Barry Bulletin
Barry Elementary March 8, 2024 Family Newsletter
Be a Leader. Be You. Be Barry.
This week at Barry...
Social Worker Appreciation Week
As we celebrate Social Worker Appreciation Week, it's essential to shine a spotlight on Mrs. Micah O'Donnell who embodies compassion, dedication, and resilience in her profession. We are so lucky that our social worker is not just a professional but a place for students to show who they truly are, be accepted, and taught essential skills. We can honestly say she tirelessly works to ensure the well-being and dignity of every individual she serves. Her impact is profound, touching countless lives with empathy and understanding. Today and every day, let's honor and celebrate our magnificent social worker, Micah, for her unwavering dedication and profound impact on our school family.
Board Member Appreciation Week! A special visit from Amy MacCuish! Thank you!
Snap circuit exploration in library
We love to read
📆 Dates to Remember:
March 12: 5th Grade Transition Field Trip
March 13: Informational Meeting on Prop C at PCHS 6pm
March 18: APEX Fun Run Begins!
March 21: Crazy Sock Day
March 25-29: SPRING BREAK
Make Up Day Plans
With our inclement weather days in January, and no school on February 14 to celebrate the Chiefs Super Bowl parade, our make up day plans to date are as follows:
- January 9 Inclement Weather Day - Will be made up on Thursday, May 23
- January 10 Inclement Weather Day - Will be made up on Friday, May 24
- January 16, 19, and 23 Virtual Learning Days - Will not need to be made up
- February 14 No School Day - Because our attendance hours exceed the necessary hours set forth by the state, the Board has approved not making this day up
5th Grade Tansition Feild Trip
Platte Purchase Middle School is excited to welcome our upcoming 6th graders on March 12th during our afternoon Step Up Celebration.
Students will tour our beautiful building, meet their teachers, participate in activities to introduce them to Middle School processes, learn about 6th grade course selection, and be introduced to all that it means to be a Platte Purchase Pirate!
After the event, students will receive a Course Request Sheet. Please complete this with your child, sign, and return to their 5th grade teacher before Spring Break. After Spring Break, representatives from PPMS will travel to Barry/Pathfinder to assist with entering course selections into Powerschool.
More information to come, but for now, If you have any questions please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Griffin, School Counselor at Platte Purchase Middle School. Griffina@plattteco.k12.mo.us
Barry Elementary Million Minute Challenge
📚All trackers need to be turned in Thursday morning!!!
We are very excited to announce a new reading challenge that will run from February 12 - March 13. It is called the Barry Elementary Million Minute Challenge. The goal is for the school to read a combined total of one million minutes in one month (31 days). This is a challenge for students as well as any staff that would like to participate.
We have printed personal trackers for all students and will send out a spreadsheet to log all those minutes per student or staff member. Minutes can be earned by reading to someone (teacher reading to class) or listening to someone read (audiobooks, online read alouds, etc) or reading to yourself. Students can use listening to read alouds in class, reading during literacy stations, practicing reading stamina, etc. They can also count any reading at home such as reading to a sibling or listening to a book read by someone.
Every time a student reads 100 minutes, you can have the student take their tracker with them to their library time and Miss Begg will get their name on a special 100-minute reader poster for the cafeteria. We'd love to wallpaper the whole cafeteria with 100-minute reader posters!
All honors will be announced at the LEAD day assembly in March.
We will be sending out more information, printouts, and posters starting the first week of February. We are very excited to get this rolling!
🏫 2024 Kindergarten Kickoff/Enrollment
Children who have turned five years of age before August 1, 2024, are eligible for kindergarten for the 2024-25 school year. Families are encouraged to view the Attendance area boundary map linked here, or call the District office at 816-858-5420 for confirmation of attendance area.
If your family has an incoming kindergartner, please complete the form linked here. If you know of a family with an incoming kindergartner, please share! We will send you information about enrollment and Kindergarten Kickoffs, hosted in each elementary on Monday, April 22.
Summer School
🌞Summer School 2024
Platte County School District is excited to announce that Summer School will be held May 31-June 28, 2024. All Platte County R-3 students are invited to attend and continue to grow as learners throughout the summer! The purpose of PCR-3’s Summer School Program is to provide an experience that is relevant, rigorous, and engaging, based on individual learner needs, in a safe and caring environment. Click here for more information about Summer School at PCR-3.
- Be looking for communication on K-8th grade summer school registration in March. Registration will be completed online via the Forms section on PowerSchool Parent Portal.
