Barry Bulletin

Hello Barry Elementary families! We have missed you! We are back in the office and busy getting ready for our Pirates to return. Please make sure to read through our newsletters so you can stay up to date on all the latest B.E. news! Do not hesitate to call or email the office if you have any questions with reenrollment/enrollment. We are here and ready to help. Enjoy the rest of your break!

kumpf.laura@pcr3schools.org

williams.victoria@pcr3schools.org

RETURNING STUDENTS RE-ENROLLMENT

Several returning families have not completed our re-enrollment process through Parent Portal. Please complete as soon as possible, so we can finalize plans for the 2024-25 school year (student classes and schedules, transportation, etc.) this summer!

Here are some common issues our families have run into:

You have to do this via Parent Portal https://platte.powerschool.com/public/home.html (which is different from last year’s enrollment for our first year in PowerSchool). If you haven’t created an account, you’ll need to contact the school or district office for your student’s access ID and Passwords to set up your account.
This has to be completed via a browser, not the PowerSchool app (if you do it on a browser on your phone, turn it horizontally to view the left-hand navigation).
Sometimes there are issues with who is listed as Contact 1 or the “record not being found”. If this is an issue, contact the school or district office.

When you sign into PowerSchool, the left hand navigation has a link at the bottom titled "Returning Student Registration 2024-25."

If you have any questions, as always, feel free to reach out to our front office staff to help you.

August 15th Kona Ice Fundraiser!

5pm-7pm

Barry Elementary parking lot

July 29 & 30 - New student registration 8am-3pm

July 31 - New student registration 12pm-7pm

August 1 & 2 - New student registration 8am-3pm

August 12 - Teacher Lists posted on front door of Barry Elementary 10am!!!

August 14 - Teacher reveal letters will be emailed by end of day

August 15 - Meet the Teacher Night 5pm-7pm

August 20 - First Day of School

Sept 2 - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

Sept 16 - PLD - NO SCHOOL

Sept 19 - Board of Education Meeting

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

Please visit our Barry School Store website!

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

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 love that many of you take the time to come eat with your children! To help the staff in the lunchroom we would appreciate if you could please follow the expectations listed below:

• 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!

ATTENTION: This school year 2024-2025 we will only allow lunch visits ONCE PER QUARTER. This is to ensure that everyone is getting the opportunity and time slots that work for them. Also, we understand if younger siblings have to accompany but they MUST stay at the table with you and can not roam freely in the lunchroom. You will be asked not to return for lunch if the issue persists.

Below is a link to the Sign Up Genius if you wish to eat lunch with your child. 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.

We love showing off our Barry Pirates! If your child is on the NO PHOTO list we won't be able to include them in our newsletters or social media posts. If you are, or think you may be on the list and no longer want to be please call the office and we will gladly fix that for you!

New phone number? Change your email? Please call the office so we can update your information!

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