{"id":29,"date":"2014-07-11T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.joseph-badger.k12.oh.us\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:45:50","slug":"badger-elementary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Badger Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title\"><h1>Badger Elementary\u00a0School<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Update your child\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/josephbadger-oh.finalforms.com\/\">Final Forms<\/a> information prior to the start of school<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elementary office is closed for lunch from 12:15-12:45\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>BES Teacher emails are located on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/?page_id=513\">BES Staff<\/a><\/span><\/span> page<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or issues setting up a final forms account, please contact Mrs. Zahoransky at 330-876-2860 or tracey.zahoransky@jbold.badgerbraves.org.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Attention New Students, Kindergarten &amp; Preschool students:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/4.b.1a.-FinalForms_ParentPlaybook_CREATE.pdf\">Final<\/a><\/span><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/4.b.1a.-FinalForms_ParentPlaybook_CREATE.pdf\"> Forms<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Instruction Sheet (please scroll to second page if you are adding a sibling)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/josephbadger-oh.finalforms.com\">Final Forms<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to register a new student and update student information<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindergarten:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Students must be 5 years of age by August 1st to enroll in Kindergarten.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>**2025-2026 Preschool is Full\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Students must be 4 years of age by August 1st and a resident of Badger to enroll in Preschool.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0Preschool Registration <b>is closed<\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i><b>ALL required documents (items 1-6)\u00a0must be uploaded in Final Forms to be considered REGISTERED.\u00a0 \u00a0Our Preschool Classroom has limited seats and fills quickly.\u00a0 Registration will not be considered complete until all required documents have been either successfully uploaded or delivered to the office.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">**Directions to scan documents using your phone are provided below<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Birth Certificate<\/li>\n<li>Immunization Record<\/li>\n<li>Mortgage\u00a0or Lease Agreement<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0two current utility bills<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0copy of parent driver license<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0custody papers if applicable<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Preschool Notice:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Badger Elementary has one Preschool Classroom.\u00a0 A second Preschool Classroom housed at Badger Elementary is run by the Trumbull County Educational Service Center.\u00a0 Your child may be placed in EITHER classroom.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ohio law requires that all children entering kindergarten must have the following immunizations:\u00a0 Five-DTap\/DTP\/DT, Four-Polio, Two-MMR, Three &#8211; Hepatitis B, Two &#8211; Varicella\u00a0\u00a0 or \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/schedules\/index.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-menu-arrow\">\n<p><em><strong>**To use an iPhone&#8217;s scanner:<\/strong>\u00a0you can open the Notes app and tap the Camera button to scan a document.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Open the Notes app,\u00a0<\/em><em>Create a new note or select an existing one,\u00a0<\/em><em>Tap the Camera button,\u00a0<\/em><em>Tap Scan Documents,\u00a0<\/em><em>Position your iPhone so the document is in view of the camera,\u00a0<\/em><em>If your device is in Auto mode, the document will automatically scan.\u00a0<\/em><em>If you need to manually capture the scan, tap the Shutter button or press a Volume button,\u00a0<\/em><em>Adjust the scan by dragging the corners,\u00a0<\/em><em>Tap Keep Scan,\u00a0<\/em><em>Tap Save<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>**To use Google&#8217;s Phone scanner:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Open the Google Drive app, Tap Add or the camera icon in the bottom right, Point your device&#8217;s camera at the document, Take a photo of the document, Adjust the scanned document, Tap Done, Create a file name or select a suggested title, Tap Location to select the Drive folder where you&#8217;ll save the document, Tap Save to save the finished document<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BES-HANDBOOK-25-26.pdf\">BES Parent\/Student Handbook<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Preschool-Parent-Handbook-2024-25.pdf\">BES Preschool Handbook<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Tuition payments will be based on the total numbers of students enrolled in the Pre-Kindergarten program.\u00a0 This program will be operated as \u201c<strong><em>Not for Profit<\/em><\/strong>\u201d so the total number of students will also decide the number of teacher(s) or classroom aide(s).<\/p>\n<p>Pre-K Tuition (9 months):\u00a0 $270.00<\/p>\n<p>Tuition payments are due prior to the first day of school.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Priority will be given to resident students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elementary Student Pick Up Procedure<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If a student is brought to school after 8:30 a.m., a parent\/guardian must come in to the office and sign the student in for the day.\u00a0 Students are considered tardy after 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0If a student is being picked up from school, a parent\/guardian must do one of the following prior to 11:00 a.m. on the day of pick up.