Dear Panther Families,

Thank you for another great week at Bethune Elementary School. This week was amazing! We hosted the Spelling BEE for our 4-5th grade students. The first place winner and I are pictured above. We also competed at the GA Convention for Jr. Beta and received 1st place in Robotics.

Communities in Schools is a new community partner at BES! We are so excited to have them. They have teamed up with us to ensure all students receive a book to enjoy over the Holiday break. Our classes have started rotating through the Book Fair and will continue next week.

All families please plan to join us for our Holiday Program next Thursday. It is sure to be an afternoon of holiday fun. Please see details below on grade level attire.

Please see events below for after our return:

• BES Holiday Program- December 14, 2023 4-6PM
• Colors for Performers
• Pre K-1st (Red and White)
• 2-4th Grade (Green and Red)
• 5th Grade (BLACK) (90s gear for Holiday Rap Participants)

Your Proud Principal,

Stanetress Evans

Congratulations to all of our Spelling BEE participants. They were absolutely the BESt. Congratulations to our 1st place winner Kalea Swanson. She will represent Bethune Elementary at the county competition.

Books for all of the BESt students. Communities in Schools has joined the BES Team and brought books for every student at BES! Parents students will come home with a new book to enjoy over the break.

Your opinion matters! Tell us about your experiences with the district and your school by filling out the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) Georgia Parent Survey required by the Georgia Department of Education. This survey provides a foundation for your school’s Climate Star rating score and is part of the CCRPI. These climate scores are an important indicator of culture and climate within each school in the district. Each school will receive a 1-5 star rating, with five stars representing an excellent school climate, and one star representing a school climate most in need of improvement. The surveys are anonymous and confidential and will remain open through Friday, December 15. To access the CCRPI survey, click here.

Fulton County Schools is providing self-paced and interactive parent/family learning to support early literacy development at home through a series of engaging online experiences. These Parent Units are no more than 20 minutes from start to finish to complete. In the unit, an easy-to-replicate strategy is provided for parents/families to use at home to support literacy development.

Each Parent Unit will launch one at a time throughout the school year releasing Friday, September 30th! These units are designed to support PK -2 parents and their families and will focus on different topics:

Literacy:

Unit 1: Oral Language

Unit 2: Vocabulary

Unit 3: Reading with your child

Writing :

Unit 4: Early Writing Development (PK – K)

Unit 5: Beginning Writing Development (1st – 2nd)

Unit 6: Transitional Writing Development (2nd -3rd)

Unit 7: Advanced Writing Development (4th / 5th grade and above)

Multiple languages will be provided as well as additional supportive resources. The units and resources can be found on the district website https://www.fultonschools.org/parentunits and are also linked at the bottom of all elementary school websites. Parents will have the opportunity to earn a certificate for completing each unit. https://www.fultonschools.org/parentunits

Students have been learning the schoolwide expectations this week. Please be sure to ask your student about them, as they should be able to tell you. Additionally, please reinforce the importance of meeting these expectations daily.

• Students arriving after 7:40AM must be signed in by an adult at the main office window.
• All transportation changes need to be sent to BEStransportation@fultonschools.org
• Early dismissal ends at 1:30PM, please be sure to bring an ID for checkouts

When will my students start school? What days will they be out of school? When is the last day of school...the FCS Calendar has you covered!

Email: BEStransportation@fultonschools.org
Website: fultonschools.org/Bethunees
Location: 5925 Old Carriage Drive, Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-7940
Twitter: @BethuneES