Belt Public Schools

A reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday 9/29, Belt School will host an Alluvion Health Flu Clinic with flu shots and student immunizations available as well as the following vaccines available to the community: flu, pneumonia, COVID, shingles. Consent forms are necessary and available in the school office. Community Member Clinic 9:00am-11:00am in School Cafeteria Belt Student Clinic 11:00am-1:00pm Please contact the school office if you have any questions.

Homecoming week is just around the corner and all grade levels are welcome to get involved in "Lights, Camera, Action" dress up days.

Mr. Wilson is starting up a Belt Fiddle Club for students interested in learning more about stringed instruments. Check out the attached flyer for more information.

The home varsity football game with GFCC has been cancelled for Thursday (9/9) evening. The Varsity boys football team will now travel to CJI for a 7 pm game on Friday (9/10). We have rescheduled our Luau themed night for the home contest vs. Shelby on October 8th.

The Husky Cheerleaders are sponsoring a Luau Night at our first home football game next Thursday Night (9/9) at 7pm, with prizes awarded to the most spirited spectators!

As we start a new school year we will be continuing with many of the same health and safety protocols we followed last spring. In the building, masks will be strongly recommended but not required. We will continue to promote handwashing, social distancing, and staying home if you are sick or fevering. As of now our school buses fall under a CDC order, authorized by Congress, in which masks are required on all public transportation. This means until we receive further guidance masks will be required on all district buses. We are asking parents to provide masks for their children if they are riding the bus. Our Keep School Open plan is available on the school website at www.beltschool.com.

Make plans to attend in-person Open House this upcoming Monday (8/16) night. To make our Open House as safe as possible we are recommending masks inside the building and asking that there be a limit of two adults per student during Open House.

The First Annual Sheriff's School Supply Stock-Up is coming to the Belt School parking lot on Saturday, August 14th from 10am-12:00pm. Each student will be allowed to pick up to five back-to-school items for free as well as have an opportunity to meet their local deputy and check out a patrol car. All Belt and Centerville students are welcome. Thank you to the Cascade County Deputy Sheriff's Association for sponsoring this event.

The Belt School is currently taking applications for night custodian, games-cleaners, bus drivers and sub custodians. Applications are available online at www.beltschool.com or paper copies are available in the school office. Office hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-3:00pm.

The School Office will be on summer hours during June, July and early August. Please call to make an appointment if you need to come to the school outside of summer hours. The Fitness Room and the Gyms will also be closed for cleaning and refinishing from June 28th-July 11th.

Class picture forms went home with students this week. If you wish to purchase a class photo the forms and payment are due back in the office no later than Friday morning, May 21. The cost is $5 per photo. Late orders will not be accepted. Class pictures were postponed last Fall due to COVID and the photography company cannot do the photos this Spring. Mr. Hoyer volunteered to take pictures this year. Pictures will be printed and sent home with students next week. Please call the office if you have any questions.

Need some help with some spring cleaning projects or various labor jobs? Then make plans to attend the 9th Annual Husky Labor Auction this Friday (5/21) night at the Belt Creek Brew Pub. Groups of workers will be auctioned for 8 hours of work starting at 6pm, with funds generated to help support the boys and girls basketball programs.

Due to the wet weather, the 6-12 Pops Concert that was originally planned to take place outside tonight (5/13) will be moved inside to the main gym. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm.

The 2020-21 Belt School Academic Awards Assembly is this upcoming Monday (5/17) beginning at 8:30 am. Spectators will be allowed, but due to COVID we ask that attendance be limited to immediate family members and that families stay seated in pods during the assembly. The event will be lived streamed on the NFHS network.

The fitness room will be closed for new mirror installation beginning on Thursday (5/13) afterschool until Monday (5/17) afterschool. We would like to say thanks to the Strand Foundation and the Wellness Committee for providing funds for the upgrades.

We would like to give a big congrats to our District Music Festival Solo/Ensemble participants. Due to COVID there were no ratings given this year, however students still had the opportunity to participate and receive feedback from judges. On Monday, High School Band and Choir students received feedback on their District Festival solos and ensembles. Congratulations to Hattie Bumgarner, Jon Highfill and Rosalynn Kenner-Carrington on their vocal solos; Zach Buskirk, Maddisen Osterman, Molly Tingey and Johnny Tingey on their instrumental solos; Alyssa Nebel, Madison Pogany and Ryann Osterman for their vocal ensemble; Lindsey Paulson, Deanna Davison, Danika Lords, Alex Hunsaker, Reese Paulson, Nick Rubeck, Nate Gill, Ella Pethel, Keely Dirkson, Kylee Permann, Addi Urick, Lane Waldner, Karson Arndt and Paul Blank for their instrumental ensemble performances! Congrats and good work!

The Belt School Board of Trustees had two seats on this year's ballot with five candidates vying for those seats. Each seat serves a three year term on the board. The unofficial results for the Belt School Board of Trustees election are as follows: Chad Stroop (incumbent) - 328 Kyle Gillespie (incumbent) - 284 Andrew McCoy - 252 Mike Christensen - 177 Gina Kristine Maas - 86 The results will become official once the school board canvasses the election and certifies the results at the next meeting on May 11.

Thursday, May 6, at 7:00pm Belt School will host an EarlyK-5th grade Spring Concert in the Main Gym. Due to COVID we ask that attendance be limited to immediate family members and that families stay seated in pods during the concert. If you have questions please contact Mr. Wilson or the school office.

Dr. McCoy will be conducting sports physicals for the 2021-2022 school year on Monday, May 3rd at the Belt School. Athletes must use the updated MHSA physical form which is available in the school office or on the MHSA website. Physicals are $20 per athlete with a portion of that being donated back to the school each year by Dr. McCoy. If you have any questions in regards to the sports physicals please contact the school office.

Please be on the lookout for Boys Basketball Camp Flyers in student take home folders. Camp will be after school until 5:00 pm, Monday -Thursday the week of May 17th-20th for boys entering grades 1-8.