Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

🌟 **i-Ready Incentive Winners!** 🌟

We want to recognize those who earned rewards through our i-Ready incentive for most lessons passed this month: Zayne Swan, Evalyn Williams, Lydia Endress, Daelyn Price, 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! 🌟

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Heroes! 🇺🇸
Bureau Valley Elementary invites all families and veterans to join us for our annual Veterans Day Assembly on Wednesday, November 11th, at 1:00 PM in the Bureau Valley Auditorium. The Bureau Valley Junior High will having their assembly with the High School at 8:05.

We look forward to coming together as a school community to recognize, honor, and thank the brave men and women who have served our country. You are welcome to join the Bureau Valley High and Junior High in the morning or the elementary at 1:00 to honor our Veteran's. ❤️🤍💙

Veterans and families are welcome! We hope to see you there as we celebrate those who have sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms.

The 7th & 8th Grade Girls Basketball SRC Tournament starts tonight at Logan in Princeton. 8th grade tips off at 4 against Peru Parkside and 7th grade follows playing Ottawa Shepherd. Good luck and go Storm!! ⚡️🏀

💗 Making a difference together! 💗

Our PK–8th grade staff, Junior High Girls Basketball team, and Junior High Student Council came together throughout the month of October to support the Believe Foundation! Between our Pink Night basketball game and Croctober event, we proudly raised **$1,327.75!**

We are so proud of our Storm family for coming together to support such a great cause. Thank you to everyone who donated, participated, and helped make this possible! 💗🌩️ #StormPride #BelieveFoundation

⚡️BVJH October 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!! 🌩️💙

⭐️BVE October 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!! 🌩️💙

Thank you Manlius Fire Department for coming today to talk to our elementary students about the importance of fire safety.

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!