...and we are off. Stormbots are ready to compete today in Peoria. Good luck! You are making us proud!
Good Afternoon,
Due to the Manlius situation today, our 7th grade boys basketball players were sent directly to The Anchor after school. Brainstorm students were sent to Central Office with Mrs. Corwin and staff. You may pick up your son/daughter at The Anchor or Central Office, or they will be sent on the activity bus at 5:00 as normal. The activity bus will pick them up at The Anchor and Central Office.
🚨 Important Safety Update for Parents 🚨
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We want to inform you of an incident that occurred today at our Manlius Campus. As a precautionary measure, all students and staff were safely evacuated due to unusually high readings of carbon dioxide detected in our building. The safety and well-being of our students and staff are our top priorities.
Emergency services were immediately contacted, and professionals are currently assessing the situation. We are working closely with them to ensure that the building is safe before anyone re-enters.
Please be assured that all students are safe accounted for and dismissed normally. Brainstorm students have been relocated to the Central Office where they will continue normal programming.
We will provide further updates as soon as more information is available. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in ensuring the safety of our school community.
Bureau Valley Administration Team
Seventh grade artists created their own graffiti tags. They are blending colors with chalk pastels to create layers and depth in the artwork. Great work 7C!
Congratulations to BVE November Student's of the Month. These students showed a positive influence on the BVE student body through extraordinary qualities of character, citizenship, service, and leadership!
Congratulations to the November BVJH Students of the Month! These students showed a positive influence on the BVJH student body through extraordinary qualities of character, citizenship, service, and leadership.
Fifth grade artists learned how to draw using one-point perspective with Mrs. Knapp. They are adding shading to make their forms even more three-dimensional, and adding a watercolor wash in the background. Great work fifth grade!
Thankful Thursday - It's been a week since Thanksgiving, a day dedicated to expressing gratitude. Today, on the final day of November, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our amazing Staff, Students, Board, and entire District at Bureau Valley CUSD 340. I am thrilled to announce that, according to the 2023 Illinois Report Card, ALL schools in our district achieved an overall rating of COMMENDABLE, except our BVJH/Elementary School, which earned the highest honor of EXEMPLARY! Congratulations to everyone for creating such outstanding learning environments in our schools!
GO STORM!
To celebrate, Geographic Awareness Week,students and staff were encouraged to wear shirts that highlighted a geographic location. Prizes were awarded to students wearing shirts with the locations farthest from Bureau Valley. We had shirts with Australia, Paris, and Hawaii.
Please join us tomorrow as the Interact Club will be doing Chuck a Duck as our BVJH boys basketball teams take on the Princeton Lions at 4:30! Please come out and support a fellow BV grad to help with her recent medical costs and expenses.
🌵8th Grade Ag - Succulent Sammy🌵
8th Grade Ag students are learning about Supervised Agricultural Experiences! Students will each have their own SAE in the classroom. Students decorated and will care for a succulent!
Congratulations to Autumn Roth and Kylie Endress on a beautiful performance at ILMEA District 2 at Augustana College! Thank you for representing BVJH!
The sixth grade social studies have completed their study of Ancient Egypt and Africa. They used thinking skills to play an Egyptian board game, used cartography skills to make a 3D Egypt map, researched god or goddesses of Ancient Egypt and much more!
Wishing our 8th grade girls basketball team the best of luck tonight as they face Stark County for the regional championship!! Good luck Storm!! ⛈️
Gobble, Gobble! 🦃
Our students and staff had a great time participating in our annual Turkey Bowling competition today! Have a safe and happy break to all of our students and staff!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Bureau Valley families! Enjoy time with your family and friends!
School will be dismissing today, Tuesday, November 21st at 2:00 pm and there is no Brainstorm. There is no school on Wednesday, November 22nd, Thursday, November 23rd, or Friday, November 24th. Progress reports will be sent home with students today. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Good luck to our 8th grade girls basketball team tonight in the IESA regional semi-finals! They play Wethersfield at 5:30 tonight at Fieldcrest Middle School! Go Storm!
Mrs. Kuelper’s fifth grade social studies class learned about different Native American groups this week. The students enjoyed playing an American Indian game called Man and Snake.
Students are "Giving Gratitude" during November in SEL. Be on the lookout for decorated coffee sleeves at Parlor Coffee & Cream and Cows Coffee. The students are excited to see their work in the community and spread kindness and gratitude!
