1: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

1: 1st Grade Field Trip to CiCi's Pizza

1: 3-5 MAP ELA Assessment

2: 3-5 MAP Math Assessment

2: Autism Acceptance Day: Wear Red

3: Librarian Appreciation Day

3: Special Olympics

6-10: Spring Break

6-10: Assistant Principals Week

14: K-2 MAP Reading

15: K-2 MAP Math

16: 4th Grade Field Trip to Southeastern Railway Museum

17: Field Day

17-24: Scholastic Book Fair

21: Spring Planning Meeting

22: Administrative Professionals Day

23: Multicultural Night 6:00-7:30

24: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Washington Farms

27: 5th Grade GMAS ELA 1

28: 5th Grade GMAS ELA 2 & 3rd Grade ELA 1

29: 5th Grade GMAS ELA 3, 3rd Grade ELA 2 & 4th Grade ELA 1

30: 5th Grade GMAS Science, 3rd Grade ELA 3 & 4th Grade ELA 2

We would like to recognize our amazing paraprofessionals. Our school could not function without all of these hard-working individuals. They do incredible things on a daily basis, and we are so fortunate to have them as members of the BES family.

Please join us in celebrating acceptance by wearing red on Thursday, April 2.

All Barrow County Kindergarten-5th grade students will participate in the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) Growth Assessments MAP Growth determines your child’s instructional level and measures academic growth throughout the school year, and from year to year in the areas of reading, language usage, and mathematics. Students participate in the assessments at the beginning, middle and end of each year. Following each testing period, you will receive a report showing your child’s achievement and growth.

Please help us by encouraging your child to do his/her best as we will use this data to inform decision making throughout the remainder of the 25-26 school year. It will be important that they get a good night’s rest the night before, eat a healthy breakfast and arrive to school on time during their assigned test days.

We are truly excited for this opportunity as we will continue to focus on every child’s individual growth and achievement. Partnering to help all kids learn, parents and teachers can have a profound positive impact on the lives of our children. If you would like more information about MAP assessments, please contact us. Additional parent resources are also available in the NWEA MAP Growth link at https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/.

Note: Dates for the assessments are listed in the April Events section of this newsletter.

We are so grateful for the many ways these ladies enrich the learning at BES. Thank you for all you do!

Check out what our amazing specials team has planned for the month of April.

We have several students competing in the BCSS Special Olympics on Friday, April 3. We want to wish them luck and to have a great time representing BES!

We are incredibly grateful for the many ways Mrs. Martin supports our school. We hope she enjoys her week off! (Spring Break)

One of our favorite days of the year is quickly approaching. We are hoping for a beautiful weather day for all of the fun!

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming in 3 weeks! It will start on Field Day (April 17) and go through April 24. As usual, students will shop on their scheduled specials times.

There will not be specials on field day, so students who have library on Friday will shop on Friday, April 24. 

Students whose guardians/parents are joining them for Field Day may shop on April 17.

The fair will also be open during Multicultural Night April 23.

The website for our book fair is here: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bethlehemelementaryschool

The website to volunteer is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CAEAE2DA1F4C61-63156428-book

Flyers will be coming home with students closer to the date.

We have the BESt front office crew! They keep our school functioning like a well-oiled machine. Thank you, ladies!

We hope you can join us in celebrating the many rich cultures that make up our school community. It is going to be a fantastic night!

Check out this info from Ms. Bryant and Ms. Collier!