discussions on all the ways your student will be rewarded for positive behavior this year.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-eCPD1SdIrRPUl8dwiMGr3iMCnFJyOXKTETiqRdmARo/edit?usp=sharing

Food Trucks and the Touch a Truck event will be there as well!

BES will offer free breakfast to all students from 7:20-7:55am and free lunch.

Each student will need to pay a yearly $20 technology fee each year. This link will allow you to pay this fee online: https://osp.osmsinc.com/NRM/, or you can pay it at BES.

Please us the link below to ask any question or share a suggestion? We will get back with you shortly

Let us know! We would love for parents or guardians who would like to help out at the school. Please just make sure you have been cleared as a current volunteer.

If you are interested in volunteering at BES or chaperoning a field trip, please sign up to be cleared through the Volunteer Portal.

Please sign up here

October

2 Chocolate Sale begins

16 October Spirit Week

17 Fall Pictures

18 Candy Man Main Event, National Bullying Prevention Day-Wear Orange

19 Early Release 1:15pm

20 Students now come to school to make up for the Hurricane Day

27 Chocolate Sale Ends

30 Report Cards

31 Fall Snack

November

2 Parent/Curriculum Night

3 PBIS Celebration

9EArly Release 1:00

10 Holiday

16 Progress Reports