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Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Bailey loved planning for and spending the day with Maine author and illustrator Kevin Hawkes. All PK-2 students at the Belgrade Central School had a blast. This visit was made possible by funding from the Stevens Fund and we are so grateful. The day was full of drawing, storytelling, pink bunny… Read More
Written By BCS Second Graders, Mrs. Dunbar & Miss Zemrak’s classes We, the second-grade students at Belgrade Central School, have published nonfiction books about the solar system. We were not born as nonfiction authors—we had to first become experts on our topic. The first step we took was to read as many nonfiction books about the… Read More
By Emmy Dunbar 4th Grade Belgrade Central School One of our favorite weeks of the school year has come to an end. March 4th- March 8th was Missoula week at Belgrade Central School. The set is now packed up and Justin and Daniel have hit the road and are heading to a school in New… Read More
When fourth-grade teacher Shawna Lachance sat down in her classroom library with her students at Belgrade Central School earlier this fall, she told them they had an important mission to accomplish. She told them it was meaningful work that no other group of elementary school students had ever done before! Some students sat up… Read More
Missoula Children’s Theatre, the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, comes back to Belgrade Central School this week. This year we will journey with fun-loving Hobgoblins to the “land of colored ice” as they tell the tale of a young girl and her quest to find her best friend. You may find yourself believing in malevolent… Read More
The 2019 Global School Play Day (GSPD) was a terrific success with 545,690 participants around the world! Even though icy conditions made playing outside impossible, the students at Belgrade Central School had an amazing day on February 6th as they participated in GSPD for the first time. BCS also invited parents to attend, and over… Read More
The fourth graders at Belgrade Central School in Mrs. Holinger and Mrs. Lachance’s classrooms have been busy writing realistic fiction stories for the past 6 weeks. They have been working their way through the Lucy Calkins Units of Study Narrative Unit. Student authors started by imagining stories that they wish existed in the world, then… Read More
The Black Bear Book Award Program has started at Belgrade Central School and things are a little different this year. Your friendly BCS librarians’ goal is to offer a more inclusive program and encourage a school-wide culture of reading. We have the same stellar list of 50 new titles (give or take) ranging from graphic… Read More
On February 6th, BCS will be participating in Global School Play Day 2019 (GSPD). GSPD was developed to raise awareness about the necessity of unstructured play. It has been promoted by Psychology Today and is celebrated at schools around the world. This is the 5th annual GSPD. Last year, over 385,000 students participated from 58 nations…. Read More
by Jenna Zemrak BCS second graders were divided into teams to plan a well balanced, healthy meal and present it to a panel of judges. Miss Zemrak’s chefs were up against Mrs. Dunbar’s chefs to design the meals that they thought the judges would choose as the best option for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and morning… Read More