Today, students at BV Walnut Elementary who have July through December birthdays received birthday books courtesy of the Walnut Rotary, BVN PTO, and BV Foundation. Special thanks to Carl & Mary Ann VonHolten, David Poust, and Deb Willstead for distributing the books to the kids!

Thanks to PTO for hosting another wonderful event. Grandparents and Games night.

The Bureau Valley Walnut Elementary November Students of the Month were chosen for their character, leadership, and responsibility. Congratulations to Lydia Lind in 3G and Izabella Taylor in KP. We're proud of you!

Reminder no salad bar Monday or Tuesday.

Happy Thanksgiving from Kindergarten!

REMINDER: Bureau Valley Schools will be dismissing tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a School Improvement Day. There will be no lunch served. (Both AM & PM BV Walnut Elementary PreK students will attend from 8-10:30 a.m. for their Drive-In Movie!)

Mark your calendars... The Bureau Valley Walnut Christmas Concerts are as follows: >PK-2nd Grade - Tuesday, December 17th >3rd-5th Grade - Thursday, December 19th Both concerts will held at 6:00 p.m. those evenings in the BVHS Auditorium in Manlius.

New book marks in the library today.

Kynzleigh Garza and Payton Adams showing their art work that has been on display in the office. Thank you for sharing your work girls.

Preschool had fun with their guys tonight! They will drive to their drive in movie next week at school.

Reminder to students to wear red white and blue tomorrow. We will honor our Veterans at 10.

In honor of our Veterans we are collecting items of need. Once we have the needed items they will be boxed and given to Veterans. Please send items with any K-5 student in Walnut.

Our October Students of the Month were chosen for their character, leadership, and responsibility. Congratulations to Harper Skaggs in 1D and Carson Michlig in 4B. We're proud of you.

Due to the forecast we will NOT be going to the nursing home tomorrow for our costume parade. We will however parade around the gym allowing classes to see each others costumes. Our parade will be at approximately 1:30 followed by classroom celebrations.

Our book fair begins this week. Students may shop during their library time and parents may shop during parent/teacher conferences on 11/5 and 11/7. Attached is the website to set up an ewallet account or order books online. bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bureauvalleynorth. Please contact the school with any questions.

Friday, Oct. 25th Bureau Valley Walnut Elementary celebrated make a difference day. Annie Nichols from the high school came to share her worm knowledge. The high school German Club has been composting for years. Now students in Walnut will have our own bins! We will be recycling.

This week is Red Ribbon Week Monday - Wear Red Tuesday - Tie Dye/Peace Sign Wednesday - PJ Day Thursday - Halloween Colors/Fall Parties Friday - Storm Spirit Day

Last Friday Mrs. Litherland came to help our K-2 students learn about STEM and make animals with pipecleaners and other items. The students enjoyed learning a new activity.Thank you Mrs. Litherland.

We will be outside today. Please send coats hats and gloves.

Thanks to the Walnut PD for stopping to play a little football this week.

Our September Students of the Month were chosen for their character, leadership, and responsibility. Congratulations to Emri Koning in 2M and Maggie Besler in 5H. We're proud of you.

Don't forget...tomorrow all Bureau Valley Schools will be dismissing at 11:00 a.m. for a School Improvement Day (no lunch will be served). PreK will be attending an all day field trip!

Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s), The safety and welfare of our students and staff are our highest priority at Bureau Valley. Tomorrow, Friday, September 20 we will conduct a school-wide lockdown drill at Walnut. We practice safety drills throughout the year to help our staff and students know what to do in an emergency. Please know that if there is ever a real emergency situation you will be notified through our automatic systems, i.e. phone, email, etc. I am encouraging you to talk with your child, if you deem it appropriate, about the drill. Our goal, while practicing important safety procedures, is to be sure all students feel safe. Should a lock down be called, the school's plan is to inform parents as soon as possible. There will be lock down signs on the doors to inform those coming up to the school that a lock down has been called, if a lock down happens before or when school is letting out for the day. If you are a driver and see this sign, please load the children back into the vehicle and drive away. Students will be told if they are walking up to the school and see the sign they are to go to one of the designated safe locations. You will get another message when the lock down has ended. If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to call us. Respectfully, Mrs.Kristie Cady, Principal

Mrs. Cady is excited to see all your hats tomorrow! Bring a donation for our local fire departments in remembrance of 9-11.

