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Wow. I really am struggling to find the right words for the craziness that has been the last several weeks since winter break. I mean really. We've only had twenty full days of school, plus two delayed start days. We should be heading into our 29th day. That's seven full, or at least partial, days of lost learning, which may not seem like a lot to the average person, but I'm telling you that to teachers who agonize over planning every lesson for every subject to be delivered in both a progressively sequential and cylindrically revisited manner over the course of 186 days...that's a WHOLE LOT of lost time. Given that we also lose momentum every time there is a scheduled break (weekends and holidays included) having an unscheduled break incites the same level of chaos here as it probably does in your home when you have to scramble for child care and activities to entertain the young humans who can no longer spend the majority of their waking moments at school! We get it. Honestly, one snow day now and then is uplifting and sometimes beautiful. I'm here to tell you that we are all now in the same boat wherein enough is enough! We need our young humans to be in their classrooms! PLEASE consider putting every school day for the rest of the year way up high on the priority list for your family. A day at school cannot be made up by completing a couple of worksheets anymore. Learning is a team sport, and we need all of our players to suit up, because it's game time and we're headed for the 'ship!

Join us for Kindergarten Round Up on Thursday, March 6, at 6:30pm to get started on your future kinderdog's enrollment! This is a PARENT meeting designed for us to share information, get your information, and answer whatever questions are on your mind.

You don't have to RSVP, but we would like to know who will be filling our classrooms in the fall, so please start by answering just a few questions by clicking this link.

Follow this link to find out even more about how to start your child's Kinder Journey.

We can hardly wait to BEgin planning for your child to join our learning community as a kinderdog at Belmont!

If you don't have an incoming kindergartener, but have a neighbor or friend who you know or suspect will, please don't hesitate to share this information!! Thank you!!

It's time to pre-order your child's yearbook (totally optional purchase, of course) if you want to be guaranteed a copy at the end of the year. Although we do order a few extras to be sold on a first-come, first-served basis in May, they go quickly and we don't want anyone to get left out! Yearbooks are full color fun, $15 each, and can be purchased directly from Inter-State using either the QR code above or by visiting inter-state.com/order and entering this code: 91988W

February 27 🌻 NEW NIGHT: BE Night at Nick and Jake's

February 27 🌻 1st Grade Music Program, 9:00am & 6:30pm

March 6 🌻 Kindergarten Round Up Parent Meeting, 6:30-7:30pm

March 10 🌻 PTO Meeting, 6:30pm, Cafeteria

March 13 🌻 5th Grade Music Program, 9:00am & 6:30pm

March 17-21 🌻 No School, Spring Break

March 24 🌻 No School, Teacher Professional Development & Teacher Workday

March 25 🌻 Belmont Family Reading/Language Night

Visit the BE Online Calendar of Events (by clicking on the button below) for a more complete list of activities!

Visit this link to register your daughter for the Belmont Elementary Girls on the Run program. Practices are Mondays and Thursdays after school until 5:00, March 10-May 10. Want to help Mr. McMorris coach? Shoot him an email at amcmorris@usd232.org and register yourself as a coach on the GOTR website.

11:00-11:30 1st Grade

11:20-11:50 Kindergarten

11:40-12:10 5th Grade

12:00-12:30 4th Grade

12:20-12:50 3rd Grade

12:40-1:10 2nd Grade

Reservations are required to join your child for lunch- when we are ready, you'll be able to CLICK HERE to reserve your family table!

It's a WatchDOGS revival in the Belmont DogHouse! With at least a week's notice, we'll welcome a DAD (gotta be a significant adult guardian or relation) each Wednesday to work a day at BE. There will be a schedule provided that will include a variety of tasks including building safety, academic assistance in classrooms, and logistical support during lunch, and the reward...RECESS! We guarantee you'll have the opportunity to enjoy lunch and recess with your own child(ren) and around that, we'll put you to work in the classrooms where your extra hands will be the most helpful! Do YOU have the opportunity to take a day off to hang out with about 370 beautiful children and the adults who love learning with them?

Access the WatchDOGS Sign Up HERE.

We need MORE special people to join our Connections C team! We've been making the magic work by pulling people from their other jobs, but we would sure rather provide consistency for our students with the same staff every day. How about you? Are you pretty consistent? Do you love kids? Do you think it's pretty cool to work with other pretty cool people? We laugh. We cry. We hug it out. (To be clear...hugging is completely optional.) We celebrate. We learn and we grow. Come grow with us!

Your future "I didn't know how much I'd love it!" opportunity starts by clicking here.

We are blessed to have such an amazing team here at Belmont! Would you love an opportunity to formally show appreciation...without spending a dime? Through the generosity of the Great American Bank and the USD 232 Education Foundation, we have the opportunity to recognize staff members who go above and beyond in their daily interactions with students. All you need to do is click on the link below and fill out some general information about the deserving nominee. Thank you for helping our team know that their dedication is appreciated. I appreciate your time and gift of gratitude if you've recently nominated, or plan to nominate a Belmont team member for their service.

Making a Difference Nomination Link

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Email: phargrove@usd232.org
Website: be.usd232.org
Location: 5805 Belmont Drive, Shawnee, KS 66226, United States
Phone: (913)667-1810
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