Belpre City Schools

Due to inclement weather, Belpre City Schools will be closed January 28, 2022. This will be our first blizzard bag day. Most blizzard bags assignments can be found on our website but some may be directly communicated by your student’s teacher later today.

People helping people! With the help of some wonderful community members, the Belpre High School Post-School Readiness Class was able to surprise neonatal nurses at O’Bleness Hospital and emergency room nurses working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Belpre ER with a small thank-you gift. The idea behind this community service project was inspired by senior Aleah Mayle whose mom, Amanda, is a manager of the labor and delivery floor at O’Bleness Hospital in Athens. Aleah along with classmates, Madison Burton, Brylee VanMeter, Casey Rose, Corey Harvey, Max Markham, and Tevin Busch, planned the project, collected donations, and assembled the gift bags. The class would like to give a special thanks to Birt Blake, Pam Church, Sheila Kruger, Kathy Mullen, and Cathy O'Donnell for their generous donations as well as all of the area nurses who work tirelessly to care for our community every single day.

Scheduling Time for grades 7-12! Student Registration Graphic HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION OPENS SOON! Sam Pepper, Principal JAN 19, 2022 The time has come for our students to start scheduling classes for next year! We know this is an exciting yet stressful time, and we are changing our process this year to make it easier for students and families. We know it can be hard to pick the right classes and make sure everything is submitted on time. and we want to make it as painless as possible for everybody involved by releasing clear instructions and dates for upcoming events. To that end, we have created a new Academic Handbook for the 2022 - 2023 school year that includes updates policies, course descriptions and scheduling forms that will be used this year. Please click here for an electronic copy. Thanks to our IT Department, students will be able to view the course handbook on the Belpre website or directly from a link on their Chromebook. Parents, you should also expect to get a direct email explaining how registration will work this year and a copy of the handbook. This handbook will provide parents and students with easy access to available courses and their descriptions. This year we will have a new schedule request for that will be handed out to all students by the end of January. Unlike prior years, we will be working to schedule directly with students and families prior to the end of the school year and the schedule request form will need to be signed by a parent before we begin the registration process. Rising seniors will be registered first; all current juniors will need to have turned in their signed schedule requests to Mrs. Miller’s office on or before February 28th. Once Mrs. Miller has finished meeting with the juniors, she will start scheduling all current 8th, 9th and 10th graders. All students will have to have their signed schedule requests turned in on or before March 31st. Scheduling meetings will happen prior to this date. Students potentially interested in College Credit Plus courses for the next year will need to view the CCP video and completed the letter of intent - more details on those items will be communicated by February 15th and will remain open through April 1st. Once all schedules have been created, all high school students will be able to view their schedules for next year in Infinite Campus prior by June 3rd. We will be posting reminders on the website throughout the next few months. We encourage students and parents to take their time in this process, and reach out if they need any help. Mrs. Jennifer Miller can be reached at bc_jmiller@belpre.k12.oh.us if you have any questions or if parents would like to schedule a conference directly with her. Let's finish this year out strong while setting our students up for success next year! Find Us Belpre City Schools 2014 Rockland Ave Belpre, OH 45714 Phone: (740) 423-9511 Fax: (740) 423-3050 Schools

Due to inclement weather, Belpre City Schools will be closed Tuesday January 25, 2022.

This week in athletics! Monday 1/24/22- BJHS Girls Basketball vs. Warren (home), BJHS Boys Basketball vs. Warren (away) Tuesday 1/25/22-BHS Boys Basketball/BHS Cheer vs. Federal Hocking(home) BHS student sponsor: The Copen Family Wednesday 1/26/22- BHS Boys Basketball/BHS Cheer vs. Nelsonville York (away) Thursday 1/27/22- BHS Girls Basketball/BJHS Girls Basketball vs. Southern (home- all at BHS gym), BJHS Boys Basketball vs. Southern (away) Friday 1/28/22- No events Saturday 1/29/22- No events

Due to inclement weather, Belpre City Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay Monday, January 24, 2022.

Belpre City Schools wants to recognize all the individuals who donated canned goods and nonperishables during our food drive last week! We also want to recognize the high school and junior high student council members who did an excellent job organizing this event and getting the word out. Pictured above isn’t even half of what our students brought in! Some of these items will be kept and placed into the Eagle Clawset, where students can access them if needed. The rest of the items will be donated to Belpre Area Ministries. We have always been blessed with such a generous community so we were very pleased to see that generosity shine through our students as well!

Belpre City Schools will be closed today Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Due to road conditions, Belpre City Schools will be closed Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

Tonight’s boys basketball games at Nelsonville York have been canceled and rescheduled for 1/26/22.

Due to inclement weather, Belpre City Schools will be closed Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

All athletic events scheduled for this evening (1/17/22) are canceled.

