Junior High Student Council is collecting pop tabs to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Please bring them to your 9th hour classroom now until April.

Attention all junior high students!! Be sure to wear your class color for Halloween, this Friday!

Due to Girls Basketball season still taking place this week, the 6th-8th grade cheer parent meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled. A rescheduled date with be communicated by the end of this week. Please contact the jr high office with any transportation change tonight following cheer practice. There will be a shuttle bringing athletes back to Manlius to ensure students can take the south shuttles.
Today, we celebrated our students' quarter one successes with an incentive. JH students earned the incentive with good behavior, grades, and attendance. The students enjoyed an afternoon outside at Zearing Park and an apple cider donut. Great work to all the students who earned the incentive!





Earth Science students are working to identify different minerals, this time using density. Density is more useful than other properties (such as luster, streak, and hardness) because it is quantitative and unique to each mineral.




🏀 Big Game Night! 🏀
Come out and support our 7th/8th Girls Basketball teams as they take on Princeton in a big matchup tonight starting at 4:30! 💪💙
During the game, our Interact Club will be doing Chuck-a-Duck with all proceeds going to the Believe Cancer Foundation, supporting families in our community impacted by cancer. 🎗️🦆
Bring your school spirit, grab a duck, and help us make a difference while cheering on the Storm! ⚡💙
Come out and support our 7th/8th Girls Basketball teams as they take on Princeton in a big matchup tonight starting at 4:30! 💪💙
During the game, our Interact Club will be doing Chuck-a-Duck with all proceeds going to the Believe Cancer Foundation, supporting families in our community impacted by cancer. 🎗️🦆
Bring your school spirit, grab a duck, and help us make a difference while cheering on the Storm! ⚡💙


🏀 BV Junior High Basketball Update!
Our 7th grade girls battled hard and came away with a great win last night! 💪👏 The 6th and 8th grade teams fought tough as well but came up just short. We’re proud of both teams for their effort and teamwork on the court! 💙🤍 #StormPride
Our 7th grade girls battled hard and came away with a great win last night! 💪👏 The 6th and 8th grade teams fought tough as well but came up just short. We’re proud of both teams for their effort and teamwork on the court! 💙🤍 #StormPride

Sixth grade Earth Science students are learning to use physical and chemical properties to identify minerals. The way a mineral breaks (cleavage or fracture), in addition to its color, crystal shape, streak, and luster can be used to make the determination.
In this activity, different mineral samples were observed under magnification to determine whether they exhibit fracture, conchoidal fracture, or cleavage. If the mineral displayed cleavage, the number of cleavage planes was specified.
In this activity, different mineral samples were observed under magnification to determine whether they exhibit fracture, conchoidal fracture, or cleavage. If the mineral displayed cleavage, the number of cleavage planes was specified.




🚌✨ Our 7th graders had an amazing day on their field trip! They traveled to see “Edgar Allan Poe’s Twisted Tales Ballet,” where classic stories like The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven came to life through music and movement. 🎭📚🩰
To top it off, the group made a sweet stop at Whitey’s Ice Cream for a treat before heading home! 🍦😋
What a fun and memorable day of learning, art, and a little dessert!
To top it off, the group made a sweet stop at Whitey’s Ice Cream for a treat before heading home! 🍦😋
What a fun and memorable day of learning, art, and a little dessert!







🎉 First Quarter Success! 🎉
Congratulations to all of our students who earned Honor Roll and those who achieved Perfect Attendance for the first quarter! 📚👏
Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to learning make us so proud. Keep up the great effort as we move into Quarter 2—let’s keep that Storm spirit strong! 💙⚡️
Congratulations to all of our students who earned Honor Roll and those who achieved Perfect Attendance for the first quarter! 📚👏
Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to learning make us so proud. Keep up the great effort as we move into Quarter 2—let’s keep that Storm spirit strong! 💙⚡️



Fannie May order forms will be due on Monday! We are utilizing a new vender this year to offer a wider variety of products, as well as an optional online ordering platform with shipping available on some products for friends/relatives out of the area!
We will have two different organizations (Wyanet/Manlius PTO and BVJH Student Council) selling to reduce the amount of time families and students spend fundraising. Remember that all money is due at the time of sale. Prek-5th checks need to be made payable to BVWME PTO.
In order for everyone to receive their orders in time, all orders are due Monday, October 20th. We WILL NOT be accepting incomplete or late orders. We will send your incomplete order packet back home with your student and you will be responsible for contacting everyone you sold to during the sale. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out and ask!
Good luck in the FINAL weekend for selling!!
We will have two different organizations (Wyanet/Manlius PTO and BVJH Student Council) selling to reduce the amount of time families and students spend fundraising. Remember that all money is due at the time of sale. Prek-5th checks need to be made payable to BVWME PTO.
In order for everyone to receive their orders in time, all orders are due Monday, October 20th. We WILL NOT be accepting incomplete or late orders. We will send your incomplete order packet back home with your student and you will be responsible for contacting everyone you sold to during the sale. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out and ask!
Good luck in the FINAL weekend for selling!!

