This Parent/Guardian Info document has all the info you need!

• Questions? Email masciovecchio.joseph@pcr3schools.org

• Want to volunteer? PTA has a sign-up for some side roles, half or full day (click here)!

What do I need to do until Field Day?

• Field Day is a good day for old clothes, tennis shoes, and a water bottle. We will have disposable cups for kids who forgot a bottle.

• We do ask that each grade level shares a unified color!

1. Kindergarten: Red

2. 1st: Orange

3. 2nd: Yellow

4. 3rd: Green

5. 4th: Blue

6. 5th: Black

• Swimsuits can be worn under the child’s clothing as we will be doing some water games.

• Contact the school nurse with any specific/new medical concerns the school has not yet received a doctor’s note on.

• Reply to your classroom teacher’s Field Day lunch communications.

• Parents who informed their teacher that they will be sending a home lunch with their child will need to have it ready for Friday, May 16th.

• Outside of school lunch, each kid will get one Andy’s Ice Cream (or Pop Ice/another treat if they have allergies).

• Students will be outside for a little over an hour and a half. Sunscreen is to be applied by the parents & guardians before school.

• If you have extra sunscreen needs for your child, send those to the nurse and provide sunscreen.

1. Spray sunscreen is preferred and it helps to label the bottle!

2. It is recommended to have the child put on sunscreen before coming to school.

Online Lost and Found Link 👇

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YUoKt2maVMDz0ycN1RC1_YrhrGVLBdWN

Click the photo to leave a comment or email Mrs. Williams williams.victoria@pcr3schools.org with your child's name and the # on the item and I will make sure to get it back to them.

The Barry'd Treasures School Store will be selling grade level school supply kits for the 2025-2026 school year. Each grade level kit includes all the items on the Barry Elementary School supply list. The proceeds from the sale of school supply kits will be donated back to the students and staff of Barry Elementary School. Look for order forms in backpacks. Cash/Check can be sent to the office.

This discounted price is only available for kits pre-ordered by May 29, 2025.

Kits ordered after May 29th will be filled for an additional $5.00 while supplies last.

The supply kits will be delivered to your child's classroom prior to the start of school.

ALL KITS ARE TEACHER APPROVED SUPPLIES!

We are excited to announce that you can order your supplies through PowerSchool! See the flier below for details!

Parents of existing Kindergarten through 11th grade students: On April 17, you should have received an email to complete re-enrollment for your returning student. If you haven't already done so, please complete online re-enrollment forms and electronic proof of residency by Tuesday, May 27, via your PowerSchool Parent Portal Account and clicking on the "Returning Student Registration 2025-26" link via the left-hand navigation. If you need assistance, please contact your child's school.

Please note: This must be done via a browser, not on the Parent Portal app. If using your phone, please turn your phone horizontally.

Platte County School District is excited to announce that Summer School will be held June 2-30, 2025 (please note updated dates). All Platte County R-3 students are invited to attend and continue to grow as learners throughout the summer! The purpose of PCR-3’s Summer School Program is to provide an experience that is relevant, rigorous, and engaging, based on individual learner needs, in a safe and caring environment. Click here for more information about Summer School at PCR-3.

• Parents of existing students currently in grades PreK-12th: Enroll for 2025 Summer School via the Forms on PowerSchool Parent Portal (via a browser or the app). Please complete by May 16, 2025.
• Incoming Kindergarten students will be able to complete summer school registration after they complete regular enrollment. Click here for 2025-26 New Student Enrollment.

Summer School Elementary Themes! <<Elementary Teachers/Schools Include>>

Incoming Kindergartners through incoming 5th graders…Get ready for a summer full of excitement, creativity, and discovery! Our Elementary Summer School experiences are designed around fun-filled themes like Sweet Treats, Vibrant Colors, Ocean Adventures, and Outer Space Explorations! From hands-on activities to engaging lessons, your child will explore, learn, and create in a dynamic and playful learning environment. Don’t miss out on this sweet summer adventure—enroll today!

The Before and After School Program available to families in the Platte County R-3 School District is Y Club. With Y Club before and after school, children in kindergarten through 5th grade will benefit from homework enrichment, physical activity, and small and large group activities with a focus on building community and youth voice and leadership. Full-time and part-time Y Club is available at each of our elementary buildings (Barry, Compass, Pathfinder, and Siegrist), along with Y Club on days when school is out of session for inclement weather, seasonal breaks, and other days off (enrollment permitting). Operating hours are each weekday from 6:30 a.m. until school begins, and again after school until 6:00 p.m. Registration will open on May 8. Click here to register.

If you have any questions about the Y Club program, please contact YMCA at (816) 360-3390.

More info to come...

Parents and Guardians please join us for hot dogs at the park! To ensure the focus remains on our 5th grade students and to manage supervision and resources effectively, we kindly request that only parents and guardians attend this particular celebration.

Double check your list and we'll be smooth sailing into Summer!

Please take a few minutes and fill out our PTA survey as we begin to plan for next school year!

https://forms.gle/ZwECLvD887kVrGkw9

Coach Mosh is looking for early risers, people with trucks, a golf cart/gator, and adults to help with the inflatable! See sign up genius for more details!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AA4A82DA6FEC52-56356408-barry#/

May 15th!

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.

May's #PiratesROCK trait is RESPECT: being considerate of others, property, rules & authority.

Celebrating student leadership and recognizing the hard work and impact student leaders have at Barry Elementary is a priority to us. Every month, Barry staff and students take the time to highlight these Quality Students and their contributions to their classroom and our school. Students are selected by their classroom and specials teachers as showing exemplary leadership skills and living the 7 Habits. Each month we have a Lead Week that focuses on a Pirates R.O.C.K. Character Trait and one of the 7 Habits. At the end of this week, the student chosen gets to participate in a celebration surrounding their leadership! They wear their school leadership shirt, receive a badge and certificate, participate in a craft, enjoy a donut breakfast, and are celebrated at an all school assembly. We are so proud of these students and how they represent Barry Elementary!