Our library has a new look and some new expectations. Students worked together with scrabble tiles to determine the expectations on how to care for their books.

Reminder 11:00 dismissal tomorrow. No lunch served.

This morning, August 27, 2019, the school district was made aware of an alleged threat to the school from a student who was not on school grounds. The Bureau County Sheriff's Department was notified immediately. The administration and staff then performed safety protocol steps to ensure the safety of all students and staff in the building. The Sheriff’s department swiftly contained the situation by placing the student into custody. The situation will continue to be monitored by the Sheriff’s department and school administration. The District takes all threats seriously and will continue to investigate any and all allegations to ensure that we provide the safest environment possible for everyone in our district.

Students have been harvesting corn, carrots, cucumbers, and green peppers from our greenhouse this week. Not to mention looking for those famous monarch caterpillars.

Walnut Bus Shuttle Times Grades 10-12 will load the first bus which is bus number 19 driven by Tom Millard. Grade 8 last names H -Z and grade 9 will load the second bus which is bus number 7 driven by Harold Huseman. Grades 6-7 and 8th with last names A-G will load the third bus which is number 1 and driven by Mike Rowland. All three buses will leave Walnut at 7:25 am. Please be to the school by 7:20. You may enter the front door and walk through the building to your bus. Buses will return at 3:25. You may enter the school if you are picking up a sibling.

Reminder meet and greet is Thursday, August 15th in Walnut from 5:30-6:30 pm. Hope you are able to come meet your teachers.

Mark your calendars for Meet and Greet Thursday, August 15th. Bring your supplies and meet your teachers. Wyanet 4:45 - 5:30 pm Walnut 5:30 - 6:30 pm Manlius 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Don't forget online registration is going on now through Aug. 1st! In person registration will be Aug. 1st at the HS from 10 am to 6 pm. We are looking forward to a great school year! Supply List for BV Walnut: https://5il.co/91wb

Don't forget online registration is going on now through Aug. 1st! In person registration will be Aug. 1st at the HS from 10 am to 6 pm. We are looking forward to a great school year! Supply List for BV Walnut: https://5il.co/91wb

Playground Build Monday, July 15th 15 Volunteers needed at 3:00 p.m. The company will provide tools but here is a list if you would like to bring your own. T-27 Torx bit T-45 Torx bit 9/16 Socket 3/8 Nut Driver Cordless Impact or drill T45 with a security hole in the middle Tuesday, July 16th 30 Volunteers needed at 7:00 a.m. We will have the new playground installed by noon and then work on putting up the relocated playground from Buda. Lunch will be provided. Same tool list as Monday. If you can volunteer please contact District office at 815-445-3101 so we can plan accordingly.

Flower shop fun!

Summer Pop Ups are underway. Last week students had the opportunity to play and learn in the flower shop

We have approximately 80 desks like this available to the public. If you are interested please contact Mrs. Cady by email kcady@bureauvalley.net by June 14th. After June 14th a plan will be made for them to be recycled.

We have the best staff around! Can’t thank this crew enough for everything they do day in and day out.

From school to table!

3rd and 4th grade had a morning of activity while their teachers packed.

Kindergarten enjoying their last day with the chicks.

Thanks to Jeff and V & C for always coming to our rescue when we have heavy lifting.

Best of luck to our 8th grade graduates as you move on to high school! We will miss all of you at BVN and know you will do great things! Here is the link to the PhotoStory the students put together with the help of Mrs. Schoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiKRkAOCuMs

Congratulations Graduates!

They are headed to State! Good luck to all our athletes.

5th grade had their book premier today. We got to hear what would happen if they were in charge of the world from 5H and future careers from 5K. They all did a wonderful job!

Rescheduled Kickball with Mom Due to the expected thunderstorms we are rescheduling the PTO event for Monday, May 13th from 6-7pm. Please note the date change. If you were unable to attend the original date but can now attend on Monday please contact Tonya Spencer at tspencer@bureauvalley.net

BVN Track Athletes has a great day Friday! 9 first place, 14 second place, 9 third place,8 fourth place,10 fifth place,7 sixth place.7th grade boys took 3rd, 8th grade girls took 3rd, 8th boys took 2nd and 7th grade girls took 1st.16 athletes are advancing to state in 11 events.

