Bertram Family Connection

Thank You!

A big thanks to our families and school community for a great first 3 days of school. We appreciate everyone's patience as we worked through our arrival and dismissal procedures. This week we look forward to welcoming visitors to campus and our first assembly.

Aug. 21 - First day for school visitors including lunch visitors

Aug. 23 - Book Vending Machine Ribbon Cutting Assembly 9:30am

Aug. 29 - Parent Orientation Night

Aug. 29 - Title 1 Parent Information Presentation

Sept. 4-5 - No School for Students - Labor Day & Staff Development Day

Sept. 11 - Grandparents Day Celebration

We are excited to welcome visitors who have an appointment with teachers or staff or who would like to eat lunch beginning Monday, August 21st. Please check in at the office and bring your valid photo ID. Each time you visit campus you must present your valid photo ID.

For those visiting for lunch, please let the office know who you will be eating with. Please sit at the round table near the train mural. Your student will join you there. Visitors may not eat at the classroom table. Cafeteria seating is limited. Overflow seating will be available outside on the pavilion, if needed.

All transportation changes must be made by 1:30 pm. This ensures there is enough time to communicate the change to the teacher and student.

Transportation changes can be made by emailing ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net.

A few reminders,

• Those dropping students off in the morning are asked to use both lanes when entering the school drive and merge upon staff direction. Please pull forward in the line to help maximize the number of cars able to unload at a time. Students may exit the car onto the curb.
• In the afternoon, please pull up to the front of the line when in the PreK-2nd grade line. This will allow us to load as many cars as possible.
• Please hang up your Car Rider Pro tag on the mirror. Having your Car Rider tag helps speed up the line.

Beginning August 21st, parents wishing to walk a student to class will need to check in at the office and present a photo ID. The front office opens at 7:25am. Parents may walk their child to class from 7:25 am until 7:39am. At 7:40am, our instructional day begins.

Atmos Energy's generous grant made our book vending machine possible. A representative from Atmos Energy will be here to dedicate our new book vending machine under the pavilion at 9:30 am Wednesday, August 23rd. In order to appropriately celebrate this generous donation, we will have our first assembly.

Skyward Family Access Portal gives you the tools to be more informed, connected, and involved in your child’s education. Through the portal you have access to the following resources:

• Grades
• Attendance
• Schedules
• Test Scores
  
  

For students in grades 2nd-5th, you as a parent can set up notifications for when grades fall below certain thresholds. By clicking My Messages > Settings you can subscribe/unsubscribe to messages regarding attendance, grading, and assignment notifications.

You can log in to Family Access by clicking on the link below:

SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS

To view Skyward Family Access from your device download the Skyward Mobile Access App by Skyward, Inc from Apple iTunes or Google Play stores (click the links to go to the appropriate app store).

Your child's safety is always our first priority at Bertram Elementary. Each year we practice our response to a variety of emergency situations including fire, inclement weather, and lockdown. Our first fire drill will be on Monday, August 28, 2023 weather permitting.

Weather and Lockdown drills will be conducted in September.

For student safety, our YMCA pick up is located at the side door that faces Main Street. Parking is available after 3:45 pm in the parking lot near the cafeteria at the corner of Main and North Streets. Please reference the map. Please use the YMCA Curbside Text System to alert staff that you have arrived.

Women's Independence Day is August 26th. Women’s Independence Day commemorates the ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote.

Check out these fun activities from the National Parks Service about Women's Independence Day and the suffrage movement.

• 7:15am Student Drop Off/ Breakfast
• 7:25am Office Opens
• 7:40am School Begins
• 7:45am Students arriving after this time are marked tardy
• 9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent
• 1:30pm Any transportation changes DUE, please email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
• 2:30pm All Early Checkouts must be complete - Remember to bring your picture ID to complete early check out
• 3:20pm Student Dismissal
• 3:45pm Office/School Closes

Email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: https://bes.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 315 Main Street, Bertram, TX, USA
Phone: 512-355-2111
Facebook: facebook.com/bertramelementary
Twitter: @BurnetCISD