🌟 Happy National Boss’s Day! 🌟
Today we want to take a moment to thank our amazing leaders, Mrs. Platz and Mr. Stabler for their dedication, support, and vision. Your guidance keeps our school moving forward and inspires all of us to do our best every day. We appreciate all you do! 💙🍎
Today we want to take a moment to thank our amazing leaders, Mrs. Platz and Mr. Stabler for their dedication, support, and vision. Your guidance keeps our school moving forward and inspires all of us to do our best every day. We appreciate all you do! 💙🍎


8th Grade Business CRC just wrapped up their first quarter! Over the past several weeks, students explored key concepts about business and money, applying what they learned to create their very own businesses. To conclude the quarter, they brought everything together through their “Business in a Box” projects—turning their ideas into tangible, creative business models









🎉🏈 Victory Alert! 🏈🎉
Our JH football team did it again — downing Stark County in a hard-fought battle and improving their record to 2-1!
Next up for the Storm, they will play their final games at Storm Stadium! They will kickoff at 5:30 next Wednesday vs United Monmouth.
Let’s keep riding this momentum! Next game, next challenge — keep up the hard work! 💪
Our JH football team did it again — downing Stark County in a hard-fought battle and improving their record to 2-1!
Next up for the Storm, they will play their final games at Storm Stadium! They will kickoff at 5:30 next Wednesday vs United Monmouth.
Let’s keep riding this momentum! Next game, next challenge — keep up the hard work! 💪

🎵 District Festival Day! 🎶
A big congratulations to our Junior High Band and Choir students who represented Bureau Valley at the ILMEA District Festival yesterday! These talented students spent the day rehearsing and performing with other outstanding musicians from across the region. 👏🎤🎺
We’re so proud of their hard work, dedication, and musicianship — way to show your Storm Pride! 💙🤍
#StormPride #BVExcellence #ILMEA #FineArts
A big congratulations to our Junior High Band and Choir students who represented Bureau Valley at the ILMEA District Festival yesterday! These talented students spent the day rehearsing and performing with other outstanding musicians from across the region. 👏🎤🎺
We’re so proud of their hard work, dedication, and musicianship — way to show your Storm Pride! 💙🤍
#StormPride #BVExcellence #ILMEA #FineArts

🎶 Congratulations to our talented musicians! 🎶
We’re so proud of Sierra Endress & Brianna Crownover for earning ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) recognition on their alto saxophone and flute! This honor is awarded to outstanding student musicians who audition and are selected to perform with some of the best music students from across the region. 🎵
Their hard work, dedication, and passion for music have truly paid off. 👏
Way to represent Bureau Valley with pride and excellence! 💙🤍
We’re so proud of Sierra Endress & Brianna Crownover for earning ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) recognition on their alto saxophone and flute! This honor is awarded to outstanding student musicians who audition and are selected to perform with some of the best music students from across the region. 🎵
Their hard work, dedication, and passion for music have truly paid off. 👏
Way to represent Bureau Valley with pride and excellence! 💙🤍

5th graders in Mrs. Kuelper’s math class having been learning how to compare decimals all week. Today we used candy corn to make decimal inequalities.





4th grade classes opened Word Problem Memorial Hospital to operate on multi-step word problems. The "surgeons" were tired by the end of their shift.





🎉 It’s the final day of Homecoming Week, and we’re wrapping it up by showing off our STORM PRIDE! 💙 Students and staff are decked out in their best Bureau Valley gear to celebrate an awesome week of school spirit. The dress-up winners for the day were Josie Wiggim, Jayden Crownover, and Braylee Vujakovich! Way to go, Storm! Good luck tonight in your big game!⚡️

Friday, Oct. 17th is the last day to purchase a Junior High yearbook at the lowest price of the year. Use the link to order https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A00000000.

