Hannah Johnson, kitchen manager at Valley Elementary, is this week’s staff spotlight! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hannah has been with the district for two years and hopes to teach students the importance of kindness. She says, “Acts of kindness make the world a better place for everyone.”
Hannah’s parents are to whom she attributes her success, as they have always supported and encouraged her. They also modeled a good work ethic and strong values growing up.
If there is one thing she hopes people know about our district, it would be that we have so many wonderful staff members, and our students are always the top priority!
Main Elementary is bustling with activities for the season. The school held its school shop, which allowed students to take time to shop for gifts to give to their family and friends. We had"special wrappers" who took the time to volunteer and help make all the gifts purchased even more special for our students, and Santa even made an appearance!
There was also a tree lighting for the first time at Main! Beavercreek High School student council spearheaded the night, which included hot chocolate and a holiday performance. #TheBestTimeOfTheYear ⛄️🎄🎅
Join Superintendent Otten for December's Community Chats!
Join us for our November Board of Education meeting this week!
Join us this week to learn about the comprehensive approach to safety and security in Beavercreek City Schools!
Beavercreek is seeking substitutes to join our team!
Today, we celebrate our Creek Tech Squad as part of National IT Professionals Day! They keep our digital world running smoothly, from troubleshooting Chromebooks to innovating the future. 💻 Thank you to our entire tech team for all your hard work.
Today, we celebrate our Creek Tech Squad as part of National IT Professionals Day! They keep our digital world running smoothly, from troubleshooting Chromebooks to innovating the future. 💻 Thank you to our entire tech team for all your hard work.
Congrats to Tamara Frost, who was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, & Angie Hemmerich, who was awarded the Support Staff Member of the Year Award! Mrs. Frost teaches music at Shaw Elementary, & Mrs. Hemmerich is the head custodian at Parkwood Elementary.
Don’t miss out on your chance to get your 2023-2024 Beavercreek Character Education apparel! To purchase, scan the QR code or visit https://beavercreekrooted.itemorder.com/shop/home/. The deadline to order is September 10. #BcreekSchools #RootedInOurCommunity
It was a great day at our elementary buildings as we welcomed back half our kindergarteners today. The halls were filled with much excitement! We can't wait to welcome the other half tomorrow.
Check out these awesome shirts and artwork we saw at Main. #BcreekSchools #GoCreek
Today was a great day for learning as we had various staff professional development going on. Our BHS teachers learned about ways to use data to inform instructional strategies. Our middle school teachers spent time collaborating to learn more about the characteristics and needs of our students and how we can better support them, and some of our elementary staff spent time learning more about emotional intelligence.
Fifth Grade Ambassadors at Main Elementary met recently to build as a team and learn about their new leadership role this year. These students will help teachers, PTO, other staff members, and students throughout the school year. We are excited to see our Ambassadors lead this school year.
Join us tonight for Open House Night! Each of our buildings will host an open house for students and parents to stop by and meet teachers, get acquainted with the building and classrooms, and get ready to start the school year off next week.
Recently, Main PTO sponsored a STEAM program for all of the students by a group called Challenge Island. Each grade level team chose activities that are aligned with select cross-curricular standards. These STEAM activities ranged from topics related to animal habitats and adaptations, gravity, part structural engineering, and several more. The kids had so much fun! Thank you Main PTO!
BE KIND TO ALL KINDS! SCHOOL-WIDE MURAL PROJECT - THANK YOU TO THE PTO!
The students and staff at Main Elementary came together to make a beautiful mural. In an attempt to brighten up the trailers on Dayton-Xenia Rd, Art teacher, Rachel Hathaway, and School Counselor, Mary Rice, decided to try something new. They designed a giant mural with the words, “Be Kind To All Kinds”. With the support of the fabulous Main PTO and Signs Now, they were able to create a sign that allowed for each student and staff member to participate in and become ‘muralists’. The mural was unveiled recently at a school-wide assembly in the parking lot. All the students were very proud of their work and enjoyed seeing it on full display.
If you have time, please come to the front parking lot on Dayton-Xenia Rd and allow your child to show you their artwork. Up close, you can see the individual squares, but from far away, everyone that drives through Beavercreek can see our larger message!
The students at Main Elementary say,
BE KIND TO ALL KINDS!
Steve Harpster, author and illustrator, visited Main Elementary! The students learned how to draw simple characters with Mr. Harpster's direction and guidance. Thank you to Main PTO for providing this wonderful program!
FEED THE CREEK FOOD DRIVE
Our food drive to support Feed the Creek was a huge success. It only lasted two weeks and we collected over 2500 items of food. All of you should feel very proud of yourselves for your generosity. Our students and families really stepped up and supported Feed the Creek. Thank You!
Here are the grade level totals:
K-451 items
1st-652 items
2nd-254 items
3rd-1053 items
4th-137 items
5th-188 items
Thank you for your generosity! Feed the Creek appreciates it!
Holiday Food Drive - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
During the month of December, the district held an urgent food drive to help families in need during the holidays. Through the generosity of members of the district and the community, we were able to give two bags filled to the brim to each family in need.
It is simply amazing what we can do together as a district and a community.
Feed the Creek really, really appreciated our efforts. The churches that normally sponsor these food collections/distributions for the holidays were overwhelmed themselves and not able to contribute at the level they have in the past. The support of the community little food pantries around town has lagged and churches needed the community support. Because of the efforts of the district and community, people came to them asking how to help because they had not realized the need was so great.
Any food that remained, was donated to Feed the Creek. They then sorted it and then passed on any food they could not use to the Xenia Food Bank.
Thank you to everyone for their hard work on this effort. We can all count this as another Mission Accomplished in line with our character ed theme for the year:
ORANGE AND BLACK
ON A MISSION!
Creek Gives Back! Main Elementary School collected excess Halloween candy, with the help of the entire Beavercreek community, for the 5th year in a row. Students in the fifth grade at Main checked, sorted, and weighed all of the donated candy. In total, the school collected 538 pounds of candy.
Students in 5th grade also put together over 175 goodie bags for all of the first responders in Beavercreek. In addition, we made 8 large candy jars to be displayed at the 5 fire stations and the police station in Beavercreek as a part of this year’s “Black and Orange on a Mission” district-wide character education program. In addition, we were also able to restock some items in the Creek Little Food Pantry in front of Main with pretzels and other snacks that were donated with the candy.
This year, we also sent over 175 letters students wrote to troops and veterans that were mailed to Operation Gratitude in California. Monetary donations from Main PTO also allowed us to mail these letters to California.
Lastly, approximately 250 pounds of candy were donated to local Veteran organizations, including the American Legion Post 763 in Beavercreek and VFW 8312 Beavercreek Memorial Post.
This year’s program was truly a success and shows how we are Black and Orange on a Mission for our community!
