BES Community Connection 8.31.26

This post was created on 08/31/2026.

Hello Bulldog Families!

The 2026-2027 school year has had an amazing start, and we are looking forward to another great week ahead. State progress monitoring assessments will be continuing, and you can check the schedule for this week below.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Open House event and PTO Back to School Bash. It was wonderful to see so much of our Bulldog Family and so many smiling faces!

Weekly Agenda
Monday: School Advisory Council Meeting 8:15 am, PTO Meeting 9:00 am
Tuesday: State Reading Testing for Second Graders, Family Lunches start
Wednesday: State Mathematics Testing for Second Graders 
Thursday: District Science Testing for Fifth Graders, Second Grade Field trip 
Friday: District Science Testing for Fourth Graders

We do have several reminders that are critical to our success. We will continue to include these in our weekly email as we address these issues on campus.

Car Riders

• Please bring your dismissal tag every day for pick up. Remember to take it down from your mirror as soon as your child is unloaded at arrival or loaded at dismissal.
• Please refrain from being on your cell phone in the car rider line. 
• Arrival - We will begin closing the car rider line at 9:40 am each morning. If you arrive after that time, please plan to park and walk your child into the office.

Hiker/Bikers

• If your child is a Hiker/Biker STOP, please bring your dismissal tag every day to pick up. 
• Please remind your “bikers” that they must walk their bike/skateboard/scooter on to and off of our Bexley campus, and wear helmets everyday.

Dismissal

• If you plan to change your child's dismissal, this must occur before 2:30 pm at this link: https://bes.pasco.k12.fl.us/mform/view.php?id=13355
• If you plan to pick up your child early, this must occur before 3:00 pm. 
• Car line dismissal - if your child is delayed getting to the numbered pole during dismissal, we will ask you to pull up to the yellow cone in front of the car lanes, and your child will be escorted to your vehicle. 

Absences

• If your child is absent, please be sure to report this through your parent portal. 
• For step-by-step instructions and helpful resources, please visit: 👉 www.pasco.k12.fl.us/attendance/absence 

Please remind your Bulldog of our school expectations every day.

• Be respectful.
• Be responsible.
• Be safe.

We love our families to visit our campus, and want to remind you that you must bring your ID every time. Help us keep our Bulldogs safe.

We look forward to seeing you this week!

With Bulldog Pride,
Vanessa Hilton
Principal
Bexley Elementary School