
Due to forecasted inclement weather, the following activities and events have been changed:
All junior high and high school evening/afterschool activities, including Brainstorm, have been canceled.
Friday’s home boys basketball vs. E-P has been postponed until Saturday, February 8th.
Friday’s girls basketball game at Kewanee has been canceled.
Saturday’s Storm Sweeties practice has been postponed until Monday, January 20th at 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Saturday’s freshmen boys basketball tournament at Newman has been canceled.
Saturday’s 8th grade volleyball tournament at Annawan has been postponed until Saturday, February 15th.
At this time, the sophomore and varsity girls basketball bus will leave at 1:00 on Saturday to compete in the MLK tournament in Kewanee.

With the recent devastating fires in Australia Bureau Valley is trying to help because we believe we are One World. We will are selling t-shirts for help raise money for the animals. Please use the following link to purchase shirts or make a donation. Thank you for your help. https://5il.co/c8m6

We are excited to see everyone return tomorrow, January 6th. Don’t forget no salad bar.


We would like to congratulate the following students for being chosen Student of the month for December. Ellie Freeman in 2nd Grade and Leah Rollo in 5th Grade. Congratulations to both girls. We are very proud of you.



Here is the information for this evening's Christmas Concert for Bureau Valley Walnut.


Today, students at BV Walnut Elementary who have July through December birthdays received birthday books courtesy of the Walnut Rotary, BVN PTO, and BV Foundation. Special thanks to Carl & Mary Ann VonHolten, David Poust, and Deb Willstead for distributing the books to the kids!

Thanks to PTO for hosting another wonderful event. Grandparents and Games night.





The Bureau Valley Walnut Elementary November Students of the Month were chosen for their character, leadership, and responsibility. Congratulations to Lydia Lind in 3G and Izabella Taylor in KP. We're proud of you!

Reminder no salad bar Monday or Tuesday.

Happy Thanksgiving from Kindergarten!



REMINDER: Bureau Valley Schools will be dismissing tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a School Improvement Day. There will be no lunch served. (Both AM & PM BV Walnut Elementary PreK students will attend from 8-10:30 a.m. for their Drive-In Movie!)

Mark your calendars...
The Bureau Valley Walnut Christmas Concerts are as follows:
>PK-2nd Grade - Tuesday, December 17th
>3rd-5th Grade - Thursday, December 19th
Both concerts will held at 6:00 p.m. those evenings in the BVHS Auditorium in Manlius.

New book marks in the library today.


Kynzleigh Garza and Payton Adams showing their art work that has been on display in the office. Thank you for sharing your work girls.

Preschool had fun with their guys tonight! They will drive to their drive in movie next week at school.





Reminder to students to wear red white and blue tomorrow. We will honor our Veterans at 10.


In honor of our Veterans we are collecting items of need. Once we have the needed items they will be boxed and given to Veterans. Please send items with any K-5 student in Walnut.



Our October Students of the Month were chosen for their character, leadership, and responsibility. Congratulations to Harper Skaggs in 1D and Carson Michlig in 4B. We're proud of you.

Due to the forecast we will NOT be going to the nursing home tomorrow for our costume parade. We will however parade around the gym allowing classes to see each others costumes. Our parade will be at approximately 1:30 followed by classroom celebrations.

Our book fair begins this week. Students may shop during their library time and parents may shop during parent/teacher conferences on 11/5 and 11/7. Attached is the website to set up an ewallet account or order books online.
bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bureauvalleynorth. Please contact the school with any questions.