Buffalo Express

August 1, 2025

Sneak Peek

Buffalos,

Welcome to a new school year! We hope you've had a fantastic summer and can't wait to see each of you.

Each week this newsletter is sent out on Friday afternoons highlighting celebrations from the week and pertinent information. This can also be found on our school website and Facebook page.

News and Notes

*Enrollment Information- All students need to be enrolled as soon as possible. Click here to find information from the Shawnee Heights website on Enrollment.

*School Supplies- Click here to find the School Supply list for BES.

*Transportation Information Form- In order to assist our BES Office Team in making the first day of school run as smoothly as possible please fill out this Google form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18JaqD3Eft2RwDSSV05_PxAI5KUtjbr2MZtlaQvkuTjw/edit

*2024-2025 Yearbooks- Yearbooks from last year will be handed out at Sneak Peek to students that already purchased them. Additional yearbooks may be purchased in the Main Office for $15 while supplies last.

*Construction Alert- Over the next few months the Berryton roof will be updated in many sections of the building. The crew is working closely with our Facilities team to ensure this is completed as quickly as possible.

*Teacher Assignments in PowerSchool- Class Assignments will be visible in PowerSchool on 8/6 at 4pm.

*BUMC National Night Out- BUMC invites all Berryton families to visit on August 9th from 5-7 pm for National Night Out.

*BES Spirit Wear- Click here to see our Spirit Apparel.

Spirit wear

Berryton Elementary Classroom Teachers

  • Mrs. Foster, Early Childhood

  • Mrs. Wiggs, Pre-K

  • Mrs. Bruns, Kindergarten

  • Mrs. Holthaus, Kindergarten

  • Miss Tenpas, Kindergarten

  • Mrs. Edwards, 1st Grade

  • Miss Foster, 1st Grade

  • Mrs. Klaassen, 1st Grade

  • Ms. DePriest, 2nd Grade

  • Mrs. Gauntt, 2nd Grade

  • Mrs. Hines, 2nd Grade

  • Mrs. Lutz, 2nd Grade

  • Mrs. Burton, 3rd Grade

  • Mrs. Cox, 3rd Grade

  • Mrs. Kramer, 3rd Grade

  • Mrs. Metcalf, 3rd Grade

  • Mrs. Constantino, 4th Grade

  • Mrs. Deghand, 4th Grade

  • Mrs. Parrish, 4th Grade

  • Miss Hayen, 5th Math

  • Mrs. Helmke, 5th Science & Social Studies

  • Miss Mondragon, 5th Language Arts

  • Miss Ahlin, 6th Science & Social Studies

  • Mrs. Ward, 6th Language Arts

  • Mrs. Watson, 6th Math Instructor

Support the BES PTO

Sweet Tee

Thunderbird Cheerleading

All are welcome! Do not need to be family of Shawnee Heights or football program.

Weekly practices and home football games are held at Shawnee Heights High School football field. Practice dates and time TBD but will begin in August to align with start of football season. Four home games will be held Sept-Oct.

 Open to ages K-6th (2025-2026 school year). Includes t-shirt, skort, bow, pom poms, bag and end of season celebration.  

 Fee is $80 per registrant. An automatic multi-child discount of $10 will be applied at checkout when registering more than one child. Payment plan available.

 Register here:  https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/479709

Email questions: youngthunderbirds@yahoo.com

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Community Opportunities

Community Opportunities

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Breakfast & Lunch Menu

Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Find this month's breakfast and lunch menus. Scroll to the bottom of the page if you would like to download and print a copy.

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