The Weekly Wildcat ROAR

As a reminder, all visitors must pass through the weapons detection system successfully to be admitted to the builidlng. An ID is required to eat lunch or sign students out.

Dismissal Reminders!

Changes to transportation can only be taken in writing. We cannot take changes via phone call.

Students cannot be signed out from the front office after 2:00PM.

Thank you for your support of BES! Please be sure to complete the parent survey in PowerSchool to provide us with feedback!

Upcoming Events:

March 24-28- Spring iReady Diagnostic (Reading- 3/25, Math- 3/26)- tentative

March 27- Report Card

March 27- 5th Grade Field Trip

March 28- Severe Weather House at BES

April 1- CCSD Arts Expo at GHS, see flyer below for info about book making

April 2- First Tee

April 4- 5th Grade GT Renaissance Fair

April 7-11- Spring Break

Please use the directions below to complete the parent survey for the SC Department of Education. Your responses are very valuable to us. We hope to have 100% participation!

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Be sure to check in with your child's teacher to get signed up for PTO and SIC. Our PTO/SIC do amazing things for our students and staff. You don't want to miss being a part of these great organizations!

Please use the link below to send a shout out for any BES staff members or students you see making an impact on our school and community!

https://forms.gle/o626y8f3ZuLsViPz9

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cj7t71-tRadMvQ_mxgYT5YgJRBKhhCWD/view?usp=drive_link

AVID Callback of the Week- Teachers: Do you want to plant Students: A garden?

AVID focus for March - Reading

3rd Grade:

Math: Relate Multiplication and Division, Multiplication fact fluency and SC Ready Review

ELA: Grammar: Adverbs that Compare

Reading: The Islanders, review literary elements, text and graphic features, and SC Ready Review

Science: Surviving and Changing Environments

Social Studies: Lifestyles and Culture, Cultural characteristics of places and regions around the world

Music: Recorders

Library:Nonfiction text features

Art: Finishing Up Recent Projects

PE: Continue current unit

4th Grade:

Math: Continue current units

ELA: Continue current units

Science: Continue current units

Social Studies: Continue current units

Music: Rap project

Library: Non fiction text features

Art: Finishing Up Recent Projects

PE: Continue current units

5th Grade:

Math: Metric Conversion

ELA: Argumentative Reading & Writing

Science: Investigating patterns in the sky

Social Studies: WW II

Music: Ukulele

Library: Non fiction text features

Art: Finishing Up Recent Projects

PE: Continue current units

GT:

Math Studio: Logic/Critical Thinking Problems

Word Up: Word Ladders for all grades

Exploration: 3rd-5th- STEM or Showcase Preparation

Email: julie.foster@cherokee1.org

Website: https://bes.cherokee1.org/o/be
Location: 402 Hardin Street, Blacksburg, SC, USA
Phone: 864-206-6518
Facebook: facebook.com/BESWildcatsROAR