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It is Time For Teacher Appreciation Week!
We know that teacher appreciation week is usually celebrated in May...but everyone knows how crazy May is, right? That's why the last few years we have chosen to move the BES celebration of staff to a month that is a little slower and our staff can truly enjoy being spoiled!
Since we are kicking off March Madness, we thought we would roll with a sports themed event this year. The PTA Hospitality Team has a winning roster of surprise givebacks planned but there are also small ways for you and your students to show how much you appreciate our staff!
Check out the graphic above or the list below for each of the ways that you can give back to your favorite staff members this week!
🎉 Sunday March 20th is Shoutout Sunday - be our staff's biggest cheerleaders and bring your family over to the school with your sidewalk chalk to cover our walkways and blacktop with messages welcoming them back to school on Monday morning! This is always a favorite as they walk in from the parking lot and look out their windows!
🏆 MVP Monday is on March 21st - head to our staff favorites list to find your teacher's favorite things and spoil them by sending in their favorite beverage or a small gift card to their favorite coffee shop!
🏈 Touchdown Tuesday is 1 Week from Today - show that you are rooting for your teacher by sending your students in to school wearing their teacher's favorite color. Favorite colors can be found by visiting our staff favorites list as well!
⚾️ World Series Wednesday is March 23rd - you can help your teacher make it through all 9 innings by bringing in their favorite snack! Visit our staff favorites list for ideas!
🏀 3-Point Thursday is March 24th - CLICK HERE to view and print out our "Three Points I Love About My Teacher" printables. There is one page that has a space for a drawing for our artsy types and one page that has more space for writing for our leaders who express their feelings best in words! Send in your student's completed worksheet next week to fill our classrooms with love!
⚽️ Free Kick Friday - this is kind of like the free space in bingo...use this day to show your support in whatever way works for your family! Our suggestion is to score the winning goal by sending in a homemade card or a small gift to remind our staff that we are their biggest fans! The staff favorites list is a great place to look for inspiration!
No matter how you participate, we know that each of you will come up with amazing ways to say thank you for all of the hard work that our staff puts in each and every day for our students!
Since we are kicking off March Madness, we thought we would roll with a sports themed event this year. The PTA Hospitality Team has a winning roster of surprise givebacks planned but there are also small ways for you and your students to show how much you appreciate our staff!
Check out the graphic above or the list below for each of the ways that you can give back to your favorite staff members this week!
🎉 Sunday March 20th is Shoutout Sunday - be our staff's biggest cheerleaders and bring your family over to the school with your sidewalk chalk to cover our walkways and blacktop with messages welcoming them back to school on Monday morning! This is always a favorite as they walk in from the parking lot and look out their windows!
🏆 MVP Monday is on March 21st - head to our staff favorites list to find your teacher's favorite things and spoil them by sending in their favorite beverage or a small gift card to their favorite coffee shop!
🏈 Touchdown Tuesday is 1 Week from Today - show that you are rooting for your teacher by sending your students in to school wearing their teacher's favorite color. Favorite colors can be found by visiting our staff favorites list as well!
⚾️ World Series Wednesday is March 23rd - you can help your teacher make it through all 9 innings by bringing in their favorite snack! Visit our staff favorites list for ideas!
🏀 3-Point Thursday is March 24th - CLICK HERE to view and print out our "Three Points I Love About My Teacher" printables. There is one page that has a space for a drawing for our artsy types and one page that has more space for writing for our leaders who express their feelings best in words! Send in your student's completed worksheet next week to fill our classrooms with love!
⚽️ Free Kick Friday - this is kind of like the free space in bingo...use this day to show your support in whatever way works for your family! Our suggestion is to score the winning goal by sending in a homemade card or a small gift to remind our staff that we are their biggest fans! The staff favorites list is a great place to look for inspiration!
No matter how you participate, we know that each of you will come up with amazing ways to say thank you for all of the hard work that our staff puts in each and every day for our students!
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Make sure to keep checking our Facebook Page for daily updates on themes and the special surprise givebacks from the PTA! |
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!
Bear Blast Newsletter
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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!
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.
- 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. 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.
- Car Rider Traffic Pattern - see drive-through video and image below
School Supply Lists
Scroll up to the top of this page for the 2021-2022 lists!
Important Documents
| BES Returned Check Policy |
| Principal's Coffee EOG Information |
