Upcoming

Events January Thursday the 21st PTA Meeting (5:30) February Saturday the 6th

Robotics Club Competition

Monday the 8th Teacher Conferences Tuesday the 9th Teacher Conferences Friday the 12th No School Monday the 15th No School Monday the 22nd

Kindergarten Orientation (3:30-5:30)

Betz Elementary School Bellevue Public Schools

The Eagle’s Eye January 22,

2016 605 W. 27th Ave.

Bellevue, NE 68005 402-293-4585

www.bellevuepublicschools.org

Respect Assembly Students in grades kindergarten through third will be seeing a “Stop and Think” presentation performed by the educational

theatre company, RESPECT. The purpose of this assembly is to teach students how to identify bullying and strategies they can

use if they are being bullied. We invite you to join us in the audience on January 25th at 1:45.

Betz STEM Night Fundraiser This year, we are asking for donations to help purchase the supplies for Betz’s annual STEM Night. What is STEM? STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. On this night, families have the opportunity to spend the evening learning and exploring with one another. Students will be engaged in enjoyable activities and experiments throughout the school, such as: launching straw rockets, creating 3-D geometric shapes, playing math games, building circuits, constructing bridges, learning coding, and controlling robots. Your donations will be greatly appreciated! ________________________________________________________________________ To make a donation:

1. Go to DonorsChoose.org 2. Search for “Betz STEM Night” 3. Type in the amount of money you would like to give and

follow the payment steps **Until January 24, 2016, you can type in the promo code “LIFTOFF” during payment and all donations will be doubled by DonorsChoose (up to $100)**

If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Mills at 402-293-4595

January

Birthdays Preschool

Josue 1/4 Kamari 1/13 Gabriel 1/18 Emma 1/26

Kindergarten

Ashlyn 1/3 Annabelle 1/7 Lawrence 1/8

Jax 1/15 Austin 1/17 Alexys 1/18 Allison 1/21

First Grade

Rosie 1/30

Second Grade Sawyer 1/18

Third Grade

Anthony 1/3 Luis 1/11

Brandon 1/18 Sebastian 1/21 Suzette 1/23

Fourth Grade

Annalise 1/2 Alvaro 1/3 Jaynell 1/3

Samantha 1/3 Trinity 1/9 Kali 1/13

Haley 1/15

Fifth Grade Aleyda 1/16 Erica 1/21

Sixth Grade

Kaleb 1/2 Tratum 1/11 Kannon 1/20 Payton 1/26

Boys Town Behavior Skills

Problem Solving at Betz We strive for students to become successful problem solvers.

In order to accomplish this goal, we teach students appropriate ways to handle conflict. Some of these strategies include: walking away, telling a person if they have hurt them or their feelings, asking a person to stop, ignoring distracting or frustrating behaviors, or reporting problems to the closest adult.

It is important that students report problems to adults because it provides the Betz staff and administrators the opportunity to address concerns immediately. In addition, reporting conflicts to our staff helps us to deescalate problems before they become more serious and to identify persistent problems. We want our students to feel safe and respected at school. For this reason, please encourage your child to immediately report any problems they may be having in school to our staff members.

January 18-22 Greeting Others

• Look at the person • Use a pleasant voice • Say “Hi” or “Hello”

January 25-29 Getting the Teacher’s

Attention

• Look at the teacher. • Raise your hand and stay

calm. • Wait until the teacher says

your name. • Ask your question.

Susan Schildhauer

Librarian Birthday: 2/9

My Favorites! Food: Tacos

Book: All of them! Color: Purple

Movie: Beauty & the Beast School Subject: History

What I Love Betz Elementary School!

What I love about Betz are our awesome staff

and students. I would love to get to know more parents and families.

Don't forget to follow Betz on Twitter @BetzEagles

and to like the Betz Elementary Library

Facebook page!

My Educational Background I went to college at the University of Nebraska at

Kearney. I LOVED college! I have always been a librarian and have always taught in Bellevue. This is my

15th year of teaching and is my 7th year at Betz.

My Family My husband and I have been married for five years. When we blended our families we had six children

and then we added our daughter to bring us to a total of seven kids. They range in age from 4-16 and we

are always busy!

Meet the Teachers at Betz

Kyla Stutzman

Fifth Grade Birthday: 8/31

My Favorites! Food: Itialian

Book: Three Times Lucky Color: Blue

Movie: Hunger Games School Subject: Math

What I Love Betz Elementary School!

I love being around my coworkers and teaching my students every day!

My Educational Background I went to college at the University of Nebraska at

Omaha for my undergraduate degree and am currently attending Doane College for my Master's degree. This

is my seventh year teaching fifth grade at Betz Elementary.

My Family My husband and I have been married since this

summer, so it's my first school year as Mrs. Stutzman! I have two older sisters and two younger brothers. I have one niece and she just started the third grade.

Hale Rickles

P.E. Birthday: 4/22

My Favorites! Food: Sesame Chicken

Book: Where the Red Fern Grows

Color: Blue Movie: Lord of the Rings School Subject: Geography

What I Love Betz Elementary School!

First of all I love the staff and students. Everyone is

so friendly and ready to make each day special. I couldn't have asked for a better school to teach in. Secondly, I love that the

school is small so I have a chance to get to know each of my students.

My Educational Background I went to College at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. This is my first teaching job and I am very excited to be at a school like Betz.

My Family My family consists of my father Dan, my mother Jodi,

and my sister Emma. My dad works as a human resources manager. My mom is an elementary principal

in my hometown of Solon, Iowa. Finally, my sister is about to start her third year of college at West Virginia

Wesleyan.

Meet the Teachers at Betz

Dawn Ediger

HAL Birthday: 12/26

My Favorites! Food: Mashed

potatoes Book: Hunger

Games Color: Turquoise Movie: Christmas

Vacation School Subject:

Reading

What I Love Betz Elementary School!

I think Betz has an amazing staff who truly care about the

students and want to help them be successful!

I went to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. I taught for the gifted elementary program as well as 7th grade English in my hometown of Treynor, Iowa, for 4 years. In 2003 we moved to Nebraska and I started teaching in Bellevue. I've been at Betz since then! I also have taught at many other buildings as a traveling teacher: Belleaire, Bellevue, Birchcrest, Central, Fort Crook,

LeMay, Peter Sarpy, and Twin Ridge.

My Family My husband's name is Luke, and he works as a sales manager for Charleston Homes. We have 3 children:

Haylie is 10 and in 5th grade and she loves dance, art, and anything that has to do with frogs! Noah is 8 and in

3rd grade and he loves tae-kwon-do and Legos. Brooklyn is 4 and in preschool. She loves playing dress

up and all things princess!