Our 4th grade Gators are diving into Building Thinking Classrooms, where learning means more than just finding answers. Through collaboration, problem-solving, and creative thinking, they’re building confidence, taking risks, and growing as learners across every subject. 💡✏️🐊
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📆NO SCHOOL NEXT THURSDAY📆
Mark your calendars (if you haven't already!): next Thursday, October 2, is a non-school day.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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Mark your calendars (if you haven't already!): next Thursday, October 2, is a non-school day.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud
🎉🏆 House Attendance Challenge Starts Monday, September 29th! 🏆🎉
Gator Families, get ready! Our House Attendance Challenge kicks off this Monday! Each day, we’ll track attendance by House and award bonus points to any House that reaches 100% attendance. Which House will come out on top? 🐊
Why does attendance matter? Because every day in school builds success!
🌟 Students who attend regularly are more likely to read on grade level by 3rd grade. This is a key milestone for future success.
🌟 Consistent attendance helps students build confidence, friendships, and strong learning habits that last a lifetime.
🌟 Kids who come to school every day are more likely to graduate high school and chase their dreams in college, careers, and beyond.
Let’s show our "Bessey Best" by being on time, present, and ready to learn each and every day! 💪✨
👉 Families, we need your help! Make sure your Gator is at school on time daily so their House can earn points AND set them up for success.
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🍎💚 Celebrating the Outstanding Mrs. Dorothy Hyland! 💚🍎
First grade shines bright thanks to Mrs. Dorothy Hyland! 🌟 Her classroom is a place filled with kindness, curiosity, and joy because she leads with her heart every single day. 💕
Whether she’s teaching reading, solving math problems, or offering a warm hug when it’s needed most, Mrs. Hyland is always caring for all. Her students know they are seen, heard, and loved and that makes all the difference. 🐊✨
Thank you, Mrs. Hyland, for being a gentle guide, a tireless encourager, and a true champion for every child in your care. We are so lucky to have you! 🙌🍏
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Check out what 3️⃣rd grade is doing!
Our 3rd grade students are getting creative with Play-Doh while learning the distributive property! By building arrays and splitting them into parts, they’re discovering how to solve multiplication problems in an innovative and engaging way.🧮✖️
Bessey Creek Elementary empowers students to think critically, collaborate, and apply their learning in hands-on, real-world ways. These 3rd graders are showing their Cambridge attributes of being curious, reflective learners who love to explore math in fun new ways. 🌟🐊
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🎉VOTE NOW!🎉
Big congratulations to Bessey Creek Elementary School's Ms. Kayla Blake, who has been nominated for this week's TCPalm Teacher of the Week!
Her nominator shared: "She’s the kind of teacher who makes every student feel seen, supported, and loved. Her kindness, patience, and passion make her an incredible teacher and a true inspiration to her students. She works tirelessly for her students, creating a supportive and loving classroom where everyone feels valued."
➡️ Let's help Ms. Blake take home the win and cast your vote today (and every day through Friday afternoon!): bit.ly/47NfO2K
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🌱 🍅 The House of Hope Traveling Nutrition Garden Visits Bessey Creek! 🥕🌽
Students had an enriching experience learning about healthy habits and the importance of good nutrition during this special visit!
Using their five senses, students explored a variety of plants, made observations, asked questions, and deepened their understanding of how food grows and why it matters.
This hands-on opportunity encouraged curiosity, wellness, and a love for healthy living, one garden at a time! 🌻🍓
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🌟Our VPK Students Are Busy Investigators!🌟
🔎 Our VPK students are diving into their curriculum as curious investigators, exploring new ideas every day.
🎨 They’ve been busy expressing themselves through colorful drawings.
✍️ They’re practicing early writing skills and building confidence as they put their thoughts on paper.
💌 They even created and shared their very own mail, learning about communication and kindness along the way.
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🍎 Five Senses Apple Center Day! 🍎
Students and families had a fantastic morning exploring the five senses through fun, hands-on apple-themed activities! From tasting to touching, seeing to smelling, and even hearing the crunch our Kindergarten learners were fully immersed in the experience.
This exciting event showcased the Cambridge attribute of Engagement as students actively participated, asked questions, and made meaningful connections through sensory exploration.
