Belshaw Elementary

We hope you have had a restful summer and enjoyed your time off school . Belshaw's teachers and staff are looking forward to starting our 2024-25 school year and seeing all of our amazing scholars. Please review the below information for the start of the school year!

All scholars will be entering campus through our main gates and from there they will be assisted by staff to their classrooms.

Parent/guardians and non-AUSD staff are not allowed on campus. This will include the first day of school. Please note that for all visitors / chaperones on campus we have a new check in system called Visitor Aware. There is more information below in this.

Welcome back Belshaw families! I wanted to just say that we are so excited to have all of our Belshaw Scholars back in just a couple of days! Teachers have been working hard to prepare their classrooms, so they are ready for our scholars to reach their academic goals. We have adjusted our mission statement this year to reflect our true beliefs in our scholars and what they are capable of. At Belshaw, our mission is to ensure all scholars learn at or above grade level. In order to support our staff to make this mission statement a reality, it starts with making sure all of our scholars attend school and are on time when they do. In our primary grades this year, we will be using 3 foundational literacy strategies. It is crucial that our Belshaw scholars are here so that they have an opportunity to absorb all of these amazing things that they will be learning.

We also have some new staff around campus this year. We will be using our Back to School Night on August 15th to show off all of the new fun things we will be implementing, as well as giving families an opportunity to meet our new staff members!

• All students will be enrolled and start the first day of school. If you are new to Belshaw this year, there is a possibility of overflow after school starts.
• Overflow - Students (newly enrolled) may be placed in a different class or school even after attending Belshaw at the start of the year due to high enrollment numbers.
• Please be sure to communicate any absences with the school office. Also ,if you do not plan on attending Belshaw, please communicate that with the school ASAP! You may email absences / drops to Nancyhursh@antiochschools.net.

• ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THIS BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL ON AUGUST 8TH.
• This can be completed through your Aeries Parent Portal. If you need help with this process, please call the office or come in Monday-Wednesday between 9am and 4pm. If this is not completed by August 8th, your student will not be able to attend class until it is complete.
• If you do not have access to the Aeries portal, we have a computer set up in the office or paper packets.

All students will be entering through Belshaw's main gates in the morning. If your student arrives between 7:30 and 7:45 AM they will be directed to the Cafeteria where they have the option to eat breakfast of wait until our playground opens at 7:45.

At 7:45 AM, Students will be picked up by staff and brought to the playground by grade level.

At 8:00 AM bell, Teachers will be out on the playground picking students up at their classroom line.

Please make sure your student knows their Teacher's name and Room number.

TK and Kindergarten students:

At Sneak a Peek your teacher will be giving you nametags to wear the first 3 days of school. If you did not make it to Sneak a Peek on 8/6 from 2-3 PM, please come by the office tomorrow to pick up your nametags.

• Aug. 6th - TK and Kinder Sneak a Peel 2:00 - 3:00 PM
• Aug. 8th - First Day of School.
• Aug. 15th - Back to School Night, Scavenger Hunt 6 - 7:00 PM
• Aug. 20th - Picture Day
• Aug. 23rd - Wacky Hair Day

The picture day flyer will be coming home soon!

Students must wear closed toed shoes and clothes that cover their midriff. CROCS are not allowed at any time for safety reasons. Students are not required to wear uniforms. Comfortable clothes that the kids can move in are best.

Drop off times and locations:

7:30 - front gate - students must go to the multi

7:45 - back gate opens

*Breakfast is offered from 7:30-7:55. Students who arrive after 7:55, are welcome to eat breakfast during their morning recess.

Pick Up locations:

TK & Kinder - front of school near bike racks

1st - 5th grade - front of school & back gate

Please see the picture for drop off & pick up procedures if you choose the front of the school.

*** Belshaw has two lanes through the parking lot. The lane on the left is a drive through lane. The one on the right is for loading and unloading students. Please do not park in the lane on the left. Belshaw staff will help load your students in your car for 1st grade through 5th grade dismissal. One more reminder: Please do not double park on Roosevelt Ln. This can cause traffic to stop and impacts people negatively who are following the rules.