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

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Newsletter for October 1st

Welcome back!  I trust everyone had a wonderful track out and is ready to get back into the swing of things.
    I really enjoyed meeting with everyone last month for conferences. It really is amazing how involved all of you are in your child’s lives. They are lucky to have such wonderful parents.  Thank you for all of the support you give them and me! * We will meet again in the 3rd quarter or beginning of 4th quarter, but please let me know if you ever have questions, concerns, and/or comments and we can most certainly meet when needed!
     For the 2nd quarter, our specials will be as followed:  Monday is Music, Tuesday is Art, Wednesday and Thursday are both PE, and Friday is Technology. *Students will have a chance to get new library books in the morning before the bell rings.
Important Information:
-                Scholastic book order- October Scholastic book orders will be coming home this Thursday. This of course is completely optional, but it is a great opportunity to order some books for your child. If you are interested, check and order form will be due to me by Friday, October 19th. If you would like to order online, our class activation code is: G229M.  You can access that at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs.
-                Apple Day- A huge thank you goes out to all the parents who helped make Apple Day a huge success. Thank you for donating items and donating your time. A very special thank you goes to Mrs. Perez, Mrs. Landron, Mrs. Axman, Mrs. Santiago, Mrs. Bakogiannis, and Mrs. McLamb for being such amazing volunteers. Apple Day wouldn’t have been the same without you wonderful ladies!
-                JDRF- This year we will be doing a walk for the “Junior Diabetes Research Foundation” where students will be learning how to prevent this and what we can do to stop it. They will go to PE on Monday and get information to come home. Then on Tuesday, October 16th, we will be doing a walk from 9:20 to raise money for this cause. See information coming home this week!
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