Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

🧠📚 Scholastic Bowl Season Is Almost Here!
The Scholastic Bowl season kicks off next week, and we’re excited to see our students put their knowledge to the test!
Check out the schedule below and come out to support our team as they compete this season. Good luck to all our players—we’re proud of you!

Fourth‑grade artists wove with Mrs. Knapp after studying Wassily Kandinsky and Sonia Delaunay and their use of concentric circles. Students painted their circular loom frames with concentric designs, thinking about color placement and fractional sections. They made the warp (the yarn that crosses the center of the loom) and then wove the weft (the over‑under yarn) to build out more concentric rings from the center.

🎉 January Elementary Students of the Month 🎉 We are proud to recognize our January Elementary Students of the Month! These students were selected for demonstrating positive behavior, strong character, and a great attitude toward learning. We are so proud of you—keep up the amazing work! ⭐ Congratulations to each of our students and thank you for helping make our school a great place to learn and grow! 💙

Students in Ms. Crabtree's class celebrated being respectful, responsible, and safe during the month of January. They were able to choose from a variety of different games and crafts.

🎉 January Elementary Students of the Month 🎉 We are proud to recognize our January Elementary Students of the Month! These students were selected for demonstrating positive behavior, strong character, and a great attitude toward learning. We are so proud of you—keep up the amazing work! ⭐ Congratulations to each of our students and thank you for helping make our school a great place to learn and grow! 💙

⚡️ BVJH January Student of the Month ⚡️ These students have a positive influence on the BVJH student body through extraordinary qualities of character, citizenship, service and leadership. Congratulations and keep leading with Storm pride!! 🌩️💙

Monday starts our coin drive! All proceeds support our local food pantries. The junior high and elementary classes with the most will earn a Jimmy John's lunch courtesy of Student Council. Coins and cash accepted until Thursday, February 12th.

🎉📊 January i-Ready Winners 📊🎉

Congratulations to our January i-Ready Winners! These students showed outstanding effort, growth, and commitment to their learning. We are so proud of their hard work and dedication—keep it up! ⭐

🏆 January i-Ready Winners:
-Charlotte Hasbrook
-Marcus Brummel
-Charlotte Davis
-Morgan Dowacter
-Jameison Wright (Not Pictured)
-Hailey Szabo

Way to go! Your perseverance and focus truly paid off! 💙

Earth Science students are studying chemical weathering, a process in which existing rock is changed into new materials. In this activity, students tested vinegar and hydrochloric acid on limestone and sandstone to investigate how acid strength and rock composition affect the rate of weathering.

🏐💙 Good luck to our 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Teams as they take on Rockridge today at 4:30 PM in Storm Gym! Come out and support our athletes—let’s bring the energy!

🏀💙 Good luck to our 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team as they take the court tonight in the Regional Semifinal against Wethersfield at 6:30 at Wethersfield High School! We’re proud of your hard work and determination this season. Go Storm!

Junior High Student Council invites all junior high students to participate in January's dress up day on the last Friday of the month.

❄️ Volleyball Tournament Update ❄️

Due to cold weather and teams needing to drop out, the 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Tournament scheduled for Saturday, January 24th has been canceled.

With conference tournaments and regionals approaching, the event will not be rescheduled.

Thank you for your flexibility and support of our student-athletes. Stay Warm!
Go Storm!

🚨 E-LEARNING ALERT: Friday, Jan 23, 2026

Due to the weather forecast, Bureau Valley Schools will utilize an E-Learning Day tomorrow. School buildings will be closed.

📋 THE PLAN: • K-8 Students: Work from your "Blizzard Packets" sent home today. • HS Students: Check Google Classroom by 8:00 AM for assignments.

⏰ ATTENDANCE: Please log into TeacherEase by 11:00 AM to check in your student.

🤝 WE ARE HERE TO HELP: Teachers and Office Staff will be monitoring emails during school hours to assist you.

Stay warm and stay safe, Storm family! ⚡️

Life Science students are working their way up the tree of life, from unicellular prokaryotes to multicellular eukaryotes. In this activity, they observed paramecia, euglena, hydra, diatoms, and several species of bacteria.

📚 One School, One Book kicks off this week! Mrs. Platz and Ms. Kluck will be sharing clues throughout the week to help everyone guess this year’s book. Yesterday, a mysterious shipping crate arrived in our MPR. Today we have a forest background to provide a setting for our story. 🎉 The official reveal happens Friday, and we can’t wait to start reading together!

6th Grade Volleyball Address Change for Tonight's Game:

There is an address change for tonight's 6th grade game as it is now being played at their new facility. The new address is 1735 Malcolm Ave. LaSalle, IL 61301. It is updated on the school website, an email has been sent home, and it is posted on TeamReach. Please contact the junior high office with any questions. Good luck to the team tonight!

Go Storm!

RESCHEDULE UPDATE:
We have officially scheduled the make-up volleyball game with Streator. The game will take place at Streator on Wednesday, February 4th, with the "A" game starting at 5:00 PM with the B game to follow. We could not host that night due to us already hosting a game. Emails were sent to families and posted on TeamReach.

Earth Science students are modeling mechanical weathering by shaking a jar of M&M’s. As the shaking continues, the “rocks” gradually break into smaller pieces, demonstrating how mechanical weathering occurs over time.