BES Weekly Update

"Believe, Excel, Succeed"

February 24, 2023

Literacy Week at BES

Next week we will celebrate Read Across America with our kids. Please see the flier below for details of the theme of each day.


We will also have our book fair open for kids to shop for some new, great books to read.


On Tuesday, we will host our Family Literacy Night from 5:30-7:00. We hope you will all be able to come out and enjoy the activities.

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Pandas of the Week

Congratulations to our Pandas of the Week. We have the BESt students in the world!

A Peek Inside Our School

Family Literacy Night

Mark your calendars. Family Literacy Night is just around the corner. You are invited to come out and participate in a variety of literacy activities as a family on February 28 from 5:30-7:00. We are looking forward to a fun filled, exciting night with our families.

Book Fair

Students will shop during their library time. They will also have times that they can go on a pass to shop. The book fair will also be open during Literacy Night if you would like to shop with your child.

Spring Pictures

Spring Pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, March 1.

ABCD Award

We are starting a new award to recognize our staff that go Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in their service to our students, family and school. We would like to give our families a chance to nominate a staff member that you feel would be deserving of this award. We will give our first one this month. Nomination that are received by the 10th of the month will be considered for that month's award. Please click on the link in below if you would like to nominate a staff member.

ABCD Award Nomination

Please click here to nominate a staff member for the ABCD Award. Nominations are due by the 10th of the month.

Online Tutoring Resource

Tutor.com is available for families 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students will have access to highly-qualified tutors in over 200 subject areas. More information can be found at this link: https://ed.sc.gov/newsroom/news-releases/s-c-department-of-education-and-s-c-state-library-announce-partnership-to-provide-virtual-tutoring-support-to-south-carolina-students/

Important Dates

Feb 27-March 3 - Book Fair and Read Across American Week

February 28 - BES Family Literacy Night (5:30-7:00)

February 27-March 3 - Spring Book Fair

March 3 - Bi-Weekly Progress Report

March 13 - PD Day

March 17 - Bi-Weekly Progress Report

March 22 - Panda Pride Breakfast

March 22 - End of Third Quarter

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Have you reserved your date yet???

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It's Been a Great Week at BES!!

Good Afternoon,


It's been a great week at BES. We are looking forward to our Family Literacy Night next week. The teachers have been planning lots of fun and engaging activities for you and your family. We hope that you will all be able to attend.


Please be diligent with you child's attendance. Unless your child is contagious, he/she really needs to be here on time and all day to receive the most they can from their teacher's instruction. Thank you so much for your support in this matter.


Please know that we value your input. If you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions, please let us know. You can email us or call us anytime. We will respond within 48 hours of receiving the message. At BES, our mission is to partner with the home and community to provide a safe, supportive and innovative learning environment to ensure ALL students are equipped with the knowledge, skills and core values needed for success. These actions will enable us to reach of vision of creating a learning community that to Believe in themselves, Excel in performance, and Succeed in life.


Hope you all have a great weekend!


Mrs. Hedrick