Students In Mrs. Kari Crouse's 4th grade class at BIS had fun completing a Text Feature Escape Room, while wearing their 80’s outfits to kick off Book Fair week. According to Mrs. Crouse, all students were able to escape in record time!
Great job, Bears!
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Santa's little elves have been busy, even in this time of social distancing and masks! With the uncertainty as to whether there will be a craft show this fall, Mrs. Linda Wallace and the Bruin Specialties crew wanted to get the photos of their products out early so you can place your orders. Choose the nativity set, painted or unpainted, for $25; or choose the holy family, painted or unpainted, for $10. Place your order with Mrs. Wallace at lwallace@blackfordschools.org. Proceeds from the craft project will be used to fund our cooking projects for the life skills classes at BJSHS.
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NOTICE: The Hartford City Rotary Club is sponsoring its annual Coat A Child giveaway on Friday, October 2 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Community and Family Services building. Distribution of the remaining coats/winter wear will continue on Monday. Please spread the word!
We love good news! Congratulations to 5th grader Camdyn Richard and 3rd grader Alexis Huffman for being named Character Ed winners for September. They were honored during Montpelier School's Community Day. The Character Ed skill was Effort.
Keep up the good work, Kodiaks!
The third graders in Mrs. Aryn Enos’ class at BIS have been busy during eLearning! Here they are in one of their small group Google Meets. Students met with Mrs. Enos twice a day for 15 minute lessons in math and reading. We kept it fun with a Crazy Hat day, Mad Libs, charades, and a joke day!
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Good evening,
This is a reminder that all Blackford County Schools in-person students are to be back in their classrooms tomorrow, September 25, 2020. Once again, this is a reminder that all in-person students should return to their schools tomorrow, September 25. Thank you.
Reminder: All BCS students have access to free counseling services through the Bowen Center. Contact your student's school or call 800.342.5652 to set a confidential appointment.
Check out our Montpelier teaching team having fun as they kick off the 2020 Scholastic Book Fair theme "Through the Decades."
Reminder: There is free shipping on BOOK orders of $25.00 or more with shipping right to your door! The Book Fair runs through Oct. 3.
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Due to a widespread power outage, Blackford Intermediate School is without power. BIS only will be dismissing at 10:30 am this morning. Parents may pick students up following normal dismissal procedures at 10:30, and bus routes will run with BIS students at that time. Parents please contact BCS Central office 348-7550 with any questions or transportation concerns.
Ahoy there, Mateys!
Kindergarteners at MES have been learning about pirates this week in anticipation of National Talk Like A Pirate Day... which is Satarrrday, of course!
If you want to make a difference in the life of a child, check out the current jobs available at BCS:
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Blackford Spotlight: Mrs. Amanda Johnson's 3rd grade students at Blackford Intermediate School:
We are text feature detectives! My 3rd graders at Blackford Intermediate have been exploring nonfiction texts, identifying text features, and explaining their purposes. Here they are working on a text features task card Google Form with a partner and putting their brains together to recognize them - teamwork makes the dream work! - Mrs. Johnson
Great job, Bears! Keep up the good work!
Reminder: All BCS students have access to free counseling services through the Bowen Center. Contact your student's school or call 800.342.5652 to set a confidential appointment.
Due to the number of students currently in quarantine, BJSHS will move to At-Home Blended Learning for September 17, 18 and 21. All extra-curricular events are cancelled beginning today thru Sept. 21. Parents: Please check your Skyward email for more detailed information.
There's a great story in the Star-Press about our own Tony Uggen, who's currently in the hospital battling Covid-19.
Let's cheer Mr. Uggen on and wish him well like he does so many of our Blackford Bruins! Get well, Mr. Uggen!
Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3mlM7eW
BJSHS will be back in session tomorrow 9.15.20. We appreciate your understanding with today’s switch to blended learning.
A reminder, Blackford Junior-Senior High School will have a Blended Learning Day today 9.14.20. All other BCS schools will be in session. All assignments for BJSHS students will be posted by 9:00 am. Thank you.
We apologize for the late notice, but tomorrow 9.14.20 will be a blended learning day for BJSHS only. Our staff was notified after 9:00 pm this evening of a student with a positive case and we need time to complete the contact tracing and identify students who need to quarantine. Again, all other BCS schools will be in session, only BJSHS is on blended learning. We thank you for your patience.
Reminder: September 22-24 will be At-Home Blended Learning Days. These are important instructional days for students, as this is an opportunity to experience Blended Learning over a multiple day window. These days are also in place for our Parent/Teacher Conference days. All Parent/Teacher conferences will be by appointment only. To schedule a Parent/Teacher Conference for your student, please contact your student's school.
Caution: Bears hard at work!
Check out our BIS 5th grade students figuring out the answers to a lesson during Success period.
Keep up the good work, Bears!
