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

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Newsletter volume 28

Welcome back!  I trust everyone had a wonderful Track Out and is ready for the last 50 days of school. We are entering our last quarter, so it’s really time to buckle down. 
-         Important Information:
-          Report cards – Please sign and return the report card envelope as soon as possible.  Everything in the inside is for you to keep.
-         Scholastic- March and April Scholastic book orders will be coming home next Tuesday.  There are lots of really new and cool books and activities in the order.  If you are interested in buying, order form and money needs to be turned in no later than Friday, April 12th.  We will have one more Scholastic order after this.  That will be for May.
-         Conferences- I will be meeting with all students and their parents in the 4th quarter for student-led conferences. I will be sending home a conference request sheet next week.  Please take a look over the sheet and return to school as soon as possible.  Thanks so much!
-         Geo Animal Zoo- Thank you to everyone who came out on our Track Out day to our Geo-Animal zoo! The kids did a wonderful job and were so excited to share their information with you.
-         Field trip- We will be going to Poe Health Center next Wednesday, March 27th for our final field trip of the year. Please make sure your child is wearing comfortable clothing, packs a bag lunch (if they are not getting one from the cafeteria), and arrives at school on time.
-         Boosterthon- Thank you for doing an awesome job at the Fun Run and collecting the most pledges in the whole school!!!! Please make sure all pledges and donations are turned in by next Wednesday, March 27th. (This is a day earlier than normally noted.)

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