Belding Elementary

Communities in Schools is a non-profit organization which provides support to participating Chicago schools and communities. This year our students participated in a variety of free of charge programs provided by CCIC. Here is the look at this year’s programs: In October of 2011, 400 Belding students from grades 3-8 watched the opera performance of  [...]

Help support Belding School while having a great time with your family!  Join us on Thursday, May 24th, anytime from 3:00 – 9:00pm at the Chuck E. Cheese located in Village Crossing at Touhy and Central.  This is a “Fun” Fundraiser for Belding School.  Simply mention that you are with Belding School when making your [...]

Congratulations to Jacob for writing a winning essay in the Breaking Barriers Essay Contest. Students in Mr. Merrill’s 4th grade class learned how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball.  They shared their personal stories and showed how they used Jackie Robinson’s values to face their own barriers. Major League Baseball and Scholastic recently recognized Jacob for using  ”teamwork [...]

Local School Council Election Results:  Thank you to those who voted in the LSC elections on April 18.  We’ve had interesting election results at Belding with a four way tie that had to be broken at a special meeting! The following individuals were elected to serve a two year LSC term 2012-2014: Teacher Reps:   Michael [...]

Parents and students are invited for a special night of HANDS ON SCIENCE at Belding on May 16th. The evening will include many opportunities to participate in laboratory science and for young scientists to try some experiments.  Here’s the schedule for the evening: 5:50 p.m.—Arrive at Belding and sign up for three LABS.  You must [...]

Clip your Box Tops! For every Box Tops for Education coupon you bring in, we receive a rebate from Box Tops. These little coupons add up fast! Classroom contest are going on right now! Bring in your Box Tops to your classroom.   Shop at  ww.boxtops4education.com – Belding will receive a donation of up to [...]

Most K-2 teachers at Belding honor student birthdays with a special certificate, crown, and/ or time in class to sing “Happy Birthday.”  We will continue these traditions, and you may decide that additional celebrations are not needed for your child.  However, if you wish to provide an additional treat for your children, please use the [...]

ORDERING SCHOOL SUPPLIES for 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR: Friends of Belding is pleased to offer you an easy and cost-effective way to purchase school supplies for next school year. The Belding teachers have created uniform supplies lists for each grade, so you only need to select which grade(s) for which youre purchasing supplies.   There’s just [...]

Belding School is excited to announce our schools’ participation in an Olympian-created fitness program called the World Fit Walk. It is designed to get our Children outdoors once again and moving – like we did at their age!   The World Fit Walk is a simple program that begins on April 9th- the day we [...]

Mark your calendars for the 1st Annual Belding Reading Rally in the Belding Auditorium.  This exciting event is done in conjunction with the Scholastic Book Fair that runs March 12 – 20, 2012.  On the actual day of the Reading Rally (Wednesday, March 14), students can choose to be out of uniform as long as [...]