Bentley Primary School

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.

Bentley Primary would like to extend warm wishes of happiness and joyous greetings to all during this holiday season.

January Menus

We want your feedback! The district is working in collaboration with a steering committee made up of parents, community members, business owners, and staff from Bentley and Halstead as well as an architect firm to develop a facility plan that can address needs of the district for years to come. We would appreciate getting this first round of feedback from our community members that reside in the USD 440 school district boundaries. To ensure that we get accurate feedback from our community members, we are providing the survey though the following opportunities: 1. Click this link and complete online https://forms.gle/7Cefud59RANowzKB8 2. Call the district office at 316-835-2641 and share an email address where we can send the link. 3. No email, no social media, no problem. Come by the following locations to complete a paper copy of the survey and submit it in the envelope provided at the site. a. Halstead Library i. MWF 10:00 -5:00 ii. Tu/TH 10:00-7:00 iii. Sat 10:00-1:00 b. Halstead Senior Center i. M-F 9:00-12:30 c. Bentley Senior Center i. M-Sat 7:00-11:00 ii. Sun 8:00-11:00 d. Pribbenow Variety Store i. 9am-9pm The survey should take less than 5 minutes. We will be collecting feedback through Friday December 8th. Please share this information with those who do not have social media or do not follow USD 440 but live within our school district boundaries. We appreciate your help providing feedback and look forward to providing additional opportunities for feedback and information in the near future.

Each year our staff participates in some fun dress up days during the month of December. If there are days that your children would like to participate with the staff then we would love to share this experience with everyone. Mr. Conard Principal Bentley Primary School

As November comes to an end we want to say Happy Birthday to all of our staff. We hope you all had an amazing birthday. Happy Birthday to: Mrs. Ehresman Ms.Amy Boyd Mrs. Kraus Mrs.Faudel Ms.Susan Adams Ms.Vlamis Ms. Linda Strader Ms. Kris Cherry Ms. Jess Euwer Mr. Mitchell Boese Ms.Charlotte Bouma Mr. Randolph Mr. Charlie Robinson Mrs.Sattler Mrs.Linnebur Mr.Bill McCary Mr.Seirer Mrs. Maryann Meyers

December Menus

The Halstead Cloverleaf 4H Club held a community event to raise snacks for BPS and HMS students. Here are a few pictures of some of the 4H students who helped deliver the snacks to the buildings. We really appreciate the kindness of this act. Thank you 4H.

National STEM/STEAM Day, observed annually on November 8, brings the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics into focus. This special day allows us to acknowledge the profound influence STEM/STEAM has on our daily lives and the world at large. By commemorating this occasion, we empower children with the knowledge of how crucial it is to delve into these fields and comprehend their significant contributions. A big thank you to our very own STEAM teacher Mrs.Rutland, she excels in her job and inspires students to embrace a passion for various methods of learning.

November 6-10, 2023 During the week of November 6-10, 2023 schools throughout the United States will celebrate National School Psychology Week (NSPW) to highlight the important work school psychologists and other educators do to help all students thrive.

NOVEMBER MENUS