- Incoming Kindergarten students will be able to complete summer school registration after they complete regular enrollment.
- Information about enrolling in the High School summer school program will be available in April.
🦜Pirates ROCK
🏴☠️ Pirates ROCK Character Trait: INTEGRITY (March)
Pirates R.O.C.K. (Raising Outstanding Character Kids) is a program designed to surround our families with examples of strong character traits through school experiences, at home, and reinforced in their community. Each month our community focuses on a specific character trait and students are recognized for exhibiting these traits: Self Confidence, Pride, Responsibility, Citizenship, Compassion, Individuality, Self Control, Integrity, Perseverance, Respect, Honesty, and Cooperation.
March's #PiratesROCK trait is INTEGRITY: having a sincere, honest nature.
Leader in Me connections to INTEGRITY:
- Habit 1: Be Proactive - You are in charge of you.
- Habit 3: Put First Things First - Do the important things first.
- Responsible Decision Making, Honesty, Kindness, Respect, Selflessness, Commitment
🤝New Barry PTA!
You are my Sunshine Daughter Dance
We are needing volunteers to assist please. 2024 You are My Sunshine Daughter Dance March 9th, 2024 5:45pm - 8:45 pm Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
✔ Join the PTA!
👩⚕️From Our Nurse
Given the colder climate and the proximity of outerwear, there have been isolated instances of head lice reported within the school community. For more information on prevention or treatment- contact Nurse Angela at 816-436-9623 or bacha@platteco.k12.mo.us
NEW CDC GUIDELINES
Hello!
The CDC no longer requires 5 days of quarantine after a COVID diagnosis. That means the district also no longer requires a 5 day quarantine for staff or students. You are required to stay home until symptoms improve and no fever for 24 hours on no medication - just like our guidance for other illnesses.
🥼Lost and Found🎒
🔗Important Links
Barry News Network
Barry'd Treasures
Please visit our Barry School Store website!
If you have any questions, want to volunteer or make a donation, please contact Blaire Zessin or Teddi Weber.
Community Events
Mobile Food Distribution
The purpose of the event is to provide fresh foods to those in need in our community.
Anyone is welcome to get food and no proof of need is required. You can also pick up food for other people.
Platte County Health Department | 7925 NW 110th Street | Kansas City, MO
Directions to enter the food distribution. Follow 112th to N. Airworld Dr. Then head south on N. Airworld Dr. until reaching NW 110th. Head west on 110th to find the Platte County Health Department and enter the lanes for the food distribution.
🛑Safe Schools
Bullying and Safety Concerns: Online Reporting System
Safety is one of our district’s top priorities, and to help safeguard our school community, our District uses Safe Schools Alert, a tip reporting service by Vector Solutions, that allows students, staff, and parents to submit safety concerns to our administration.
You and your child can easily report tips on bullying, harassment, or any safety issue you're concerned about through this online reporting system. On the homepage of the District website (www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com) and on each school building's homepage there is a Safe Schools quicklink which links to the reporting tool. Every tip Vector Solutions receives about our District is immediately logged in the system and our administration is notified so that they can investigate and take appropriate action. Tips may also be submitted anonymously if you prefer. Together, we can make our District a safer place to learn.
🍕Lunch Visitor Sign Up & Menus
Lunch Sign Ups and Menus
Here is the link to Nutrislice for the menus. You can also access it on the district website under Food Service. If you click the link, then choose Barry and then bookmark it, it should take you to Barry menus each time. If there are changes to the menu for the week, they will be updated here first.
Did you know...
We love showing off our Barry Pirates! If your child is on the NO PHOTO list we won't be able to include them in our newsletters or social media posts. If you are, or think you may be on the list and no longer want to be please call the office and we will gladly fix that for you!
Keep us updated!
New phone number? Change your email? Please call the office so we can update your information!
Calendar and Contact
🕐 School Hours of Operation
Regular school day office hours run from 8:15am - 4:30pm.
- Students can enter the building- 8:30 a.m.
- Official start of school- 8:50 a.m.
- Dismissal- Car Riders and Y-Club-3:35 p.m.
- Dismissal-Bus Riders- 3:50 p.m.
Barry Elementary School
Assistant Principal: Dr. Mindy Wheeler
Website: https://barry.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
Location: 2001 Northwest 87th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-436-9623
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barryelementary/
Twitter: @barry_elem_pcr3