News and Announcements

Start earning money for our school now. Download the BoxTops for Education app on your phone. Scan your receipts. BES will automatically earn cash with every Box Tops Product you buy. Click the headline to visit https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/ for more info and to download the BTFE app. Thanks for supporting BES!

Due to potential rain, tomorrow's donation drop off
has been moved to the horseshoe lane on St. Elmo.
Donations can be dropped off from 3:30-4:30 on 12/6
We will form a line stopping at the awning and unload
one car at a time if it is raining.
If you want to volunteer to bag gifts, please click the headline or visit this
link: https://tinyurl.com/BESvolunteers
Thanks!

Hi BESt Friends and Family,
We would like to put together Winter Holiday food baskets for our families in need. We have several donations left over from our Thanksgiving Basket food drive, but since this is an extended holiday, we would like to add a few more items to get our families through the break. Thank you for you continued support and generosity. You are SIMPLY THE BESt!!
Click on the headline to donate. Thanks! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

BES Holiday Gift Market will be taking donations on 12/6.
(Trinkets, jewelry, picture frames, gently used stuffed animals, holiday items, etc) If you child can carry the items in, they can take them to room 43. If you need to bring them, please swing by the school between 3:30-4:30 that day and enter in the doors by the playground.

If you want to volunteer to help wrap presents, please use the Signup Genius below: https://tinyurl.com/BESvolunteers

Thanks for helping support our Holiday Gift Market!
Questions? Contact Abby Bowden [email protected]

*Click on the headline to sign up to volunteer.*

Year after year our school has prepared Thanksgiving baskets for our very own Bartlett Elementary families. 2022 has been another year of uncertainties and the need for flexibility. We are hoping to give away 30 baskets again this year.
We would appreciate your gracious donations to help make this happen. Please click the headline for a list of items needed. You may send your donations to school with your Little Panther now-Nov. 15th.
Thanks for helping make Thanksgiving special for some of our own BESt families.
*Click the headline to print a flyer with all the info.*

Hey Little Panthers! Is your parent, grandparent, or someone special to you a Veteran? If so, we would like to honor him/her at our upcoming Veterans Day Celebration on November 10th at 9:30. Please invite your Veteran to our celebration using the invitation linked to this article. Return the top portion of the invitation filled out with any and all Veterans whether or not they are attending the program. There will be a special gift and a send-off after the program. Send in a photo with the invitation (you will get the photo back) or e-mail the photo to [email protected], along with the invitation attached, so Mrs. Dodson can add your Veteran to the slideshow. We want to recognize as many Veterans as possible. If you have more than one Veteran, you may pick up another form from the office or your teacher (or just use a blank sheet of paper). Please have the photos and information submitted NO LATER THAN Friday, November 4th. Late submissions are not guaranteed to appear in the slideshow. We are looking forward to honoring ALL our BESt Veterans!
*Click the headline to print the Veterans Day Invitation.*

It's the most colorful time of the year again! Every year, the art department hosts a Square 1 Art fundraiser. Every student makes an original work of art in their art class, it gets mailed off to Square 1 Art, they scan the images in, they send each student a catalog with stickers of their artwork- along with products available to purchase with the student work masterfully rendered on it. The school receives a portion of the profits which are used to purchase high quality art materials.
The Square 1 Art catalogs have (or are about to) head home with your kiddos! The deadline to order is November 15th. If you are ready to shop before you get the catalog, feel free to head over to: https://shop.square1art.com/Shop/ Go to the "Find or Add your Child's Art" & put in your kiddo's info. You can always go back to artwork created in years past and make purchases! I broke my favorite mug and was able to re-buy it last year. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at [email protected] Thanks for your continued support in ensuring our Little Panthers have a variety of high quality art materials year after year- and our tradition of excellence can continue! -Mrs. Swanger & Mr. Forbes
*Click the headline to visit the Square 1 Art website.*

Click the headline to visit Mrs. White's Book Fair site for all the Book Fair info.
Thursday, October 27th, the Book Fair will be open in the Gym from 4:30-7pm. Oct. 27th is also Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day.
All purchases through the Book Fair benefit our school. Thanks for supporting our kids! Happy reading!

Red Ribbon Week is the largest and oldest national drug prevention
campaign. Every October 23rd through October 31st schools all over the U.S.
participate in lessons, activities, and events geared toward teaching students
the importance of living healthy, safe and drug free lives. Red Ribbon Week
serves as a way for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes
and dreams of our students through a commitment to live drug free lives.
Beginning Monday, October 24th we will be dressing up for our Red Ribbon
Spirit days. Click the headline to print a flyer with all the info.

Our library is partnering with SchoolStore to raise funds for books, AR prizes, and other essential tools needed to keep our library the very BESt.
Please look for the SchoolStore envelope in your Little Panther's backpack. Go to www.schoolstore.net to get signed up. Your Little Panther will get a prize just for participating! Thanks!