Blackshere Elementary School

Blackshere would like to thank everyone for participating in the Fundraising Extravaganza. We are accepting cash only with the order form orders or online payments through the company's website. Before turning in the order form, make sure to fill out the students first and last name, phone number, teacher, and grade at the top. All orders need to be turned in to Blackshere by November 18th.

Blackshere Elementary School's Retake Picture Day is 11/13/2024! If you're satisfied with your child's picture, no further action is required. If you purchased and were unhappy with your Picture Package, please send your Picture Package to school with your student on Retake Day. Your Retake Picture Package will be produced and shipped to the school four weeks after Retake Day. Please note, if your child is photographed on the original and Retake Picture Days, the Retake picture will replace the original picture in certain products, like the yearbook. Students who were absent for Picture Day should come to school prepared to have their picture taken. If you have not preordered, please use the Retake Order Code 90481NF to place your order at https://inter-state.com/Order.

The afterschool program for tonight October 31st is cancelled. If you are unaware and need to make plans for transportation please contact the school for bus or walker notes.

Important Announcement: Changes to Student Dismissal Policy Effective Monday, October 21, 2024: No dismissals will be allowed after 2:05 PM Students will NOT be called down for dismissal during the last 15 minutes of the school day. If you need to pick up your child early, please arrive before 2:00 PM We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring the safety and smooth operation of our dismissal process. Thank you for your understanding!

Sorry for the inconvenience. We realized that not all the popcorn has been delivered. If you would like to stop in to see if your is here, you are welcome to. We will send out another message letting you know when it is all here.

Thank you for supporting Blackshere Elementary's Popalicious Popcorn fundraiser. The popcorn has arrived. You may pick up today and Thursday between the hours of 7 am to 3 pm.

Blackshere's Yearbook sales end on April 8, 2024. To order online please go to inter-state.com/order and enter code: 81873M to place your order.

Blackshere Elementary's Afterschool program will be cancelled for tomorrow 2/27/24. Please have a note for the teacher telling them how your student is getting home.

Blackshere Families: We will not have afterschool this Friday 12/15/23.

Good Morning this is a message from Blackshere Elementary. We are excited to announce a new drug prevention program called "Game Changer" that will be implemented soon in our elementary school. To ensure the success of this program, we kindly request your support and cooperation. Please take a minute to complete this anonymous online survey from the Game Changer non-profit organization. Click here to complete the survey https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7488433/Blackshere-Elementary-School-Prevention-Assessment-Adults-Fall-2023 We look forward to working together as a community to create a safer and healthier environment for our children.

There will be no Afterschool Program at Blackshere Elementary October 31st due to Mannington's Trick-or-Treat. Please send a note in to the homeroom teacher telling them if they are to ride the bus or be a walker.

Blackshere would like to thank everyone for adjusting to the new procedures. Just a friendly reminder: Drop off and dismissal procedures. We dismiss students to their classrooms at 7:35am. Students who arrive past 7:35am need to be signed in by a parent or guardian. Please send notes about changes with dismissal with your child in the morning. If there is a change in their normal routine, please try to call the school by noon to adjust. We understand emergencies will happen. Effective October 24, 2023, students will not be called down for dismissal during the last 15 minutes of the scheduled school day. If you need to pick your child up early, please arrive prior to 2pm. Thanks, Mrs. Henline

There will be no Afterschool Program at Blackshere Elementary October 26th due to Trunk or Treat at Blackshere. Please send a note in to the homeroom teacher telling them if they are to ride the bus or be a walker.

Good Afternoon students who ride Bus 26 and Bus 8 may be arriving late today due to an accident that occurred shutting down the road to Whetstone. Buses will need to use an alternative route which will delay students getting home. Thank you for your patience. Mrs. Henline

There will be no Afterschool Program at Blackshere Elementary October 20th due to Professional Learning Day. Please send a note in to the homeroom teacher telling them if they are to ride the bus or be a walker.

Blackshere Families: A paper was sent home earlier this week about our school fundraiser. We are conducting a Fun Run Fundraiser. Our goal is to raise money for student reward days. We are doing this so that you don’t have to pay for your child’s reward. The opening date for this fundraiser was October 9th. You have until October 26th to collect donations. It’s pretty simple, just register online at MYBOOSTER.COM, share a link to friends and family and that’s it. You don’t have to go door to door asking for donations, it’s all done online. There are prizes and rewards for student and whole class participation. Please go online to mybooster.com to register and share.

Blackshere's Fall picture retake day is Thursday, October 26, 2023 and is quickly approaching! Ordering online is quick and easy. Go to inter-state.com/order and use order code 80617RT.

Blackshere Elementary is proud to support The Marion County Christmas Toy Shop. We are now accepting donations for this event. For every $1.00 donated, the students will get a paper stocking to color. We would like to fill our halls with these colorful stockings. Donations will be accepted till Thursday November 2, 2023.

Sign ups for Basketball will be October 16th from 6 pm to 7 pm at Blackshere cafeteria. This is for K-3 grade boys and girls and 4th grade boys only.

There will be no Afterschool Program at Blackshere Elementary October 5th due to Parent Teacher Conferences. Please send a note in to the homeroom teacher telling them if they are to ride the bus or be a walker.