Sorry for the late notice but tonight is the April food pantry at Northside. Come on out we will be at the front of the school until 6:00.
Students in Mrs. Michelle Lochner's class are finding historical characters from the American Revolution on the history timeline in the 5th grade hallway at BIS.
What a fun way to learn about history! Keep up the good work, Bears!
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Just a reminder that BCS will be closed tomorrow. We wish everyone a safe and fun holiday weekend! From the looks of this festive tree, our Kodiaks are certainly ready for the Easter Bunny! 🐇
It's been an interesting week at BJSHS! Mrs. Yvette Rouch's Health Careers class learned to use a Doppler ultrasound to find the blood flow through vessels and measure the ankle brachial index. ABI is used to help diagnose peripheral artery disease.
Nice work, Bruins!
Blackford Spotlight- Mrs. Amanda Green's 4th grade class at Blackford Intermediate School:
The 4th graders at BIS are currently learning about nutrition through a project called "The Great Grow Along." The students will be getting to work with 2 live animals (rats) for about 5 weeks. One will be given milk, the other will be given sugar water. They will then switch and get the other liquid. The students will be measuring the weight of the rats, their tail length, and their behavior throughout the experiment to see the differences between the 2 rats while they are with us. Of course the students have also loved getting to hold them as well! We are very thankful to Via Credit Union who provided a grant that purchased ALL of the materials necessary for the students to get to participate in this program! - Mrs. Green
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It's Kindergarten Round-up time! If you have or know of an incoming Kindergarten student, please share this important information.
You know summer is right around the corner when it's time for Camp Adventure! Check it out!
Our Montpelier 3rd graders want to thank the William E. Ervin family (Diane Ervin Kellahan and Elaine Ervin) and the Blackford Community Foundation for their new dictionaries. According to Montpelier teacher Mrs. Kylee Redford, students have already been putting them to good use.
Thank you for your kindness to our BCS students!
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It's Kindergarten Round-up time! If you have or know of an incoming Kindergarten student, please share this important information.
Mark your calendars! The BJSHS Class of 2021 Graduation ceremony will take place on Sat., May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Football Stadium. Inclement weather on Saturday will postpone graduation until Sunday at 1 p.m. (If poor weather persists, graduation time will be moved to 7 p.m.)
Blackford Spotlight - Mrs. Carma Reidy's 3rd grade class at Blackford Intermediate School:
"My class has been reading two texts about the same subject. We read a book called, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and an article titled Ryan’s Well. We compared the two characters and their traits, what similarities/differences of the characters. We then put ourselves in the characters “shoes”. How could we create a windmill using only “junk”? The students' STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activity was to build their own windmill using the materials we had in our classroom. The students did a lot of problem solving to create their windmills. Way to go future engineers!!!" - Mrs. Reidy
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Check out these Lucky Leaping Leprechauns all decked out for St. Patrick's Day from Ms. Sheri Hangber's math class at Blackford Intermediate School! You're looking festive, Bears!
Check out Beth Brown's Bruin spirit! She put together a bulletin board at Northside Elementary to help our Cubs cheer on the Bruins to a Semi-State victory! Great job, Beth!
We are #BruinProud!
Here are a few more photos from St. Patrick's Day fun at MES. What a fun day!
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How do you catch a leprechaun? With a trap, of course!
Check out the Kodiak creativity at Montpelier School today as they share their St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Traps! Nice work!
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Blackford Spotlight: Ms. Julia Duncan's 2nd grade class at Montpelier Elementary -
"My students are working on creating Leprechaun traps out of rice crispy treats, lucky charms, marshmallows, and sweet tart ropes. They had a writing activity describing how they created the Leprechaun traps in steps such as First, Next, Then, and Last. They had a blast creating these traps. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!!" - Ms. Duncan
During last night's school board meeting, BJSHS senior Layla Pennington was honored for being the 2021 Lilly Community Scholarship recipient. Layla is the daughter of Jake and Heather Pennington. She told board members that she plans to attend Butler University in the fall to study pharmacology.
She is joined in the photo by Troy Kaufman, board vice-president, and Chad Yencer, superintendent.
Congratulations, Layla! We are #BruinProud
Northside and Montpelier 2021-2022 in-person Kindergarten Round-Up meetings announced!
It's raining in the Kindergarten classroom at MES!
Students in Mrs. Jessica Barker's class have been studying weather and different storms. Today, they experimented by making rain in a jar! They added different colors to also create rainbow rain!
Nice work, Kodiaks #ChooseMES
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