Belwood Elementary School

Winterfest is happening at Belwood Elementary on Friday, November 10th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Participating children will be $10.00 each. Parents and Guardians are Free! Pizza is being sold by Belwood's PTO in the lunchroom. We will have carnival games, Jolly Jars ($5.00 each) face painting, petting zoo, fire truck, pictures with Santa (for an additional cost through School Days) and more! Please join us!

Fired Up Food Drive is this week!

More pictures from our Spooktacular Learning at Belwood! Thank you parents for participating!!!

Spooktacular Learning at Belwood! Thank you parents for participating!!!

The BES Principal's Book Club is a program designed to encourage reading and literacy development. This program began in 2019 in honor of Mrs. Phyllis Purdy, a retired teacher and literacy advocate. The development of early literacy skills is a key to the development of a student and his/her success in life. Mrs. Holt encourages students to read at least 15 minutes each day. Research shows that students who read 15 minutes or more daily will see accelerated reading gains, and students who read 30 minutes or more a day will see the greatest gains of all. Parents, please join us by encouraging your child to read ad fall in love with a good book. Shown here are Mrs. Holt and Mr. Fox giving out It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!, Junior Monster Scouts, and Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type.

Our first "JOLLY JARS" (formally known as gift jars) have arrived at Belwood! We have a small Christmas village, a Jeep duck jar and some Christmas potpourri ready for Winterfest. If your family is able, please send in at least one Jolly Jar donation. Special shout out to the very creative idea of renaming the gift jars from a Belwood supporter!

Belwood faculty and staff not only enjoyed celebrating Red Ribbon Week by dressing up in their favorite team jersey, they also stepped it up a notch in the school spirit zone by having a Tail Gate party today! A good time was had by all!!!

Retirement walkthrough celebration for Lolly (Resource officer Dog) was held this morning at Belwood! Shown here with Mrs. Holt and Mr. Fox are Corporal Massingill, Sergeant Powell, Detective Fox and Corporal Pullen. And of course Miss Lolly! We will miss you Lolly!

Hey Hey Belwood families! We are looking for donations for our Winterfest happening Friday, Nov. 10th! Please consider sending in one Gift Jar per family. Students (or anyone interested) will have an opportunity to purchase the night of the carnival!

Level Up AT Belwood With National School Lunch Week!! The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves nearly 30 million children every school day. President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week (NSLW) in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. Enjoy delicious and nutritious meals every day in Gordon County lunchrooms!

Red Ribbon Week starts Monday, October 23! Please join us for dress up days if you can!

📚 It’s time for our 2nd Annual Pumpkin Book Character Contest! 🎃 🛑 This year we are asking for foam or plastic pumpkins. 🐛 Last year we ended up with liquids, bugs, and mushy pulp running out of our pumpkins. 😱 I don’t want to hurt any of our books or shelves. 🏆 Please read the directions in detail to be considered a winner. 📅 Turn in from 10/16-10/30 🔈Must be accompanied by the actual book or printed cover picture. 🛍️ Places to find fake pumpkins: AMAZON, WALMART, HOBBY LOBBY, MICHAELS, ORIENTAL TRADING, TARGET, DOLLAR TREE, & JOANNS. (Scroll to see last year examples)

Grandparents Newsletter

You are invited Tuesday, October 31st! We will be having a SPOOK-TACULAR Student Learning Event! Beginning at 8:00 am families are invited to student classrooms for our Learn with YourStudent Event. Halloween Parade will follow. See you then!

Our little Prince and Princess!

Proud of our local King and Queen from Gordon Central High School!

We need You!

September Character students were recognized October 5th with a special breakfast provided by our local Chick-fil-a restaurant. CFA Calhoun also provides the curriculum Core Essentials, which we use to promote core values in our students. Core values are personal ethics or ideals that guide us when making decisions, building relationships and solving problems. The core value for September was Friendship. Friendship was defined as using your words and actions to show others you care. If you want to have a friend, you must first learn to be a good friend, and these students must already be on their way to knowing how to be a good friend! We are so proud of you all! September Award winners are: Kora White Timber Duncan Ronnie Chavez Livi Farmer Brady Hansard Dezzy Edwards Kora White Gracie Russell Brock Bloodworth Natalie McNabb Owen Richardson Bryce Fuller Lily Owen Charlee Mulkey Jose Mendoza Hernandez Hollis Bloodworth Amberlee Hall Brooklyn Ayala Harper Fox Leonardo Gomez Shelby Winslett Roger Alezano Harper Free Maggie Eagan Carson Williams Sailor Van Dyke Makenzlee Farrell Sofia Nicolas Sanchez

Let's give this fine young man a huge shout out for his kind efforts. Dylan Reyes was Caught Being Good at recess recently. When Dylan noticed a classmate did not want to stop playing and come inside, he took the initiate to talk his classmate into following the request of the teacher. This is amazing! It takes a lot of self-control to stop doing something when you don't want to, and we are so thankful for Dylan and his help in explaining this to the other student.

During Circus McGurkus Monday during specials, students are shown here having fun working on fine motor skills. Each student had to hop their frog in the "pond" for their class to win! Did you know working on fine motor skills can lead to improved development in thinking, language, communication, emotional expression and self-regulation? All of these skills are needed for kids to become successful adults!