Author: Rojas, Kari L.

Beal City Public Schools

Newsletter Date February, 2022

THE AGGIE EXPRESS

School Board Officers Elected
The following school board officers were chosen at the annual organizational meeting held on Monday, January 17, 2022.
Denise McBride President
Rod Cole Vice President
Curt Gottschalk Secretary
Robert Pasch Treasurer
Ron Neyer Trustee
Tom Gross Trustee
Erin Ludwig Trustee
The School Board meetings are held on the third Monday of every month unless otherwise noted. The start time for this year’s meetings will be at 7:00 p.m. This year’s meeting schedule is as follows:
Monday, February 21, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, March 21, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, April 18, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, May 16, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 27, 2022 Budget Hearing 6:30 p.m.
Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, August 15, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, September 19, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, October 17, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, November 21, 2022 7:00 p.m.
Monday, December 12, 2022** 7:00 p.m.
Monday, January 16, 2023 Organizational Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Monday, January 16, 2023 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
**December 12, 2022 is the 2nd Monday of the month.

***Staff Member of the Month***

The Beal City Board of Education, in appreciation of the hard work that is done by all members of Beal City Public Schools, would like to honor a staff member each month for their service to the students and community of Beal City. This month’s honoree is Connie Haley.

Connie has been working hard to keep the school cleaned during the day and has done a wonderful job. She has stepped up in the kitchen to help Marci a lot while she was trying to hire a new staff member. Connie is always willing to jump in and help and loves to stay busy regardless of the task. She drives bus for us both morning and night which was new this year and like many other things she just rolled with the punches and did a great job. We appreciate all you have done in the many areas of the school, Connie. Keep up the good work!!!

Beal City Schools would like to introduce Candy Chamberlain as our new Foodservice Worker. Candy has lived in the area all her life and is a proud Beal City alumna that graduated in 1987. She also graduated from MJ Murphy Beauty College.
Candy’s spouse is Kevin Chamberlain. Kevin is from the area and became a proud Aggie alumus father. Many of the community know him as a popular local musician. Now that their daughters are grown and have families of their own, Candy and Kevin live with their 2 cats, Abby & Stella, and their little dog Karley.
Candy and Kevin have two daughters: Alisha and Kassandra (Kassie) who both graduated from Beal City as well, and still remain in the area. They have given Candy and Kevin their 3 handsome grandsons; Karter, Braxton and Kai, which are Candy and Kevin’s pride and joy.
Candy loves music, traveling, golfing, cooking and spending time with her family and friends. Her favorite teams to watch are the Michigan State Spartans, “Go Green”, and the Kansas City Chiefs. She also likes the Detroit Lions but they are hard to watch as we all know.
Candy has many places she’d like to travel on her bucket list, but she was able to cross a Mediterranean Cruise off that list in 2014 as she and her husband were able to take that cruise for their 25th wedding anniversary. It is a memory she will never forget, although she does want to go back to a few of those places because there was just not enough time.
We’re very excited to have Candy here at Beal City Schools. Welcome, Candy!!

Beal City Schools would like to introduce Noel Schafer as a new secondary para-pro. Noel was born and raised a Beal City Aggie and graduated from here in 2019. She currently attends Central Michigan University pursuing a degree to become a high school teacher. She is expecting her first child, a boy, in the spring.
She loves to read mystery books and is a gymnastics coach in Mount Pleasant. Competitive Cheerleading is by far her favorite sport she’s ever participated in, coached or watched!
She has traveled to France twice.
We're very excited to have Noel back here at Beal City Schools! Welcome, Noel!!

Beal City Schools would like to introduce Elissa Shaner as a new elementary para-pro. Elissa graduated from Montabella Junior/Senior High School. She has a diploma in Medical Billing and Coding. Elissa’s significant other, Dalton Peabody, is a welder and they are both from the Blanchard area. She has a daughter, Lexi Jo McGuire who is 20 months old and a cat named Milo.
Elissa’s favorite food is tacos. She also loves basketball, swimming, going on walks with Lexi and spending time with family and friends.
She enjoyed a birthday cruise to the Bahamas for her 18th birthday and currently lives in Weidman.
We're very excited to have Elissa here at Beal City Schools! Welcome, Elissa!!

Front row: Jack Weber, Wesley Higgins, Nole Theisen, Paxton Sandel and Spencer Fox. Back row: Avery Schuberg, Trip Bellinger, Taylor Perreault, and Advisor Kathleen Rau

Robotics

Congratulations to the Aggie PegaCyborgs on their Robotics season. These young people took time out of their schedule to come and show the BCPS school board their robot and explain how their competitions work. Their season ended in December and now the HS Robotics team, Gadget Agents, are currently competing.

Zoology Class Dog Show
This year, Beal City High School’s zoology classes hosted their first ever dog show. On Wednesday, January 12, 2022 and Thursday, January 13, 2022, Ms. Spry’s 3rd and 7th hour classes performed very well at their dog shows. They had to meet certain requirements such as: their dog had to be an AKC registered breed and do everything you would in a normal dog show. Each student had to answer questions about their dog which would qualify them to be Best In Show and/or Honorable Mention. In Ms. Spry’s third hour, Best In Show was Beagle, Kyle Martin and Honorable Mention was Pug, Jace Faber. In the 7th hour class, Best In Show was none other than Saint Bernard, Eliza Dempsey and Honorable Mention was Australian Shepherd, Rachal Weber. Not only did we learn a lot about our dog breed, but we also learned a lot about a variety of other dog breeds from our classmates. Everyone who participated had lots of fun and can’t wait for next year’s dog show!!
-Mackenzie Fuller and Rachal Weber

Beal City Elementary Students of the Month
December

(L to R) Mackenzie Vore, Kairi Helwig, Brynlee Rydman, Bentley Flaugher, Elijah Munro,
Keira Bailey

Writing Focus at Beal City Elementary
In continuing our partnership with the Reading Now Network, the staff at Beal City Elementary are working hard to refine our instructional practices in writing. Students at all grade levels are receiving intentional instruction to improve their writing skills. Mrs. Farrell is also serving in a coaching role for classroom teachers to help guide the process. We are very excited about the impact that this can have for all of our students!

