BES Newsletter

Picture Retakes: Wednesday, November 20

Holiday Concert: Wednesday, December 11, 6:00 pm

Holiday Shop: Friday, December 13

Holidays in the Halls: Monday, December 16, 6:00 pm

Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 27 through Monday, December 2

We are excited to announce that Mrs. Brooke Knight will officially start as the School Counselor at BES on Thursday, December 19!

Ms. Ashley Hamilton, Mrs. Alexis Ahearn and Mr. Patrick McDermott, the three other elementary counselors, will be spending some days here at BES to ensure that we have counselor coverage until Mrs. Knight starts with us.

If there is something you need to speak to a School Counselor about, or want your child to speak to a School Counselor about, please email Mr. Baughman (mbaughman@basd.net) or Mr. White (swhite@basd.net) and they will help to coordinate that support.

You can now order your copy of the 2024-25 Bellefonte Elementary School yearbook! Go to https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09880953 to place your order. The order deadline is April 12th. Yearbooks will be $16.50 plus tax, with optional personalization available at additional cost.

The school does supply headphones for students to plug into their Chromebooks. However, if your child would like to bring their own headphones in to use, they are able to do so.

BASD Elementary schools will be honoring Children’s Grief Awareness Day on Thursday, November 21st. Join us all together in wearing blue that day. In addition, students are welcome to decorate and make a butterfly to honor a loved one who has passed or give words of encouragement to others. If your student would like to participate, please use the butterfly that was sent home to all students. Please have them cut out the butterfly to be added to our display.

For more information or resources visit www.childrensgriefawarenessday.org and highmarkcaringplace.com.

Thank you for your continued support of our student’s mental health and the BASD school counseling department!

While every day is a good day to quit smoking and vaping, the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smoke Out is November 21 this year. Quitting smoking is hard but taking it one day at a time can help you to make progress toward stopping smoking and setting an excellent example for your children.

Please click on the file below for the cafeteria menu for the month of November:

The PTO would like your help in expressing thanks to our faculty/staff at Bellefonte Elementary during this season of Thanksgiving. Complete this online form by Friday, November 22nd, and we'll create a special, personalized certificate of gratitude for that staff member. THANK YOU for your help!

We're looking for volunteers for the night before and day of the BES Holiday Store events!

HOLIDAY STORE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

The Holiday Store date is FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th.

Volunteers helping during the school day MUST have clearances and be board approved!

Information to obtain VOLUNTEER clearances: https://www.basd.net/o/basd/page/volunteer-program

NIGHT BEFORE STORE SET-UP

Thursday, December 12th 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Blacktop Gym Entrance

DAY OF DURING SCHOOL DAY

Volunteers helping during the day MUST have clearances to be in the school during the day. You should plan on being there from 7:30am to 2:30pm. If you cannot be there the entire time, please let me know, thanks!

For Day of Store Sign-ups: Please include what Potluck item you will be bringing to share in the comment with your sign-up.

DAY OF AFTER SCHOOL DAY

Volunteers helping with Inventory Counts after the store ends may arrive in the gym anytime after 2:35pm. We will likely be counting until sometime in the evening hours. If you can't arrive until after 5pm, let me know, thanks! Again, we want to have as accurate of an inventory count as possible so that our Personal Shoppers know which item categories to be on the lookout for when hitting after holiday sales.

DAY OF STORE ALL DAY

Volunteers are also welcome to work the entire day from 7:30am until all items are sorted, counted and labeled that evening. Just make sure you have your clearances and sign-up for both a during school day slot and after school Inventory Counter slot.

Any questions - please email me at besholidaystore@gmail.com! I'll be emailing volunteers closer to the store date to give a run down on expectations and tasks.

BES Holiday Store Enthusiast - Nancy Saxton-Mattie

• Field Trip chaperones

• School dance chaperones

• Classroom/building helpers

• Volunteering at classroom parties

• Field Day volunteers

• Holiday Shop volunteers

• PTO/Parent Group events in the buildings during school hours

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Registered volunteers will be approved by the Bellefonte Area School District Board of Directors after they have submitted the following documents:

1. Volunteer Form

2. Statement of Confidentiality

3. Residency Affidavit & Arrest/Conviction Report

4. PA Child Abuse History Certification

5. PA Criminal History clearance

If you plan on volunteering at all during the school year, it is best to get this process completed early. Please contact Liz Stone, the district Volunteer Coordinator if you have any further questions.

You can also visit the volunteer section of our website: https://www.basd.net/o/basd/page/volunteer-program

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100 W. Linn Street

Bellefonte, PA 16823

Website: https://www.basd.net/o/beles

Phone: 814-355-5519

Fax: 814-353-5338

Attendance Email: beatt@basd.net