Bethel Local Schools - Educate with Excellence

Attention Parents: High School and Middle School Bus # 10 is currently running a little late. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Thank you.

Food Service Reminders! What's included with Lunch? School lunch is composed of five components (Protein, Grain, Dairy, Fruit, and Vegetable). Students will receive the main entrée (grain and protein), milk, fruits, and vegetables. Students must take any three of the five components, and one of those three must be a fruit or vegetable. What is Payschools Central? Payschools Central is a great tool, where parents can add and view the money in their child's lunch account. Money can be added online or sent to the school in the form of a check or cash. Please note that there is a small fee to add money to your child's account directly through Payschools. Additionally, no change is given when paying cash, with any change being added to your child's account. Who to contact? If you have any questions, please contact one of our food service managers! Hope McKenzie for Elementary Students at (937) 845-9414 ext. 6006, and Dawnyel Durham for Middle School and High School at (937) 845-9414 ext. 5112. #BethelLegacy

Here are the weekly updates from your building principals. Have a great weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel ES: https://5il.co/24b6m MS: https://5il.co/24b6t HS: https://5il.co/24b6w

🏈 | Varsity Football Bees travel to Riverside to kick off Three Rivers Conference play tonight! 🆚Bethel Bees v Riverside Pirates 📍Riverside HS - DeGraff, OH 🎟️TICKETS AT GATE ARE CASH ONLY! 💲A-$8 / S-$5 #BeeElite | #BethelPRIDE | #BethelLegacy

Want to join the Hive? We are searching for a 2nd or 3rd shift custodian! If you are interested, please contact Todd Bird at birdt@blsk12.org. #BethelLegacy

Covid-19 CDC Guidance: - Stay home for 5 days, from the positive COVID-19 test. - If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after 5 days, you can leave your house.* - Continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days. *If you have a fever, continue to stay home until your fever resolves. Bethel Local Schools recommends following CDC guidance but is NOT mandating a 5 day quarantine. We ask that you stay home for 24 hours after the last fever (without using fever reducing medications), diarrhea, vomiting, persistent coughing, aching, or other active symptoms. The attendance policy has changed this year per our attendance officer. A picture of an at home positive Covid-19 test will no longer be accepted as a medical excuse for absences from school. A doctor’s note will be required for a medical excuse. Please notify your physician if you receive a positive at home Covid-19 test for their recommendation on your return to school/work. The full CDC COVID-19 Guidance can be found through this link: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html #BethelLegacy

Elementary Drop-Off & Pick-Up Information! Drop-off and Pick-up will be in the front of the Elementary Building. The line will start as two lanes and will merge into 1 lane prior to the Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) area. The lane closest to the sidewalk (right) will be used for DOPU, and the other lane will be for vehicles exiting after DOPU. Student Drop-Off will begin at 8:30am, and the tardy bell rings at 8:45. Students may not be dropped off early, as there will not be supervision prior to 8:30am. Upon exiting their vehicle, K-2 students will enter the building through door A2 and 3-5 students will enter through door A4. Student Pick-Up will begin at 3:30. Parents will need a DOPU tag. If you have not obtained a tag yet, please fill out the following form and return it to the Elementary office as soon as possible: https://5il.co/22kaf Additionally, parents may not park in the parking lot and walk their child over during arrival or dismissal times. Please see the attached image for a diagram of the DOPU traffic flow. #BethelLegacy

Elementary Bus Routes! With the Bethel Elementary School year set to start tomorrow, September 5th, make sure to double check you bus route! The most up-to-date bus routes can be found here: https://5il.co/1fv4f #BethelLegacy

Here are the weekly updates from your HS and MS principals. Have a great long weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel MS: https://5il.co/23x3h HS: https://5il.co/23x3z

Please refrain from parking on the grass during tonight's Open House at Bethel Elementary School. The grass needs time to fully grow and settle. See you tonight, August 31st, from 4pm-6:30pm for the Kindergarten and 1st Grade Open House! #BethelLegacy

MVCTC Students: Starting tomorrow, August 31st, the CTC Buses will load in the front of the building. The bus will be staged in front of the guidance office. The Junior bus will load first, and upon it's departure, the Senior bus will pull up and begin loading. #BethelLegacy

Kindergarten & Young 5's Parents: There will be meetings for parents of Kindergarten and Young 5's students at 4:30pm on Thursday, August 31st. The Young 5's meeting will be held in the Elementary Library, and the Kindergarten meeting will be in the Cafeteria. #BethelLegacy

What a great first Open House for our elementary students! Thank you to all of the community organizations that came to provide information to our families. Reminder: Thursday night will be our Young 5's, K and 1st grade Open House from 4-6:30p.

Reminder! Open House for students in 2nd through 5th grade is tonight, August 28th, from 4pm-6:30pm! Open house for Kindergarten and 1st-grade students will be Thursday, August 31st, from 4pm-6:30pm. Additionally, there will be a meeting for parents of our Young 5's and Kindergarten students at 4:30pm on Thursday, August 31st. #BethelLegacy

MVCTC Students: Buses will run from Bethel to the Miami Valley Career Technology Center on Monday, August 28th. Buses will depart from Bethel at 7:25am and will return at approximately 3:00pm. Students will be responsible for their transportation to Bethel and home from Bethel. #BethelLegacy

Here are the first of many weekly updates for the 2023-2024 school year from your HS and MS principals. Have a great weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel MS: https://5il.co/236zy HS: https://5il.co/23704

​Bethel Families, Bethel Local Schools will be closed on Monday, August 28th. For the full details and reasoning, please see this letter from Superintendent Chrispin: https://5il.co/238ip #BethelLegacy #WarriorStrong

🚨SCHEDULE UPDATE🚨 8/24 | Due to extreme heat and out of an abundance of caution for outdoor activities: ⚽️Boys and Girls Soccer games - POSTPONED 🏈 HS Football practice - HS GYM 🏃🏽 XC Practice - INSIDE ONLY 🏈JH Football practice - CANCELLED 🏌️🏽Golf Practice - CANCELLED

Elementary Parents: You should have received an email by today, Wednesday, August 23rd, with information from FinalForms that will include your child's teacher for the 2023-2024 school year. If you haven't received an email, please make sure you have completed your FinalForms registration for the 2023-2024 school year. If you still do not see your child's classroom assignment on Finalforms, please contact the Elementary Office, at (937) 845-9439, for further assistance. #BethelLegacy

Transportation Update! Bus Routes #9, #23, and #19 will be on doubled-up routes for the High School and Elementary. The Pick up times for these routes will run from approximately 7:00am-7:25am for high school and middle school and 8:10am-8:40am for elementary. The routes will also be delayed in the afternoon, with the elementary routes being dropped off between 4:15pm and 4:45pm. Thank you for your patience and understanding. The HS/MS bus routes can be found here: https://5il.co/1fv4e The Elementary bus routes can be found here: https://5il.co/1fv4f #BethelLegacy