Students in Ms. Sheri Hangbers' class at Blackford Intermediate School are working hard on the concepts of Mean, Median, Mode and Range with Skittles!
Keep up the good work, Bears!
#ChooseBCS
Blackford County Schools will operate on a 2 hour delay Thursday, October 22nd 2020 due to fog. #BeSafeBruins
For those lucky individuals with tickets to Thursday evening's choir concert at BJSHS, cash donations will be accepted to help needy BCS families during the holidays. If you can help, we sure would appreciate it. ❤️
Reminder: This is a tickets only event.
No, it's not the junior high.... and no, it's not the middle school.
It is Blackford Intermediate School- proud new home of the Bears!
#ChooseBCS
It's the last day to complete the 2020 Census. If you have not completed yours, please do so.
https://2020census.gov/en.html
You have the power to shape your future, and the future of all children, by counting everyone in your home in the 2020 Census.
Reminder: If you would like for your student to obtain a free flu shot at school from Health Heroes on Oct. 22, be sure to complete the parent consent form by Oct. 20. You can pick up a form at your student's school or here:
https://bit.ly/3iGDyYZ
BCS has Instructional Assistant positions available at BJSHS and Montpelier Elementary. If interested, please submit a letter of intent and a resume to the principal/supervisor listed. Join Us!
Check out our other job openings.
https://bit.ly/36ROe4O
How about a few more smiling farmer faces from Montpelier School! Students dressed up throughout the week to celebrate National 4-H Week.
Our 6th graders at Blackford Intermediate School got into the 4-H fun with Project Day. Ellen Huffman is dressed as a leaf project and Carson Hillman is all decked out as a "cool" scientist. Great job, Bears!
#National4HWeek
What a gorgeous fall day to celebrate the most improved score in Exact Path at BJSHS! Congratulations to Mrs. Shelby Capper's 7th grade 5th period Language Arts class for all your hard work! Enjoy your walk, Bruins!
To celebrate the end of 4-H Week at Montpelier School, our Kodiaks dressed like farmers!
For more information about joining 4-H (or Mini-4-H), contact Ms. Kyli Penrod at Purdue Extension Blackford County at 765.348.3213 or by email at kpenrod@purdue.edu
#Blackford4HStrong
Superintendent Chad Yencer and Asst. Superintendent Greg Roach recently accepted a very generous donation of 30,000 disposable masks from our friends at STANLEY Engineered Fastening in Montpelier.
Thank you for helping us keep our Bruin students and staff safe!
#BruinProud
Good news! Health Heroes will be at each of our schools on Thursday, Oct. 22, to offer free flu vaccines to all students and staff.
The student consent form will need to be thoroughly completed and returned to school by Oct. 20. Contact your student's school for more info.
BCS is celebrating National 4-H Week with plenty of fun activities including a color the pumpkin contest. At Montpelier School, any student who turns in the 4-H pumpkin coloring page will have their name put in a drawing for prizes! Here are today's winners: (l-r) Ashley Henderson, Alexis Huffman, Zoey Sills, and Abigail Foy.
Great job, Kodiaks!
Wow! Hard to believe Fall Break is almost here! (Oct. 12-16.)
Thanks to the kind generosity of the Blackford County Community Foundation, Community and Family Services, Grace United Methodist Church, Purdue Extension Blackford County, and the Good Seed Initiative, the Pit Stop in Hartford City will provide free lunches to families in need during Fall Break. If this is your family, please stop by the Pit-Stop to pick up lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students are encouraged to be present when picking up the lunches.
A friendly reminder from Assistant Superintendent Greg Roach regarding transportation:
As we start the last week of our first grading period, I want to thank you for your understanding and cooperation in helping us have a great start to our school year. I want to remind you that due to COVID-19 safety concerns and the possible need to contact trace, we are unable to approve one-time, non-permanent bus changes for students. Students need to ride their assigned bus or have an alternate option for transportation. I know this can create hardships for parents at times, but we need to do all that we can to keep our students safe and this is a measure that is necessary.
Thank you in advance for your help in our efforts to keep the students of BCS safe.
Blackford Spotlight: Mrs. Sarah Penny's 3rd grade class at Blackford Intermediate School
The third graders in Mrs. Penny’s class have been using the power of drawing to enhance their understanding of main idea and supporting details. Students listened to a nonfiction passage and drew an illustration to represent the passage. They then could pick out the main thing they were drawing about. This helped students understand the main idea. It was a fun way and visual way to understand the main idea.
Check out the Bruin spirit on this Northside kindergartener! Way to go, Isaiah!
#FutureBruin #SpiritWeek
Check out our 6th grade students in Mrs. Heidi Palmer's homeroom class at BIS kick off book fair week by dressing like they did 'back in the day' during the 1990s. According to Mrs. Palmer, "The kids looked awesome!"
#ThroughTheDecades #TalkToTheHand
