Bethel Local Schools - Educate with Excellence

Join us for Bethel Elementary School's Connect to Kindergarten Night on Wednesday, February 26th, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. Parents and future kindergarten students are invited to meet the kindergarten teachers, view classrooms, and complete registration! #BethelLegacy

Shout out to the Bethel Middle School Wrestling Team for placing 1st and finishing with a score of 192.0 at the National Trail Invite! #BethelLegacy

This week, we celebrate the hard work and dedication of our Guidance and Social-Emotional Counselors as a part of National School Counseling Week! Your continued dedication to fostering, supporting, and uplifting our students and their dreams as they work to become the best people they can be, is truly inspiring. Thank you to our Guidance Counselors Shanon Blankenship, Katherine Bourelle, and Molly Weideman and our Social-Emotional Counselors Brooke Samuels, Amanda Stegner, and Alayna Dill. Please help us celebrate these wonderful counselors, not only this week but every day! #BethelLegacy

Kindergarten registration is now open!! If you have a kindergartener starting next year or know of anyone that does then please spread the word! Call the elementary office at 937-845-9439 or visit the Bethel Local Schools website for additional information.

SENIOR NIGHT! Come out TONIGHT for the Boys Basketball game v. Northwestern as we recognize our 8 Senior Boys Basketball players and our Senior Cheerleader! Senior recognition will take place immediately following the JV contest! Freshman 5:00pm JV 6:00pm Varsity to follow!

Order your Bethel Elementary School 2024-2025 Memorybook now! Memorybooks are available for purchase until February 28th and can be ordered online at: orders.langephotographics.com. Enter Code: MYMBM7QH. This code is only valid for the Bethel Elementary Memorybook. #BethelLegacy

The BHS Creative Writing Team are JustWrite Ohio Regional Grand Champions! The division 1 team of Scarlet Pfeiffer, Anna Williams, Natalie Sonnanstine, Ibtisam Eljawad, Savannah Manly, and Sam Avey won 2nd place. The division 2 team of Cassie Dobmeyer, Sam Stoff, Evelyn Adams, Caleb Wrobel, Muskaan Sandhu, and Tiffany Moore also won 2nd place. These two results put the entire team on the top of the podium and they were crowned the overall grand champions of the Xenia regional tournament on Saturday. Eljawad and Moore both won 1st place Poet Laureate awards for their poems H_ngm_n and Holy Water, respectively. Sonnanstine won 11th place overall in division 1 and Sandhu won 12th place overall in division 2. Moore was awarded first place overall in division 2, meaning she took home the top awards in both the poetry and short story prose categories— an incredible feat! Congrats to the entire team, who will all be moving on to the state tournament in May! #BethelLegacy

SENIOR NIGHT | GIRLS BASKETBALL Come to The Hive TONIGHT to celebrate our Girls Basketball Seniors as the Lady Bees take on Bradford! Recognition immediately follows the JV game! All Bethel Students are FREE Admission! 7th v Lehman 5:00pm JV v. Alter 6:00pm Varsity at 7:30pm

Tonight is SENIOR NIGHT!! Come out and show your support for our girl's basketball teams and our seniors Emma and Maddie! JV starts at 6:00pm, with Senior Night starting at 6:45pm! #BethelLegacy

GIRLS BASKETBALL WAKE UP! It's the first of the Month! ⏰ Get to The Hive this morning for Bethel v Miami East girls basketball! JV tips at 11:00 Varsity to follow! A W keeps the Lady Bees in the top half of the conference, moving them from 4th to 3rd! #finishstrong 💪🏼

Read Across America Night will be celebrated at the Elementary school on Wednesday, March 5th from 5-6:30pm. It is open to all K-5th grade students. Please see the photo for more information, and RSVP. We have several events planned, so you won't want to miss out!

Attention Parents: Bus 19 will be running approximately 10-15 minutes late today, January 31st, for the Elementary route. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Attention Parents: Bus 19 will be running approximately 20 minutes late today, January 31st, for the HS/MS route. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Unfortunately, due to poor ticket sales, this weekend's Sadie Hawkins Dance has been cancelled. Students who purchased tickets will receive refunds. Please contact Mrs. Wolford with any questions at wolfordl@blsk12.org. #BethelLegacy

Next week, February 3rd-7th, we are celebrating National School Counselors Week! National School Counseling Week recognizes the vital roles school counselors play in the lives of students across the country, and to celebrate, Bethel Elementary School is having a spirit week! The themes for the week are as follows: Monday: Put Your Best Foot Forward - Wear Your Crazy Socks Tuesday: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Sweatpants and Sweatshirts Wednesday: Be Your Biggest Fan - Wear Your Favorite Gear Thursday: Allow Your Body to Rest - Wear Your Pajamas (No Slippers) Friday: Just BEE Yourself - Wear Your Bethel Bee Gear #BethelLegacy

Here are the weekly updates from your building principals. Have a great weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel ES: https://5il.co/36py3 MS: https://5il.co/36py5 HS: https://5il.co/36py6

Elementary students continue to work hard to show respectful, responsible, and ready to learn behavior at school. Students earning the required number of good behavior ‘bee slips’ this quarter will qualify for a GLOW PARTY in March. Please help us make this a positive, rewarding experience by donating needed items. You can donate via the link provided, or purchase glow sticks from any store and send them to the elementary office. Thank you for your support! You can find the donation wishlist through the following link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2OLTKY91098WG?ref_=wl_share #BethelLegacy

Active military personnel and veterans are invited to be our guests at our Military Appreciation Night, which will take place at the boy's basketball game on Tuesday, February 4! All active duty military and veterans will be admitted free of charge! The Freshman game starts at 4:00pm, with the Junior Varsity and Varsity games to follow! #BethelLegacy

Class of 2025 T-shirts and Crewnecks are now on sale! Orders can be made through the following link: https://bit.ly/BHS_SeniorShirts25 Please see Mrs. Brewer to sign the signature sheet. Contact Mrs. Traci Brewer, brewert@blsk12.org, with any questions or concerns. #BethelLegacy

This Friday, January 31st, Bethel After Prom is having a fundraiser at Raising Cane's in Huber Heights! The fundraiser will run from 10am to 10pm and 15% of sales will be donated to After Prom. All you have to do is mention the fundraiser at the register or use the code "RCFUND96" when ordering online! #BethelLegacy