🗳️ Today, Oct. 4, is the last day to register to vote! Beavercreek City Schools is not on the ballot but there are local issues and candidates on the upcoming ballot. To register to vote, update your status, or check your registration status, visit ↪️ voteohio.gov . #VoteReady #BcreekSchools
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” - Voltaire
Today’s #MotivionalMonday is in honor of our principals. October is National Principals Month! We are grateful for the dedication and commitment our principals have for our district, staff and students. Thank you for all your hard work as educators, leaders and role models! 👏 👏 👏 #ThankAPrincipal #BcreekSchools
🧰🧹 Oct. 2nd is National Custodial Workers Recognition Day! Today and every day, we appreciate our custodians for their efforts to keep our schools running safely, smoothly and efficiently. We would be a mess without you! Thank you for all you do! 🔨🧽 #CustodialWorkersRecognitionDay #BcreekSchools
This week’s, “Beavercreek’s Best” features special education assistant at Beavercreek High School, Lori Balmer. Continue reading to learn more about her!
🏫 NUMBER OF YEARS AT BEAVERCREEK CITY SCHOOLS: 17 1/2 years
🚌 WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB: A bus driver.
📚 WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR OR BOOK: Mercer Mayer specifically the “Little Critter” series.
🥄 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL MEMORY FROM WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER: My favorite school memory is creating an edible biography book report in Mrs. Erin Klinger seventh-grade English language arts class at Ferguson Junior High School.
🚗 FONDEST MEMORY IN YOUR CURRENT POSITION: I work with the most incredible people that are my work family. We love our students. Last year, we missed them all so much that we did a drive by parade by every student’s home.
🧡 WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE OR ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD YOU SHARE WITH ALL STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT: “Do you things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return. But because of who you are.” - Harold S. Kushner
Lori, thank you for all you do! Our district is lucky to have you! #BcreekSchools
October is National Bully Prevention Month. Beavercreek City Schools is committed to providing a safe and supportive learning environment for all students. Let’s work together to put a stop to bullying and cyberbullying! For more information on how you can help, visit https://tinyurl.com/3f8rjwcw. #BcreekSchools #StopBullying
🚌 Students at Ankeney Middle School recently expressed their appreciation for our bus drivers with color and creativity. We definitely agree with these sidewalk messages! We are truly grateful for everything they do for our district each and every day! 🚌 #BcreekSchools
🇺🇸 Today’s #TBT takes us back to #ConstitutionDay. Students in Mrs. Lamb’s second-grade class at Fairbrook Elementary had a great day celebrating the holiday. It looks like such a fun time! 🇺🇸 #BcreekSchools
👏 Hurdles and barriers were no match for the goal-oriented students at Fairbrook Elementary! They had a very successful Foxtrot Fundraiser, raising over $30,000 for their PTO. After completing the obstacle course, students celebrated their success with a sweet treat from Kona Ice. Amazing job! 👏 #BcreekSchools
🗳️ September 28th is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! Take 30 seconds to register to vote, check your registration status, or find a registration event near you. Visit ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/furc4cp3 for more information. #VoteReady #BcreekSchools
Today’s #MotivationalMonday features Mr. Loper's fourth-grade science class at Trebein Elementary. Students learned what scientists do and recently had the opportunity to practice being scientists. Working with pendulums, students discovered different variables that affect swinging speed. They appear to have the momentum to make discoveries! #BcreekSchools
September 24th's “Beavercreek’s Best” features intervention specialist at Coy Middle School, Katie Rice. Continue reading to learn more about her!
🏫 NUMBER OF YEARS AT BEAVERCREEK CITY SCHOOLS: 13 years
🍓 WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB: A corn and strawberry harvester for Suter Produce Farms.
📚 WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR OR BOOK: “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
🏃♀️ WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL MEMORY FROM WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER: My favorite school memory is from my senior year. I loved running cross country and I enjoyed seeing my team do well at meets across the state.
🐘 FONDEST MEMORY IN YOUR CURRENT POSITION: One of my most memorable moments in my current position was meeting up this fall with a past student athlete and his mom at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and spending the whole afternoon catching up. It's so rewarding to see your former middle school students grow into successful young adults!
