Belwood Elementary School

It was great having Jenica from SHS Majorettes helping with car riders at Belwood this morning. She is reminding us about the daddy-daughter dance this Saturday at Belwood! #TogehterGCS #TogehterSHSMajorettes

Jade and Easton in Ms. Balliew's 2nd grade classroom were able to add ladybugs to Belwood's kindness tree last week! Way to go kids!!!

Please don't forget the BES Daddy Daughter Dance Boots, Bling, and Bows March 15th 6 - 8 pm Please see information in photos. The cost is $25.00 in advance, $35.00 at the door! You don't want to miss this! Hosted by SHS Majorettes

Parents, Grandparents, Guardians and Fans of our 5th graders: The deadline is Friday, April 4th to purchase a shout out ad in the yearbook for your favorite 5th grader. Please click link below to order and create your personal message. Thank you! http://yearbooks2.pixami.com/BelwoodElementary/home3/Bookstore.jsp Like

This sweet young lady Mrs. Nancy Greeson from Blackwood Springs Baptist Church stopped by to see us last week and kindly donated a very generous amount of money to help support our local Helping Hands feeding program. Blackwood Springs Baptist Church has been such a blessing to Belwood Elementary School staff and students over the years. They have adopted us and we are SO THANKFUL for their support. It really does take a village!

MATT FOX NAMED PRINCIPAL OF BELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Gordon County Schools is proud to announce that Matt Fox has been named principal of Belwood Elementary School. His appointment was made official at tonight’s Board of Education meeting. He will begin his tenure in the 2025-2026 school year, replacing Monica Holt, who is transitioning into a district coordinator position at the central office. Fox has served as Belwood’s assistant principal since 2021. Before that, he was an assistant principal at Red Bud Middle School and Sonoraville High School. He began his career in Gordon County teaching 7th grade social studies at Sonoraville Middle and Red Bud Middle School, earning recognition as Sonoraville Middle’s Teacher of the Year in 2011. With a strong background in education and leadership, Fox is expected to build on Belwood Elementary’s tradition of excellence and student success. Gordon County Schools looks forward to his continued impact on students, staff, and the community in this new role.

We have to show off these adorable pictures from last week's Dr. Seuss Days!

Please join Belwood in thanking these amazing ladies right here, not only during National School Social Work Week, but all year long. During the school year, school social workers are confronted with challenges, heightened anxieties, and anticipated difficulties. However, these ladies face these challenges with not only strength and resilience, they unite our community to make positive change in the lives of our students, families, and school. It’s a time to honor our school social workers who are working hard to ensure all students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Pictured here are Kaitlyn Wilson, Alexandra Harris (School Social Worker Intern) and Ty Bonner! Belwood loves you ladies! #TogetherWeLoveOurSSW

Belwood Elementary students got to meet Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat (Mr. Terry Allee) this week! It was part of the Read Across America events here at the school. This happens every year during the first week of March to promote the importance of reading. It's an important event every year. "Reading can clearly be one of the most important and profound measures that determines success of a student. Our goal at Belwood is to promote literacy and to teach our kids that reading can be fun, and it can take you to places that you've never been, because that is what reading is all about," Mrs. Monica Holt, Belwood principal said.

Attention 5th grade parents and students going to Ashworth: From Coach Haynes: Ashworth will be holding cheerleading tryouts at Ashworth Middle School. We're so excited to welcome our future Warriors and would love to see lots of smiling faces at tryouts! Here’s the quick info to pass along: 📣 AMS Cheerleading Tryouts 📅 April 14th-17th from 3:45-5:30 p.m. 📍 AMS Gym 💙 Open to all interested 5th graders heading to AMS next year! Additionally, there will be an informational meeting for upcoming 6th graders and their parents at AMS on Thursday, March 13th at 5:30 p.m. Contact the school for a tryout packet that can be printed and pre-filled out for any students who are interested.

Please read attached flyer for those interested in Volleyball at Ashworth.

Dr. Seuss week shenanigans!

Cat in the Hat day at Belwood!

Please join Belwood in congratulating these students as we recognize our February Character students' of the month. The word was uniqueness - learning more about others so you can learn more about yourself! We also want to thank our local Calhoun Chick-fil-a for sponsoring the Character curriculum and breakfast for Belwood Elementary and Gordon County Schools. Many of our Belwood students (and families and staff) demonstrate uniqueness every day, but these precious students stood out among their peers! Why fit in when you were born to stand out – Dr. Seuss. Kitty Craig Willow Medlin Houston Moore Oaklee Greeson Weston Young Anthony Vance Minnie Maske Lola Guffey Grayson Hollingsworth Rayna Quinones Gianelli Villalona Nevaeh McBee Stevie Hogg Mavis Owen Scarlett Santizo Aubree Lipscomb Michael Adams Gilles De Backer Sophia Waters Gabe O’Neal Harper Free Maxwell Higginbotham Kadence Jackson Gage Howard Victoria Hughes Isaias Vigil Martinez Haylen Tedder (for Resilience) And last but not least, Mrs. Hannah Stewart, nominated by Mrs. Holt!

So many VIP"s came to Belwood today!!

National School Breakfast Week at Belwood is bussin!

This week, T-Rex paid a visit to Belwood for Read Across America. This is the continuation of a year long Literacy Program to bring dinosaurs and paleontologists to life and promote reading in all areas. At the beginning of the year, Principal Monica Holt teamed up with Mr. Terry Allee and his company, You Asked For it! LLC, to create the year long plan. Belwood's theme was dinosaurs, so Mr. Allee created 2 characters, Dr. Robert Elijah Xavier Thornton aka Dr. Bob, a paleontologist, and T-Rex. Throughout the year, both characters have visited Belwood and created a story for the entire school to be a part of. The story connects many books like the Dinosaurs that Pooped Series and many others to add to the overall story. The Program has included multiple videos with Book Readings and clues to help fill in HOW a T-Rex made his way to Belwood! Students have made the story their own by finding artifacts around the school, by examining the “dinosaur” poop found near the playground, and reading and researching the role of paleontologists. The ultimate goal is to unite Dr. Bob and the T-Rex and to help get the T-Rex back home, to complete the story. How that will happen is still unfolding and what the next chapter holds, we will have to wait and see...… This Program has engaged students in all grades on multiple levels and has created great excitement throughout the school for Literacy by allowing all students to create their own story on their own level.

WE NEED YOUR INPUT! All parents, families, school staff, students, and community members: We need your input to plan for the 2025-2026 school year! This is an opportunity for you to provide input and suggestions to build new ideas and create positive change in our school. We will review and revise the following: School-Parent Compact, School Improvement Plan, District Parent & Family Engagement Policy, and Consolidated LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP). Come share ideas about how the 1% set aside for Parent & Family Engagement can be best used. March 20, 2025 12-2 pm For more information, you can contact us or visit our website: Telephone: 706-629-9547 Email: monicaholt@gcbe.org Website: www.gcbe.org/o/bes

More fun adventures from our Dr. Seuss dress up days!

This week we are celebrating National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) by having important members of our community come and serve breakfast to our students at Belwood! Breakfast is very important for kids because it provides energy, nutrients, and brain-boosting fuel, so that they can concentrate on the lessons instead of their rumbling tummies!