Bureau Valley High School

The BV Rewards program was created to recognize students for doing the little things that help to build positive school culture. Students are challenged each quarter with goals that include things like getting involved in an extracurricular program, attending a school event, or volunteering for a service project. For each goal a student completes, they receive an entry into our quarterly drawing. These prizes are a small token of appreciation for all the fantastic things our students do to make BV a great place to call home. Winners from our 1st Quarter drawing are: Lexi Butler, Libby Endress, Kate Stoller, Carly Reglin, Jailyn Acosta, Ella Thacker, Maddie Wetzell, & Emily Wright. Congratulations!

🍽️ Intro to Ag - Eat or Be Eaten 🍽️ Did you realize that without producers, such as plants, an entire ecosystem could be destroyed?! Mrs. Shimmin’s Intro to Ag students are taking a deep dive into Food Webs! Students were randomly given secret organisms and had to exchange “energy units” (fuzzies) to simulate the flow of energy through a food web!

We couldn't let our Storm's hard work go unnoticed! Congratulations to all of our Honor Roll and High Honor Roll students for the first nine weeks of the school year! We are so proud of each and every one of you! Here's to an even better second nine weeks! Go Storm!

🧀 Food Science - This Might be Cheezy 🧀 Did you know not all food claims are regulated by the USDA or FDA? Mrs. Shimmin’s Food Science students are learning about the way food products can make claims such as “Low Sodium”, “High Calcium”, “Made with Real Cheese”, and more! To further reinforce these concepts students made their own Cheez-Its and had to determine what claims they could make about their tasty treat!

We are just over a week away from the BVHS Trunk or Treat! Our students are sure to have some fantastic trunk decorations and loads of candy. We can't wait to see your costumes!

BVHS Athletics Friday, Oct. 20th: Varsity Football @ Morrison 7:00 Kickoff Streaming Link: www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/morrison-high-school-morrison-il Let's Go Boys!! Go Storm!!

🪲PreVet - Response to Environment 🪲 Do you know what a STIMULUS is!? If you guessed it is “a chemical or physical change in the environment that triggers some sort of behavioral change in a living organism.” You were spot on! Students in Pre-Vet are learning about different animal behaviors and how they react to a specific stimulus! Students utilized Pill Bugs to observe how they respond to different changes in their environment or stimuli! We learned they prefer light over dark, they do not mind what color surface they are on, and they prefer the chamber with soil vs. no soil!

🏗️ Pre-Vet - What Makes a Home?🏗️ Students in Mrs. Shimmin’s Pre-Vet course have been learning about biosecurity, animal handling facilities, and building to scale! I’m Project 2.3.4 What Makes a Home? students were tasked with selecting an animal species, designing a facility, and constructing the facility to scale! We have a cow/calf operation, a pony palace, a fish farm, and a goat sanctuary! We have some future builders in Pre-Vet!

Personal Fitness participated in an online Zumba class where they were able to incorporate dancing and fun music in their workout. Students enjoyed the workout and were joined by Mrs. Shimmin, Mrs. Stoller, Ms. Golden, and Ms. Warren!

🍟Food Science - Taters Gonna Tate🍟 Students in Food Science have been learning about Genetically Modified Organisms! Did you know potatoes are a GMO crop? Genetic engineers have improved White Russet potato genes to prevent premature browning! To expand learning students used these potatoes and made French fries!

Congratulations to the first group of Principal Award recipients for showing Unity, Excellence, and Pride: Tyler Donnelly, Dominic Carton, Jacey Michlig, Chantel Bumgarner, Kloey Trujillo, Morgan Mahnesmith, and Riggens Shafer. Not pictured is CJ Shaw.

Once again we have been blessed with a donation from our local community. MTM Trailers of Kewanee along with Macon Construction of Bradford have donated new autodarkening welding helmets and gloves to our welding program. This is exciting and we cannot thank you enough.

Last week, English III Honors students completed their Beowulf unit. After working hard on their tests, students celebrated with a Beowulf Banquet! Students enjoyed apple cider and played games, and sat and socialized in the manner of the Anglo-Saxons. Students also participated in creating their own heroic tale, where each student wrote 2-3 sentences, building a story line by line. This story was read aloud at the end of the banquet, just as a Scop would have delivered a story at an Anglo-Saxon banquet.

BVHS Athletics Tuesday, Oct. 17th BV Volleyball @ Port Byron Riverdale J V girls won F/S & Varsity lost Wednesday, Oct. 18th BV Volleyball HOME vs. Byron Game times 5, 5 & 6 Streaming Link: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=622603 Go Storm!!!

A reminder that Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, October 19th from 4-7:00 p.m. Please call the high school office to schedule times.

BVHS Volleyball @ Riverdale Tuesday, Oct. 17th Game times 5, 6 & 7 9622 256th St N, Port Byron, IL 61275 Good Luck Ladies & Coaches Go Storm!!

Please RSVP by October 25th.

🪱Intro to Ag - Edible Earth 🪱 Do you ever consider what exists in the soil beneath our feet? To celebrate a successful completion of our Soils Unit, students in Intro to Ag put their knowledge of horizons to the test! Students had the chance to make a classic dirt dessert with a twist! Students had a layer to represent each soil horizon. A whole Oreo represented bedrock, the pudding was the parent material, graham cracker crumbles and butterscotch chips were the subsoil, Oreo crumbles represented the topsoil, and the organic layer was displayed with green sprinkles and gummy worms! Who knew soil could be so tasty?!

Physical science students discover pieces of iron in breakfast cereal. They have researched common properties of iron and why it is an important part of our diet.

Adapted PE jammed out today with POUND fitness! Such a fun way to exercise, dance, and drum all in one!