Welcome to the Belcher Elementary website for the 2011-2012 school year!!! Click here to view the Annual School Financial Report for the 2009-2010 school year. Pinellas County Schools district calendars page. _____________________________________________________________________________________ FCAT 2.0 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES Click here for more details _____________________________________________________________________________________ PCS Celebrates National Mentoring Month Pinellas County Schools’ students benefit everyday from community mentors who share their time, knowledge and experience to help them achieve their academic goals. As the district celebrates January’s National Mentoring Month, one such example of mentoring success comes from a story at Pinellas Park Middle School. Pinellas Park Fire Chief, Doug Lewis, takes time out of his busy day to mentor Thomas, a student at Pinellas Park Middle. Thomas wants to become a pharmacist. Chief Lewis has been assisting Thomas with his high school options to help him prepare for his future career. Working as a team, they first researched the pharmacist program at USF to see what the prerequisites were and talked about what Thomas needed to do now to prepare for his career as a pharmacist. They are looking at the magnet programs and career academy programs that the district has to offer to help Thomas prepare for the rigorous college courses. In order to help Chief Lewis learn how to become a successful mentor to Thomas, he first attended a PCS Mentor Strategies Workshop where he learned effective listening skills, goal setting, communication skills, relationship building, and mentoring policies & procedures. The district has several Mentor Strategies Workshops coming up this month: Wednesday, Jan. 11 St. Petersburg City Hall, 3-5 p.m., 175 5th St. N., St. Petersburg Friday, Jan. 13 Highland Lakes Elementary, 1030 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1230 Highlands Blvd., Palm Harbor Wednesday, Jan. 18 Pinellas Education Foundation, 3-5 p.m., 12090 Starkey Rd., Largo Thursday, Jan. 26, Manager of Facility Community Center, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 650 9th Ave. S, Safety Harbor For more information, contact Michelle Roberge, Coordinator of Family & Community Relations, (727) 588-6000, ext. 1853.
			Belcher's Student Hours are 8:35 a.m.-2:50 p.m. (Early release on Wednesdays 8:35 a.m.-1:35 p.m.) Office Hours are 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Are you interested in organizing a safe, community walk to school? The Walking School Bus may be your answer! Click here for more information. Important Numbers Belcher Elementary: (727) 538-7437 Fax: (727) 538-7255 Absence Line: (727) 588-5100 Spanish Line: (727) 507-4061 Pinellas County Schools District Call Center: (727) 587-2020 School Address: 1839 N Belcher Road • Clearwater, FL 33764			For a copy of the JUST READ, FLORIDA! 2011 Recommended Reading List, click here. For a list of the SUNSHINE STATE YOUNG READER'S AWARD PROGRAM grades 3-5 master list, click here. ______________________________________ PCS Parent Update (en Espanol) Click below to access the district website ___________________________   www.pcsb.org  Several Documents on this site are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ to read and print these files. Click Here to get a free copy of Acrobat Reader. Questions or comments about this site? E-mail the Webmaster.