Pre-Vet students are creating balanced rations with precision! 🌾📊 The Pre-Vet team is using the Pearson Square method to develop a blend with a specific protein percentage guarantee. From calculating percentages to mixing ingredients, they were hands-on in crafting the perfect recipe. Not to mention, students got to enjoy a tasty snack afterward!
On Thursday, we had four students attend Senator Win Stoller's Youth Advisory Council in Springfield. The trip involved various guest speakers, a tour of the Capitol building, and the opportunity to take part debating and voting on a bill. It was a great learning experience!
🏁 Ready, set, relay! 🏃♂️💨 Teams in Intro to Ag raced through Kitchen Hygiene stations, completing tasks like hand washing, hair tying, mastering cross-contamination, and tabletop sanitation. Tagging teammates, and working together, they aimed to be the first team back!
Sharpening culinary skills! 🔪🎬 Students in Intro to Ag tuned into a tutorial on basic knife skills and put their learning to the test. From dicing to julienning, they practiced various cuts with PlayDoh and disposable knives. Each slice was a step closer to mastering the art of precision in the kitchen.
From cutting board to salsa bowl, students in Intro to Ag are putting their freshly honed skills to the test! 🍍🔪 They showcased their newfound cutting expertise by whipping up a mouthwatering fruit salsa. With each precise cut, they're not just making salsa, they're crafting culinary masterpieces!
Unlocking the secrets behind scrumptious treats! 🍪🔍 Students in food science class delved into the world of food additives and put their knowledge into action by baking irresistible chocolate chip cookies. Did you know those heavenly chocolate chips often contain emulsifiers and stabilizers to keep them perfectly melty? Learning never tasted so good!
District 1 FFA Proficiencies
⭐️Congratulations to Ella Thacker, Dominic Carton, Riggens Shafer, and Dominic Carton on competing with their Supervised Agricultural Experience record books!
⭐️Congratulations to Ella Thacker for advancing to state with her Diversified Ag Production Book!!!
Physical Science students are wrapping up their study of electricity with construction of series and parallel circuits. Resistance, voltage, and current measurements are made at various points along each circuit to deduce how they function.
Principal's Award recipients: Sam Acosta, Brooklynn Birkey, Brady Dybek, Jon Dybek, Natalie Edlefson, Brady Hartz, Leah House, Logan Huskey, Corbin Johnson, Aiden Levi, Maddox Moore, Aidan Morris, Landon Smith, Kate Stoller, Ella Thacker, Katrina Wall, and Brandon Wray.
Our musical "Singin' in the Rain" is this weekend on Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th at 6:00 and Sunday the 10th at 2:00! It's a fun show for everyone with different casts each night! Tickets at the door are $10 for students and seniors, $15 for adults. See you there!☂️
Adapted PE gives lacrosse a try! 🥍
Congratulations to our Scholastic Bowl Three Rivers Athletic Conference selections!
#STORMPRIDE
Congratulations to our Boy's Basketball Three Rivers Athletic Conference selections! #STORMPRIDE
Chemistry students are using physical and chemical properties to classify different species as ionic compounds or covalent compounds. Melting point, solubility in water and in acetone, and conductivity are used to make the determination.
BVHS Scholastic Bowl Regional Info:
BV beat Rockridge 480-200
BV lost to Riverdale 260-460
Riverdale beat Fulton to win the Regional Championship
Special Congratulations to seniors Blake Helms and Eli Atting on their fantastic scholastic bowl careers at BVHS.
Go Storm!
The Scholastic Bowl team advanced from the Regional quarterfinals with a win over Rockridge (480-250), but was knocked out in the semifinal round by Riverdale (450-270).
We are excited to share that we are a round two recipient of @American Library Association's Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities initiative. Walnut Public Library Director, Jaclyn Trujillo, applied for the $10,000 grant as a collaborative initiative to become a stronger community resource for all families served throughout the Bureau Valley School District. Bureau Valley School Librarian, Mary Heing, is excited for the new flexible seating opportunities amongst other new resources and tools that will be readily available for the young adults while visiting the library. Walnut Public Library will utilize round two funds and will continue to expand the resources available to the public utilizing remaining funds from being a round one recipient.
BVHS Regional Scholastic Bowl Update:
Monday, March 4th
BVHS will partcipate in the Port Byron (Riverdale) Regional this evening. Bureau Valley will open up playing Rockridge at 4:30. Good luck to all of our scholastic bowl students and coaches!
Go Storm!
Great day at Monmouth- Roseville for solo and ensemble! We received 13 Division I ratings (superior) and 1 Division II rating. Proud of our kids and their hard work! Congratulations to Gavin D. and Eli A. who were "Best of Day" in their room! #gostorm #bvmusic
The BVHS National Honor Society hosted its annual blood drive through ImpactLife. A total of 45 units of blood were collected. Of the 45 units, 32 were 1st time donors! 135 lives were saved just by students and staff from Bureau Valley! Go Storm! ⚡️
