Bellerive Bulletin

Dear Bellerive Families,

I enjoyed meeting many of you at Popsicles on the Playground and look forward to seeing everyone at our future back-to-school events. Please mark your calendars for our upcoming events, including Donuts with Dr. Kneer on Friday, August 9th. (An RSVP is requested.)

Bellerive's website and Digital Family Hub are updated for the year. The Digital Family Hub is designed to be a one-stop-shop for all your need-to-know information about Bellerive including School Supply Lists. It may be helpful to bookmark the Digital Family Hub for future reference. You also will find the link to the updated Family Handbook. This is a great resource to review as a family. Parkway's Back-to-School Family Resource Guide is another great resource to help you have a smooth start to the school year.

New this year is the Bellerive Family Calendar. This calendar is located on our website and contains all the important dates for the year. Pro Tip: You can load this calendar into your personal electronic calendars, and it will sync as updates and changes are made. Click here for the easy steps to sync your calendar with Bellerive's calendar!

The Bellerive Staff is gearing up to welcome you and your children to the 24-25 school year! We have a fun school theme that we are excited to unveil at Meet the Teacher. August is an exciting time of the year! Please reach out with any questions.

In Partnership,

Joey Kneer, Ed.D.

Principal, Bellerive Elementary School

mkneer@parkwayschools.net

314-415-6051

Wild About Kindergarten

Wednesday, August 7

4:30 to 6 pm

This is a Kindergarten Screening Event only for Incoming Kindergarten students who did not attend Jumpstart to Kindergarten. Please click here to RSVP.

Donuts with Dr. Kneer

Friday, August 9

8:30 to 9:30 am

Please click here to RSVP.

Bus Route Information Available

Week of August 12th

Click here to access bus information after August 12th.

Class Placement Emails Sent

Tuesday, August 13 (afternoon)

Meet the Teacher & Student Supply Drop

Thursday, August 15

• Kindergarten: 2 to 2:45 pm
• 1st-5th Grades: 3 to 3:45 pm

First Day of School

Monday, August 19

• Drop-off begins at 8:50 am
• School begins at 9:05 am
• Boo Hoo Breakfast for parents at 9 am (around the picnic tables)
• Dismissal at 4 pm

PTO Back-to-School Picnic

Friday, August 23

6 to 7:30 pm

Millennium Park

Open House for Parents

Thursday, August 29

6 to 7:30 pm

Please click here to access the School Supply List for 24-25.

• This weekend is Missouri's Tax-Free Holiday. Please click here for more info.
• If you ordered supplies through the Impacks supply box program, those will be delivered to your child's classroom.
• Students participating in Essentials Skills classes should contact their Special Education Case Manager, Mrs. Kelly Waller (kwaller@parkwayschools.net), before ordering or purchasing any supplies.

Having two full-time counselors is new to Bellerive, and there have been a few questions about how and why the counselors are assigned their caseloads.

These are their caseloads for 24-25:

• Svetlana Bigott - Grades 1, 3, 5
• Lindsay Knowles - Grades K, 2, 4

With this configuration, the counselors will rotate grade levels with their students. This allows students to have the same counselor for their entire time in elementary school!

• Svetlana Bigott will be the 1, 3, 5 counselor for this upcoming school year, but next year (25-26) she will be the K, 2 ,4 counselor so she continues to work with the same students as they go to the next grade.
• Lindsay Knowles will be the K, 2, 4 counselor for this upcoming school year, but next year (25-26) she will be the 1, 3, 5 counselor so she continues to work with the same students as they go to the next grade.

Click Here to Register for Wild About Kindergarten!

Click Here to RSVP for Donuts with Dr. Kneer

It is registration time for the 2024-2025 Parkway 4th & 5th grade Strings program at Bellerive! Our Strings classes are open to all students continuing in 4th & 5th grade. If your 4th or 5th grade student would like to continue to participate in the Strings program with Mr. Adam Wheeler, please click here to learn more and to register.

The weekly music instruction is free but does require instrument rental/purchase. If you are unable to obtain an instrument and your child wishes to participate in the Strings program, please discuss this with Mr. Wheeler.

If you have any questions about 4th and 5th grade Strings, you may contact Mr. Wheeler at awheeler1@parkwayschools.net.

Adventure Club (before and after school care at Bellerive) has a waitlist. If you have questions about your waitlist status or to join the waitlist, please call Parkway-Rockwood Community Education at 636-891-6644.

The Bellerive program needs six additional staff members in order to accommodate all students who need before or after school care. This could be a convenient job opportunity for Bellerive parents and family members. Please share this opportunity with anyone you know who might be interested.

We are excited to be welcoming many new staff members to Bellerive this upcoming year. Click here to learn more about our newest staff.

