It's time for our Share the Love Food Drive! From February 9–13, our school will be hosting a food collection drive called “Share the Love” to support the Center for Community Services, a local organization that helps families in need right here in Simpsonville. This will be a grade-level competition, so we encourage each grade to work together to collect as many non-perishable food items as possible. Every donation, big or small, makes a difference. Feel free to view and/or print the flyer below for a list of the most needed items. Thank you for helping us share the love and care for our neighbors!

Food Collection List

Our January Iron Eagle event with Burn Bootcamp has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 17 at 6:00pm! Burn Boot Camp will lead our Bell's Crossing families in a fun night of exercises in our school gym. Doors will open at 5:45pm. Please park and enter at the front of the school. Be sure to dress for lots of movement, wear tennis shoes/sneakers, and bring water. Students must be accompanied by an adult for this event.

Since this night will now count as our February Iron Eagle event, you may get credit for your January Iron Eagle event by completing the flyer below and returning it to school with how you stayed active at home during the snow and ice!

Fitness Night Flyer

Please join us for our monthly SIC meeting on February 10 using the link below. We will review the school’s Report to the Community and receive some school updates from our principal.

 

SIC Meeting Link

Arts Reaching Middle and Elementary Students (ARMES) is an artistically gifted and talented program offered by Greenville County Schools for students in grades 3-8. The ARMES program provides students with the opportunity to study music, art, theatre, dance, and creative writing in depth. ARMES classes are held after school at three locations across the district:

League Academy (Central Site)
Greer Middle (Northern Site)
Hillcrest Middle (Southern Site)

See the flyer below for more details and how to nominate a student. Nomination deadline is March 31.

ARMES Nominations

Join us for a fun and interactive Family Math Night sponsored by Mathnasium! Families will work together to play engaging math games that build problem-solving skills while having fun. This is a great opportunity to see math in action and enjoy learning together. Mark your calendars for February 9 at 6:00pm. We hope to see you there for a night of learning, laughter, and math!

 

Join us for our upcoming Winter Dance! We’ll host the dance over two evenings: Friday, February 20th, for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades, and Saturday, February 21st, for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades. Tickets are on sale NOW! You can purchase tickets through Givebacks now! We also need help with volunteers! If you'd like to help out in any way with setup, clean up, or during the dance, also check out the PTA Facebook Page, and LinkTree

 

Winter Dance Flyer

 

Litter Trashes Everyone (2025, Mixed Medium) Madelynn Pitts

Congratulations to Madelynn "Maddie" Pitts!  Maddie’s artwork was been selected as the school-wide winner for the SC Governor’s Palmetto Pride Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest.   Her artwork will be submitted in to the State competition in Columbia, South Carolina. 

 

 

 

 

Litter Trashes Everyone (2025, Mixed Medium) River Rose Wanlass

Congratulations to River Rose Wanlass! River Rose’s artwork was selected as our Second-place winner in the SC Governor’s Palmetto Pride Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest.  Additionally, an image of both Maddie’s and River’s artwork will be on display at the Bell’s Crossing Elementary Principal’s Gallery. 

 

Our school is teaming up with the Greenville Drive again this year for the Reading All-Stars Challenge.  Read 5 books between January 12th-February 13th and write them down on the reading log to win prizes.  Prizes include Greenville Drive merchandise, a new book, and the opportunity to participate in the pre-game parade.  Students should receive a parent information letter with more information as well as reading log.  Logs should be turned into the classroom teacher when completed.  The parent letter and reading logs are available below.   We would love to have all students turn in logs even if they are not able to go to the celebration game so that we can show that Bell's Crossing is reading strong!

Reading All-Stars Log and Info

  

2025-2026 yearbooks are now on sale! Yearbooks are $35 and will be in full color. Use the Yearbook Order Center button below to order one for your child. Not sure if you ordered a yearbook already?

Call the Yearbook Order Center to check: 1-866-287-3096

The deadline to order is Friday, February 27.

Yearbook Order Center

Do you have candid photos from school events, field trips, or activities? We'd love for you to share them with us for possible submission in our school yearbook. Pictures will be accepted through Friday, February 27.

Yearbook Photos Submission

ACCESS assesses a student's proficiency in the English language.  Each year, students in English learner programs take the ACCESS for ELLs language proficiency test.  The test window is January 21-March 6, 2026.  See Bell’s Crossing’s testing schedule below.  Kindergarten students will be tested individually within the first two weeks of the window. 

ACCESS Testing Schedule

We are looking for leaders in our community to help judge Round 1 and Round 2 of our Amazing Shake competition. Share this Amazing Shake Judge Flyer with anyone you know who may be interested.

Round 1 will be held on Tuesday, February 10 (8:00am-11:00am) at Bell’s Crossing Elementary. We do ask that people who volunteer to be judges have no connection to 4th graders at our school, as we want judging to be fair and unbiased. Judges will meet, shake hands, and hold a brief conversation (30 seconds) with each student. Then, judges will score students on their handshake, eye contact, poise, and conversational skills using a secret scorecard. Business attire is not required, but encouraged on this day, as we will ask our students to “dress to impress.” 

Round 1 Judge Sign Ups

Round 2 will be held on Thursday, February 12 (8:00am-10:00am) at Bell's Crossing Elementary. In this round 20 students will compete in "think on your feet" stations where they will role play to solve some type of problem/real life situation. For example, students may walk into a "pizza store" where an upset customer says a slice of his pizza was missing upon delivery. The student has to "think on their feet" as the pizza manager to decide how to handle this situation.   Judges on this day will stay at a single station and participate in the "role play" as 20 students come through their station. Judges will have a clipboard with a scoring sheet where they will score students on handshake, eye contact, charisma, poise under pressure, and common sense. 

Round 2 Judge Sign Ups

Do you or your child want to give someone a shout out? Maybe someone has been a good friend, achieved a special accomplishment, or is having a birthday this week? Purchase a Shout Out CAMEO! Your child can appear LIVE on our news show for their shoutout, or our anchors can shout them out without an appearance. Complete this Shout Out Form and send $3 to school in an envelope labeled ENN Shout Out to have your submission read on air during our morning news show, with your child in attendance.  (Appearances are optional.) We do our best to record all of our news episodes so that you can watch from home.

 

Eagle News Shout Out Form