Bethel Tate Tiger eNews

Dear Bethel-Tate Parents/Guardians:

We are looking forward to welcoming back our staff and students for the 2022-2023 school year on Thursday, August 18, 2022. We have staggered start dates for different grade levels. Principals will be communicating these details with our parents soon.

Our administrative team has been busy this summer hiring staff and planning for the new school year. Special thanks to our custodial and maintenance crew for working hard to get our buildings ready!

Details on open houses and other important back-to-school information communicated through our building principals.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Melissa Kircher

Superintendent

Bethel-Tate uses FinalForms, an online forms and data management service, to simplify the back-to-school process for our families while reducing our paper usage. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign enrollment, back-to-school, and athletic/club participation forms for your students.

FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! Final Forms also pre-populates information wherever possible for each of your students, saving you time.

Parents/guardians of every student enrolled at Bethel-Tate Local Schools must complete FinalForms online registration as soon as possible. The login page can be found on our website or by clicking https://betheltate-oh.finalforms.com/.

Make sure to complete your 2022-2023 forms online before the first day of school. The email and contact information you submit is important to ensure you receive important communications and announcements from the district and your child's school.

Clermont County Public Health is offering a Back-to-School Immunization clinic at Bethel-Tate Middle School on August 24, from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

If you are interested, call 513-735-8400 to schedule an appointment.

Click here to see the Ohio Immunization Summary for School Attendance.

See below to find your building's list for school supplies for students in grades K-8. High school students will receive supply lists from their teachers when school starts.

• Kindergarten Supply List 2022-2023
• 1st Grade Supply List 2022-2023
• Second Grade Supply List 2022-2023
• Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Supply Lists 2022-2023
• Sixth Grade Supply List 2022-2023
• Seventh Grade Supply List 2022-2023
• Eighth Grade Supply List 2022-2023

Ohio will have a sales tax holiday from Friday, August 5, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

• An item of clothing priced at $75 or less;
• An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and
• An item of school instructional material priced at $20 or less. Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.

For more information regarding the sales tax holiday, please refer to the Department’s Sales Tax Holiday Frequently Asked Questions available on the Department’s website. If you have any additional questions regarding this information, please contact the Department at 1-888-405-4039.

The USDA’s free meals waiver for public school food service programs, which provided free daily breakfast and lunch to all students (regardless of financial qualification) for the last two years, expired on June 30, 2022.

As a result, families who may qualify for free and reduced meals based on income or other qualifying factors will need to complete the 2022-2023 Free and Reduced Meal Application.

Regardless of previous qualification, the meal benefits application much be completed on an annual basis. Only students who qualified for free/reduced meal benefits prior to the USDA waiver will continue receiving benefits through Sept. 15, 2022, after which a new application will need to be on file to continue receiving free/reduced meal prices.

Please return the completed application to any of the school offices.

Any questions, contact Darlene Parks at 513-352-7190 or email at darlene.parks@betheltate.org.

Links to bus routes for the 2022 -2023 school year will be released in early August 2022. You will find the routes on the transportation department's page of our website.

This summer, Bethel-Tate Local School District launched a new website featuring a mobile app that will allow parents and community members to easily access information, calendar dates, lunch menus, and important news alerts from their phones or mobile devices. Go to the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store by searching Bethel-Tate Local Schools. Download it today!

Bethel-Tate High School

7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Bethel-Tate Middle School

7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ebon C. Hill Intermediate

8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

William Bick Primary

8:35 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.