Charles C. Bell Elementary School

Charles C. Bell Elementary School Welcome to the official page for Charles C. Bell Elementary School. Charles C. At Bell Elementary we are a family of learners.

Bell Elementary School serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade. We are proud to be a Reynolds District School and part of Buncombe County Schools. We respect and care about each other. This is who we are even when no one is watching.

CC Bell is celebrating with Mrs. Laura Podraza after her 35 years of teaching service to NC Public Schools. Mrs. Podraza...
06/10/2026

CC Bell is celebrating with Mrs. Laura Podraza after her 35 years of teaching service to NC Public Schools. Mrs. Podraza has announced her retirement at the end of this school year.

06/10/2026

A special thank you to the school families who came out for the annual school bus washing on Saturday, June 6th. Linked below is a video created by one of the parents who was present, Mr. Tuka Barrera from Mr. Graphics.

It truly takes a village and we're grateful for our Bell Village every day.

Super proud of our team 1st Grade Faculty for the excellent end of year programs that were conducted on June 9th.
06/10/2026

Super proud of our team 1st Grade Faculty for the excellent end of year programs that were conducted on June 9th.

It’s truly awesome when a student shares their passion with their school mates. Such is the case today when Tony and Kas...
06/08/2026

It’s truly awesome when a student shares their passion with their school mates. Such is the case today when Tony and Kasen Careccia shared about their drag racing sport during enrichment day with the 4th graders today. We were all memorized.

Last week we held our final Bell Bear Assembly of the 25-26 school year. We got to celebrate Ms. Anna Kearney as our new...
06/08/2026

Last week we held our final Bell Bear Assembly of the 25-26 school year. We got to celebrate Ms. Anna Kearney as our newly-named BCS Teacher of the Year, the students who won the Bus Rider award for exemplary behavior on the bus, and our incredible K-5 PAWS/Leader in Me students. Third grade teacher, Mr. Ty, premiered his Bell Bear school song and we all got to sing along! We rounded our celebration out with a good old fashioned balloon toss (go Ms. Kirchmeyer and Nurse Nicki!!). We will miss our Bell Bears this summer and can't wait to gather again in 26-27!

06/07/2026
06/07/2026

6/7/26

Good evening CC Bell Families,

Tonight, will be my last planned parent/guardian weekly bulletin for the school year.

The PTO Dance this Friday night was well attended and a great time of fellowship within the school community.

4th 9 Weeks Report Cards will not be given out until Wednesday, June 10th.

This Week at CC Bell:
*Monday, June 8th:
Brody the Sherriff’s Department Therapy dog will be present at the main entrance to greet students upon arrival to school.
3rd/4th Grades will be Re-Testing for the Reading (4th) and Read to Achieve (3rd) Tests
2nd Grade Awards/EOY Celebration:
9:30-10:30 Awards and Donuts
10:30-11:15 gym
K & 1st grade have enrichment activities planned.
5th Grade will be going on the annual 5th Grade Trip to the BCS Aquatics Center and picnic @ Lake Julian afterwards.

*Tuesday, June 9th:
3rd/4th End of Year Awards: 8:15AM - Gym
10 - Mrs. Necas’ Class Plays (4th Grade parents/guardians invited)
1st Grade Awards Day Plan: Classroom celebrations at 1PM then recess as normal at 1:30 then bubbles and popsicles and inviting parents to join

*Wednesday, June 10th:
*5th Grade: Clap-out - 8:15AM
*9AM - 5th Promotion Program
*Final Day of School for 25/26 with 12:30PM Dismissal

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*All clubs have now concluded for the school year.
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Lunch Menu for this Week:
Monday: buncombe burgers or corn dogs
Tuesday: hot ham and cheese sandwich or chicken nuggets
Wednesday: school cheese pizza or school pepperoni pizza

Heathy Daily Snack:
Monday: western pear
Tuesday: apple slices
Wednesday: baby carrots w/ranch

*Menu and Healthy Snack subject to change
*Universal breakfast is free for all students and will be served in the cafeteria breakfast line upon student arrival to school. Students arriving at 7:55AM or later will be provided a “grab and go” breakfast bag with school starting at 8:00AM. We encourage our students to eat breakfast each morning because a healthy breakfast builds strong students and participation helps fund our cafeteria team.

**Universal free lunch is also available to every student.
A la Carte Menu Items (extras) are the only items for sale in the cafeteria. The most efficient way for parents to manage these expenses is through an online account for your student: https://www.buncombeschools.org/o/bcs/page/meal-prepayment.
Items range in cost from $.25 cents to $2/each.

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Summer 2026 Information for CC Bell:
The Summer Office Schedule will be from Monday, June 15th - August 6th - 8AM-3PM daily (Monday-Thursday).
Kindergarten Camp for rising Kindergarten families: August 4th & 5th – 8AM-12PM

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Community Resources:

We are fortunate within our community to have the East Asheville Family to Family church network. Family to Family supports our school and community families through donations to the school, providing food, and clothing. Partner churches include: Bethel UMC, Beverly Hills Baptist Church, Brookstone Church East, Grassy Branch Baptist Church, Groce UMC and East Asheville UMC.
The East Asheville Welcome Table is a ministry at Groce UMC on occurs on Thursday nights (except Thanksgiving and Christmas if it falls on a Thursday) from 5-6:30PM. If it snows it is best to call GUMC before coming.

The B.E.A.R. Closet at East Asheville UMC (baby equipment and resources), providing baby equipment, clothes—sizes newborn to 4T, diapers, wipes, etc. By appointment only: call 828-299-9742.

We have the sweetest students! These are just a few of the thank you cards received today by our cafeteria staff. Thanks...
06/05/2026

We have the sweetest students! These are just a few of the thank you cards received today by our cafeteria staff. Thanks for always practicing kindness, Bell Bears!

Congratulations to our kindergarten graduates and many thanks to our kindergarten staff who created such a sweet program...
06/05/2026

Congratulations to our kindergarten graduates and many thanks to our kindergarten staff who created such a sweet program based on the Eric Carle classic, Brown Bear Brown Bear. "Bell Bear, Bell Bear - What do you see?" We see future scientists, firefighters, artists, teachers, doctors, chefs, astronauts, and a whole class of bright future leaders! We're so proud of our youngest Bell Bears!

Address

90 Maple Springs Road
Asheville, NC
28805

Opening Hours

Monday 7:15am - 3:45pm
Tuesday 7:15am - 3:45pm
Wednesday 7:15am - 3:45pm
Thursday 7:15am - 3:45pm
Friday 7:15am - 3:45pm

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