Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

Miss Yepsen's 4th graders have been practicing identifying idioms and their meanings. Today, they explained and illustrated some well known Halloween Idioms!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! School picture retakes for Manlius Elementary and Junior High will take place on the morning of Wednesday, October 14th. If you received your student's picture order and are unhappy/wish for retakes, you must send your student's photo package back with them to return to the photographer. Any student or staff member may have a picture retake.

Thank you to Peoples National Bank of Kewanee for sponsoring our 8th grade Business class Junior Achievement Finance Park curriculum. With the support of PNB, students were able to learn about careers, finances, budgets, taxes, insurance and more! We wrapped up the quarter with an interactive online simulation. The simulation gave students a job, lifestyle and income. Students then had to make financial decisions on how to manage their money. They learned many skills that will help them in their future!

Thank you to senior William Miller for coming to talk to Ms. Haley's 8th grade class about high school!

Our 6th grade girls basketball team competed at the JFK Spring Valley Tournament this weekend. After beating Peru Parkside, Ottawa Shepherd, and Ottawa Wallace, we were able to bring home the 1st place trophy! Great showcase of the "BV Way" all weekend!

⚡️Bureau Valley, S-T-O-R-M!⚡️Our students brought the BV Pride today!! What a fun Homecoming week. Go Storm, good luck tonight! #RallyTheVALLEY #DefendTheVALLEY #Entry #FN5GL

💭What do you want to be when you grow up? 💭 Our students were so creative and clever for career day today. They dressed as professional athletes, nurses, doctors, teachers, construction workers, scientists, firefighters, and more! Tomorrow is Storm day, wear BV gear or BV colors. Go Storm!! ⚡️

A huge thank you to The Bolt Coffee Company for vising our 8th grade business class! The students learned the ins and outs of running a business as well as how to make a delicious drink. We are thankful to have The Bolt in our classroom and in our community!

The elementary and jr. high students looked very patriotic in their red, white, and blue today! 🇺🇸 Tomorrow is career day. Go Storm! ⚡️

Junior high student council has started their Minonk Chocolate Company caramel apple & caramel whip (caramel covered in chocolate on a stick) fundraiser! All locally made in Minonk Illinois. Sales go through Friday, October 9th and orders come in Tuesday, October 20th. Find a student council member or email Mrs. DeBrock to get yours ordered! Thanks for your support.

We were tickled pink to see so many of our students and staff dressed up for pink day! Tomorrow is America day so wear your red, white, and blue. Go Storm! ⚡️

⚡️BVJH September 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!! 🌩️💙

🌟 **September Student of the Month & i-Ready Incentive Winners!** 🌟

We are so proud of our students who were recognized for September Student of the Month: Kane Balensiefen, Calvin Marquis, and Charlotte Davis! We also want to recognize those who earned rewards through our i-Ready incentive for most lessons passed this month: Jovi Doty, Evalyn Williams, Will Endress, Lola Bogatitus, Sadie Endress, and Ellie Klein.💙


Good luck to our students next month in earning these awards! Congratulations to all of our students who earned recognition and rewards! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you accomplish next! 🌟

Pajama day is always a student and staff favorite dress up day. Way to show your school spirit! Tomorrow is Pink Day.

On behalf of the Junior High PE department, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Dominic Carton for volunteering his time to paint our shoe shelves. They look amazing!! We provide extra tennis shoes for students who forgot theirs or just need to keep a pair. If you have any decent running shoes or basketball style shoe we will gladly put them to use. Thank you!

Today we celebrated the late great Dolly Parton in simple but meaningful ways. We made banana pudding, imagined books we might write if we were authors, and created a collaborative poster of Dolly.

Girls Basketball season tips off on Monday! Go Storm!! ⚡️ #RallytheValley #Entry #FN5GL

The 7th/8th Grade Football season kicks off on Wednesday! Go Storm! ⚡️ #RallyTheValley #Entry #FN5GL

Thank you to Paul and the transportation department for keeping our kids safe! Junior High students learned about bus safety and evacuation during their bus drill today!

Just a reminder the Perfect Pastries orders are due Monday the 28th. Help us support PTO, which helps the school! ⚡️