Bellerive Bulletin

Dear Bellerive families,

We have a fun and busy week ahead at Bellerive. This week we are celebrating Read Across America Week with dress-up days and reading competitions. Students will also participate in Abilities Awareness Day and Choose to Include Day on Friday, a special opportunity to build understanding, empathy, and appreciation for the many strengths that make up our school community.

We also hope to see many of you at the PTO Trivia and Auction Night on Saturday, which is always a great evening for our Bellerive families. If you cannot make it to Trivia Night, you can still participate in the online Silent Auction. Bidding is now open through 9:15 pm on Saturday. In addition to the many great items and baskets in the auction, you don't want your child to miss out on fun experiences sponsored by teachers and other staff members. Click here to participate in the online Silent Auction, and more information is available below.

Please take a few minutes to read through this week’s Bulletin for important updates, upcoming events, and reminders. Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

In partnership,

Joey Kneer

All Week

• Read Across America Week

Tuesday, March 3

• Adventure Club 26-27 Registration Opens for Current Families: 6:00 - 7:00 am
• Cheer Parent Info Night (for current 5th graders): 6:00 pm, Northeast Middle

Wednesday, March 4

• Rehearsal Field Trip (5th Gr) for All District Orchestra Concert

Thursday, March 5

• All-District Orchestra Concert: 7:00 - 9:00 pm, The Family Arena

Friday, March 6

• Abilities Awareness & Choose to Include Day
• No 4th & 5th Grade Strings Classes

Saturday, March 7

• PTO Trivia and Auction Night: 6:00 - 9:30 pm

Read Across America week is March 2-6. Check out the theme for each day and keep reading to learn about these reading challenges.

• For Kindergarten through 3rd grade, students who read 160 minutes that week and return their challenge tracker on Monday, March 9th will be given a prize for their hard work!
• 4th and 5th graders have an opportunity for a two week reading challenge in which their class will work together to read 40 books collectively. Any classes who rise to the challenge will earn a free-choice day in their next library class.

For current 5th grade families!

On Friday, March 6, Bellerive students will celebrate Abilities Awareness Day and Choose to Include Day. Students will engage in meaningful activities that celebrate and honor the diverse abilities within our school community. In classrooms, teachers will lead interactive lessons designed to build understanding, empathy, and appreciation for all abilities.

Students will also participate in presentations from the following presenters, each focused on fostering inclusion and awareness through engaging, ability-centered experiences:

• Emotional Regulation - Patsy Schmermund, SSD ABA Facilator and Mandy Fleming, SSD Behavior Specialist
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication - Alyson Diaz-Kleine, SSD AAC Facilitator

Here is a direct link to the online Silent Auction.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Fourth grade will be participating in a virtual author visit with Alyson Gerber, author of the Liar's Society series, on March 25. She visited Bellerive last year to share about her first two books in the series. This year she will be discussing her next book which will be coming out on April 7, 2026.

Click here for the more information and to order books from Alyson Gerber.

Complete this Google Form by March 23 if you do not wish for your child to attend this author visit.

Click here for the March Nurse newsletter.

Click here to order books from Aaron Wills!

Complete this Google Form if you do not wish for your child to attend this author visit.

These programs are offered for elementary students during Parkway Summer School:

1. Jumpstart to Kindergarten - free opportunity for all incoming Kindergarten students
2. Reading/Math Boost - free remedial class for invited students
3. Parkway/Rockwood Enrichment Classes - fee-based enrichment courses
4. SSD's Extended School Year (ESY) - free instruction for students with IEPs determined to be eligible for ESY (contact your child's case manager for questions about eligibility for ESY and transportation)

Summer School Details:

• Mondays - Thursdays, June 8 - June 26
• 9:00 am - 12:15 pm
• Ross Elementary is hosting Bellerive Elementary and the North Area elementary schools for summer programming this year.
• Current 5th graders going to middle school next year participate in summer programming at a middle school site.
• Transportation is only provided to and from Bellerive and Ross Elementary.
• Additional fee-based Parkway/Rockwood Enrichment Courses are offered in the afternoons, on Fridays, and during additional weeks in June and July. (No programming on Friday, June 19.)

Registration for these summer opportunities opens at 11:00 am on Sunday, February 1:

• Click here for more info about Jumpstart to Kindergarten.
• Click here for more info about Enrichment Courses.
• Click here to register.

It’s time to order your child’s 2025–2026 yearbook! This is your opportunity to capture and keep the special memories, friendships, and milestones from this school year.

Bellerive Elementary

Yearbooks start at $17.10

Visit our school’s store to order: https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/belleriveelementary

Purchasing a yearbook gives your student a keepsake they’ll treasure for years. Thank you for helping us celebrate another year of memories at Bellerive Elementary.

Please share this information with Parkway/Bellerive families who have children eligible for Kindergarten in 2026-2027.

Missouri law requires children to be 5 years old by August 1st to enroll in Kindergarten. Our full-day, tuition-free program offers convenient online registration and enrollment (click here). If you do not have access to the internet, a device to use, or need assistance completing the online application, please call the Parkway Enrollment Hotline at (314) 415-9900.

REMINDER: If your are a current preschool family and completed the google form for automatic roll up, you do not need to complete the online registration for Kindergarten again.

Week of March 9

Adventure Club 26-27 Registration Opens for NEW Families: March 10, 6:00 - 7:00 am

Board of Education Regular Meeting: March 11, 7:00 pm, Parkway Welcome Center

All School Pajama and Comfy Clothes Day: March 12

End of 3rd Quarter: March 13

Last Day to Register for Jumpstart to Kindergarten: March 13

Half Day--1:05 pm Dismissal at Bellerive (Records Day)

Week of March 16

No School (Spring Break): March 16 - March 20

Week of March 23

Project Lit Book Club: March, 24, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, Panera (Town & Country)

Adolescence 101 District Parent Workshop: March, 25, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Parkway Northeast Middle

District PAMEE Meeting (Virtual): March, 26, 6:00 - 7:00 pm