About Me

My name is Christie Bethel and I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have been teaching at Banks Road Elementary since it opened up in 2009. My current teaching experience includes teaching first grade at Willow Springs Elementary and 2nd grade at Lillington Shawtown Elementary. I am a Fuquay native, but now call Apex home. I love animals, especially my cat Bootsie and my parent's yellow lab Lucy. I completed my first half-marathon in April 2011. So when I'm not at school, you will find me at the gym or on a trail running or playing soccer with my friends. I was honored to be selected as Banks Road Elementary's Teacher of the Year for 2013-2014.

Meet our class!

Meet our class!

Class Schedule

8:45 to 9:15- Morning work, breakfast, and bathroom
9:15 to 9:25- Read Aloud/Calendar
9:30 to 10:15- Specials
10:20 to to 11:00- Writer's Workshop
11:05 to 11:30- Lunch- table 1
11:35 to 12:35- Math
12:40 to 1:00- Team Time
1:00 to 1:30- Recess
1:30 to 1:40- Snack/Restroom/Read Aloud
1:40 to 2:10- Science and Social Studies
2:10 to 3:35- Daily 5
3:40- Dismissal

Important Dates

- Friday, November 22nd- Jason Knowles’ birthday
- Wednesday, November 27th- Book-It! due for the month of November
- Thursday, November 28th- Thanksgiving- No School!
- Friday, November 29th- No School!
- Monday, December 2nd- Ansley Ayers' Birthday
- Wednesday, December 4th- Track out day
-Monday, December 16th- Hank Gozy's birthday
- Friday, December 27th- Will Poplin's birthday

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Newsletter for the week of January 2nd

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone’s 2012 has started off with a bang.  I trust that everyone had a safe and peaceful winter holiday and a wonderful New Years!  I can’t wait to get back into the swing of things this week at school.
Important Information:
- Till January 20th our specials will be as followed: on Mondays we will have Music, Tuesday will be Art, Wednesday will be PE, Thursday will be Media, and Friday will be also be PE. So make sure to wear tennis shoes on Wednesday and Friday.
- I know some people’s schedules change with the New Year.  Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering in the classroom.  If you are interested, please let me know what day(s) and time(s) and how many times a week/month you would like to come.  Thanks so much for everything you do!
- It’s COLD outside! Make sure your child is coming to school appropriately dressed with coats, gloves, scarves, etc. They will have to sit in a Kindergarten classroom during our recess time if they are not appropriately dressed.  Thanks for your understanding with this.
- Report cards went home the day we tracked out in December.  Please return the envelope as soon as possible.  Also, please let me know if you would like to schedule a conference to discuss your child’s progress.  I will be holding 3rd quarter conferences around mid February.
- Happy Birthday to Emma J., Elizabeth, Maria, and Rickar who all had December birthdays over our Track Out!  We hope you had a super one over Track out!
- Book-IT!- If you kept track of your books read over Track Out and filled out the December Book-It! please turn that in as soon as possible. January Book-It! will be coming home on Monday with all of the homework. The goal for January is to read 14 books. This will be due on Tuesday, January 31st. 
Items needed for class this week:
This week we are reading the book “The After Christmas Tree” and we are going to be making peanut butter bird feeders.  Each child will need to bring in a pine cone in a gallon sized. Please put your child’s name on their bag with a sharpie marker. Please have this brought in by this Wednesday. We will also need a couple of jars of peanut butter and plastic knives to spread the peanut butter. Please write a note in the Home-School Connection if you are willing to donate either of these items.  Thank you so much in advance!
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