The time has come for our students to start scheduling classes for next year! This is an exciting yet stressful time. It means that students will be advancing into their next year of school, putting them even closer to the finish line! However, it can also be hard to pick the right classes and make sure everything is submitted on time. Belpre staff knows how stressful this can be for our students, especially for our Juniors who will be entering their SENIOR YEAR of high school! We want to make it as painless as possible for everybody involved by releasing clear instructions and dates for upcoming events!. Thanks to our wonderful tech guy, Mr. Morris, starting on January 18th students will be able to view the course handbook on the Belpre website or from a link on their Chromebook. This provides the parents and students with easy access to available courses and their descriptions. Schedule requests will be handed out to all students by the end of January. Current Juniors will be scheduled first. All current juniors will need to have turned in their signed schedule requests to Mrs. Miller’s office on or before February 28th. Scheduling meetings will occur prior to that date. Once Mrs. Miller has finished meeting with the juniors, she will start scheduling all current 8th, 9th and 10th graders. All students will have to have their signed schedule requests turned in on or before March 31st. Scheduling meetings will happen prior to this date. Students potentially interested in College Credit Plus courses for the next year will need to have watched the CCP video and completed the letter of intent. That will be posted online and emailed to all students by February 15th and will remain open through April 1st. Once all schedules have been created, all high school students will be able to view their schedules for next year in Infinite Campus. We plan to have them up and ready to view by June 3rd. We will be posting reminders on the website throughout the next few months. Mr. Greenley will also be providing some reminder all-calls. We encourage students and parents to take their time in this process, and reach out if they need any help. Let's finish this year out strong while setting our students up for success next year!

Belpre High School January Students of the Month--Congratulations to Sadie DeMent and Matt Deems! Sadie DeMent is the daughter of Rod and Lora DeMent. She is a varsity cheerleader and a volunteer with junior high cheer. She is the vice president of the National Honor Society, the treasurer for the B.H.S. Student Council and co-leader of the Spirit Committee. Sadie is an honor student who is a member of the Number One Club and A.E.R.O. Her future plans include attending Ohio University or the University of Alabama. Matthew Deems is the son of Robert and Julie Deems. He is a member of the B.H.S. Varsity Golf, Basketball, and Baseball teams and is an outstanding athlete. He is an honor student, a member of the Number One Club, and a part of A.E.R.O. Matthew is currently enrolled as a part-time College Credit Plus student. His future plans include attending Washington State to obtain an Associates degree and then transfer to a four-year college to finish his education. Congratulations, January Students of the Month.

In August 2021, a Literacy Adoption Committee was formed and led by Director of Teaching and Learning, Ally Trew and comprised of a diverse group of K-12 teachers of literacy. The District Literacy Adoption Committee has met monthly since August. Research shows that providing teachers with high-quality instructional materials to support their teaching helps increase student learning. When teachers have great instructional materials, they can focus their time, energy , and creativity on meeting the diverse needs of students and helping each of them all learn and grow. In collaboration with other districts around the state, Ohio Department of Education's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement, as well as the body of scientifically-based research that provides us with the information we need to gain a deeper understanding of how we learn to read, what skills are learned, how they work together, and which parts of the brain are responsible for reading development- the team was ale to create a vision for adoption and implementation. The District Literacy Adoption Committee will make a recommendation to the Belpre Board of Education next month.

Tonight’s boys basketball game vs. Caldwell has been canceled. It is rescheduled for 1/31/22.

Belpre Elementary students created a large beautiful "Thank You" card for our school board while learning a little bit about what the board does for them and their school. The school board members volunteer hundreds of hours and an immeasurable amount of energy to ensure that our schools are providing the best education possible for the children of our community. For all are their dedication, we are taking this opportunity to show them our appreciation during School Board Recognition Month.

This week in athletics! Monday 1/10/22- BHS Girls Basketball SENIOR NIGHT vs. Frontier (home), BJHS Girls Basketball vs. Frontier (home- BHS), BJHS Boys Basketball vs. Warren (home) Belpre student admission sponsor: Byrider Tuesday 1/11/22-BHS Boys Basketball/BHS Cheer vs. Caldwell (away), BHS Girls Basketball vs. Trimble (away) Wednesday 1/12/22- No events Thursday 1/13/22- BHS Girls Basketball/BJHS Girls Basketball vs. Eastern (home), BJHS Boys Basketball vs. Eastern (away) Friday 1/14/22- BHS Boys Basketball/ BHS Cheer vs. South Gallia (away) Saturday 1/15/22- No events

The Belpre City School District Board of Education will hold its organizational and regular January board meetings on Monday, January 10, 2022, at the Stone Administration Building/Early Learning Center. The organizational meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. immediately followed by the regular meeting. This meeting is a meeting of the Belpre City School District Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School District’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There is a time for public participation during the regular meeting as indicated in the agenda. The public is invited to attend this meeting and all meetings held by the Belpre City Schools Board of Education.

Athletic events will go on as scheduled tonight. Please be careful coming to the gym!