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We are thrilled to announce this year's Elementary Shawnee Heights Horizon Award Nominee. Please join us in congratulating Madelyn Foster for being selected as our 2024-25 Elementary Horizon Award Nominee!

Ms. Foster, a first-grade teacher at Berryton Elementary School, truly embodies the spirit of exceptional teaching. Her dedication to her curriculum and her collaborative efforts with the first-grade team has greatly enhanced the learning environment at Berryton. Ms. Foster's keen insight into the individual needs of her students allows her to uniquely challenge and inspire them, fostering both social and academic growth. Her ongoing communication with families helps maintain a supportive and inclusive community, underscoring why she is this year's choice for the Elementary Horizon Award Nominee.

The Kansas Horizon Award program recognizes exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding. We invite you to join us in applauding Ms. Foster for this well-deserved recognition and wish her the best of luck in her nomination for the state-level Kansas Horizon Award.

Help make the Carnival a success! Please donate a supply item based on your students’ grade level(s):

1st Grade One box of fruit snacks (8 or more packages per box)

Pre-K, Kinder & 5th Grade Two cakes for the cake walk (Hint: divide 1 cake mix into 2 cakes)

2nd Grade One twelve pack of pop cans (Name brands)

3rd Grade One six pack of regular size candy bars

4th & 6th Grade Two 2-liter bottles of pop (Name brands)

Pop should be name brand, so that games are fair. Please send the candy bars, fruit snacks, and pop to school with your child or bring them to the office on Thursday, Oct. 10th or Friday, Oct. 11th. Cakes or any of the above items, may also be brought to school, by parents, after school on Friday, Oct. 11th , between the hours of 4:00pm and 6:00pm, or on Saturday, Oct. 12th beginning at 12:00 pm.

This week we did our final Pop Art projects. 6th graders worked hard on their Ben Day dot art! I loved learning about each of their individual personalities through their art! 5th grade wrapped up their Andy Warhol 4 square art. They got to pick something that was a popular everyday item and draw it the same in each quadrant then coloring it bright colors! 4th grade used foil and paint to create our own screenprinting process like Warhol! They loved making three different screenprints! 3rd graders got to be super creative and design their own Campbell's soup label! They came up with every interesting soup and definitely some that I would never eat! 2nd grade wrapped up their remake of Warhol's Flowers art! They started painting and designing their own donut! 1st grade worked so hard on their Warhol popsicle art! Kinders finished up their Warhol handprint art. These are so cute!

• Tuesday, October 8- PTO at 6:30 in Library
• Wednesday, October 9- Jason's Deli Day from 10-8
• Saturday, October 12- BES Carnival from 4-7 pm
• Monday, October 14- No School (Teacher Work Day)
• Thursday, October 17- 1st Quarter Key Assembly at 10
• Thursday, October 17- AM ECSE Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch
• Friday, October 18- Pre-K, Kindergarten and PM ECSE Field Trip
• Thursday, October 24- No School (Conferences)
• Friday, October 25- No School (Conferences)
• Thursday, October 31- Halloween Parties at 9:30 AM
• Friday, November 1- No School (Professional Learning for Staff)

• Monday, October 7
• Wednesday, October 9
• Thursday, October 10

As an elementary principal I enjoy working collaboratively with staff members to support student learning. I am passionate about continuing to learn professionally, and building relationships with staff and students at Berryton Elementary. When I'm not serving at Berryton Elementary I am usually with my husband and two sons. We can be found at sporting events, cheering on Kansas State University, or just enjoying a movie at home.

Email: bervertk@usd450.net
Website: bes.usd450.net
Location: 2921 Southeast 69th Street, Berryton, KS, USA
Phone: (785)861-1300