Bel Air News

Monday - December 2, 2024

- School in session

- Jr. NBA Basketball - 3:20-4:20pm

Tuesday - December 3rd

- school in session

- Elementary Chess Club - 7:40-8:20am

- Bel Air 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 3:20-4:20pm

- Messes and Masterpieces - 3:20-4:20pm

- Cartoon Time - 3:20-4:20pm

Wednesday - December 4th

- School in session

- Intro to Spanish - 3:20-4:20pm

- Broadway Bound! Afterschool Theater Class - 3:20-420pm

Thursday - December 5th

- School in session

- Mindful Movement Yoga - 3:20-4:20pm

Friday - December 6th

- School in session

On Monday, November 18th the Bel Air Cafeteria served up 4th grader, Keira Rott's, winning recipe - Turkey Bacon Macaroni and Cheese

The weather is changing quickly. To make sure that students are prepared, please have them bring a jacket, hat, mittens or gloves, snow pants and boots to school, every day, for recess.

Yearbooks will be ordered through Lifetouch again this year. Use the link below, or click on the image, to place your order.

Lifetouch Yearbooks on sale now.

$16.00

Order early by using the link or by going to: ybpay.com

School ID: 1502325

Join our Parent/Guardian-led

Are you ready for an exciting adventure in STEM?

This program is a hands-on journey where teams of students will:

• Build and program a motorized LEGO model.
• Develop and present a creative project.
• Learn valuable critical thinking and teamwork skills along the way.

At the end of the program, teams will showcase their work at a celebratory exhibition with judges and community members.

No experience? No problem! Whether you're a first-time participant or a curious parent/guardian, this program is designed for everyone to learn and grow together.

Don’t wait—spaces are limited! Check out the attached flyer or visit our website for more details and to register your family today.

Let’s build something amazing together!

We wanted to share a friendly reminder that head lice is unfortunately relatively common among elementary-aged students. We are not seeing a current increase in cases at this time, but we want to offer some reminders you can share with your children about how they can help prevent the spread.

• Encourage avoidance of direct head-to-head contact

• Discourage the sharing of hats, combs, brushes, headbands, etc.

• Frequently (weekly) check your child’s head for head lice

For more information about how to identify, prevent and treat head lice,, you can check out these links:

• Healthychildren.org - Head Lice: What Parents Need to Know

• Hennepin County Head Lice Fact Sheet

Thank you for your partnership!

Community Education offers a variety of before- and after-school and non-school day activities for students. Activities may include art, chess, Rubik's cube, robotics, Spanish, sports, theater, yoga and more! Check out the upcoming offerings at your school here.

Reduced fees and financial assistance:

Youth within Mounds View Public Schools boundaries who qualify for educational benefits receive a 50% discount on qualifying enrichment and activities fees. Questions? Call the Community Education Hotline at 651-621-6020.

It is the school’s expectation that cell phones remain in the student’s backpack throughout the day, including while on the bus. If a student brings a device and it becomes a distraction to their learning or the learning of others, or if it impacts the security or privacy of students, the following will occur:

• A parent/guardian will be notified.

• The device may be held in the main office until the end of the day.

Devices should not be used as a method of communication during the school day. Necessary communication between home and school, and a student and family, should be directed to the front office or the classroom teacher. As with anything of value, the school is not liable for theft or damage.

Students should not bring personal items such as toys, card collections, or any similar items to school. These items may be misplaced or stolen and can be a disruption to learning. If a teacher wishes to have students bring such items to school for a special event, parents will be notified. We appreciate your support.

Did we send you one-too-many text messages that caused you to reply ‘STOP,’ in frustration? If so, please know that replying ‘STOP’ to a single text message automatically unsubscribes you from receiving all future text messages from any school or District office. Please consider resubscribing so you can receive future emergency notifications, and we’ll do our best to limit our text messages to critically urgent information that is as targeted as possible. To resubscribe, simply call or email any school main office and ask to be resubscribed to all text messages.

Parents, you can now add your child's cell phone number to ParentVUE so they can receive text messages and robo-calls about school closings, significantly delayed school buses, emergencies and other alerts. To subscribe your student to these occasional urgent messages, read the easy instructions here.

2024-2025 Bel Air Elementary Parent Handbook

Link here

Riding the Bus and Food/Drink

While riding the bus, students are expected to keep all food and drink in their backpacks. This expectation prevents choking incidents, exposure to life-threatening allergens, and promotes bus sanitation.

Building Security Procedures

A visitor screening system helps track visitors and volunteers at each school, providing a safe and monitored environment for students and staff. When parents come to pickup their child(ren), or visitors check in, they will be asked to present a valid state issued ID for entering into the system.

Phone Numbers/Staff Directory

Staff phone numbers and email addresses are available on the Bel Air Website at: Bel Air Staff. To reach a teacher via email: firstname.lastname@mvpschools.