Central Elementary

Good afternoon Eagle Families, Belen Consolidated Schools is excited to partner with the Cook Center for Human Connection and their website ParentGuidance.org. This is a mental health resource for parents and provides parents a trusted place to go for real answers, to find support and real help for their children. This FREE resource offers parents access to licensed therapists delivering different courses for parents on topics like living with a child with depression, identifying anxiety, coping with grief and loss. To find out more information, please click here.

Central Famlies, Please get your yearbook orders in. The deadline is April 19, 2024. If we don't have at least fifty sold we will be unable to order it. We are currently at about twenty-five sold. The cost is twenty dollars. Thank you so much for your support. Ms. Garcia, Principal.

Central Families, We have been provided the below safety guidelines for Monday: Safety guidelines for the Solar Eclipse occurring on Monday April 8, 2024, for Belen Consolidated Schools - Elementary Sites that for recess use your procedures for inclement weather and students stay inside. Students will stay inside for lunch recess as to not damage their eyes from the Solar Eclipse. Parents also know that they are still filming near CES and so parents will exit through the bus lane and buses will drop off on Picard. Ross will be closed again for filming. Please don't forget to attend Donuts for Dads on Friday April 12th from 8:10-8:50am. Also, we start testing this week so please have your child here on time and present for the next two weeks. We only have a short window to get testing completed. Thank you, Ms.Garcia-Principal

Central Families, They will be filming a movie by Central Elementary on April 4th and April 8th. School buses will be dropping students on Picard. Parents will still use the drop off lane but will drive through the bus lane back onto Picard to exit. We appreciate your patience on these two days. Thank you!

Good afternoon, Eagle Families, Gas Company of New Mexico has finished checking the gas lines at Central Elementary and have found no leaks which is good news. School will resume as normal tomorrow.

Central Families, Thank you parents, staff, and students! Parents you were amazing today for our evacuation. We appreciate you coming for your child in a timely manner. We appreciated your patience and understanding. We are still investigating the situation and hope to know something soon. I will keep you updated if we will or will not be having school tomorrow. When we return we will be asking you to give us updated phone numbers once again as we did have some difficulty getting a hold of some families/guardians. Thank you once again. Our top priority here at Central ES is keeping your children safe. Ms. Garcia-Principal

Hello Eagle Families, Please use the link below to provide feedback on the proposed 2024-2025 BCS student calendars. This survey will be open until 8:00 am, Monday, April 8. https://forms.office.com/r/Lsgv5dFEWp

Good morning Eagle families, We continue to have a gas smell at Central Elementary. As a precautionary measure, the Belen Fire Department has asked us to evacuate the building to ensure that the building is safe before allowing students and staff to renter the building. We are asking that students be picked up at this time as we do not anticipate being allowed back into the building today while we wait for the building to be assessed. The area around Central Elementary is blocked off, but Ross Street is open to allow for student pickup. If you have questions please call (505) 966-1000.

Central Families, We had a report of a gas smell in our building. We have evacuated our students and taking all precautions to make sure that our building is safe for learning. Will keep you updated. Thank you, Sarah Garcia-Principal

There was a report of a weapon on campus today. The school took the necessary precautions with the Belen Police Department. The Belen Police Department was notified immediately. We were told to put the school on lockdown. The matter was thoroughly investigated. The Belen Police Department has cleared the school of any threats. The safety of our students, staff, and campus is our utmost priority. We take all threats seriously.

Central Families, Please don't forget that today is an abbreviated day. Students come from 8:41am-1:51pm. Teachers will take a short lunch/dinner break from 2-3pm. Conferences will be from 3pm-7pm. Tomorrow staff will be here from 8am-12pm. Look forward to seeing everyone tonight.

ALL Valencia County residents have FREE admission to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science and a Planetarium show in February 2024.

Central Families, We are still in session Monday-Wednesday of this week. Winter break is from December 21st-January 7th. Students return Monday January 8th.

The NMPED is inviting the Belen Consolidated Schools community to provide input on any upcoming listening sessions around Senate Bill 4, Universal Free Lunch, and more to help us improve school meals. Please see the following flyers (in English and Spanish) for more information. For dates and registration, use the following link for the English version: https://5il.co/2aoq5 For dates and registration, use the following link for the Spanish version: https://5il.co/2aoqg

Central Families, Please don't forget that we are off for Thanksgiving break from November 18th-November 26th. Students return back to school on Monday November 27, 2023. Please have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving break.

Good afternoon and thank you for your patience. Internet and phones have been restored.

Good morning, Unfortunately we are experiencing a district wide Internet and phone outtage. We have made our carrier aware of the situation. Please bear with us.

Central Families, Around 3pm this afternoon we had a student that had an allergic reaction. We did call for medical attention. The student is doing well. The safety and health of our students is always our top priority. Thank you, Ms. Garcia-Principal

Belen Consolidated Schools (BCS) is pleased to announce a special Town Hall event that provides the community with an opportunity to meet and interact with the candidates running for the BCS School Board. This event aims to foster transparency, engage the public, and enable voters to make informed decisions in the upcoming school board election. During the Town Hall meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 5:30 pm, in the Belen Consolidated Schools boardroom located at 520 N. Main Street, the candidates for the BCS School Board will be invited to address the community. Judge John Chavez will serve as the moderator and will facilitate a question-and-answer session where the candidates will have the opportunity to respond to questions posed by Judge Chavez and developed by the District to provide candidates to share their vision for the Belen Consolidated Schools. BCS is also providing the community with the opportunity to provide questions that will be asked of the candidates. All submitted questions will be vetted by the District for appropriateness. Submissions chosen will be added to the list of questions asked by Judge Chavez. Questions can be submitted through Friday October 13.. Please use the following link to submit questions: https://forms.office.com/r/iqyVMMN8YC

I hope you will help support the school in selling some yummy chocolate. The proceeds will go to funding student shirts, fieldtrips, student incentives, student supplies, and other needed items for students. We will send permission slips out today. You can also stop by the office and pick up a box. Parent/teacher conferences are a great time to get a box. We hope you will help in selling. A box has 60 bars and the price is $1 per bar. We hope to get all proceeds in by October 20th.