Firefly Family News
Week of April 22, 2024
Week in Review
Ballentine now has a FREE Library!
Courtesy of: Ballentine's Culture and Community Committee
Your student may come home with new or gently used books from our new Free Library, located outside the recess door at the back of the building.
Students are welcome to select books during recess to take home. The books can be returned or traded at the Free Library, kept at home to read again or passed on to a friend.
Help us to keep the books clean as many of them are new. Please remind your students they should not return Free Library books in the school library book return. If they do not wish to keep the book, they simply put them back in the Little Library when they are finished or ready to trade.
We hope this resource helps support our students in continuing to develop a love of reading!
Announcements
Welcome back track 3! Track-in day is Monday, April 22nd.
Panorama Family Survey
Please participate in the Panorama Family Survey by May 17th. We want ALL our families to have a voice!
Panorama Family Survey in English
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family/surveys?language=en
Panorama Family Survey in Spanish
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family/surveys?language=es
Staff Appreciation Week - From the PTA
Please help our PTA treat our wonderful BES teachers and staff during the teacher appreciation weeks planned May 6th - May 17th! There are many ways to help and donate, and no contribution is too small. Thank you!
Volunteers - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A48A4AB2DABFA7-48881633-2024#/
Donations - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A48A4AB2DABFA7-49093137-teacher#/
Student Device Program Update - Chromebooks
Student Device Program Updates
- Students who withdraw from WCPSS are required to return their Chromebook on or before their last day of school.
- Students in grades 5, 8, or 12 are required to return their assigned Chromebook at the end of this school year. These students will receive new Chromebooks at the beginning of their grade 6 and 9 school year.
- All other students (grades 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11) will keep their assigned Chromebook through the transition to the 2024-25 school year, even if they are transferring to another WCPSS school.
Positivity Project Weekly Update
Community Resources for Student Concerns or Emergencies
If you have a student mental health concern or emergency after school hours, please utilize the following community resources.
Alliance Behavioral Health Crisis Line - 877.223.4617 (24 hours a day/7 days a week)
Holly Hill Hospital - 919.250.7000 or 800.447.1800
Call 911
Visit your local emergency department
Important Dates
- Monday, April 22nd: Track-in day for track 4
May 6th - 17th: Teacher Appreciation Week(s)
Monday, May 6th: Field Day for tracks 1 and 2
Friday, May 10th: Track-out day for track 2
Friday, May 10th: Firefly Festival beginning at 6:00 pm
Monday, May 13th: School for Tracks 1 and 4 ONLY!
Monday, May 13th: Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm
Tuesday, May 14th: Track-in Day for track 3
Wednesday, May 15th: Field Day for tracks 3 and 4