BELLEVUE BULLETIN

September 27th, 2024

9/23-27 at Bellevue Independent Schools

Board of Education Spotlight: Our Food Service Department

At Bellevue Independent Schools, our Food Service Department is always going above and beyond to serve our students! In just twelve days at Bellevue Middle and High School, 2013 breakfasts and 3292 lunches were served to our students. At Grandview Elementary, 1910 breakfasts and 2329 lunches were served.

All around the district, people have had many positive things to say about the hard work our Food Service Department does.

"My third graders love the different options they have for lunch. They especially enjoy, and are looking forward, to the Thanksgiving meal!" - Brooke Dougherty, Third Grade Teacher

"The students and staff both love the awesome option of the salad bar. It gives such great, healthy options that even the students love!" - Danielle Carr, Youth Service Center Coordinator

Our employees in food service are always working their hardest to ensure that our students are full and happy throughout their day at school. Thank you for everything that you do for our students and staff!

Fall Festival Fun!

Grandview Elementary’s Fall Festival was a fun time for everyone this weekend! The day was filled with fun games, good food, and fantastic raffle prizes! Thank you to everyone who volunteered, and to everyone who came out to have a great time!

"Be a Happiness Maker and not a Happiness Zapper"

Last Friday, Ms. O' Neill's FLEX Class did a "Be a Happiness Maker and not a Happiness Zapper" flower arrangement activity. Students learned how to make a simple floral arrangement. They made one arrangement for themselves and then, to help spread some good vibes, they made another one to give to a school employee!

Thank you to the following:

Flowers grown by Bob Runyan, former BHS teacher and owner of Vicky’s Pretty Flowers in Melbourne, KY

Vases donated by the O’Neill Family

Another Flat Ranger Returns!

Another Flat Ranger has returned to Ms. O'Neill's class from its National Park journey!

This one returned from Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument along with this message:

"First, they learned about Kentucky's born, Brigadier General Charles Young. General Young was born enslaved in May's Lick, Kentucky, on March 12, 1864. His father, Gabriel Young, served in the Civil War and after helping bring an end to the war, moved his family to Ripley, Ohio. Charles Young grew up with a focus on education and graduated high school in 1881. He became a teacher, but desired to further his education by going to college. He earned a nomination to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point and became the third African American to graduate from the school. He served as an Army officer leading Troops of Buffalo Soldiers across the United States and even the world. In 1894, he developed the first African American ROTC program in the country at Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. He also served as the first African American superintendent of a National Park, being in charge of Sequoia and General Grant national parks in 1903. In 1904, he became the first African American military attaché to Haiti and the Dominican Republic and later served in Liberia. For his work in Liberia, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP. In 1917, he became the first African American to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Pictured is one of the uniforms the Buffalo Soldiers once wore!

The Charles Young Buffalo Soldier National Monument is located in General Young's former house here in Wilberforce, Ohio. He once owned this two-story home and 80-acres of farmland around it. They once grew green beans, corn, soybeans, tomatoes, and a bunch of other vegetables. Though the park does not farm the whole property, they do have a recreated Victory Garden. Victory Gardens were huge during World War II, as they were ways people could support the war effort and keep their families and communities fed. Currently the park has grown peppers, green beans, tomatoes, mint, squash, and cucumbers."

Kentucky Kids Day

Tuesday was Kentucky Kids' Day! To celebrate, Grandview Elementary students have been creating their own pieces of felt art that will all come together to create one big collage!

Learning about touch, smell, sight, and more!

This week in science class, Grandview Elementary Fourth Graders learned about sight, smell, touch, and memory through the eyes of animals! Students worked together to find out what these animals can infer from using their senses.

Learning emotions in Mandarin!

This week, Ms. Li taught Mandarin to Third Graders. The focus of today’s lesson was expressing emotion! Students watched video clips, identified emotions that were shown, and then learned how to say them in Mandarin.

Exciting art is coming soon!

Bellevue High School is one of twenty five high schools that will participate in the Crosley's Custom Cruiser Contest! We are looking forward to seeing the artwork that our students submit for this contest!

A trip to the Fire Department!

On Tuesday, our Bellevue Preschool students took a trip to the Bellevue-Dayton Fire House and got to learn all about the firefighters and their equipment! All of the students had a great time learning!

Tiger Trait of the month: RESPECT

Each month, classroom teachers at Grandview Elementary nominate a student for the Trait of the Month. September’s trait was RESPECT, and these students were nominated for being shining examples of it:

Chainy Faria

Landon Clifton

Finn Teisman

May Meyer

Braylee Henry

Parker White

Coraline Bock

Sidney Ferguson

Logan Freimuth

Ally McGuire

Benji Ferguson

These students got to enjoy a fun celebration in honor of this achievement this afternoon with popsicles and time at the park!