Here is the junior high track team in their new team shirts designed by Sights Ink! BV did a great job at their first meet at Mendota on April 1st. They battled the cold and wind, but they made BV proud! It’s going to be a fantastic season.
Some highlights:
Boys 8th grade-
200 M Waylon Miller (3rd place)
400 M Ryan Williams (2nd)
4x200 Relay: Cash Thompson, Wyatt Smith, Ryan Williams, Waylon Miller (1st)
Shot put Wyatt Smith (1st)
Boys 7th grade:
400 M Christopher Morris (1st)
800 M Travis Birkey (1st)
800 M Christopher Morris (2nd)
Long jump Christopher Morris (2nd)
Girls 8th grade:
400 M Audra Wasilewski (2nd)
800 M Abby Stabler (2nd)
1600 Harper Wetzell (3rd)
4x200 Relay Lola King, Abby Stabler, Aubrey Endress, and Madisyn Shipp (1st)
4x200 Relay Brooklynn Ganschow, Linden Ferrell, Audra Wasilewski, Jennifer Lundeen (3rd)
4x400 Relay Avery Pratt, Kynzleigh Garza, Jennifer Lundeen, Jessica Lundeen (3rd)
Discus Izabel Terbush (3rd)
Long jump Madisyn Shipp (1st)
Girls 7th grade:
400 M Jenna Galassi (3rd)
100 M Hurdles Jenna Galassi (3rd)
Shot put Jemma Cade (3rd)
Please be aware the phones are currently down on the Manlius Campus. We are working on it and you can still email the office if needed.
4th grade had a great time at the Bureau County Ag Fair. They students learned about different aspects of agriculture.
We would like to wish the very best luck to Livia Vohland as she competes tomorrow to be the State Discovery STAR in Agriscience! Livia has been conducting research this year on tomato breeding and genetics. She has been recording all of her work and findings to present as a part of the FFA Agriscience Fair. So far she has competed AND won both the section and district levels as the Discovery STAR for Agriscience. We are so proud of all her hard work and can't wait to see how she does at the state level!
Congratulations to BVE March Students of the Month. We are very proud!
Congratulations to BVJH March Students of the Month. These students have a positive influence on the BVJH student body through extraordinary qualities of character, citizenship, service and leadership. ⚡️
The Scholastic Bowl team has continued their season with great success! The overall record is 10-6 and the record against conference teams for the second round of play is 6-1!! Great job scholars! The team will be competing in the SRC Tournament when we return from break.
Please help us find the correct homes for these items. We will remind students to check the list and found again before they leave toorrow for Spring Break at 2:00!
Congratulations to our own Morgan Dowacter on receiving third place for her snowperson artwork titled "Play with Me". Morgan's artwork will be displayed as banners on the First Avenue Bridge between Sterling and Rock Falls. Great work Morgan!
Join us on April 2nd!
The BVJH Speech team hosted the BVEC Speech Contest today and did a great job! They came away with 4 first places and 4 second places, but they all had so much fun. Way to go students and Coach Price!! Go Storm!
🍩✨ Donut Worry, We Made Them From Scratch! ✨🍩
The 7th grade Home Ec students got hands-on in the kitchen, making homemade doughnuts from biscuits!
Third grade artists learned about the heart artwork created by Jim Dine. They are using expressive lines, warm and cool colors, and positive and negative space to create their own Heart Art with Mrs. Knapp.
The BVJH Quarter 3 incentive was yesterday where students enjoyed donuts and milk, played dodgeball, went outside, and played board games all morning. Students earned the incentive with their attendance, grades, and behavior. Way to go students!!
🎉 Celebrating Excellence: Quarter 3 Achievements! 🎉 A huge congratulations to the students who achieved Perfect Attendance and made it to the Honor Roll for second quarter! We are so proud of your hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence.
🌟 What a Night! 🔬🚀 🌟
Our Science Night in Manlius was a HUGE success last night! 🎉 Students and families danced in out in the Laser Show, purchased books from our Scholastic Book Fair, enjoyed hands-on activities from the Advanced Science Club, discovered the wonders of engineering, coded robots with the Junior High Robotics Team, experienced the Star Lab, and then enjoyed a meal from our high school FFA.
A big THANK YOU to our volunteers, clubs, and everyone who joined in the fun.
Already looking forward to next year’s event!
Doors open at noon today for the 2025 BVEC Art Show! Come around to the Storm Gym!
The book fair is ready and waiting! BVJH/Elementary students are excited to pick out their favorite books, erasers, pens, etc.! The book fair runs all next week!
Bureau Valley Junior High Student Council hosted a coin drive to raise money for our local food pantries. We raised $900 to divide among three local food pantries within our district. Congratulations to Mrs. Bells 4th grade class and 6D for collecting the most. Winners earned Jimmy John's lunch.
Students in Ms. Crabtree's class partnered up and worked together to decide what planet would be the best to land a solar powered rover on.
They used a flashlight as the sun to test the brightness on each planet. They had to reason why the planet they chose was the best planet for the rover.
