📢 Attention Parents!
Here are some important upcoming testing dates — be sure to mark your calendars and help your child feel prepared! 🗓️✨
A little preparation goes a long way in reducing stress. Help your child succeed by:
✔️ Getting a good night’s sleep
✔️ Eating a healthy breakfast
✔️ Starting the day with a calm, positive routine
Together, we can set them up for success! 🖤💛🐝
Have you ever seen an “oops” turn into something amazing? 😊
Mrs. Atwood’s 1st graders sure did! After reading Charlotte in her Lab, they took on a real-life experiment of their own. When extra copies were accidentally printed, the class turned the mistake into a mission—tearing them up and recycling them into brand-new paper!
This morning, the experiment was a success—hooray! 🎉 Students then illustrated the story’s setting and wrote their own “How-To” pieces explaining the paper-making process.
Proof that a little mistake can lead to big learning (and lots of fun)!
Second grade had a fantastic visit from the Spartanburg Public Library’s STEM Lab! 📚✨
Our students had an amazing time getting creative as they designed and made their very own buttons and bookmarks. It was a hands-on learning experience filled with imagination, innovation, and lots of smiles!
A big thank you to the Spartanburg Public Library for bringing STEM learning to life for our students!
🎉 Join us in celebrating Mrs. Ashley McClary — named Teacher of the Year! 🌟 Mrs. McClary creates a positive, engaging classroom where every student feels supported, challenged, and truly valued. Her warmth, professionalism, and dedication uplift students and colleagues alike. Berry Shoals is so lucky to have such a bright light on our team. We are incredibly proud of you, Mrs. McClary!! 💐
Join us in congratulating Nurse Carly Wade! 💙 Her compassion, professionalism, and incredible organization keep our school community healthy and supported every single day. From caring for students to guiding staff and families through health concerns, she handles it all with grace and dedication. We are so grateful for you, Nurse Carly , this recognition is so well deserved!
🎉 Huge congratulations to Berry Shoals Elementary fifth grader Alfredo Montillo Rubio! 🎉
Alfredo finished as this year’s runner-up at the 2026 USC Upstate Regional Spelling Bee—2nd place out of 80 spellers after 10 nail-biting rounds when only Alfredo and a 7th grader from Campobello Gramling Junior High were left standing. We are so proud of his dedication and hard work! 👏📚
📚 Mrs. Ballenger’s 4K class was rockin’ and rollin’ today! Students had fun learning about rhyming words and were introduced to the vocabulary word accident during reading. We are so proud of these little learners! 🌟
📣 Important Update – Terrific Kids Celebration 🎉
Due to the weather over the past two weeks, we need to reschedule our Terrific Kids ceremony. We will be combining our 2nd Quarter Terrific Kids celebration with our 3rd Quarter Terrific Kids.
📅 Both celebrations will now take place on March 26th.
We can’t wait to celebrate all of our Terrific Kids together—thank you for your flexibility and continued support! 💙🎉
Due to the weather over the past two weeks, we need to reschedule our Terrific Kids ceremony. We will be combining our 2nd Quarter Terrific Kids celebration with our 3rd Quarter Terrific Kids.
📅 Both celebrations will now take place on March 26th.
We can’t wait to celebrate all of our Terrific Kids together—thank you for your flexibility and continued support! 💙🎉
Happy 100th Day of School! #100dayssmarter #BerryShoalsBees
Did you know District 5 is truly blessed with board members who make our district feel like family? 💙 This month we’re celebrating their dedication — they go above and beyond to provide resources for our schools and always keep students’ needs and safety at the center of every decision. Mr. Jeff Boland, a District 5 board member, recently visited Berry Shoals to see all the amazing things our students and teachers do on a daily basis!! 💛🐝 We want to say a big THANK YOU to all our dedicated board members, especially Mr. Boland!!
Our ML students will be taking ACCESS testing for the next few weeks. This is not everyday but they may be testing several days during this time! If you have any questions please contact the school.
Attention parents! Friday, December 19th will be a half day for all students. We also will not have 4k classes on Friday. We hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday break! See you next year!!! School will return back Tuesday, January 6th!!
Mrs. Cumming class had a Grinch Breakfast for Grinch Day!!
In Miss Grinnell’s class today The Grinch was put on trial! Students practiced finding evidence for and against The Grinch, thinking logically, and taking their findings and coming to a conclusion about his guilt!
Holiday Dress Up Days will be December 15-19th. Join us for some Holiday Fun!!!
🎄 Attention parents: here are some exciting December events to look forward to — school concerts, family nights, holiday fun, and winter performances. This is the happiest time of the year! ✨
Ready for a festive night? Mark your calendars! 🎄✨ Join us on Dec 12 from 5:30–7:30 at Berry Shoals for our 2nd Annual Cookies with Santa! Capture a photo with Santa himself, enjoy warm cookies, and make family memories that sparkle. 🎅📸🍪
This week we celebrated Red Ribbon week with several dress up days and these kids did not disappoint!! #RedRibbonWeek2025 #BerryShoalsBees
Our 1st Hive Five Day was a huge success! 🎉 We also had a fantastic time celebrating our fundraiser, and the best part? Our administrators got a little messy during the festivities!
🌟✨ Big congratulations to our 1st Nine Week's Terrific Kids! 🎉 Your hard work has truly shone bright this term! 🌈💪 Keep reaching for the stars! 🌟 💖 #BerryShoalsBees #TerrificKids #ProudMoment #Inspiration
