BELL PRAIRIE MUSTANG MESSAGE

• Monday, January 26 – Ms. Wood's 5th Grade Future Ready Lab Field Trip
• Thursday, January 29 - Ms. Steensland's 5th Grade Future Ready Lab Field Trip
• Friday, January 30 – Mrs. May's 5th Grade Future Ready Lab Field Trip
• Tuesday, February 3 - 5th Grade Music Concert 7:00 PM Bell Prairie Gym
• Thursday, February 5 - 3rd Grade Swim Screener at Gladstone Community Center
• Friday, February 6 - Wear Red, White, & Blue and help us cheer on Team USA in the Winter Olympics
• Monday, February 9-Friday, February 13 - Kindness Week (spirit week details below)
• Tuesday, February 10 - PTA Mtg 6:00 PM Bell Prairie Library | Wind Song Choir Performance 7:00 PM at Staley High School
• Friday, February 13 - Half Day, Noon Dismissal | Student-only Friendship Classroom Celebrations
• Monday, February 16 - No School | President's Day
• Tuesday, February 17 - 20 - Take Your Family to Breakfast Week, BP Art Show, & Book Fair 8:00-8:30 AM (more information below)
• Tuesday, February 24 - Chuck E. Cheese Family Restaurant Night (flyer below)

District Academic & Elementary Rotation Calendar - The District Academic Calendar attached below lists all this year's scheduled breaks. Please reference the Elementary Rotation Calendar attached below for guidance on ABCDE rotation days.

We are grateful for the amazing team at Bell Prairie who go above and beyond for our students every day. If you’d like to recognize a staff member for their hard work, kindness, or impact, we invite you to share a “shout-out” using the form linked below. Your words of appreciation mean so much and help us celebrate the wonderful people who make our school community shine!

Volunteers are needed to help with the Book Fair. Please click on the link below to sign up to volunteer. Thank you for your help to make this an amazing event for our Mustangs!

We’ve partnered with the Staley High School Girls Basketball program to create a premier feeder program in the Northland, serving 2nd grade through high school athletes. Our mission is to prepare future Staley Falcons by building strong fundamentals, developing high basketball IQ, and growing confidence on and off the court.

Teams are primarily formed from Staley feeder schools, with additional athletes added as needed to create competitive and developmentally appropriate rosters.

Players will have opportunities for primary teams, secondary teams, or flexible tournament-only options with school teammates.

Please complete the interest form so we can learn more about your athlete and help find the best fit!

STALEY GIRLS YOUTH BASKETBALL INTEREST FORM

Last week, we recognized students who demonstrated Portrait of a Graduate competencies of Learner's Mindset, Communication, Empathy, Integrity, Adaptability, Collaboration, or Problem Solving. Staff nominated the following students and we celebrated their positive contributions to their classroom and our school. Smiles below!

Our next inclement weather day will be a virtual learning day! Details below:

• Inclement weather days 2 - 7 will be virtual learning days. Students should use their district iPad to log in and participate in virtual learning activities.
• Some classrooms will host a live check-in and review of the daily assignments at 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM via Canvas Conference. Reach out to your child's classroom teacher if you or your student has questions on how to participate. Classroom teachers will communicate with families expectations for students' work. Most work will be sent via See Saw.
• Encore (Specials) teachers will also provide check-in opportunities. Your child's classroom teacher will let students know which encore activity to complete each virtual learning day and the time of their encore check-in.
• A Canvas Conference Support document is attached below to outline how students log into Canvas to access their conferences.
• If the district implements the two hour delayed start, we will open our doors at 10:30 AM, with a regular release time.
• All buses will pick up students two hours later than regular pick up times.
• Students enrolled in Adventure Club may be dropped off at regular start times.