Bureau Valley Wyanet Elementary

Smiles are shining brighter at Bureau Valley Wyanet Elementary after the Land of Smiles visit today! Thanks, @DeltaDentalIL for helping educate our students about oral health! 🦷#SmileBrighter #OralHealth #LandOfSmiles

A huge THANK YOU to the Bureau Valley FFA for their generous donation of the State FFA book The Soil in Jackie’s Garden to all of our classrooms! Your support and commitment to agricultural education mean so much to our students. We appreciate your generosity and the opportunity to share this wonderful resource with our young learners!

Reminder- The deadline to register for this exciting event is March 1st.

Mrs. Wagner's STEAM students learned how to engineer snowmen using playdough.

In STEAM, Mrs. Wagner's students studied dental hygiene. They colored a cross section of a tooth, practied brushing teeth, played a sorting game and did puzzles.

The final installment of milk/juice money is due Friday, February 28th. If you have not already done so, please send $22.00 with your child to school.

Just a reminder that skating permission slips are due this Friday, February 21st. Please fill out the permission slip and send it and $10.00 to the school by Friday, February 21st for your student to be able to skate. We will be skating in April.

Please join us for a fun night!

We sent home permission slips for our skating unit on 2/7. Please fill out the permission slip and send it and $10.00 to the school by Friday, February 21st for your student to be able to skate. We will be skating in April.

Good evening. Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, school will start 2 hours late due to forecasted cold temperatures. All bus routes will also be delayed by 2 hours. Breakfast will not be served, and there will be no morning Pre-K classes. PM Pre-K will operate at its regular time. All morning activities are canceled and may be rescheduled for after school. Please stay safe and follow local weather advisories. We will provide updates as needed through email, our website, and social media.

Bureau Valley E-Learning Day – February 12, 2025 Due to forecasted inclement weather, Bureau Valley will have an E-Learning Day on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Students will learn from home and should complete their assigned work. Parents are asked to check in their child on TeacherEase by 10:00 AM for attendance. K-8 students will complete their Blizzard Packets, while high school students can find assignments in Google Classroom by 10:00 AM. All after-school activities are canceled for the day. Please check your email for additional details. Stay safe, and thank you for your support!

Bureau Valley E-Learning Day – February 12, 2025 Due to forecasted inclement weather, Bureau Valley will have an E-Learning Day on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Students will learn from home and should complete their assigned work. Parents are asked to check in their child on TeacherEase by 10:00 AM for attendance. K-8 students will complete their Blizzard Packets, while high school students can find assignments in Google Classroom by 10:00 AM. All after-school activities are canceled for the day. Please check your email for additional details. Stay safe, and thank you for your support!

School will dismiss at 11:00am on Thursday, February 13th. Please have your pick up arrangements made for your child.

No school on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th . Enjoy the long weekend!

Kindergarten Pre-Registration Set for Bureau Valley Schools Bureau Valley CUSD #340 has set the week of February 10- February 13, 2025 for Kindergarten Pre-Registration at Bureau Valley Elementary buildings in Walnut and Wyanet. Parents may pre-register their child at the attendance center their child will attend. You may pre-register between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Children who will be five years old on or before September 1 st will be eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall. The pre-registration process is very simple and only takes a few minutes for parents to complete. Children are not required to attend the registration process. Incoming kindergarten students will be able to meet their teachers and see their classroom at a Meet ‘n Greet in August. Parents will be required to present proof of age (certified copy of birth certificate) at the time of pre-registration. A certified copy of a birth certificate may be acquired at the courthouse in the county in which the child was born. Parents will also be required to present proof of residency. Please provide the most recent real estate tax bill, mortgage papers, signed lease, closing statement for the purchase of your residence, current gas bill, current electric bill, current water bill, valid government issued ID with current address, or Public Aid card with current address. A packet will be issued to parents containing some registration paperwork, a health form, dental form, lead screening verification, vision exam form and some informational sheets. All registration paperwork will need to be completed and turned in the week of February 10-13. All health, dental, and vision forms are due at registration in the summer. No fees will be collected until registration in the summer. Parents who are unable to pre-register their child during the scheduled times are asked to call the office to inform the school of their intent to send a child to kindergarten. Parents will need to attend the K-12 registration in the summer or if packet information has been received will be able to finish registration online. School phone numbers are: BV- Walnut Elementary (815) 379-2900 BV- Wyanet Elementary (815) 699-2251

Good morning, this is Bureau Valley Superintendent Jason Stabler. Today, Thursday, February 6, 2025, school will start 2 hours late due to icy road conditions on our side roads. All bus routes will also be delayed by 2 hours. Breakfast will not be served, and there will be no morning Pre-K classes. PM Pre-K will operate at its regular time. Please stay safe and follow local weather advisories. We will provide updates as needed through email, our website, and social media.

Dear Storm Families, Due to the severe weather conditions anticipated in our area, Bureau Valley Schools will cancel all evening activities and extracurricular events, including Brainstorm, on Wednesday, February 5. Please stay safe and follow local weather advisories. We will provide updates as necessary via email, our website, and social media.

In STEAM, we learned about groundhogs and their homes called burrows. Students worked in groups (or "groundhog families" as we called them) to build burrows with special chambers for different purposes.

Kindergarten Pre-Registration Set for Bureau Valley Schools Bureau Valley CUSD #340 has set the week of February 10- February 13, 2025 for Kindergarten Pre-Registration at Bureau Valley Elementary buildings in Walnut and Wyanet. Parents may pre-register their child at the attendance center their child will attend. You may pre-register between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Children who will be five years old on or before September 1 st will be eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall. The pre-registration process is very simple and only takes a few minutes for parents to complete. Children are not required to attend the registration process. Incoming kindergarten students will be able to meet their teachers and see their classroom at a Meet ‘n Greet in August. Parents will be required to present proof of age (certified copy of birth certificate) at the time of pre-registration. A certified copy of a birth certificate may be acquired at the courthouse in the county in which the child was born. Parents will also be required to present proof of residency. Please provide the most recent real estate tax bill, mortgage papers, signed lease, closing statement for the purchase of your residence, current gas bill, current electric bill, current water bill, valid government issued ID with current address, or Public Aid card with current address. A packet will be issued to parents containing some registration paperwork, a health form, dental form, lead screening verification, vision exam form and some informational sheets. All registration paperwork will need to be completed and turned in the week of February 10-13. All health, dental, and vision forms are due at registration in the summer. No fees will be collected until registration in the summer. Parents who are unable to pre-register their child during the scheduled times are asked to call the office to inform the school of their intent to send a child to kindergarten. Parents will need to attend the K-12 registration in the summer or if packet information has been received will be able to finish registration online. School phone numbers are: BV- Walnut Elementary (815) 379-2900 BV- Wyanet Elementary (815) 699-2251

In STEAM, Mrs. Wagner's students learned about Wilson Bentley and his love of snowflakes. They also learned that a snowflake begins with a single particle of dust or pollen. Everyone had fun using Q-tips to create their own unique snowflakes.