Student Summer Learning Packet Pickups - June 8th and July 13th!
Rewatch our Virtual 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony
Click on the graphic below to watch with your family and friends to celebrate our soon-to-be alumni Bears of 2020!
Attention Rising Kindergarten & New Families!
Click below to view the 2020 Beginners Night presentation:
Spring Break Project of Thanks!
Before spring break, our amazing staff shared a video message with our students (click here to watch). Over spring break, we asked our students to use their creativity to share a message back! We were overwhelmed with the responses and how amazing our students are, we think what they came up with is pretty fantastic! Thank you to our amazing staff for inspiring our students, thank you to parents for sharing, thank you to room parents for collecting, and a BIG thank you to our students for sharing their messages of hope and love! .
CMS Meal Distribution Sites
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will provide grab and go meals while schools are closed. Lunch (and breakfast for the next day) will be served in participating school’s parking lots. Meals are free for anyone 18-years old and under. Children must be present to receive meals.
Meals will be distributed Monday-Friday beginning Tuesday, March 17 from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Click below to download and open the list of sites and their addresses:
Meals will be distributed Monday-Friday beginning Tuesday, March 17 from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Click below to download and open the list of sites and their addresses:
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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.
Please click below to sign up and then look for the confirmation email at your chosen address to finalize the registration!
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.
Please click below to sign up and then look for the confirmation email at your chosen address to finalize the registration!
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.
- Appropriate dress is required of all students at all times. Appropriate clothing is required during all seasonal changes.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Car Rider Traffic Pattern - see drive-through video and image below
School Supply Lists
2020-2021 Lists Coming Soon!
To make your summer even easier please check out our pre-boxed school supply kit fundraiser! Orders for 2020-2021 are taken through June 19th!
To make your summer even easier please check out our pre-boxed school supply kit fundraiser! Orders for 2020-2021 are taken through June 19th!
Important Documents
| BES Returned Check Policy |
| Principal's Coffee EOG Information |