Rotary Student of the Month

Our BCPS Rotary Student of the Month is Paige Antcliff. Paige is the daughter of Lisa and Brad (pictured) Antcliff. Paige has always shown great compassion and leadership in all of her activities at school. Paige displays a "get it done" grit that we love to see in our Aggies. Thanks for being such a great part of our school community, Paige.

Board Briefs

The following was approved at a regular board meeting on January 17, 2022:
- The December payments of bills as presented: General Fund payments $771,893.53, Payroll Account payments of $2,122.74, Hot Lunch payments $14,226.29. Student Activity Account payments of $15,052.51, Athletic Fund payments of $4,286.95, Arbiter Sports payments of $2,813.80, Debt Fund 2017 payments of $25.00 and Capital Projects 2021 Checking of $291,896.24.
- The 1st reading of the Strategic Plan.
- The 2nd reading of the Neola Policy updates.
- Schools of Choice 105 & 105C programs for the 2022-2023 school year.
- Accept Jennifer Davis’ teaching resignation as presented.
- The hiring of Tyler Russell as a secondary Social Studies teacher as presented.
- The hiring of Candy Chamberlain as a Foodservice Worker as presented.
To locate the Beal City Board of Education agenda and minutes from the monthly Board meetings, please see the Beal City website. Click on District Info, Board of Education, then click on the Board of Education on the left hand side to receive a menu. From there click on Meeting.

Middle School Leadership Class

New to the school this academic year is the Middle School Leadership class. This class is a mix of 7th and 8th graders and is meant to equip students with leadership skills they can use to build their confidence, improve school achievement, and conquer the challenges of working with a team. Along with their academic journey, they are also given the opportunity to practice the skills they are learning. This first semester was full of community and school-based service for the group. The students have started Feel Good Fridays, where they’ve done acts of kindness such as delivering treats and letters to the staff. During November we spent time in the community raking leaves and December was spent planning to adopt a family for the holidays. The group was able to get together and shop for the family themselves as well as wrap the gifts before they were delivered. We’ve also spent quite a bit of time in the 2nd grade classrooms building relationships and having lots of fun. In October, the students read Halloween stories to the 2nd graders, November we made Thanksgiving turkey headbands and December we decorated stockings together. We are looking forward to another semester of growing, learning, and serving.

Breakfast Logic
Breakfast is a good thing!
When students need to take achievement tests, schools strongly urge them to eat breakfast first on testing days. Why? Because we know that when students eat breakfast, they perform better and are better able to concentrate. Yet on “normal” days, many students fail to eat breakfast: they’re too busy, too tired, or just don’t know what to eat.
Let’s help students to perform better every day, by making sure they eat a healthy breakfast at home or at school.
Every morning our breakfast for 6th-12th grade students consists of a choice between a hot breakfast item, donuts or uncrustable and will contain fruit and milk. These are pre-packaged for a quick grab-n-go.
K-5 will be eating in the classroom with the choice of the hot breakfast item, fruit and milk
Location: Aggie Cafe
Breakfast time every day 6-12: 7:40am-8:05am
Breakfast time everyday K-5: 7:53-8:15
Breakfast is FREE for ALL students in the 2021-2022 school year!!!!
Remember, no breakfast will be served if we have a delay.

Download the Nutrislice app to your smartphone to view daily breakfast and lunch options (scan the QR code for your specific device; these are hyperlinked too - if you click on them they will take you to your phone's app store).

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Or you can view the full month menu at this website: https://bealcityschools.nutrislice.com.

Mayes Elementary Students of the Month
November

Honor Roll Correction
Due to an error in the July Aggie Express we are running the 7th grade Honor Roll from the last semester of 2015-2016.

Honor Roll Correction
Due to an error in the July Aggie Express we are running the 7th grade Honor Roll from the last semester of 2015-2016.

Amazon Wishlist
Looking for another way to give? The Beal City Bands now has its own Amazon wishlist! You can directly purchase much-needed items for the Beal City Bands at https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/DG9GLJM5JZ1G. You can also find this link on our Facebook page.
Band Absences
Need to report an absence for a band student? We have a new Google Form specifically for absence notification. Find it on the Beal City Bands website under “Resources.”

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Students of the Month

Students of the Month

Students of the Month

November Middle School Students of the Month
It is a pleasure to reveal the November Middle School Students of the Month. For the sixth grade, the middle school staff felt that Addison Galla went above and beyond to help those around her. The seventh grade Student of the Month, Olivia Martin, was selected because of her positive attitude and diligence to her school work. The eighth grade Student of the Month was awarded to Parker McDonald for his never-give-up attitude and the ability to work well with others. Please congratulate these awesome Aggies when you see them. Beal City Middle School is proud to have you.

Middle School Students of the Month

community. We thank her for decades of time, commitment and service to our school, her students and all the educational programs she has managed. Of course, it will be painful to say good-bye, but the legacy she has left behind will inspire everyone that has the pleasure of crossing her path. We wish her nothing but the best in all of her future endeavors!!

Job Openings at Beal City Public Schools
Beal City Schools is looking for subs in the following areas: kitchen, custodian, bus drivers, para-pro and teachers thru PCMI/Willsub. Please apply at the Superintendent's Office at Beal City Public Schools, 3180 W Beal City Rd., Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858.

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