Baldwin Heights Elementary

Greetings Baldwin Heights Families!

We are excited to share a wonderful opportunity for your child to be part of a FREE Before & After School Program offered in partnership with Family Life Center Church of God and YES, Inc. This program is designed to give students additional academic support in a safe, engaging, and supportive environment where learning and growth can flourish.

📚 Program Highlights

Free for all students (grades K–6 or under 13 years old) living near the Family Life Center Church of God.

Before School Care: 1 hour
After School Care: 2.5 hours
Summer Program: 4 hours daily

🌟 Benefits for Your Child

Academic Support: Tutoring in reading, math, science, writing, ELA, and STEAM, along with homework help to improve grades and test scores.

Enrichment Opportunities: Focus on social-emotional learning, leadership and mentoring, mindfulness, conflict resolution, and college/career exploration.

Fun Activities & Programs: Fitness and sports, arts and crafts, agriculture, community service, and recreation—all designed to encourage creativity, teamwork, and healthy living.

🙌 Why Enroll?

Programs like this give your child the chance to:

Strengthen academic skills with one-on-one and small group support.

Build confidence and positive relationships in a safe, structured environment.

Discover new interests and talents through enrichment activities.

Develop life skills like leadership, teamwork, and problem solving that last well beyond the classroom.

📍 Location

Family Life Center Church of God
8683 Story Rd., Belding

📞 Questions or Enrollment

Call or text: 616-794-6330

Link for enrollment

https://forms.gle/u7R52PcJAY37cYz49

Visit: www.yeseep.org
(OST Afterschool)

Spots are limited—so don’t wait! Enroll now to secure your child’s place in this exciting program.

📢 Important Reminder: NO SCHOOL this Friday (August 22)! 🎉

Greetings Baldwin Heights!

The kids had an assembly today and we talked about our school-wide expectations of being SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, GOOD LEARNERS! It was awesome and we ended up having a fun competition to kick off the school year.

Be sure to ask your child about BEE-HAVIOR Tickets! Kids can earn tickets for demonstrating correct Bee-haviors tied directly to our school-wide expectations. Kids can then use the ticket sto purchase items from their classroom store. After each store, tickets will go to the media center to be part of our school-wide goal; the building reward choice will rotate by grade level starting with 5th grade! :)

We do realize that these are similar to our buzz cards from last year, but much easier to manage, distribute, and reward students more than weekly drawings. We look forward to having another wonderful year at Baldwin Heights where positive BEE-HAVIOR is the key to success!

Go Jackets!

Baldwin Heights Family!
Open House was a tremendous success and we are grateful for everyone who endured the heat! :)
Couple of quick reminders:
*Students won't be allowed in the building until 8:50am as we don't have supervision until then. Please adjust your morning schedule accordingly as we don't want large groups of students congregating for too long unsupervised. ;)
*Remember that we have a STAGGERED dismissal: Kgn/3rd/5th @ 3:40pm; 1st/2nd/4th @ 3:45pm.
https://bit.ly/bhdropoffpickup25
*NO SCHOOL on Friday, Aug 22
We look forward to seeing you at the Danish Festival this weekend and then to start the year on Monday, Aug 18!

💛💜 Welcome Back, GPS Staff! On Tuesday, August 12, we kicked off the 2025-26 school year with a warm welcome and a busy week ahead! Staff have been diving into professional development, preparing classrooms, and getting ready to greet our students. Yesterday, all professional staff and paraprofessionals came together for an important learning session on “Trauma’s Impact on Behavior” — building skills to better support every student.

Here’s to a great school year ahead; we are excited to welcome back students on Monday, August 18!

🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Elmer Russell School Bell Award Winners! Each year, this award honors one citizen or organization and one GPS employee who have made outstanding contributions to enhance Greenville Public Schools.

🏆 Aggressive Tooling, Inc. – 2025 Citizen/Organization Honoree (Pictured: Brian Petersen, Owner/Plant Manager and Rich Jones, Owner/President)
🏆 Mike Walsh – 2025 GPS Employee Honoree

Thank you for your dedication, generosity, and commitment to our students, staff, and community. 💛💜

BH Announcement: Click on the link provided OR go to your email for important information about the beginning of the school year!

https://bit.ly/bhparentwelcomeletter2025

A regular Board of Education Meeting will be held on Monday, August 11, 2025, at 7:00pm at the Central Services Facility (1414 Chase Street, Greenville). For more information, please visit https://www.gpsjackets.org/page/board-of-education