MAY MENUS AND THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM INFORMATION
If you have a student that will be 3 or 4 by Aug 31 and are thinking about sending them to preschool next year call to schedule your screening. 316-835-2694.
Well deserved!
Bentley Primary School 2nd grade teacher, Misty Faudel, was honored today as USD 440’s 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year nominee.
We appreciate all you do for the students and families!
Picture day is tomorrow Wednesday April 3rd!
Reminder No School tomorrow Friday March 29, 2024.
April Menus
Spring Class and Individual pictures are on April 3rd.
Check out how our staff is engaging in continuous improvement! #440PROUD #LEARN2GROW
The English Language Arts review team has been hard at work examining new reading PreK-12 curriculum resources. The team recommended Amplify CKLA & Amplify ELA for our PreK-5th grade levels and McGraw-Hill StudySync for 9th-12th grades to the Board of Education at Monday's meeting. *6th-8th grades currently have Amplify ELA.
If you are interested in viewing any of these materials, please contact our Director of Student Learning, Marcie Carr. She is available by email at mcarr@usd440.com or by phone at 316-835-2641 via the district office extension.
Resources will be available through April 7th, 2024.
Preschool Screening will be held on
April 24, 4-8pm
April 25, 8am-4pm
April 26, 8am-12pm
May 17, 8am-12pm
Please call to schedule your appointment at Halstead Middle School 316-835-2694
(PREK is housed in the middle school)
Child MUST be completely potty trained and 3-4 years old by August 31, 2024.
We ask that you bring all documents required to the screening or have them uploaded to the New Student Enrollment (if you have a student currently in prek you do not have to fill out the new student enrollment you will fill out registration once it opens in July)
March Menus
We have two Preschool Transition days planned. If your child does not attend our preschool currently please contact us at 316-835-3000 to schedule your visit.
Second graders exploring the pentatonic scale using barred instruments in Mrs.Ehresman's music class.
In December, high school students from Spanish classes 2 and 3 paid a visit to the elementary school. They joyfully serenaded the students with Spanish carols and later treated them to bilingual storytime, using both English and Spanish. This enjoyable activity successfully brought together English and Spanish learners, fostering a sense of unity among them.
February Menus
We invite our community members to attend any of the three events mentioned below. Your valuable feedback will help the steering committee and the Board of Education. These events will also give you a chance to learn more about the progress made so far on the potential bond initiative at Halstead-Bentley USD 440 School District. We eagerly anticipate your presence at one of these events. #440Proud
Due to the inclement weather, Unified School District 440 will be closed on Tuesday January 16th.
Even with the use of additives, the district had challenges operating part of its bus fleet on Friday due to the frigid temperatures. We know that the temperatures tomorrow are going to be colder and the fleet has been sitting all weekend in extremely low temperatures. Out of concern for the ability to operate our busses as well as the safety of both our bus riders and those who have to walk to school, we have made the determination that we will not be in session.
We understand that this winter has already presented a number of days off from school, which in return poses challenges for many of our parents to find safe supervision for their students. We hope that providing this information earlier will allow those parents additional time to make the appropriate arrangements.
We also wanted to inform you that we have a number of days built in for inclement weather. We often get the question, will our snow and inclement weather days impact the calendar or require us to make up days? At this point we do not have concerns and if that were to change we would make sure that we communicate with families well in advance.
Please stay safe and warm. We are looking forward to the warmer days ahead!
Due to road conditions for our bus routes and young drivers, Halstead-Bentley Schools will be closed January 10th. Stay safe and warm.
All school and non school related meetings, activities, games, and practices are cancelled for the evening of January 9th. Games will be made up at a later date and information will be provided when confirmed with the opposing team.
Reminder school will be back in session on Thursday, January 4th. We are excited to see everyone back in our buildings. We hope you all had a great break.
