Bellerive Bulletin

The movie selection is coming soon. Students will have an opportunity to vote on the movie!

Support the PTO's Fundraising Efforts! The PTO's Champions for Children campaign is in full swing. With your generosity, we have raised 20% of our fundraising goal for the year! Champions helps fund a range of valuable experiences for our students throughout the year, including culture night, author visits, student clubs, transportation for field trips, and more. Every donation of any amount helps. Thank you for your support!

Parkway families and employees are now able to sign up for food pantry distributions this year by completing this form. Families don't have to sign up to come, but it helps us anticipate the number of patrons we will be serving, as well as enabling us to email those who register with updates and reminders before the day of distribution.

Parkway Food Pantry

Fall 2024 Dates

• September 4th, 4-6pm OR September 17th, 9:30-11am
• October 1st, 4-6pm OR October 15th, 9:30-11am
• November 19th, 9:30-11am OR 4-6pm
• December 17th, 9:30-11am OR 4-6pm

To register for the meeting, participants can use the QR code on the flyer or visit this link: https://bit.ly/3RbNdMb. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to the group email: contactpaccd@gmail.com.

It's Game Time!

Join the Bellerive community at CityPark on October 6th to cheer on City2.

A portion of ticket sales benefits our Bellerive students.

During library time, students will be watching clips from some author events offered by Book Break.

If during the school day, you change the way your child is going home, we ask that you call the office at 314-415-6050. Teachers do not always get the opportunity to check their voice messages or emails during the school day.

For parents and students, the Parkway app is designed to offer one place where you can access emails, text messages, and other communications from your school and the district, as well as grades, attendance, calendars, lunch menus, news and more. The app is customized for you and your school(s) and allows you to set alerts, notifications and delivery preferences to tell us how and when you want to receive messages.

Download the Parkway Schools mobile app in the Apple App Store or get it on Google Play.

Teachers are already beginning to plan some fun field trips this year! They will need your help as chaperones, but in order to chaperone a field trip, you must be an approved volunteer. This website explains this Parkway volunteer process. Some parts of this process must be completed annually! You will want to take care of this process now so there isn't a delay prior your child's field trip or another volunteer opportunity.

Thanks for everyone's cooperation with our car line procedures for drop-off and pick-up. Now that we are getting into the routine, here are some ways you could help us make the car line more efficient:

• Please practice unbuckling/buckling with your child so they can do this independently.
• Encourage them to be "ready to go" during drop-off with their backpack and lunchbox in hand.
• Prompt your child to open the door themselves as soon as your car is safely stopped. We try our best to greet each car and open the car doors, but your child does not need to wait for an adult to open the door.

It is important to submit your new Free/Reduced Lunch Application for this school year. If your child was receiving free/reduced meals previously, the carry-over window is ending soon. If a new application is not submitted soon, your child will be charged full price for breakfast and lunch. The online application is quick and easy, but if you need a printed copy of the application sent home with your child, please call or email Stacy Bailey in the main office (314-415-6054 or sbailey@parkwayschools.net).

Bellerive students in grades 3-5 will be taking a social emotional survey between September 23 and October 4 so that we can better understand and support their needs.

Students will take the surveys during the regular school day. They will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. All responses will be kept confidential and used only by teachers and counselors to support student needs. Please see this list of frequently asked questions for more information.

Dental Safari Company, a mobile dental corporation, travels to schools to provide dental wellness checkups, and urgent care treatment, for children of all ages (birth through 19 years).

We are coming to Bellerive Elementary School on October 7, 2024!!

Dental Safari Company is a fully licensed, professional company that believes dental wellness begins with a 3-part approach: Education, Treatment, and Prevention. Your students will receive a visual exam by a licensed dentist, a cleaning, Fluoride treatment, sealants as needed as well as Silver Diamine Fluoride (a caries arresting medicament).

All Children Are Eligible:

· Children with a State Medicaid Identification number

· Children with private insurance (provide information)

· Child with cash payment (cash or check) -no Free/Reduced Lunch
($75 reduced fee includes exam, cleaning, fluoride, sealants as needed)

· Provisional (Need-Based) Services – No Charge – qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch and No Insurance

Following hygiene services, a letter will be sent home indicating the treatment each child received during our visit as well as follow-up treatment he/she may need.

To take part in this service, a dental consent would need to be completed and signed. Please visit www.dentalsafariforms.com to complete our online form or complete our paper consent form and return it to your child’s school.

If you have any questions, please contact our office at (618) 993-8333.

Sincerely,

Dental Safari Company

(618) 993-8333

Bellerive Family Movie Night: Friday, September 20, 6:30 pm, Bellerive Gym

Project Lit Book Club: Thursday, September 26, 7 pm

Clean the Campus Community Day: Saturday, September 28, 9 to 11 am

School Picture Day: Monday, September 30