What a full short week we have had! Thank you for taking the time to attend your child's parent-teacher conference. Your presence and active involvement in your child's education are greatly appreciated. We believe that a strong partnership between home and school is essential for your child's success, and your commitment to their education is truly commendable. We look forward to working together to support your child's growth and development throughout the school year.

Reminder: NO SCHOOL Friday and Monday (11/3 and 11/6)

Thank you and have a wonderful long weekend with your family!

Platte County School District is conducting its parent survey to gather feedback on strengths of the District, as well as areas to consider for growth. Your input is important and will be considered when making future decisions.

Instead of a full parent survey conducted once in the fall of each year, we will be dividing our survey into cycles and asking for your feedback more often.

• For this first cycle, you'll start with up to 20 quick parent survey questions regarding your student's academics, special services, and sense of belonging.
• Then you'll be asked to share feedback (thoughts) on these specific topics (academics, special services, and sense of belonging). The next cycle will focus on other topics.

During Parent/Teacher conferences, we will encourage parents to take this survey. You can complete the survey by clicking on the link below or using the QR code. Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Pirates R.O.C.K. (Raising Outstanding Character Kids) is a program designed to surround our families with examples of strong character traits through school experiences, at home, and reinforced in their community. Each month our community focuses on a specific character trait and students are recognized for exhibiting these traits: Self Confidence, Pride, Responsibility, Citizenship, Compassion, Individuality, Self Control, Integrity, Perseverance, Respect, Honesty, and Cooperation.

November's #PiratesROCK trait is CITIZENSHIP: providing service and duty to your community.

Leader in Me connections to CITIZENSHIP:

• Habit 1: Be Proactive - You are in charge of you.
• Habit 4: Think Win-Win - Find ways where everyone can win.
• Habit 6: Synergize - Work together to do better.

Character Strong connections to CITIZENSHIP:

• Social Awareness
• Commitment
• Selflessness

If you did not recieve your child's grade card via email this past week, please contact our office at 816-436-9623.

Partnering with Hillcrest and Nodaway Valley Bank, the Platte County High School FBLA program will be hosting a district-wide Toiletry Drive competition, starting on November 13th. Students will collect and turn in toiletry items to their teacher. The elementary class that gains the most points by donating FULL-SIZED toiletry items will receive a PIZZA PARTY in early December. The Toiletry Drive will be held from the 13th to the 21st, which will give you plenty of time to collect a huge load of toiletries!

Across the District we will be honoring our military service members in various ways for Veteran's Day.

Barry Elementary is excited to invite our Veteran's on Friday, November 10th to our Lead Day Assembly! We will have a short reception for students who have a Veteran visiting, immediatly following the assembly. Please sign up if you or a family member are inerested.

There was no change in membership stats this past week.

School Messenger is our automated phone calling and text notification system. We use this system to notify parents quickly for sudden changes in schedules due to emergencies, school cancellations, or just important school announcements.

If you aren't receiving the District's text reminders and notifications and would like to opt in to receive these, simply text "YES" to 67587. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Click here for information on school cancellations/modifications due to inclement weather, how the District will notify parents, as well as information on recess, Y Club, and Inclement Weather Virtual Learning Days. As a reminder, PCR-3 will implement traditional inclement weather days (no school and no virtual learning), until we reach a threshold that would push the school year past Memorial Day. We will make those days up per our academic calendar, and if we go past our planned make up days for inclement weather, we will implement our Inclement Weather Virtual Learning Days.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Diagnostic Imaging Mobile Mammography will be onsite on Friday, November 10 at the locations listed below. To schedule your mammogram call (913) 344-9989 or text “APPOINTMENT” to (913) 327-3000. Diagnostic Imaging will run the claim through your health insurance company. Attached is the list of accepted insurance plans and networks. Please check your insurance benefits for coverage. To expedite your check-in process, please print, complete, and bring the Medical Records Release form & the Breast Imaging Exam form to your appointment. Be sure to bring your insurance card and the name of your primary care doctor.

• November 10 between Barry & Pathfinder: 7:30-11:30am
• November 10 PCMS south parking lot: 1-5pm

This is a link to our BNN channel, where students get the daily news and happenings of Barry Elementary!

Safety is one of our district’s top priorities, and to help safeguard our school community, our District uses Safe Schools Alert, a tip reporting service by Vector Solutions, that allows students, staff, and parents to submit safety concerns to our administration.

You and your child can easily report tips on bullying, harassment, or any safety issue you're concerned about through this online reporting system. On the homepage of the District website (www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com) and on each school building's homepage there is a Safe Schools quicklink which links to the reporting tool. Every tip Vector Solutions receives about our District is immediately logged in the system and our administration is notified so that they can investigate and take appropriate action. Tips may also be submitted anonymously if you prefer. Together, we can make our District a safer place to learn.

We believe that birthdays are an important time in a child’s life, and Barry students will receive a Birthday Book in celebration of their special day. However, for several reasons including increased food allergies, preservation of the instructional day, and student equality, students are not allowed to bring treats from home or a store or have flowers/balloons or other items delivered to the classroom for birthdays, going-away parties, or other personal events. If a student receives a delivery at school, the student will be notified to come to the office to view the item. Parents will be responsible for transporting the item home. Birthday party invitations may only be distributed if invitations are given to every student in the class.

Below is a link to the Sign Up Genius if you wish to eat lunch with your child. Please keep in mind that there will only be 2 slots available per grade level due to space and seating available. If you are coming for lunch, you may bring in outside food for your child but we ask that you not share that food with any students other than your own. We are excited to have our families in for lunch!

Here is the link to Nutrislice for the menus. You can also access it on the district website under Food Service. If you click the link, then choose Barry and then bookmark it, it should take you to Barry menus each time. If there are changes to the menu for the week, they will be updated here first.

Please visit our Barry School Store website!

We are excited for our students to start working for our Barry'd Treasures School Store. They will gain valuable real-world experience in the areas of teamwork, responsibility, leadership, and customer service as they learn lifelong skills! All proceeds from the store will directly benefit the students and the school.

If you have any questions, want to volunteer or make a donation, please contact Blaire Zessin or Teddi Weber.

For the 2023-24 school year, both Pathfinder and Barry will be supported by one PTA that is made up of members from both schools! PTA would love your support in this organization which provides experiences directly related to kids: field trips, leadership shirts, classroom parties and more!

October 27: Report Cards Go Home

November 1 & 2: Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 3: No School

November 6: No School, Professional Learning Community Day

November 13: PTA Meeting @ Pathfinder Library 4:30pm

November 16: Picture Retakes

November 22-24: No School, Thanksgiving Break

November 29: 2nd (5:30pm) and 3rd Grade (6:30pm) Music Program

December 14: 5th grade (5:30pm) and Choir (6:30pm) Music Program

December 20: 1st Semester Ends

December 20: 3-Hour Early Dismissal (12:50 for Elementary)

December 21: January 2: No School, Winter Break

December 21: Skate Night 6-8pm

Regular school day office hours run from 8:15am - 4:30pm.

• Students can enter the building- 8:30 a.m.
• Official start of school- 8:50 a.m.
• Dismissal- Car Riders and Y-Club-3:35 p.m.
• Dismissal-Bus Riders- 3:50 p.m.

Principal: Kacie Ambrose

Assistant Principal: Dr. Mindy Wheeler

Website: https://barry.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
Location: 2001 Northwest 87th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-436-9623
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barryelementary/
Twitter: @barry_elem_pcr3