• Kindergarten: Emily Amann, Fran Bittiker, Kelly Burden, Lauren Richard (Kirby)
• 1st Grade: Christine Boettcher (Keating), Carrie Bokal, Amy Laughlin, Erin Winship
• 2nd Grade: Annie Andrews, Bekah Austin, Mary Kate Clinard, Ali Toczylowski
• 3rd Grade: Traci Hylla, Erica Kirn, Cheryl McGinnis
• 4th Grade: Brooke Holdenried (Ervin), Ashley Jelovic, Heather Mellor, and Amber Sanders
• 5th Grade: Tracy Janes-Miller, Heather Robertson, Liz Zahnweh
• Specials Rotation Teachers: Melissa Biehl (Library), Natalie Dremann (Art), John Fink (PE), Jessie Taylor (PE), Aaron Watson (Music)
• Specialists: Melissa Baldwin (Mulcahy) (EL), Kathryn Bearman (Mosaics), Rachel Holland (Instructional Coach), Meghan Larkin (Reading), Nirali Patel (Math), Megan Waldman (Reading), Adam Wheeler (Strings)
• Special Education Teachers: Cindy Fry (Resource), Katie Graham (Resource), Andrea Parrish (Resource), Kelly Waller (Essential Skills)
• Special Education Specialists: Heather Abts (Speech/Language), Marnie Alvord (Occupational Therapist), Mitzi Boothe (Physical Therapist), Sarah Boyer (Instructional Coach), Amanda Fleming (Behavior Facilitator), Robyn Holmes (ABA Coordinator), Jennifer Manley (School Psychologist), Sally McAchran (Mobility Specialist), Meredith Saeger (Music Therapist), Patsy Schmermund (BCBA), Mollie Sharp (Adaptive P.E.), Jen Van Cardo (Occupational Therapist), Kirstin Windland (Speech/Language), Rachael Woepke (Social Worker)
• Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Rachel Gill, Jayden Holt, Amanda Howell, Jenna Hughes, Grace Mecey, Kennedy Rice
• Specialists for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Alicia Firman (Social Worker), Julia Peraud (Speech/Language), Kayla Winkler (Speech/Language),
• Social/Emotional Support: Svetlana Bigott (Counselor 1,3,5), Lindsay Knowles (Counselor K,2,4), Jessica Larson (Mental Health Specialist), and Greg Vest (Behavior Specialist)
• Teacher Assistants: Debra Kirby, Deborah Rosemann
• Building Substitute: Betty Randall
• Paraprofessionals: Ryan Berry, Diane Corson, Angie DeVilder, Michelle Hiner, Peggy Johnson, Gerra Jones, Mikayla Smith, Elizabeth Waller
• Registered Behavior Technicians: Lula Barnes, Jacob Bennett, Malia VanDike
• DHH Paraprofessionals: Lori Byrd (Barker), Nick DiMartino, Nicholaus Jodlowski, Valerie Lancer, LeeAnn Linneman
• Interpreters: Zoe Haire, Chara Hawkins, Melinda Hillen, Frances Kayman, Maggie Lang, Lola Lawson, Stacie Ledgerwood, Elizabeth Murray, Melissa Phillips, Andrea Rau, Mickey Schuchardt, Latisha Simpson
• Adventure Club Facilitator: Sarah Lehner
• Custodians: Eddie Current, Natasha DeVilder
• Food Service: Michele Bailey (Lead), Chunya Hu
• Office Staff: Stacy Bailey, Jessica Roberts, Sadhana Singh
• Nurse: Michelle Osterholt
• Technology: Michael Thompson
• Administrators: Joey Kneer (Principal), Joe Butler (Assistant Principal), Jamie Kopp (Special Education Administrator), Emily Moxey (DHH Special Education Administrator)

Read the Rainbow this Summer! Which color is your child using to build their reading skills this summer? Please click here to visit Bellerive’s Summer Reading website. Mrs. Biehl has prepared reading lists, challenges, activities, and resources.

If you are looking for resources for your child to continue to work on their math skills throughout the summer, DreamBox is available.

Here are the directions for accessing DreamBox from any device:

1. Make sure the student is logged into the Google account on any device. (The care-giver needs to completely log out of Google.) Any student can log into Google with their @parkwayschools.net ID and password.
   
2. Google "Parkway Clever".
   
3. The student can then access Clever using their user name and password (again.)
   
4. They will then have access to all Parkway Apps (except Savvas).
   

For any help with passwords or the steps to login, please reach out to the Help Desk (314-415-1818).

If you have a child, friend, or neighbor who will be entering Kindergarten or will be new next school year, please remind them to register NOW! Begin the process by clicking here. We need everyone to register ASAP so we know how many students to plan for and have the correct number of staff members hired.