Thank you to all the families who joined us for this memorable day of learning! 🍏🍎
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🍎 Kindergarten Mathematicians at Work! 🍏 “You have 5 apples. They can be red, yellow, and green. Show what you could have.” Our Kindergartners dove into this open-ended problem using Building Thinking Classrooms strategies by collaborating, discussing, and using visuals to explore all the possibilities! Through collaboration, students drew and shared their thinking, demonstrating curiosity, creativity, and perseverance, all hallmarks of the Cambridge International Learner trait: Engagement.💡🌍 #BCEgators #LearningInAction #UnstoppableTogether
🗓️NO SCHOOL TOMORROW🗓️
Friendly reminder, families: there is no school tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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Friendly reminder, families: there is no school tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud
🦺💚 Shoutout to our AMAZING Safety Patrol Team! 💚🦺
These dedicated students show up early, stay late, and go above and beyond to serve their school community. From holding doors to guiding younger Gators, they lead with responsibility and pride! 🐊✨
When our Gator community works together, we are truly UNSTOPPABLE!
Thank you, Safety Patrol, for being shining examples of leadership, service, and teamwork. 💚👏
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📚✨ Exciting news, Bessey Creek! Our Literati Online Book Fair is OPEN! 🎉
You can start shopping for amazing books and gifts online today—all while supporting our school and helping us put more books in the hands of our students. 💙
🛒 Shop here: https://literati.com/store/?school=bessey-creek-elementary-school-palm-city-fl
And the best part? Our in-person Literati Book Fair will be here soon—so get ready for even more book-filled fun! 🎈
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📋💻 Employee of the Month: Mrs. Holly Brewer! 💻📋
Join us in celebrating Mrs. Holly Brewer, our amazing Employee of the Month! 🎉
As our Data Entry Clerk, Mrs. Brewer is the quiet force behind the scenes, handling registrations, FOCUS updates, attendance, and everything in between with incredible accuracy and care. 🗂️🖥️
Her dedication, organization, and welcoming spirit help our school run smoothly every single day. Whether she’s supporting families, staff, or students, Mrs. Brewer does it all with a warm heart and a big smile! 💚🐊
Thank you, Mrs. Brewer, for being a vital part of our Gator team we appreciate you more than words can say! 🌟
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📜🇺🇸 Happy Constitution Week! 🇺🇸📜
Our 5th Graders at Bessey Creek had a fantastic opportunity to dive into the history and importance of the U.S. Constitution during an engaging and educational session with our special guest speaker, Julie Treacy!
Thank you, Ms. Treacy, for bringing history to life and helping our students understand the foundations of our democracy!
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📣 2nd Grade Spotlight! 🌟
Our 2nd graders have been rocking it in the classroom! 💪📚
🔬 In Science, they’ve been learning all about habitats and showing off their creativity by building detailed habitat dioramas — complete with animals, plants, and unique environments!
🔤 In Phonics, they’re sharpening their reading and writing skills every day, tackling new sounds and spelling patterns with confidence.
📖 And in Reading, these amazing learners are not only growing as readers but also earning free books along the way — talk about motivation!
We are SO proud of their hard work, creativity, and determination.
2nd Grade is unstoppable! 🚀💥
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👏 Big congratulations to our amazing 3rd Grade teacher, Mrs. Beasley, for being recognized as the Treasure Coast Student Educator Recognition Council Staff Member of the Month for BCE! 🌟
Her dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to our students make a difference in their lives every single day. We’re so proud to have her as part of our BCE family! 💙🐊
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🎭🛠️ Does your child love inventing, acting, building, and solving creative challenges? They might be a perfect fit for our BCE Gators Odyssey of the Mind team! 💡
We’re forming teams now, and holding an info session for parents and students interested in learning more about OM!
📅 When: Wednesday, Sept 24 @ 5:00 PM
📍 Where: BCE Media Center
📩 Contact: Jo-Ann Lambert – lamberj@martinschools.org
🐊💚 Spirit Day at Bessey Creek Elementary! 💚 🐊
Our Gator family came together as ONE school family to celebrate what makes BCE so special! We welcomed our new Gators, celebrated August & September birthdays, and honored all the ways our Gators are Safe, Respectful, and Responsible every day. 💫
These incredible Gators helped contribute to our school swamp and earned our very first PBIS award of the year — 🎉 DOUBLE RECESS! 🎉
Way to go, Gators! Keep up the great work — and remember, the swamp is stronger when we work together! 💪
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🧼🦠 Our Kindergarten Scientists are at it again! This exciting lesson was all about GERMS and the sense of TOUCH! 👋🔬 Students learned how germs spread and the importance of proper hand washing through a fun, hands-on experiment—seeing the “germs” on their hands before and after washing! 👀💦 To top it off, they even created their own germ models! A fun and memorable way to explore science while building their understanding of Responsibility, one of our core Cambridge learner attributes! 🙌🌟 #BCEgators #LearningInAction #UnstoppableTogether
