Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

Both our 7th AND 8th grade girls basketball teams are Starved Rock Conference Champions!! They each earned a first round bye in their upcoming tournaments. Go Storm!! ⚡️🏀⚡️

Congratulations to our 6th grade girls basketball team on finishing their season undefeated! So proud of the effort, growth, and teamwork displayed all season. Can't wait to see them continue representing the BV way next year!

🩷🏀 PINK NIGHT AT STORM GYM! 🏀🩷

Join us tomorrow night as our Bureau Valley Junior High girls basketball teams take on JFK for a special Pink Night! 💗

Wear your pink, cheer on our Storm, and help us support a great cause! All proceeds will go to the Believe Foundation in Princeton. 🩷

Let’s fill Storm Gym with pink, show our support, and make a difference together!
Go Storm!

Last week we celebrated our 8th graders at 8th grade night. These 9 athletes were recognized for their hard work, commitment, and dedication this season. Go Storm!! ⚡️🏈

Student council is looking for donations of Halloween candy! Please consider helping us out by dropping any off at the junior high office. Thank you for your help!

Junior High starts their Krispy Kreme fundraiser today! Enjoy fresh donuts or coffee delivered by your student. Want to get fresh from a store, consider purchasing a certificate or BOGO card. Proceeds help support the many activities we provide for our students and staff including incentives, field trips, staff appreciation, and many more. Thanks for your support!

🎉 First Quarter Success! 🎉 Congratulations to all of our students who earned Honor Roll and those who achieved Perfect Attendance for the first quarter! 📚👏 Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to learning make us so proud. Keep up the great effort as we move into Quarter 2—let’s keep that Storm spirit strong! 💙⚡️

Today, we celebrated our students' Quarter 1 successes with an incentive. JH students earned the incentive with good behavior, grades, and attendance. The students enjoyed a morning outside at Zearing Park and an apple cider donut. They played kickball, flag football, 9 square, decorated pumpkins, and more! Great work to all the students who earned the incentive!

Something new student council has done this year is daily announcements. Our officer team takes turns reading the daily announcements at the start of 9th hour study hall to keep our students updated and informed with all the things happening at BV!

Congratulations to our students representing Bureau Valley at the ILMEA District 2 Music Festival at Augustana College in November! #gostorm #bvmusic

4th grade kicked off their multi-step word problem unit in math with word problem surgery! Students worked together to break apart and solve each problem🩺🥼

Third grade had a fantastic day at Marquis Energy learning about field corn, ethanol, teamwork, and the importance of community. They would like to thank everyone who helped to make the day such a memorable experience.

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!