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 29, 2013

Weekly Newsletter Volume 10

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 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 Art, Tuesday is PE, Wednesday is Music, Thursday is Technology, and Friday is Art for the first 3 weeks of track in. Starting the week of October 21st- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will stay the same and then Fridays we will go to Media.*Students will have a chance to get new library books in the morning before the bell rings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 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 18th. If you would like to order online, our class activation code is: G229M. You can access that at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. - Book-It!- Starting Tuesday, October 1st we will begin doing Book-It! This is an optional reading program that runs from October 1st to March 31st. There will be more information coming home about this on Tuesday. - Fall Festival- Thank you to everyone who came out, volunteered, and donated items to our awesome Fall Festival. I am so happy to announce that my four legged child, Bootsie, is the new owner of the fabulous cat basket that our class and Mrs. Rodger’s class did! - Spirit Week- Spirit week will be October 16th through the 23rd. The days will be as followed: o 16th- Favorite Sports Team Day o 17th- Crazy Sock Day o 18th- School Spirit Day o 21st- Favorite Book Character Day o 22nd- Career Day o 23rd- Pajama Day
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