Belle Fourche Elementary

Reminder BFSD parents- There will be NO school on Monday, February 19th, 2024, in honor of President's Day. There will be school on Friday, February 23rd, 2024. Have a great four-day weekend!

Spring Pictures are next week! See the flier for more info.

As part of the Kid's Heart Challenge, we will begin the month with a week of dress up days! See the attachments for the dress up days and registration links to participate in this educational and fun challenge!

Spread the word about the kindergarten screening coming up on March 11th. Appointments are required. Call Julie Egemo to schedule. (605) 723-3379.

Christmas Dress up Days

Belle Fourche Elementary 2023 Christmas Music Program. Thursday, December 21. Students need to arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Attendance will be taken at the program. Students will not attend school this day, just their program. Breakfast and lunch will not be served and the buses will not run for elementary students. 9:00 - Kindergarten | 10:00 - First Grade | 11:00 - Second Grade | 12:00 - Third Grade | 1:15 - Fourth Grade.

All Veterans and their guests are invited to join us at the South Park Elementary Gym on November 10th at 10:30 am for a performance by the 1st-4th grade students. We will have students there to welcome Veterans and their guests at the entrance by the gym.

Parents of K-4 Students: Due to the current weather conditions, as well as forecasted snow throughout the day, we are postponing conferences for this evening. We will be in touch about rescheduling very soon. As of now, tomorrow’s conferences will still take place. Again, there will be no conferences this evening, October 26th. There is no TRAK after school today. Thank you.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 we stand united against bullying. Wear orange in observation.

Wow, look at these facts, attendance IS important! We understand there are unavoidable absences. Therefore, if your student will not be in school, please call the school at 605-723-3382 ext. 3 for the attendance secretary.

The DoJo messaging feature is temporarily unavailable. If you need to get a message to your student please call South Park at 605-723-3382 or North Park at 605-723-3379 before 2:30 if possible.

Any kindergarten through 4th grade student can come to Friday Fun Club this Friday at South Park Elementary! A change from previous years is that breakfast will NOT be served, there will be a snack provided mid-morning. Check-in: 8:00 - 8:30. Pickup: 11:30. The Jam Van will be running as follows: Middle School: 7:40 North Park: 7:50 Herrmann Park/Police Station: 7:55 High School: 8:00

Monday 9/11: Never Forget, wear Red, White, and Blue Tuesday 9/12: Picture Day, Dress your Best Wednesday 9/13: Workout Wednesday Thursday 9/14: Class Color Friday 9/15: Bronc Day, Dress in Purple and White

Homecoming Early Dismissal Times for NEXT Friday, September 15, 2023: North Park - 12:15 p.m. South Park - 12:40 p.m. Middle School - 1:00 p.m. High School Dismisses at 1:10 p.m. This times are for FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15. This Friday (September 8) is a regular release day.

This Thursday is our Family STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) Night at the South Park Gymnasium. The event will start at 5pm and include many fun STEAM based activities and a free meal for all K-4 students and their families. Please RSVP for the event to help us get a better count for food, but if you are unable to RSVP you are still welcome to come. We hope to see you on Thursday! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BADA929A5FEC70-family1

2023-2024 school will be starting soon!! Here are some important elementary dates to remember: July 27 - Aug 4: ALL students need to register on line at bellefourche.k12.sd.us Monday, Aug 14, 5:00 - 7:00: come to South Park (kindergarteners too) to pick up a welcome letter from your teacher and join the PTO for a COLOR RUN and cold treat. Wednesday, Aug 16: Open House at North and South Park. Meet your teacher, bring your school supplies, and tour your school. Thursday, Aug 17: All South Park students first day of school. North Park students will have a staggered start. Kindergarteners will learn their start date on Monday, August 14.

Congratulations April student of the Month Winners.

Congratulations to the May Student of the month winners.

May 25, 2023 will be the last day of the 2022-2023 school year. Dismissal times are as follows: North Park: 10:45 South Park: 11:10 Middle School: 11:30 High School: 11:40 No lunch will be served and buses will run as usual according to these dismissal times.

TRAK Registration can be picked up at North or South Park. Space is limited. TRAK will be back at the Middle School this year.