Good morning, Storm Families, Summer is right around the corner, and with it comes a variety of exciting opportunities for our students to stay active and engaged in their favorite activities! To access detailed information about upcoming school camps and activities, including registration forms, summer calendars, and event details for elementary, junior high, and high school, please click this link: https://view.gogipper.com/page/2818495 We’ve gathered everything into one convenient location for you. You can also stop into ANY Bureau Valley school office to pick up copies of any camp forms! Please note that this newsletter will be updated as new information becomes available, so we encourage you to check back regularly. All grades listed refer to students’ grade levels for the 2025–2026 school year. If you would like a paper copy or have any questions, feel free to stop into any Bureau Valley school office to pick up copies of any camp forms! For activity-specific questions, you are also welcome to contact the corresponding coach or call the office. We look forward to a fun and active summer with our Storm students!
Today we honor our wonderful bosses, Mrs. Litherland and Mr. Stabler. We appreciate your leadership, support, and dedication to the students and staff at BV Wyanet. Thank you for everything you do!
A big thank you to Andy, Bob, Aiden, Brad, and Adam from the Sheffield and Wyanet Fire Departments for coming out to talk with our students about fire safety and sharing what they do as firefighters! We truly appreciate all that you do to keep our communities safe.
Today, both the Wyanet and Sheffield Fire Departments graciously accepted the donation checks from our 9/11 remembrance fundraiser. We are so proud of our students and community for coming together to honor our local heroes and remember this important day.
We will start taking appointments for Parent/Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, October 1st.. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, October 14th and Thursday, October 16th from 4:00-7:00 pm. Please call for an appointment at 815/699-2251.
Mrs. Wagner introduced her students to STEAM this week. They learned about some of the fun and exciting things to expect this year. Students colored a picture to remind them what the letters in STEAM stand for. We ended our lesson with the STEAM song!
First Grade Jitters are all gone after making and enjoying Jitter Juice on our first day of school!
Thank you so much to the local Girl Scout Troop 1626 for the school supplies! We really appreciate your kindness!
Thank you to the Sun Foundation in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council, through federal funds provided by the Nationals Endowment for the Arts for giving our students this opportunity The students had a great time creating their clay projects!
The students at Bureau Valley Summer School had the opportunity to participate in a couple of different clay projects. This particular activity was supported by the Sun Foundation in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Thank you for supporting these wonderful art projects! This was just the first step, so we will have more pictures to share soon.
Our final Stick Together poster of the school year is complete!
Mrs. Klingenberg's Kindergarten class had a surprise room transformation!! They spent the day making some special memories before summer break!!
If your child is signed up for summer school, they will be starting on Monday, June 2nd from 8:30-11:30am. Summer school will end on Friday, June 20th. There will be no summer school on Thursday, May 19th.
We will be dismissing at 2:00pm on Friday, May 23rd. This is the last day of school for this school year. Pre-K will be having their End of the Year Celebration at Sheffield Park. AM Pre-K from 8:00am-9:00am and PM Pre-K from 10:00-11:00am.
Thursday, May 22nd, BVWME PTO is sponsoring a "Beach Day". Please remember to send a lunch with your child if you signed up to do so.
Mrs. Wagner's STEAM students used magnifying glasses to examine things like insects, dandelions, sticks, and even each other! Then, they drew pictures of their observations. Thanks to the PTO for funding our request for new magnifying glasses!
Mrs. Flowers First Graders took Math outside. The students are working on coin identification and counting on with money.
After several weeks of working on narrative writing, Mrs. Flowers class created their own books. Students were able to create imaginative or personal stories. We enjoyed showing off our books at our Red Carpet Event!These young authors did an amazing job!
Monday, May 19, Tuesday, May 20, and Wednesday, May 21 there are no Pre-K classes.
On Friday, May 16th, the K-2nd grade will be hosting their spring sing at 2:00pm. Doors will open at 1:45pm.