Bear Necessities

Capital Campaign Competition Updates!

Here is the most up to date competition and donation information! See the tree graphic for the fun incentives earned by the entire school and the 2 bar charts for how close your classes and grades are to earning the fun donut party (75% of a class donating), pizza party (100% of a class donating), and popcorn/candy movie party (50% of an entire grade-level donating)!

Want more information? Make sure to keep checking our Facebook Page for daily updates and the Capital Campaign page for more details on donating, tax deductions, and how to get your employer to match your donation!

NEW!!! 2021-2022 School Year Supply Lists Are Here!

Use the lists below on your mobile device (or click to download and print) to get your students ready for back to school!

Download Kindergarten Supply List

Download 1st Grade Supply List

Download 2nd Grade Supply List

Download 3rd Grade Supply List

Download 4th Grade Supply List

Download 5th Grade Supply List

Bear Blast Newsletter

Sign Up Today!
Every week, we send a very important news bulletin directly to your inbox called the Bear Blast.
This is absolutely the best way to stay informed about what's going on at Ballantyne Elementary School.

In addition to the weekly newsletter, our new communication tool (ParentSquare) will be the one stop shop for ALL school, teacher, and PTA communications. If you want to know what is going on in the school or in your class, you must sign up and download the app today!

Important Reminders

Student Dress Code -
- Appropriate dress is required of all students at all times. Appropriate clothing is required during all seasonal changes.
  - During the winter months, children are expected to wear clothing and boots appropriate for the existing weather conditions.
  - During the spring/summer months attire must be suitable for school.
- We ask that students not wear excessive and/or bulky jewelry (ex. necklaces, rings, bracelets, grills).
- No hoods or gloves worn in the building.
- No t-shirts or apparel that mentions or promotes sexual themes, drugs, tobacco, alcohol, vulgar language, or violence.
- No inappropriate pictures.
  **Staff, should discreetly let Administration know if they feel a student’s dress is distracting to other students or disruptive to the learning environment. Administration will make the determination and call parents if deemed necessary.

Visitors - Parents, grandparents, and visitors are required to sign in at the front office and show a photo ID every time they visit BES. This is true for picking up a child, eating lunch with your child or attending any school events. ALL visitors must wear a mask in the school building at all times and there will be NO eating lunch with students this year.

Walkers & Bike Riders - If your child is a walker/biker then you must complete a walker form. If you are meeting your child to walk, you will meet across the street from the front playground or at the corner of Great Future and Clems Branch (across from the side door). There will be staff to help you find the location. You will not come onto campus. In the afternoon, if you have indicated that your child will walk/bike home and someone is not there to meet the child by 3:45 pm, they will return to the school building. You must then come into the school by the front office to pick up your child. If your child is able to walk home alone a form must be turned in stating this even if they are walking with a sibling or a friend. Bike riders will not be permitted to bike home until 4 pm after the carpool traffic has cleared.

Tardies - We know it is sometimes hard to readjust to a school schedule following the summer but please remember our bell time is 8:45 am. Student drop off will begin at 8:10 am each morning but NOT before. The tardy bell will ring promptly at 8:45 am. If your child is not in the building by the bell, parents must park and walk their child into the school. After buzzing in, the parent must sign the child in as tardy and then the child will receive a tardy pass and proceed to class.

Classroom Observation - All classroom observations visits must be arranged with the teacher at least 2 school days ahead of the requested visit time. An administrator must be made aware of the visit and a BES staff member will accompany the parent throughout the observation. Visitors must follow the school safety policy and sign in with a photo ID to receive a visitor badge that must be worn for the right side of the chest for the entire visit.

Early Dismissal - If you are picking your student up from school early for ANY reason, you must complete the pickup by 3:15 pm so the front office can begin to focus on the afternoon dismissal of all students.

Transportation Changes - All changes in transportation MUST be in writing. We will not accept verbal changes from a student or a phone call. Please make sure to send written communication to your child’s homeroom teacher, the front office, and before/after care (if applicable) any time there will be a change. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule.