The following was taken directly from the CDC website regarding recent changes in the mask requirement on public transportation conveyances and at transportation hubs. The change applies to masking on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems.
"Effective February 25, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is exercising its enforcement discretion to not require that people wear masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and education/child care programs. CDC is making this change to align with updated guidance that no longer recommends universal indoor mask wearing in K-12 schools and early education settings in areas with a low or medium COVID-19 Community Level."
At the time this message was written, there were currently no mandates regarding masking applicable to public school students and staff members. The Bethel Local Schools do not have any additional local mandates and requirements in place. Therefore, masking is optional and up to the discretion of each individual student or staff member on our transportation system.
Thank you for your continued support of the Bethel Local Schools.
Kindergartners in Ms.Rench’s classroom practicing being illustrators. They illustrated a sentence from The Three Billy Goats Gruff in their Wit and Wisdom text. #K5hive #OneBethel
Attention Parents: Elementary bus route 3 will be about 15-20 minutes late getting home this afternoon. Thank you for understanding.
Discovery science students enjoyed the rainbow lab, where they learned how important measurement and precision are in a lab setting #BethelLegacy
Attention Parents: Elementary bus route 3 will be running about 10 minutes late tomorrow morning, Monday, February 28. Thank you for understanding.
Dear Bethel Local Schools Supporters,
Yesterday (Friday), the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) updated its mask guidelines for public transportation, which includes school transportation. As a result and effective immediately, the wearing of masks while riding on a school bus, van or other district-provided transportation is now optional. Please take some time to discuss this change as a family and provide guidance to your student(s) on what is best for them.
With Bethel Pride,
Justin M. Firks
Bethel Local Schools
Superintendent
Congratulations to the Bethel Academic Team for winning the first ever Three Rivers Conference Academic tournament today. The team went 3-0 and beat Miami East 70 to 51 in the finals! Congratulations to the members of the team and advisor, Mr. Mark Clute! #BethelLegacy #TRC 🏆
Math fun with Mrs. King’s first graders. Greater than less than using chocolate and pretzels and headband mix and mingle activities. #K5hive #OneBethel
STATE SWIMMING
Congratulations to Senior Kaylee Price for her outstanding performance at the state meet!
50 Free - 11th Overall
100 Free - 5th Overall
Amazing end to a tremendous HS career! Watch out @Big12Conference, this @WVUSwimDive commit is coming to make waves!
STATE SWIMMING UPDATE!
Kaylee Price has qualified for both the 50 Free and 100 Free STATE FINALS!
Her seeds for the finals are as follows:
50 Free - 9th
100 Free - 3rd
The DIV II State Finals start today at 5:00pm! LIVE action can be seen on the NFHS Network! Tune in and cheer her on! #BethelLegacy
Attention Parents: Elementary bus route 3 will be about 20 minutes late this afternoon. Thank you for your patience.
Want to join the Hive and the 4th fastest growing district in Ohio? A 2nd Shift Custodian is needed as soon as possible! Bethel Local Schools offers competitive pay and great health, dental, and retirement benefits. For more information, check out the infographic! #BethelLegacy
1st grade recently hosted their own Olympics! Here are some of the most recent medal winners for successfully completing lessons in reading and math on i-Ready. Keep working hard and learning! #K5hive #OneBethel
Here are the weekly updates from your building principals. Have a great weekend! #BethelLegacy #OneBethel ELEM: https://5il.co/167dm MS: https://5il.co/1671l HS: https://5il.co/167dq
Site work for the K-5 Building & Athletic Stadium projects have continued this winter. We fully expect masonry work to begin in the next several weeks on the K-5 building as the weather begins to clear.
Thank you to the continued efforts of Garmann Miller Architects & Peterson Construction on this exciting project! Attached is the final rendering of the K-5 building. It will be open for the start of the 2023-24 school year. The existing K-5 building will be used for overflow space for the next 6-8 years.
This project is being completed without asking for any additional tax dollars from our Bethel residents! #BethelLegacy
Students using magnetic trays for Fundations. They did a fantastic job sounding out words, tapping them out, and spelling them correctly. #K5hive #OneBethel
For those that would like to watch Kaylee Price compete tonight, Feb. 24, in the OHSAA State Tournament, the competition is being livestreamed by NFHS at 5:30pm. Go to this link to watch for a fee: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/ohsaa/swimming%20and%20diving #OneBethel
Ms. Rench’s kindergartners had their 101 day celebration. They drew themselves as 101 year olds, wrote about what they would buy with $101, built creations out of 101 shapes, did a 101 coin flip, and sorted out trail mix into groups of 10 and 1 to make 101. #K5hive #OneBethel
Classroom visits continued today with the 2nd & 7 Foundation Reading Program. This grant connects Bethel High School student-athletes with second grade students at Bethel Elementary. 147 second students received another FREE book today from the Hog Mollies series. Each book teaches such valuable life skills as: respect, patience, kindness, tolerance, hard work, overcoming adversity and the importance of reading. Thanks to the Bethel HS student-athletes and all of the administrators that read and visited classrooms today. By the end of this program, each Bethel second grade student will have received 9 FREE books! #BethelLegacy
The Junior Class is cordially inviting you to: "Ariel and Friends" A "Father"-Daughter dance for Bethel students Kindergarten through 5th Grade, that is to be held on March 5th from 5pm to 7pm at the HIVE. (This can be any significant adult male role model.) Ladies need to be in dresses and gentlemen in a tie.
Tickets are $10 per person, and can be purchased through this link: https://www.bethelk12.org/page/student-activities-tickets
There will also be pictures available to purchase for $5 (cash only) so you and your young lady will never forget the night.
The junior and senior ladies would like to offer their services to the young ladies attending the Father Daughter Dance Saturday March 5th. We will be offering hair and fingernail painting services for $5 for each service at our "Little Bee Boutique"
For more information on the Father Daughter Dance and Little Bee Boutique, or to buy tickets, please go to this link: https://5il.co/161py
