BES Newsletter

Holiday Concert: Wednesday, December 11, 7:00 pm

Holiday Shop: Friday, December 13

Holidays in the Halls: Monday, December 16, 6:00 pm

Winter Break: Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3

Bellefonte Elementary Families:

It’s that time of year again! The Holiday Store will be held Friday, December 13th. A make-up date will be determined for those students that are absent the day of the store. This week, students will be bringing home their packet with gift tags and an envelope to complete and return to the school. Students may purchase up to 10 gifts and MUST have EXACT change returned in their envelope. Tags and money are due by Thursday, December 12th.

Gift tags are a little different this year:

Please have the gift tags completed with the names of the individuals your child is purchasing gifts, the individual’s relationship to your child and individual’s age range. Please complete the Gift Tag on left and Info Tag on right, one set per individual. This info will be used by our store helpers to assist your child with selecting gifts. They will also use the info tag to mark an item as your child selects a gift for that individual (which helps our gift wrappers afterwards). If an individual is a pet, please write ‘PET’ on the Info Tag.

Example below in RED, Gift tag is on left, Info Tag is on Right:

Students will be bringing home chargers and Chromebooks today, Monday, December 9. Students will be bringing them home each day until we get through the winter weather season. Please have your child charge their Chromebook each night and bring them back to school the next day. Students do use them daily so it is important that they are charged and ready to go.

Having Chromebooks at home each night allows us to adjust to an unexpected Flexible Instruction Day due to winter weather. If you have any questions, please let me know at mbaughman@basd.net

We are firmly into the cold and flu season, and our supply of tissues is rapidly disappearing. If you are able, we ask that you please send in a box (or more) of tissues for your child's classroom. You can send them in with your child or or bring them into the Main Office. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

When we come back from break, we will begin to roll out an additional step to help ensure student safety at dismissal. Each family will be given four numbered tags that correlates to one that their student will have as well. Anyone picking up your student should have the tag with your student's number on it.

This process will allow us to move cards along more quickly and also adds another layer of safety for students during pick up. We will provide more information in the near future.

As stated in our Student Handbook, if the real feel and actual temperature are both over 20 degrees, students go outside for recess. If the grass area is snow covered or too muddy, students are still able to be on the blacktop. Please keep this in mind as you dress your children over the winter months so that they are dressed appropriately to be outside for recess.

If you are in need of any winter clothes for your children, please contact Mr. Baughman at mbaughman@basd.net

Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a nonprofit that builds and delivers handmade, fully furnished beds to children ages 3-17 who need them. The Lock Haven chapter recently expanded to include the Bellefonte area, and they have extra beds to give to children before Christmas! To apply for a bed or beds online, visit https://shpbeds.org/apply/

SHP is also looking for local individuals who want to help with deliveries, or assist with building more beds. To find out more about volunteering, contact Laura Orndorf, Chapter President, at laura.orndorf@shpbeds.org

Please click on the file below for the cafeteria menu for the month of November:

You can now order your copy of the 2024-25 Bellefonte Elementary School yearbook! Go to https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09880953 to place your order. The order deadline is April 12th. Yearbooks will be $16.50 plus tax, with optional personalization available at additional cost.

Anyone who plans on volunteering in our buildings during the school day or at school-sponsored events, must become a registered volunteer and be approved by the School Board. Examples of volunteering opportunities that you must be an approved volunteer for include but are not limited to:

• Field Trip chaperones

• School dance chaperones

• Classroom/building helpers

• Volunteering at classroom parties

• Field Day volunteers

• Holiday Shop volunteers

• PTO/Parent Group events in the buildings during school hours

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Registered volunteers will be approved by the Bellefonte Area School District Board of Directors after they have submitted the following documents:

1. Volunteer Form

2. Statement of Confidentiality

3. Residency Affidavit & Arrest/Conviction Report

4. PA Child Abuse History Certification

5. PA Criminal History clearance

If you plan on volunteering at all during the school year, it is best to get this process completed early. Please contact Liz Stone, the district Volunteer Coordinator if you have any further questions.

You can also visit the volunteer section of our website: https://www.basd.net/o/basd/page/volunteer-program

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100 W. Linn Street

Bellefonte, PA 16823

Website: https://www.basd.net/o/beles

Phone: 814-355-5519

Fax: 814-353-5338

Attendance Email: beatt@basd.net