Blytheville Elementary School
September 9-13
CHICKASAW P.R.I.D.E.
Chickasaw P.R.I.D.E.
Personal Responsibility, Respect, Integrity, Disciplined,
Engaged
VISION: Engage Everyone Everyday
MISSION: BES will educate the whole child through an engaging curriculum preparing them for the next level in their journey.
BES Faculty and Staff Handbook 2019-20
Website: https://www.blythevilleschools.com/o/bes
Location: 216 East Moultrie Drive, Blytheville, AR, United States
Phone: (870) 763 - 5924
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlythevilleElementary/
Sept 9: Coin Wars continue, Submit names for Angel Tree
Sept 10:
Sept 11: Remembrance of September 11, 2001 attacks on US
Sept 12: Epic School Assemblies 8:15 and 9:15 (BES Gym), 5th grade trip to Ferndale (Hicks and Moore)
Sept 13: Core Team Meeting 8:00 AM, Deadline to pay Sunshine Dues of $25, 5th grade trip to Ferndale (Hicks and Moore)
Upcoming Events:
Sept 16: Coin Wars continue
Sept 17: PTO Meeting
Sept 18: Catapult Health Clinic, 1st Quarter IPR due 9AM, Building Leadership Team Meeting 3:40
Sept 19: Mid-Term Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-6:30
Sept 20: Core Team Meeting 10:00 AM
Epic Interactive Assembly- September 12
8:15 - 9:00 All 3rd grade classes and 4th grade math only, Germano, and Whitley
9:15- 10:00 All 5th grade classes and 4th grade literacy classes only
For this day only, the following classes will have recess at the times listed below:
All 4th grade morning recess will take place from 10:00- 10:20 (All teachers on duty).
All 5th grade morning recess will take place from 10:20-10:40 (All teachers on duty).
Third grade classes will go to recess at the regularly scheduled time (All teachers on duty).
Change in Parent/Teacher Conference Times
Supervision of Recess/Activity
Act 641 ensures that elementary schools provide 40 minutes of recess for students per day that is considered instructional time.
Positive Contacts and Grades
Reminder about Staff Dresscode
We must look like professionals at all time.
Library Checking In and Out Procedure
Students will now check books out of the library on a regular basis. We will have a checkout day every other week. Since the week of September 3rd was our first check out, the next will be the 16th. Students will need to make sure they bring their library books with them if they want to check out new ones on our checkout weeks.
This website is great for readalouds if you cannot get a particular book from Ms. Robinson in the school library but you want your students to experience it. This website features celebrities or authors reading books, they are very engaging and an awesome classroom treat. Students can go to the website on their own time and choose books to listen to as well! The best part is it's absolutely free!
September 11, 2001 Memorial Lesson Plans
Gifted and Talented Website
Check out the link to the Gifted and Talented website. It includes resources for students, teachers, and parents.
Lesson Plan Procedure Change
Items needed for the BES Backpack program
· Cheese or Peanut butter crackers
· Beef jerky
· Applesauce
· Pudding Cups
· Fruit cups
· Granola bars
· Cereal bars
· Single serving Chef-Boy-R-Dee items
· Ravioli/Spaghetti-O’s
· Single serving soups (with pull tab openings)
· Ramen noodles(in packages)
· Tomato juice
· Packaged nuts
· Pasta (any kind)
· Pasta Sauce
· Trail mix
· Fruit snacks
· Dried fruits
· Peanut butter
· Canned vegetables and fruit (with pull top openings)
· Macaroni and cheese
· Individually packaged chips/Pretzels/Goldfish
· Boxed juices
· Vienna sausages (with pull top lids)
· Pop tarts
· Individual packets of Oatmeal
· Bottled Waters
· Canned Tuna
· Bags of rice or beans
Any donations of these types of items would be greatly appreciated.
Notes from the Counselor
Let's not forget about our Attendance Spirit Week week!
Please remind your students to dress up. Let them know there will be a prize for the "Most Spirited" each day in each grade level.
Talk to your students about the importance of attending school during our designated instruction time each day. I have linked a few resources to help you.
- https://www.attendanceworks.org/resources/videos/
- https://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/MessagingElementaryStudents_3-1.pdf
We have a fun video to promote attendance at BES! Be on the lookout for it on Facebook this weekend!
Reading Rockets Resources
Classroom Walk-throughs
Look-fors during walkthrough:
Evidence of Lesson Plan (current and posted by the door)
Standards-Based Learning Objectives posted (current and in plain view)
Exemplary standards-based student work displayed (strive for authentic on task engagement!)
Student Engagement (lesson should be upbeat and not a drag)
Effective use of transition time (maximize down-time, not just busy work)
Model, guided, or independent/group work (more collaborative grouping)
DOK/Higher level questioning
Check for student understanding
Instructional materials used (prepared and ready to maximize instructional time)
Classroom Management (positive behavior is reinforced/negative behavior addressed through redirecting)
Classroom Culture (positive student-teacher relationships)
Rules and Procedures Posted
Substitute Folders
All teachers are expected to maintain a RED FOLDER on your desk throughout the year.This will be an emergency lesson plan folder that will be used in the event that you cannot get lesson plans here by 7:30. The RED FOLDERS should be used in emergencies only. Within this folder there should be a scripted lesson, which anyone could easily follow, for each subject you teach. Also, include the following:
class list
daily schedule including special class times and the time you and your partner teacher switch, as well as dismissal times
scheduled bathroom breaks
recess
lunch time
duty assignments (afternoon)
drill procedures
transportation list that shows how your students get home
list of students that check in with the nurse at designated times
times students are pulled from the regular classroom for interventions, special education services or speech
Operational - Doors Locked
Please talk to students about not opening doors for visitors. This is a safety issue.
Anti-Bullying Act
According to Act 1029 which amended the Anti-Bullying Act, “Bullying” means the intentional harassment, intimidation, humiliation, ridicule, defamation, or threat or incitement of violence by a student against another student or public school employee by a written, verbal, electronic, or physical act that may address an attribute of the other student, public school employee, or person with whom the other student or public school employee is associated and that causes or creates actual or reasonably foreseeable: Physical harm to a public school employee or student or damage to the public school employee's or student's property; Substantial interference with a student's education or with a public school employee's role in education; A hostile educational environment for one or more students or public school employees due to the severity, persistence, or pervasiveness of the act; or Substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the public school or educational environment; "Bullying" includes cyberbullying.” When referencing “bullying” make sure you understand the difference in students being mean and the actual act of “bullying”. Also, please remind your students that BES will not tolerate bullying and if students are bullying, an administrator or Mrs. Pierce must investigate the bullying, along with the involved teachers and students. Please see this pdf document for the full investigation report.
Flu shot permission forms will be sent home with students towards the middle of this month to make sure we get them back in plenty of time! Permission slips must be signed in order for students to receive a flu shot! Our FREE flu shot clinic will be held in the Blytheville Elementary School library October 1, 2019 from 9:00-12:00. This clinic will be open to all staff members and their spouses! Staff will receive permission forms from Nurse Russell or may fill them out when they come to receive their vaccine.
Please use the Gym entrance to enter the Nurse's office instead of using the outside door.
A note went home with students last week informing parents that the school nurse or faculty member may use topical ointments such as but not limited to triple antibiotic ointment, orajel, and lip balm. Please remind students that a parent signature is required for treatment to be provided.