
FCS 4th hour making pancakes! Great job guys!!







1st hour Orientation kids making homemade pancakes. They were delicious!







Good luck to Bureau Valley's Wyatt Novotny as he tees off today at the IHSA 1A State Golf Tournament.


BVHS Athletics:
Friday, Oct. 6th
Good luck to Wyatt Novotny at the 1A IHSA Boy State Golf Championships in Bloomington! "Hit 'em straight!"
Varsity Football HOME vs. Princeton
7:00 Kickoff
JFL recognition @ 6:35
Streaming; https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=622498

Measurement is a perennial feature of scientific investigations. Here, Chemistry students practice making measurements of various quantities, taking care to record each to the full precision of the instrument used.




Reminder to all BVHS parents that parent-teacher conferences at the high school will be from 4-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th. Please call the high school office (815-445-4004) to schedule a time.

Get your candy buckets ready! The Bureau Valley Leadership Class is excited to host year two of our Trunk or Treat event on Saturday October, 28th. Stop by to grab some candy, enjoy the petting zoo, get a coffee, and take part in a few Halloween-themed activities!


As we progress in Strength and Conditioning, our reps are getting lower and weight is getting higher. Students are working on being mentally and physically strong this week. Great spotting is essential!


BVHS Athletics:
Thursday, Oct. 5th
Volleyball HOME vs. Kewanee (5, 5 & 6)
Pink Night!
Senior Night! (Volleyball & Golf)
*Parents should arrive at BVHS by 5:15 for pictures*
*Recognition before varsity game*
Streaming Link: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=622541

A huge thank you to our friends at TCI for the wonderful steel donation. We appreciate it and will definitely make the most of it.



Handing out our first round of Self-Care Kits to students today. Funded by the School-Based Mental Health Grant, these kits supplied students with items to support their SEL needs.


Physical Science students are studying the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration. By varying the amount of mass added to the cart or hanging over the pulley, the principles underlying Newton's 2nd Law of Motion can be discovered.




BVHS Reminder:
Thursday, Oct. 5th
Volleyball HOME vs. Kewanee (5, 5 & 6)
Pink Night!
Senior Night for Volleyball & Golf (Parents please be at BVHS for a 5:15 picture)!
Recognition following the F/S & JV games
Streaming Link: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=622541

Physical Science students are studying compounds and atoms. Here they have done an experiment that uses an electrical current to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. They have also been creating models of different atoms. These models show the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in certain elements.




BVHS Thursday, Oct. 5th
Pink Night
Senior Night for Golf and Volleyball
Parents should be at BVHS by 5:15 for a complementary photo
Announcing /Recognition of the student- athletes and their parents will be at the conclusion of the FS/JV games, before the Varsity warm up.

BVHS Athletics Tuesday, Oct. 3rd:
BIG East Division Volleyball Game @ Princeton
Game Times (5,5 & 6)
Cross Country @ Pather Invite
Lake Erie Girls-4:30/Boys-5:15
Good luck to all BV student-athletes and coaches!
Go Storm!

BVHS Athletics Update:
Monday, Oct. 2nd
BV Boys Golf finsihed with a 350 team total which tied them for 8th place at the Sherrard Sectional.
SPECIAL congrats to Wyatt Novotny who advances to state by finishing 6th overall shooting a 79!
BV F/S football lost to Newman 41-8.

BVHS Athletics for Monday, Oct. 2nd:
Good luck to the BV boys golf team and coaches as they compete in the IHSA Sherrard Sectional today at Fyre Lake!
F/S Football HOME vs. Newman (5:30 Kickoff)
Streaming: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=622511
Go Storm!!

Mrs. Shimmin's Food Science class has been learning about the USDA MyPlate and healthy eating! To reinforce these concepts they were able to make and enjoy smoothies!




Scientists in Mrs. Roth's Earth Science class investigate how to separate a mixture of sand and salt.

