We had an informative, productive, first PTO meeting last night! Thank you to all who participated, attached are the minutes (below). Next meeting will be on October 3. The focus will be preparations for the Carnival event. We will need many volunteers to make the carnival a success, please join us! Free pizza and childcare will be available.
Hello there!
My name is Christina Carmichael and I'm your Special Education Teacher at Bellview Elementary. I am so excited to be a part of the Ashland School District! I've lived in Ashland for 6 years now with my amazing husband and my 2 wonderful young boys. I was born and raised in Santa Ynez, California where I had the dream to become a professional soccer player. I didn't quite make it, but as the saying goes, those who can't do, teach! I attended Mesa State College in Colorado on a scholarship and received my Bachelors in Kinesiology - Sport Management, with the idea that someday I would own an indoor soccer facility, maybe one day I will. I then had the amazing opportunity to receive my master's in special education, in Painesville, Ohio at Lake Erie College and work as a Graduate Assistant for the Women's Soccer Team. I coached soccer and substituted for the local schools for 3 years where I decided that being in the classroom was where I was supposed to be. I continued my teaching career in California and now Oregon. I have been in Special Education for 6 years and love every minute. I also enjoy playing soccer, trail running, hiking, camping with my family, and basically anything outdoors. I can't wait to continue this awesome journey with all of you and look forward to getting to know you all.
Hi, my name is Anita Mendez and I have lived in Ashland since 2002. My partner, Brian, and I have a daughter who is a senior at AHS, and I have 2 awesome adult stepchildren, and 3 handsome grandsons. We also have 2 dogs, 4 cats, and a handful of chickens on our small family farm. I have worked in the Ashland School District for 8 years. Before working in Ashland, I worked as a General Education Teacher in California for 4 years. I was led to teaching by my desire to help young people find a path in life that leads them to be contributing members to society. Prior to teaching, I worked as a 911 dispatcher for 10 years and always thought that there has to be a better way to reach our children and offer them an opportunity to reach their potential. With a lifetime of experience behind me, It is my belief that teaching student with special needs is where I can be most effective. I am excited to be working in the MAPS Class at Bellview, and I look forward to a fantastic new school year in the Bellview MAPS Class!
If you have not had the chance yet to pay for your students' school supplies, here's how!
There are several options for getting us the $30 to cover your child's school supplies:
Bring cash or check or card in to the school office between 7:30-4:00 Monday through Friday
Send to school with your student
Call Meg at 541-482-1310 to pay by card over the phone, or stop in during office hours
If you would like to donate extra to help a student in financial need, we will happily accept donations. If you are unable to pay at this time, or the amount is too much, there is no end date for this, and you can give us what you can, when you can.
Regular, full day classes for kindergarten will start on Monday September 9th. Class begins at 8:20 each day and students are released at 2:50 each day except Wednesdays, which end at 1:30 each week.
Students may arrive at school as early as 7:50 in the morning and can choose to go out and play on the playground, read and look at books in our library, or eat breakfast in the cafeteria (free!). The first bell rings at 8:15 and students are expected to be in their classrooms at 8:20.
STUDENT ARRIVAL/DROP-OFF Procedures:
- All students not riding the bus should use the front entrance to the school on Tolman Creek Rd.. Families driving their students may use the drop off loop out front.
- Please do not stop your car in front of the school door to let your child out of the car. Instead, pull all the way to the front of the loop to make room for other families to drop off their students behind you so that we don't get traffic backed up into the street.
- Do not get out of your car for any reason in the drop off circle. Make sure your child exits on the right side of the car and is ready to get out when you stop.
- If your child needs assistance for any reason with their seatbelt or managing their things, please park your car to help them and walk them over to the sidewalk.
- Students arriving between 7:50-8:15 will have some free choice/recess activities before the bell rings to go to class.
- Students arriving at 8:15 can report directly to class.
- Students arriving after 8:20 will need to report to the office to check in. They will need to ring the doorbell to be let in the building.
STUDENT PICK UP PROCEDURES:
- Students in Grades K-2 will be picked up in the lower pick up loop at the end of the primary wing of the school. There is a separate entrance and exit to this loop so you don't have to mix with the cars for the other grades.
- Students in grades 3-5 will be picked up in the circle in front of the main entrance to the school.
- Siblings will go to the location of the youngest sibling's grade
- School is over at 2:50. That means your student will not be available to be picked up until after 2:50. Please do not arrive to the parking lot earlier than about 2:47 at the earliest to pick up your child. This causes traffic to back up on the street and gridlock in the parking lot that is not fun for any of us, or our neighbors. Traffic flows freely once the students are outside and ready to go. If you aim to arrive right at 2:50, that will probably work best, after that traffic is flowing!
August
26 First day for grades 1-5, 12:30 dismissal
26 Kinder Orientation
September
2 No School, Labor Day
3 Yahoo/Boo Hoo Coffee 8:00AM
3 First Day of Kinder, 12:30 dismissal
5 PTO Meeting 6:30 @ Bellview Library
9 First full day for kinder, 2:50 dismissal
11 Back to School BBQ 5-7
27 Jog-a-Thon
October
3 PTO Carnival Meeting 6:30 @ BE Library
11 No School, In-Service Day
14 No School, Indigenous People’s Day
25 Costume Walk & Class Parties in PM
26 Carnival 5-8 PM
28, 29 & 30 Conference Days
31 In-service Day, no school
November
1 No School, In-service Day
7 Family Math Night 5-7
11 No School, Veteran’s Day
14 PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30
25-26 Booksgiving
27-29 No School, Thanksgiving
December
10 Music Concerts 1:00 K,2,4 2:00 1,3,5
21- Jan. 5 Winter Break
January
9 PTO Meeting 6:30 BE Library
20 No School, Dr. MLK Jr. Day
27 No School, In-service Day
February
6 Family Science Night @ ScienceWorks
11 & 12 School OBOB Battles, Final on 13th
14 Parties in PM
17 No School, President’s Day
20 Talent Show 5:30-7:30
March
5,6,7 No School, Conferences
10-14 Classified Staff Appreciation
14 Bingo Night 6:30 @ Bellview Gym
20 Science Fair
24-28 Spring Break
April
3 PTO Meeting 6:30 @ Bellview Library
7-11 Book Fair
10 Art Night 6:00-7:00
21 Snow Make up day (no school if we haven’t had a snow day yet)
May
8 PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30
5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week
16 4th & 5th District Track Meet
26 No School, Memorial Day
June
5th grade promotion, TBD
6 Field Day, Last Day of School 12:30 Dismissal
Christine McCollom
She, Her
Email: christine.mccollom@ashland.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.ashland.k12.or.us/o/bes
Location: 1070 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland, OR, USA
Phone: 541-482-1310
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bellview-Elementary-School-104141858437771