Mrs. Wagner is excited to announce her first group of Typing Superstars! These second graders have completed the Dance Mat Typing program and earned a certificate! Congratulations!
1st Grade "Red Carpet Writers" will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, May 2nd. (Doors will open at 1:45 pm)
A huge thanks goes out to our wonderful secretary! We appreciate all that you do!
Another Stick Together poster complete!
Skating reminder: Miss Burkman, Mrs. Klingenberg, and Miss Mallery's classes will skate o on Tuesday. Miss Daley, Mrs. Miller, and Mrs. Flowers' classes will skate on Wednesday.
No School on Friday, April 18th and Monday, April 21st. Have a Happy Easter and a nice long weekend!
On Thursday, April 17th, we will be dismissing school at 11:00am. No lunch will be served. Both Am/PM Pre-k will attend from 8:00am-10:30am.
The first week of skating was a blast!
Mrs. Flowers class enjoyed Week of the Young Child. We had a blast playing kickball against the other first grade class, making our own ice cream sundaes, and working together to build things, along with some other fun activities that were planned throughout the week!
Skating reminder: This week Miss Burkman, Mrs. Klingenberg, and Miss Mallery's classes will be skating on Monday and Wednesday. Miss Daley, Mrs. Miller, and Mrs. Flowers' classes will skate on Tuesday.
In STEAM, Mrs Wagner's students experimented with scales after hearing a fun a story about a group of animals trying to balance with their elephant friend on a seesaw.
Skating reminder: This week Miss Daley, Mrs. Miller, and Mrs. Flowers' classes will be skating on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Miss Burkman, Mrs. Klingenberg, and Miss Mallery's classes will skate on Tuesday and Thursday.
BV CUSD #340 will begin taking appointments for Pre-K screening. Please call me at 815/699-2251. Your child must be 2 1/2 by May 14, 2025 to be screened.
Mrs. Flowers Class has been using their new sensory table during centers. In reading the students had to find a word, read it, and match it with the picture it belongs to. Thank you Bv Foundation for the sensory table to ensure hands on learning in Mrs. Flowers classroom!
In STEAM, students used their creativity and engineering skills to build leprechaun traps after hearing the story How to Catch a Leprechaun.
On Friday, March 21st School will be dismissing at 2:00pm for the start of Spring Break. AM Pre-K will attend 8:00-10:00am and PM Pre-K will attend 11:40am-1:40pm. Spring Break will be Monday, March 24th-Friday, March 28th. School will resume on Monday, March 31st.
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for Family STEM Night! 🎉 The students had an amazing time exploring the Robotics Station, the Starlab, the High School Science Club stations, and Engineering Stations set up by the Brainstorm Staff. Plus, the Book Fair was a big hit!
We couldn’t have done it without the support of our generous sponsors:
Bureau Valley Foundation, Gripp Custom Farming, Nutrien, and Michlig Energy. THANK YOU! 💙🔬🚀
#STEMSuccess #ThankYouSponsors #FutureScientists
As a part of Dr. Seuss week, Mrs. Klingenberg's Kindergarten made Green Eggs and Ham while wearing their pajamas!
During STEAM, Mrs. Wagner's students learned about the heart. They experimented with a model that showed how the heart pumps, used real stethoscopes, colred a diagram, and completed heart healthy mazes and puzzles.
Mrs. Wagner's STEAM students learned about magnets and the four metals they are attracted to. They learned that a magnetic field can reach through objects if the magnet is strong enough. They also learned that magnets have two poles and can use a push or pull force on objects.
