🎲 Staff Appreciation Week: Day 2! 🌮
Today’s theme: Taco ‘Bout Awesome Teachers! 🌟
We’re spicing things up with a taco bar to show our gratitude!
Because when it comes to education, our teachers are always on board and never play games with success. 🙌
Thank you to our PTO and Student Council for the Los Ranchitos Bar today!
🧩 Let’s give a big shout-out to our educators—you're the real MVPs of the game!
#StaffAppreciationWeek #GameOnStaff #TacoBoutAwesome #GratefulAndGameReady
Good luck to our BVJH Scholastic Bowl team as they compete at Sectionals this afternoon. Students, staff, and parents gave them a great send off today in Manlius for extra luck!
🎉 Good luck to our amazing Scholastic Bowl team as they head into sectional competition today! 🧠💥 Your hard work, teamwork, and quick thinking have brought you this far—now go show them what you're made of! 💪📚
#ScholasticBowl #Sectionals #Teamwork #BrainPower #GoodLuck
🎲 Board Game Champions: Teacher Appreciation Week – Day 1! ☕🍩
Our amazing teachers started the week strong with a power-up: coffee and donuts! ☕🍩 Because every great player needs fuel to conquer the day! 🧩
🎲 From lesson plans to life lessons, our teachers are the real MVPs.
This week, we're celebrating their epic skills and legendary patience for our teachers with a game-themed busy week. Students are also challenged this week with an interactive bulletin board to guess staff's school picture from when they were in school!
💬 Drop a thank you in the comments to your favorite "boss level" teacher!
#TeacherAppreciationWeek #LevelUpLearning #Day1PowerUp #FuelTheHeroes
Mrs. Bell's and Mrs. Kerner's classes came together and used their creative skills today. They worked with play dough, Legos, and drew pictures.
Students in Mrs. Hoyt's Life Science class created edible models of a DNA double helix using Twizzlers and flavored marshmallows.
Bureau Valley Elementary students creatively used their engineering skills in their last STEM Challenge of the year.
3rd grade created marble mazes.
4th grade created playground slides that a marble could pass through.
5th grade created Lego cars using either propellers or a sail.
Congratulations to BVE April Students of the Month!
Congratulations to the BVJH April Students of the Month!! These students have a positive influence on the student body through extraordinary qualities of character, citizenship, service, and leadership!
Student Reminder! BVJH and BVE students and staff, don't forget that we will celebrate the end of state testing with a PAJAMA DAY tomorrow 4/28/25!
Ms. Bitting's class has enjoyed being pen pals with a 3rd grade class in San Francisco this year. They recently sent letters telling their pen pals about their classroom rabbit, Abe, along with photos of themselves holding Abe, and drawings of a rabbit.
Camp Opportunity!
Our high school softball team will be offering a one-day camp opportunity for all students in 3rd-8th grade currently.
Camp Details:
📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7
🕓 Time: 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Location: High School Softball Field
💵 Cost: $10
Participants should wear softball pants or leggings, socks, a BV shirt, and cleats and tennis shoes (in case the event moves indoors). They’re encouraged to bring their own bat and glove. More info is available on the flyer, and Coach Sheppard is helping coordinate the camp in place of practice that day. Students do not have to register for camp, they are just to arrive with the cost of the camp. All proceeds will be going towards the high school softball team. If you have any questions please email Danicka Benavidez @
28dbenavidez@bureauvalley.net
Go Storm!
Please remember to turn in your permission slips by Wednesday, April 23rd to attend the Junior High dance this Friday, April 25th! The dance will be from 5:30-7 pm in the high school gym.
Used Book Sale Alert!!
Mrs. Heing will be selling used 3rd-5th grade books beginning on April 28th and running through May 9th. All books are 25 cents, if your child may be interested please contact their classroom teacher.
Mrs. Price's 6th graders are using their best detective skills to solve mysteries this week! Between "broken trophies" and "missing principals" they will have their work cut out for them!
What a great opening night for this year's Drama Club Play! Congrats to all the cast, tech crew, and Ms. Ackerman on a great performance. You can still catch Saturday's matinee at 2:00 tomorrow in Manlius where Drama Club 8th graders will also be recognized. Go STORM!⛈️
Our 7th grade students hosted a Presidential & First Lady Tea!
Each student researched and portrayed a U.S. President or First Lady, dressing up and sharing speeches about their lives and legacies. So proud of their hard work!
Some students celebrated the end of math state testing by building a robot and coding it to dance!
The Bureau Valley Junior High Track Team had a great first home meet on Thursday, April 10! Here are some highlights: 1st place 8th grade boys: Waylon Miller (400 M) 1st place 8th grade girls: Harper Wetzell (1600 M), Kynzleigh Garza (100m Hurdles), Lola King, Aubrey Endress, Abby Stabler, and Madisyn Shipp (4x200 Relay), Aubrey Endress, Harper Wetzell, Abby Stabler, and Madisyn Shipp (4x400 Relay), Harper Wetzell (High Jump), Madisyn Shipp (Long Jump) 1st place 7th grade boys: Travis Birkey (800 M) 1st place 7th grade girls: Jenna Galassi (100m Hurdles), Jenna Galassi, Brianna Crownover, Harper Swearingen, and Jacey Schaill (4x200 Relay) 2nd place 8th grade boys: Waylon Miller (100 M), Cash Thompson, Reid Kalapp, Cash Stull, and Wyatt Smith (4x200 Relay) 2nd place 8th grade girls: Abby Stabler (200 M, High Jump), Lola King (400 M), Avery Pratt (1600 M), Brooklyn Ganschow (100 M Hurdles), Aubrey Endress (Long Jump) 2nd place 7th grade boys: Carter Brady (Shot Put), Lincoln Ledergerber (Long Jump) 2nd place 7th grade girls: Jemma Cade (Shot Put), Jenna Galassi (Long Jump) 3rd place 8th grade boys: Wyatt Smith (200 M) 3rd place 8th grade girls: Audra Wasilewski (400 M), Jennifer Lundeen (800 M), Samantha Gross (100 M Hurdles), Jessica Lundeen, Kynzleigh Garza, Samantha Gross, and Jennifer Lundeen (4x100 Relay) 3rd place 7th grade boys: Lincoln Ledgerber (800 M), Lincoln Ledergerber, Travis Birkey, Brantlee Bryan, and Carter Brady (4x100 Relay), Travis Birkey (Long Jump) 3rd place 7th grade girls: Elin Johnson, Kaya Olson, Jemma Cade, Myla Wilt (4x400 Relay), Jenna Galassi (High Jump) Overall: 8th grade boys: 6th place 8th grade girls: 1st place 7th grade boys: 4th place 7th grade girls: 3rd place
Bureau Valley Junior High & Elementary has earned a school award on the student art gallery website Artsonia! Over the last 9 years, Mrs. Knapp has had students upload their artwork to the website, create a title, and write artist statements. We just reached 10,000 pieces of art uploaded! Great work everyone!
Check out our Artsonia her --> https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=19739