🧡 WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE OR ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD YOU SHARE WITH ALL STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT: "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." - Coach John Wooden
Katie, thank you for all you do! We are grateful to have you! #BcreekSchools
🇺🇸 Second-grade students at Fairbrook Elementary created a flag with their handprints in honor of Constitution Day. Students also wrote what they can do to be good citizens. Awesome job! 👏 #BcreekSchools #ConstitutionDay
🟠 ⚫ Principal Sweet recently joined a friendly game of periodic table bingo in Mrs. Fifarek's science class at Ferguson Hall. It looks like an ICoNiC time! #BcreekSchools
👏 👏 Our students are always going the distance! Trebein Elementary students helped the PTO exceed their fundraising goal in this #TBT from 2015 and had an amazing Fun Run! 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️#BcreekSchools
🧽 💧 Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Powell students at the Preschool Center recently worked together to find out how much water sponges hold. Each student picked a sponge, predicted how much water their sponge would hold and recorded the data into charts. The class was able to compare the amounts of water that each sponge could hold. It looks like these future scientists SOAKED up quite a bit of new knowledge with this fun science experiment! 👩🔬 👨🔬 #BcreekSchools
“Explore. Dream Discover.” - Unknown
🚀 🔭 Today’s #MotivationalMonday features Mr. Streiff’s fifth-grade science class at Fairbrook Elementary! These future explorers answer questions about what it means to be an explorer, how to be an explorer in class and how to continue to explore beyond fifth-grade. They are even pictured in NASA space suits in the hallway along with their classroom mascot Commander Fox. 👩🚀 👨🚀 Each day they enter the door with the classroom motto, "Future Space Explorers Enter Here" displayed to remind them of the new discoveries that await. It looks like the sky is the limit for these students! #BcreekSchools
For the week of September 17, our “Beavercreek’s Best” features Sarah Johnson. Continue reading to learn more about her! 👇
🏠 Hometown: Beavercreek, Ohio
🏫 Role: Third-grade teacher at Shaw Elementary
📅 How long I’ve worked for Beavercreek City Schools: 3 years
😀 What you may not know about me: I ran a half marathon when I was 15 years old. 🏃♀️
🧡 When I am not busy supporting our wonderful students, I like to read, exercise and spend time with my family. 📚
🖤 I love Beavercreek City Schools because...everyone has the same common goal - to help students succeed.
Thank you, Sarah! Our district is lucky to have you! #BcreekSchools
School supply lists are NOW available! Visit the link next to the building your student will be attending this upcoming school year.
✏️ Ankeney Middle School ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/32ksjbx7
📗 Coy Middle School ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/57uz4v2u
📐 Fairbook Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/su6wn6
📙 Main Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/fcd3h64f
🖍️ Parkwood Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/4vbn2e7d
📘 Shaw Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/t5dyyk3e
✂️ Trebein Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/59rk9unh
📕 Valley Elementary ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/rnm74429
Ferguson Hall and Beavercreek High School students do not have specific supply lists. Students attending these buildings will learn of any school supply needs on the first day of school.
This week’s “Beavercreek’s Best” features Angela Creech. Continue reading to learn more about her! 👇
🏠 Hometown: I was born in Middlesborough, Kentucky but have lived in Dayton, Ohio since I was 5 years old.
🏫 Role: Business teacher at Beavercreek High School
📅 How long I’ve worked for Beavercreek City Schools: 38 years
😀 What you may not know about me: I come from a very musical family. Would you believe the first instrument I learned to play was the accordion?! 🎶
🧡 When I am not busy supporting our wonderful students, I love to: travel, practice photography, sing, act on stage and spend time with my sister, Lisa. I also love to attend Beavercreek activities, support my students and am very involved with my church. 🧳 📷 🎤
🖤 I love Beavercreek City Schools because...it is a great place to work. The staff and the students are wonderful. I am proud to be part of Beavercreek, and I really love what I do!
Thank you, Angela! We appreciate all you do! #BcreekSchools
Beep beep! Make way for another #TBT! This memory is from 2017 when seven Beavercreek bus drivers competed in the West Region School Bus Rodeo! What a wonderful reminder that our drivers always go the distance for our students! 🚌 #BcreekSchools