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Phone and provide your student\u2019s name, grade\/teacher and identify the person for pick-up of this student.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Send in a letter for the entire school year with your child\u2019s name, grade\/teacher, if they are to be picked up every day.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Send in a note for the day the student is to be picked up, please include the student\u2019s name, grade\/teacher and to whom the student is to be released.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You do not need to enter the building to pick up a student at departure time.\u00a0 Please allow our departure personnel to bring the student to you.\u00a0 For your convenience, please park along the circle in front of the elementary office.<\/p>\n<p>Students release for pick-up will be sent out with departure personnel between 3:05 and 3:10 p.m.\u00a0 Thank-you for your patience and cooperation.\u00a0 As always, every effort is made to safely accommodate you and the needs of all of our students.\u00a0 However, as the day progresses it becomes very difficult to meet every emergency change for our 300+ students.\u00a0 Emergencies happen and will be managed on a student by student basis.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Badger Elementary School &#8211; Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>2024-2025 PTO Officers<\/p>\n<p>President:\u00a0 Aimee Letcher<\/p>\n<p>Vice President: Megan Shreves<\/p>\n<p>Secretary:\u00a0 Christina Lehmann<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer:\u00a0 Katelyn Bailey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FEB-2025-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf\">February 2025 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JANUARY-2025-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf\">January\u00a0 2025 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DEC-2024-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf\">December 2024 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/OCT-2024-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf\">October 2024 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEPT-2024-MEETING-MINUTES-use-this-one-1.pdf\">September 2024 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the support of our parent-teacher organization, students and\u00a0staff enjoy many co-curricular activities that supplement the Joseph\u00a0Badger curriculum. Programs and activities assist in an already\u00a0enriching and well-rounded education for our students.\u00a0 Parents and\u00a0community members form a generous hard-working organization which\u00a0complements a dedicated hardworking staff.\u00a0 Their continued assistance\u00a0and service with student-centered events is certainly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>We are extremely proud to continue the sponsorship of fourth grade\u00a0swimming which takes place in the form of six lessons at the Hubbard\u00a0Community Pool.<\/p>\n<p>Additional programs and services supported by PTO include Book Fairs,\u00a0Christmas Corner\/Holiday Shoppe, field trip for each grade level,\u00a0Winter Wonderland Dance, Bowling Day, Mad Hatter Tea, Pumpkin Race\u00a0Day, Field Day, Last Day of School Fun Day, Destination Imagination,\u00a0Skating Parties, library books, senior Citizen Dinner,\u00a0 Meet the\u00a0Teacher Night, Parent\/Teacher Conferences and more.\u00a0 PTO contributes\u00a0considerable time and energy making the Joseph Badger School a better\u00a0place to serve children.<\/p>\n<p>With the combined efforts of parents, staff, students and the\u00a0community, we will continue to provide quality, co-curricular\u00a0activities in our new facility that will complement our academic<br \/>\nofferings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Update your child\u2019s Final Forms information prior to the start of school Elementary office is closed for lunch from 12:15-12:45\u00a0\u00a0 BES Teacher emails are located on the BES Staff page &nbsp; If you have any questions or issues setting up a final forms account, please contact Mrs. Zahoransky at 330-876-2860 or tracey.zahoransky@jbold.badgerbraves.org. Attention New Students, Kindergarten &amp; Preschool students: Final Forms\u00a0&#8211; Instruction Sheet (please scroll to second page if you are adding a sibling) Final Forms\u00a0to register a new student and update student information Kindergarten:\u00a0\u00a0Students must be 5 years of age by August 1st to enroll in Kindergarten. **2025-2026 Preschool is Full\u00a0 Students must be 4 years of age by August 1st and a resident of Badger to enroll in Preschool.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Preschool Registration is closed \u00a0 ALL required documents (items 1-6)\u00a0must be uploaded in Final Forms to be considered REGISTERED.\u00a0 \u00a0Our Preschool Classroom has limited seats and fills quickly.\u00a0 Registration will not be considered complete until all required documents have been either successfully uploaded or delivered to the office.\u00a0 **Directions to scan documents using your phone are provided below Birth Certificate Immunization Record Mortgage\u00a0or Lease Agreement \u00a0two current utility bills \u00a0copy of parent driver license \u00a0custody papers if applicable Preschool Notice:\u00a0\u00a0Badger Elementary has one Preschool Classroom.\u00a0 A second Preschool Classroom housed at Badger Elementary is run by the Trumbull County Educational Service Center.\u00a0 Your child may be placed in EITHER classroom.\u00a0\u00a0 Ohio law requires that all children entering kindergarten must have the following immunizations:\u00a0 Five-DTap\/DTP\/DT, Four-Polio, Two-MMR, Three &#8211; Hepatitis B, Two &#8211; Varicella\u00a0\u00a0 or \u00a0click here. **To use an iPhone&#8217;s scanner:\u00a0you can open the Notes app and tap the Camera button to scan a document.\u00a0 Open the Notes app,\u00a0Create a new note or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":351,"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8527,"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/8527"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbold.badgerbraves.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}