Buck Lake Elementary School

🐾❤️”You never really leave the place you love. You take part of it with you and leave part of you there.”❤️🐾
Thank you to Mrs. Moore for her years of dedication to our Buck Lake Elementary School and community. We could never list all of the things that she has done, but each one was done with a smile and positive attitude.
We love you and will miss you as you travel on to your next adventure!

Happy Birthday to Mr. James Webster! We hope you had a great day!

Happy, happy birthday to Mrs. Hurtado!! We hope you have a wonderful day! 🧁

Happy belated birthday to Ms. Shirley, our cafeteria manager! 🎈

💜Thank you to all of our families that participated in the WCTV PB&J Drive this year.
Students at Buck Lake Elementary donated 625 pounds of peanut butter and jelly - and are in the top five schools this year!! 💜

🎨🖌️Happy Birthday to Mrs. Jordan! You make our world a more colorful place to be!🖌️🎨

Happiest of birthday wishes to Mrs. York! Enjoy your day! 😎

Happy Birthday to a fun and fabulous first grade teacher…Mrs. Threadgill! 📚🌎

🐾Thank you to our Buck Lake Elementary PTO for donating an adorable bobcat for each of those leaving our school this year. We appreciate your generosity and help in sending our Bobcats off with a remembrance of their time at Buck Lake! Thank you! 🐾Kristin Miller Amanda Moore

🐾Fifth Grade Completion Ceremony/Walk of Honor 2024 Video🐾

Graduation 1 Buck Lake Elementary School 5th Grade Completion Ceremony-May 2024

Happy last day of school to our retirees, Mrs. Clickner and Mrs. Braswell! Thank you for pouring your hearts into our students for many, many years! ❤️🐾🥰

❤️We want to thank each one of these amazing educators for the impact they have had on our school. Their dedication to our students each day for years has not gone unnoticed. We wish them all the very best as they begin the next chapter in their lives and never forget…🐾Once A Bobcat…ALWAYS A Bobcat!🐾

🐾Once A Bobcat…Always A Bobcat! We were so happy to welcome back our Bobcats who are now graduating high school. Your BLES family is incredibly proud of you!🐾

Thank you to all of our families who donated to this city wide drive!

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Final weigh in: PBJ PLZ brings in 6+ tons of peanut butter and jelly, more than $45,000 in donations Over the last few weeks, we’ve been visiting all the schools to pick up those donations and bring them to the Second Harvest warehouse.

Mr. Wetherington had two “Principals for the Day” today. Forrest and Nature got to see all parts of the campus with the principal from top to bottom! They helped Mr. Wetherington with a special science experiment for an upcoming event and even sign some important documents! Thank you, boys! 🐾

It’s the last week of school! 🐾 📚 🌞

Happy Birthday to the WONDERFUL Mrs. Wells!!!

We had some extra Assistant Principals on campus this week after some won “Assistant Principal for the Day” at our Bobcat Bash! Thank you, Hunter, Fisher, and Landon for participating! (…And Hunter, Mrs, Young loved her $1,000,000,000 bonus check and Payday after being evaluated!) ❤️❤️❤️ 🐾

We’re not sure what’s going on down on the 4th grade hall 🧫🧬🔬🧪👩🏼‍🔬, but it sure looks like fun! Our 4th graders are enjoying their Spirit Days! Mad Scientist and Math Words Dress Up)

Thank you! What a cool treat on a hot day! Thank you so much to our PTO for celebrating our amazing faculty and staff this month!

Thank you for Smoothie King for bending with our changes and coming in today for a final day of celebrating our teachers & staff!

Please see the important information from Leon County Schools:

Schools will be closed in Leon County on Tuesday, May 14 due to anticipated severe weather entering our area beginning at 6:00 a.m. potentially making roads impassable and compounding the impacts of the previous severe weather in our area.

The decision to close schools was made after consulting with the National Weather Service, Leon County Emergency Management and getting feedback from every LCS principal.

We are in communication with the Florida Department of Education in regards to required instructional minutes to confirm that our seniors in the class of 2024 will have enough hours to graduate without having to extend the school year.

Our high schools will be adjusting their AP & IB schedules and each school will communicate directly with those students waiting to take a test. Make ups will be scheduled during the required late testing windows identified by the AP and IB organizations—not LCS.

Bus routes will be checked in the afternoon to identify any possible issues prior to Wednesday.

Non-school based District staff is expected to arrive to work by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.

If weather permits, some schools may proceed with afterschool and evening activities.

LCS News / Weather Updates We will post regular updates regarding our active rapid recovery response due to the recent extreme weather event.  We will also post urgent status notices regarding the incoming weather as they arise.  Please check back frequently as the situation is dynamic.

Please read:

From Leon County Schools:
❗️School Operations for 5/13/24❗️
❗️School supervision begins at normal time. Instructional time will begin at 9:00. There will be no bus runs tomorrow. ❗️
**Updated: 5:00 pm, Sunday, May 12, 2024
No bus transportation will be provided.
Hardship absences to be excused.
School start times pushed back 30 minutes.
High School starts at 8:00 am.
Elementary starts at 9:00 am.
Middle School starts at 10:00 am.
Dismissal time remains the same.
EDEP/21 Century/ Before School Programs are open for their normal hours.
LCS staff should report for work as normal.
School meals will be served.
FAST/ AP testing will be rescheduled.
CLOSED MONDAY: Sabal Palm & SAIL.
No students to be on campus for Lively, ACE, and Lively Pre-K.

Last night was a wonderful event to celebrate our school winners and retirees for the 23-24 school year!

Glenn Howell Distinguished Educator: Celestine Gregory ❤️

Teacher of the Year: Karen Young ❤️

School Related Employee of the Year: DeQuisha Williams ❤️

Retirees: Mary Clickner and Cynthia Braswell ❤️❤️

Congratulations! ❤️🐾