Free dental care foe qualifying children!

Make sure your student is prepared for the school year. When kids are covered through MO HealthNet, they’re covered for doctor visits, emergency care, dental care, mental health services, and more! Enroll now at mydss.mo.gov – their health is worth it. For help with application-call 1-800-466-3213.

3:00 PM is the cut off for nurse visits UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY! This is to ensure all children are with their class and ready to go at dismissal.

The PCR-3 Treasure Chest is a stocked resource center providing food, milk, and toiletries for PCR-3 students and families in need. Qualifying families will receive a weekly form via email to sign up or can call 816-858-7001 for assistance.

Families will receive an email with approval to come to the Treasure Chest on Wednesdays from 4-6pm at the new Treasure Chest site (south side of Paxton building).

• Please only invite your specific children to eat with you.
• Help your children follow the lunchroom expectations the rest of the cafeteria is asked to follow like remaining at the table until their class is dismissed.
• When you have finished your lunchtime, please return to the front office rather than making rounds through the cafeteria to say hello to other students. The other students would love a wave though!

Thank you for wanting to be a part of our school community and we'll see you at lunch!

K-12 Payment Center is now Linq Connect, where parents can deposit money for meal transactions. Parents can access Linq Connect through this link or when signing in to PowerSchool Parent Portal. In addition to allowing for better and faster service to students during meal times at school, the online portion of this system allows guardians to set up scheduled meal deposits or deposits to accounts when falling below a certain amount. A transaction fee will be applied based on the amount of funds added. The Fees are 3.95% of the transaction total with a $2.85 minimum to be paid by the parent/cardholder.

To set up your student's account, you'll need their student ID number, which can be found on your Parent Portal. Parents can still deposit money for meal transactions by sending payment via check or cash to their child's school.

Free and reduced applications from last year expire in October. You need to reapply.

There is an opening for a lunch clerk at Barry Elementary! This is a two hour position. If you are interested please contact Chelsea Brotherton at brotherc@platteco.k12.mo.us .

Visitors to the building: you will always need to bring your ID with you when you come into the building. We will scan your ID into our safety system Platte County uses to ensure the safety and security of our students.

We ask that students be checked out NO LATER than 3:15. This is helpful as dismissal is our busiest time in the building. This will also ensure our dismissal team has time to be informed of changes. Please note that any check-outs before 3:50 reflect as an early dismissal on your students attendance.

Students are not allowed to order or have deliveries sent to them at school.

For the safety of all students, parents and guardians must accompany their child to the front office when arriving late. Dropping students off at the front door is a safety concern. If a student arrives without a parent/guardian, we will be reaching out and requesting you return to complete the check-in process.

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.

Several athletic camps are available this summer for our students. Please click on the fliers/registration forms linked below. Note that the grade will be the grade your child is entering in the 2025-26 school year.

Baseball (2025-26 Grades 3-5 & 6-7)

• June 16 (Grades 3-5th) and June 17 (Grades 6-7th) (Click here to register by June 2

Boys Basketball (2025-26 Grades 4-6, 7-9)

• June 2-5, 2025 (Register by May 27)

Soccer (2025-26 Grades K-8, 9-12)

• June 23-27, 2025 (9-12th grades) & June 23-25, 2025 (K-8th grades) (Register by June 6)

Tennis (2025-26 Grades K-3 & 4-5 Introductory)

• June 17-18, 2025 (Click here to register)

Registration opens MAY 12th!

I wanted to share some exciting kids camps that NCC Community Education will be offering this summer! We are offering a variety of STEM centered summer camps for students in 1st-5th grade that will focus on problem solving skills, STEM exploration, and hands-on learning. Camps will be half days and be held at Compass Elementary or Barry Elementary.

We will be offering the following classes...

• Bricks4Kidz--World of Imagination LEGO Camp
• Mad Science--Brixology
• Mad Science--Eureka! The Inventor's Camp
• Mad Science--NASA! Journey to Outer Space
• Mad Science--Secret Agent Lab
• Mad Science--Rockin Robots!
• Mad Science--Spatastic
• Mad Science--The Wright Stuff

For a more detailed description of what each class will entail, the cost per camp, and the schedule, please visit our website LINKED HERE! To enroll for a camp, go to our website, navigate to "Youth Programs" on the left, and select the camp you are interested in!

• May 5-15: Map Testing (3rd 4th and 5th grade)
• May 27: 5th Grade Celebration in the Park 12:30-1:30
• May 29: Last Day of School 3-hour Early Release
• June 2: Summer School begins

Safety is our District's top priority. PCR-3 has a system of safety and security measures in place, including trained security staff (now at every building following the passage of the Prop C Waiver/Levy Transfer), secure entryways, ongoing monitoring, and partnership with local law enforcement.

We remind parents, staff, and students that school safety is the responsibility of the entire school community. Please follow the principle of "see something, say something." If anyone (student, parent, staff member, community member) sees or hears anything of concern, please contact the District office at (816) 858-5420 so that those concerns can be investigated. You and your child can also easily report tips on bullying, harassment, or any safety issue you're concerned about through our online Safe Schools Alert system. Every tip 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. Each building's website has the Safe Schools icon located within the “quick links” bar on the homepage.

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

• 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

Email: ambrose.kacie@pcr3schools.org

Assistant Principal: Dr. Mindy Wheeler

Email: wheeler.mindy@pcr3schools.org

Website: https://barry.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/

Location: 2001 Northwest 87th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, USA

Phone: 816-436-9623