All Online Registration for the 25-26 school year opens today! We can't wait to have your student learning in our buildings next year. Use the links below to get your student registered.
New Student: Visit the student's school to begin registration.
Re-Registering Student: Visit portal.dcps.org
Pre-School: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIZRv0Q7l0-8mNIIKQIlxpJspQ3dgIGw4sVdEzoUy4WZY2-g/viewform
Afterschool: https://dcps.docuware.cloud/DocuWare/Forms/after-school-enrollment-form?orgID=3754
SAVE THE DATE! DCPS Online Registration for the 2025-2026 school year begins on Monday, March 10. This includes Pre-K and Kindergarten registration.
For new parents/students:
Visit your child's school to begin registering for the next school year. If you are unaware of your child's school location, look it up using the link below.
https://cow.dcps.net/AddressLU/
Re-registering: Register your child through your parent portal on Infinite Campus by clicking more and then online registration.
Preschool and Kindergarten registration is scheduled from March 10-21!
To learn more how you can register your child, Go to www.dcps.org, click on "Pre-K and K Registration" in the News Section.
We can't wait to have your child join the DCPS family next year.
The first reward from the World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser will be a movie shown this Friday to any student that sold at least 1 box of chocolate and has turned their money in. If you have not turned in your money please do so asap.
Thank you so much for all you do for our students and our school. We appreciate each of one of you!
Just a reminder the World's Finest Chocolate Money is Due tomorrow, Friday February 7th.
Again, thank you all so much for supporting our school and our students!
Our World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser is coming to an end this Friday, February 7th. You all have done such an amazing job selling and we truly appreciate each and every one of you.
The money will also be due this Friday, February 7th. Just a reminder the money must be turned in to be eligible for our prizes.
Thank you again for all your support!
Owensboro native Marie Mann has dedicated over five decades to working with children. She has served in a multitude of capacities in many different places. Her journey to arrive at BES was a circuitous route, but ultimately led her to a school where she has become a mainstay of the highly successful preschool program.
Ms. Marie headed east to Lexington to attend the University of Kentucky after graduating from Daviess County High School. She was unsure of what she wanted to do for her career. “I had no idea at that point in time what I was going to do,” Ms. Marie said. “Then, in the latter part of the second semester of my freshman year, a lightbulb went off in my head that I wanted to be a teacher. I had a friend up there that was going into education and that aided me in thinking that I could do that too.”
Ms. Marie graduated from UK in 1969, earning a degree in elementary education with an endorsement to be able to instruct preschool aged children. Plainly ready to enter the classroom for her first job as an educator, she made the tough call to put her teaching aspirations to the side to follow her then husband wherever his military career took him. In fact, she has lived in five different states. “We moved frequently. I decided to become a stay-at-home mom and devote my time to be the best mother I could be,” Ms. Marie explained.
There wasn’t much staying at home, however. Ms. Marie was a longtime fixture at her children’s schools as they were growing up. “I really enjoyed volunteering. I would help out in any way I could,” Ms. Marie said. “I would tutor the students. I even directed plays.”
Following a seven-year stint as the director of preschool at a local church and a brief run as a substitute teacher, Ms. Marie accepted a job as an instructional assistant at East View Elementary School. Then, in 2017, she was hired to be a preschool instructional assistant at Burns Elementary School, a position she still holds today. Helping preschool students grow is very rewarding to Ms. Marie. “Watching kids smile when they catch onto something is really special,” Ms. Marie said. “We’re trying to lay the foundation for their attitudes toward learning.”
A caring, warm, grandmotherly presence, Ms. Marie is a tremendous asset to her preschool classroom. A BES staff member said, “Ms. Marie brings her own ideas and creativity to enhance student learning. We are truly fortunate to have her”
Ms. Marie has four adult children: Cari, Laura, Rachel, and Aaron. She enjoys gardening, creating flower arrangements, clogging, and biking.
Students in Elementary and Middle School who pack their lunch can now receive up to three free items to accompany their packed lunch.
For more details see the graphic below.
Want to be more involved in your child's school? Join the PTO! We would love to have you!
A week from today we are so excited to welcome all of our students back to our buildings for the 24-25 school year.
Make sure before Wednesday, August 7:
- You register your child for school.
For new parents/students:
Visit your child's school to begin registering for the next school year. If you are unaware of your child's school location, look it up using the link below.
www.dcps.org
Re-registering: Register your child through your parent portal on Infinite Campus by clicking more and then online registration.
- Fill Out the Free and Reduced Lunch form no matter your financial status
Go to https://dcps.org/enroll/ to complete
-Check your StopFinder app for your child's bus route details.
The BES preschoolers worked together to build a tower with castle blocks. Preschool provides students with an endless amount of opportunities to build positive social skills and be creative in their play. In preschool play is work!
BES preschool students enjoy working together at the sand table. Outdoor play is an important part in a preschool child's development. While outdoors students can build gross motor skills, social skills, language skills, and imaginative play skills. All of these skills help improve a child's ability to complete academic tasks in the classroom.
Registration for DCPS Preschool and Kindergarten is currently open! To learn more visit the DCPS website to how you can register your child today!
Our Diversity Club met today and counted money for Pennies for Puzzle Pieces. They will be collecting change through Thursday, March 28. 🪙 💰
4th 9 weeks behavior reward!
SAVE THE DATE! DCPS Online Registration for the 2024-2025 school year begins on Monday, March 11. This includes Pre-K and Kindergarten registration.
For new parents/students:
Visit your child's school to begin registering for the next school year. If you are unaware of your child's school location, look it up using the link below.
https://cow.dcps.net/AddressLU/
Re-registering: Register your child through your parent portal on Infinite Campus by clicking more and then online registration.
NED show will be at BES on Friday, March 15th! Be on the lookout for a form to order merchandise coming home next week! http://www.mindsetmission.com/assembly.html
Diversity Club met yesterday and started working with younger peers to practice inclusion and social skills!
Dig out those coins and donate for a great cause! We are collecting change this week for the upcoming Preschool Trikeathon! All money raised will be donated locally to Puzzle Pieces.
March Newsletter
Menu March 4-8
March Attendance Madness has begun in DCPS!
To help promote high attendance, we will give away prizes for each level for students who had perfect attendance all month and at each level for students who were at school all day on September 13.
See the images for all the details and make sure your students are coming to school to participate!
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