Thanks to Whiteside Area Career Center for hosting our 8th grade on a visit today. BV students can start attending their Junior year. Great opportunity for students to start thinking about their career paths.

The track meet for the Junior High boys and girls that was scheduled for this afternoon @ BVHS has been cancelled. There will NOT be practice today, either. Reminder: There will be practice for all track athletes tomorrow until 5:00 p.m.

We are excited to show our Grandparents how we have been celebrating Earth Day this week. Grandparents of K-8 students are welcome from 9-10. Preschool has their own schedule. Hope to see several of you.

Here's a preview of some of the historcal figures you will meet tonight at BVN's Living Wax Museum. BVN 8th graders will transport you back in time as they become some of our most influential people in history! Come to BVN from 5:30-6:30 p.m. tonight. All public is welcome!

Don't miss the Living Wax Museum presented by the BVN 8th graders on April 23rd from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.!

Reminder school dismisses at 2:00 today.

4th grade is learning about electricity in science. They tested conductors and made homemade flashlights.

Tonight's track meet at Kewanee Wethersfield has been CANCELED due to the impending weather forecasted for this evening. No practice tonight or tomorrow night. We will have practice on Monday for all track participants from 3:15-5:00 pm. Coach Biagioni Coach Ledergerber

Today’s junior high track meet has been moved to tomorrow at 4:00 at BVHS. There is no junior high track practice at North or South today.

Spring Pictures tomorrow!

Title 1 held a wonderful assembly today for our PreK-5th grade classes. Thank you to Mrs. Minssen and Mrs. Spang for providing us with this entertaining time.

Deadline to get your tickets purchased is April 5th! This is a great family event or get a group of friends together for a night out! Let the Thunder Roll as the BV Storm meets the QC Storm for Fan Appreciation Night on April 6th. Score funds for BVN's fundraiser! See additional info and purchase tickets in the following website. https://fevo.me/bureauvalley pass the word to family and friends! If you purchase tickets after 4:00 tomorrow the tickets will need to be picked up at will call. We hope for a large group to support our school!

We are eager to see everyone in the morning!

Deadline to get your tickets purchased is April 5th! This is a great family event or get a group of friends together for a night out! Let the Thunder Roll as the BV Storm meets the QC Storm for Fan Appreciation Night on April 6th. Score funds for BVN's fundraiser! See additional info and purchase tickets in the following website. https://fevo.me/bureauvalley pass the word to family and friends!

Thanks to Dan Swanson for taking time to meet with our 8th graders today.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, we will dismiss at 11:00 a.m. due to a School Improvement Day. There will be no lunch served. Also, on Friday students will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. for Spring Break. There will be no school next week. Thank you!

Let the Thunder Roll as the BV Storm meets the QC Storm for Fan Appreciation Night on April 6th. Score funds for BVN's fundraiser! See additional info and purchase tickets in the following website. https://fevo.me/bureauvalley pass the word onto family and friends!

PE classes will be outside today. Please dress for 25 degrees.

Hope to see everyone at the curriculum showcase Thursday night. Free play performance at 5:00. Curriculum displays at 5:30 and musical performances at 6:15.

This group had a great experience at Stea2m held at IVCC today.

We are weeding the library. Currently books from the junior high section are available for a quarter or 5 for a dollar. Elementary sales will start after spring break.

Congratulations to Callie Schoff for earning Best of Show with her 3D popcorn.

The art is hung! Come check out the Art invitational on Saturday from noon to 1.

Thanks to student council for helping us recycle.

Send hats and gloves today. Looks like we will be able to go outside for recess.

PTO meeting tonight at 5:30 in the cafeteria.

BVN congratulates our BVHS BBB team on their Sectional Championship!

The scholastic bowl match for Tuesday has been moved up to 3:15.

Send coats today. Looks like we will be able to go outside for recess.

Come test your mind with our scholastic bowl students as they take on BVS Tuesday at 4:00.