News and Announcements

Bartlett City Schools will be CLOSED on Thursday, February 11th due to the current Ice Storm Warning and the potential for significant icing on the roads and our school campuses. All students, including virtual students, will treat this day as a snow day. All after school virtual parent-teacher conferences will be rescheduled. Please continue to check our BCS website and social media platforms for additional updates.



Thank you,

BCS

We hope everyone had a wonderful Winter Break! We are looking forward to welcoming back our students as we return to school as scheduled on Tuesday, January 5th.

The Bartlett Public Library and the Memphis Library System will be hosting a reading challenge during the winter break! It will be using Beanstack, just like this past summer. We look forward to Bartlett showing the rest of Memphis how awesome we are as usual! For login info visit
https://memphislibrary.beanstack.org/users/sign_in
*Click the headline to visit the Winter Reading Challenge Webpage.*

Have a safe, happy relaxing Winter Break.
School starts back Tuesday, Jan. 5th 2021.
Merry Happy Everything from all of us at BES!

BCS Families,
As we prepare for the return of school on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021, we wanted to provide an update on your child’s enrollment choice. Due to the steady increase in COVID-19 cases in our community, BCS will not be opening an enrollment choice window at this time. This is due to many factors, including social distance requirements in our classrooms and schools. When the last enrollment choice window opened at the 9-week mark, we included the disclaimer that this choice was until further notice.
The only requests we will consider at this time will be students opting to go from in-person to virtual learning. We will monitor the situation during the second semester and make any changes as necessary. If there is an unavoidable circumstance impacting your child’s instruction that you would like reviewed, you may appeal your child’s enrollment choice by emailing BCSVirtual@bartlettschools.org.
We appreciate your flexibility and patience as we work to keep all our students, families, and staff safe during these uncertain times. Please help us by following the current COVID-19 guidelines to keep your family and friends safe. We hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing winter break!

*Click the headline to print a copy of this letter.*

2020 Bartlett "Reverse" Christmas Parade: A Christmas to Remember!

Saturday, December 5th, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., W.J. Freeman Park
This year is a year full of challenges and lots of creative and alternative ways to host an event and try our best to keep both the participants and spectators safe.


This year the City is holding a “Reverse” parade on Saturday, December 5th from 4-6pm inside W.J. Freeman Park. What is a “reverse” parade? A reverse parade is when the participants are static and the spectators drive by the participants in their cars.
Our BES PTO Parade Group is already hard at work, creating a wonderful float for this unique event.
Make plans to drive though Freeman Park this Satuirday from 4-6pm

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!

There is NO rain date for the parade. In the case of bad weather, we will watch the weather closely and make a decision on Saturday by 2 pm.

*Click the headline to visit the City of Bartlett website for more info.*

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is almost here.

For many in our community with stressed budgets
and financial challenges, a Thanksgiving dinner just
isn’t possible. Your support of BES's annual Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive will help make a fulfilling holiday possible for our own families this season.

We appreciate your gracious donations to help make this happen.

A response from a Thanksgiving recipient:

“I am in awe of the people at BES. This basket will make it possible for our family to give thanks and remind us how lucky we are to be a part of the Bartlett Elementary family.”

Each basket will contain:
-2 cans of corn
-2 cans of green beans
-2 cans of fruit
-2 cans of applesauce
-2 cans of broth
-2 cans of Cream of Mushroom soup
-2 cans of sweet potatoes
-2 jars or packets of gravy
-2 cans of cranberry sauce
-2 boxes or 1 large bag of stuffing mix
-1 large box of instant potatoes
-1 large container or 2 small cans of French-fried onion
-1 jar of peanut butter
-2 boxes of Mac and Cheese
-2 boxes of cornbread mix
-2 canisters of powdered Kool-Aid/Lemonade
-1 dessert such as Cake mix with icing or brownie mix
-$25.00 Kroger gift card

We appreciate your donations of any of the above items, or a cash donation towards the Kroger Gift Cards. You may send your items to school with your little Panther. Virtual Panther Parents, you may drop your donations off to the front office.

We will collect items until Thursday, Nov. 12th.

Thanks for supporting this worthwhile cause. We are definitely the BESt!

*Click the headline to print a flyer with all the Basket Items Needed.*

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 Friday, October 23rd we will be dressing up for our Red Ribbon
Spirit days.
Friday, Oct. 23rd: United Against Drugs-Wear Red
Monday, Oct. 26th: Future's Too Bright For Drugs-Neon Colors
Tuesday, Oct. 27th: Give Drugs the Boot-Cowboy Shirts & Boots
Wednesday, Oct. 28th: Team Up Against Drugs-Favorite Sports Team Shirt
Thursday, Oct. 29th: From Head to Toe, We Are Drug Free-Crazy Hair & Socks
Friday, Oct. 30th: Make Drugs Disappear-Camouflage

Click the headline to print a flyer with each day's theme & what to wear.

What: BES Scholastic Book Fair 2020

When: Oct. 19-Nov. 1 (You may browse now, but won’t be able to make purchases until Oct. 19th.

Where: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/bartlettelementaryschool

*Our Book Fair is 100% virtual this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still select awesome books!!

*The free shipping on “book purchase” order applies to books only, which means if you purchase non book items, it would be beneficial to make two separate purchases to still qualify for the free shipping on the “book” order. Non book items do NOT qualify for free shipping.

*Orders will be shipped to the address given, not to the school.

*You do NOT have to fill in the register info. If you choose to, your information is used to inform you of updates, new releases, sales, and parent info group offer. Scholastic will not sell your information.

*Purchases can be made from ANY section or book level. Titles have an age range and synopsis of the books for parents to preview.

*There are approximately 200 titles costing $5 and under.

* The online flyer only has popular books, but there are over 6,000 titles available.
https://bookfairsfiles.scholastic.com/flippingbooks/F20-custom-booklist/F20-custom-booklist.html#p=1 Click on the books for trailers.

Contact Mrs. White if more information is needed.
twhite@bartlettschools.org

REMINDER: All BCS will be closed October 12-16 for Fall Break. All schools will resume on Monday, October 19. Stay safe and enjoy your break!