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A fantastic start to 1st grade! Students and teachers look forward to next week! #K5hive #OneBethel

Attention Elementary Parents! Bus 14 may be a little late. They just left the school. Thank you for your patience.

Attention Elementary Parents! Buses are leaving now. Bus 17 route is on Bus 6 today. Thank you for your patience and have a great weekend!

Attention Parents! High school/middle school number 17 will be a little late and will be on the Bus 6. Leaving school now!

Mrs. Parrish’s 1st graders enjoyed playing a math game to get to know each other. #K5hive #BethelLegacy

We’ve had a great first day in Kindergarten today. Students are doing a wonderful job learning the new routines. #K5hive #OneBethel

Attention Parents! Bus 3 for middle school and high school will be running at the same time it has the past two days moving forward.

Here are the weekly updates from your building principals. Have a great weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel ELEM: https://5il.co/1gxi2 MS: https://5il.co/1gxlx HS: https://5il.co/1gx65

Elementary Parents! Buses have just left school! Thanks!

The 1st grade teaching team is off to a good start and looking forward to a wonderful year of fun learning with their students! #K5hive #OneBethel

Reminder! The final payment for the 8th Grade Colonial Williamsburg Trip is due by September 6th. The trip will take place this October from the 26th through the 28th. To find out the remainder of your cost for the trip, please contact Mr. Norman at normann@blsk12.org The payment can be made through the Classic student tours website, or over the phone. For more information on the trip and pricing, visit this link: https://www.bethelk12.org/page/colonial-williamsburg-trip #BethelLegacy

Attention Parents! Bus 3 for High School and Middle School will be 10 minutes late today, 8/25.

Attention parents! Elementary buses are leaving now! Thank you for understanding!

Reminder! Lunch prices for the 2022-2023 School Year: -High/Middle School - $2.75 -Elementary School - $2.50 -Milk - $0.50 What has changed? The National School Lunch Program waiver that provided free meals to all students due to the pandemic expired over the summer. What does that mean? Lunch will no longer be free for everyone. Families must submit a meal application to qualify for free lunches during the 2022-2023 school year. What to do. Every family is encouraged to fill out the free/reduced meals application, available on our district website or PaySchools Central. Applications are confidential! If you would like to fill out the printable application, it can be found here: https://5il.co/vpib If you would like to fill out and submit the online application, it can be found at https://payschoolscentral.com/ Parents can add money to their student's lunch account by sending it in an envelope with their student's name, ID #, their teacher's name, and the amount enclosed, or by adding it online through Payschools Central. Payschools Central allows parents to add money, check their student's balance, and even see what their student is purchasing at any time online! More information can be found here: https://bit.ly/BLS_FoodService More information about lunch prices and payment options can be found here: https://5il.co/it2j #BethelLegacy

It has been an exciting first day at Bethel Elementary. Mrs. Novellino’s class celebrated with a happy new school year party! They drank jitter juice after reading first grade jitters to ease any nervousness they were feeling. #K5hive #OneBethel

Attention Parents! Bus 3 for High School and Middle School will be 10 minutes late today, 8/24.

Our K-2 teachers have been hard at work exploring math curriculum! We can’t wait for our students to arrive tomorrow morning. #K5hive #OneBethel

Bus Route Information! The most up-to-date bus routes can be found on the Back to School and Transportation pages of our website. Please continue to check back to these routes over the next couple of weeks as we establish our bus routes and make adjustments as needed. The Back to School page can be found here: https://www.bethelk12.org/page/back-to-school The High School and Middle School bus routes start between 6:30am and 6:50am. The school day for high and middle school concludes at 2:35pm with buses departing the school shortly after. The full bus routes can be found here: https://5il.co/1fv4e The Elementary School bus routes start between 7:35am and 7:55am. The school day for the elementary school concludes at 3:15pm with buses departing shortly after. The full bus routes can be found here: https://5il.co/1fv4f As our drivers work to establish routes and exact times over the next 2 weeks, please note that pick up and drop off times might vary slightly. #BethelLegacy

Bethel Taps Familiar Face to Lead Boys Program Pending approval by the Bethel Local Schools Board of Education, the Athletic Department will name Caleb South as the next Head Boys Basketball Coach for the Bees. South is a 2018 graduate of Bethel High School and was a standout basketball and football player. Most recently, he led the girls program at his alma mater to a stellar 20-3 record in his first year as head coach, winning the inaugural Three Rivers Conference Championship as a co-champion, the first such accomplishment for the girls program in over 30 years. “When Coach South took over the girls program last year, he had one goal: hometown glory. But more than that, he wanted to use the sport that means so much to him to teach our athletes about life and the real world; what it takes to deal with adversity, how to be a good teammate, honesty, and never making excuses,” said Athletic Director Damon Smith. “He proved that he has what it takes to lead a program and guide our athletes in the core tenets of education-based athletics. As a young coach, he had some moments of growth last year and is learning valuable lessons along the way but continues to be disciplined in his approach, giving back to the district who gave so much to him. It’s a great story and one we hope continues for many years!” Coach South takes over a boys program that has finished around .500 overall and being in the mix of the conference the last few years but is poised to take it up a notch, especially with the excitement that seems to follow him. The added pressure of stepping up to Division II this season has Coach South excited and ready to get to work. When asked what getting this opportunity means to him, South said, “I want my work to speak for who I am as a person. It is the honor of my life to be named the boys coach. I have dreamed about this since I was a little kid. I am just excited to get to work!” There is no doubt there will be a little extra excitement in The Hive around Thanksgiving when basketball season starts for the Bees. The Bethel community is in for a treat with the attitude and effort that will come out of his program so be sure to get to games early this year because the last time South stepped on the court as a member of the boys program… there were very few seats remaining at tipoff! Now he hopes to help foster that excitement for the young men he will lead, creating an environment and experience for them that he had just a few years ago. Congratulations Coach South and welcome back to the Boys program!

Reminder! Lunch prices for the 2022-2023 School Year: -High/Middle School - $2.75 -Elementary School - $2.50 -Milk - $0.50 What has changed? The National School Lunch Program waiver that provided free meals to all students due to the pandemic expired over the summer. What does that mean? Lunch will no longer be free for everyone. Families must submit a meal application to qualify for free lunches during the 2022-2023 school year. What to do. Every family is encouraged to fill out the free/reduced meals application, available on our district website or PaySchools Central. Applications are confidential! If you would like to fill out the printable application, it can be found here: https://5il.co/vpib If you would like to fill out and submit the online application, it can be found at https://payschoolscentral.com/ Parents can add money to their student's lunch account by sending it in an envelope with their student's name, ID #, their teacher's name, and the amount enclosed, or by adding it online through Payschools Central. Payschools Central allows parents to add money, check their student's balance, and even see what their student is purchasing at any time online! More information can be found here: https://bit.ly/BLS_FoodService #BethelLegacy