Mrs. Hartz's 7th graders practiced percent problems by playing "Buckets" today! The last picture has a sample problem for you to try (you can round your answer to the nearest percent).
✨ 8th Grade Night Success! ✨ Post 2 of 2
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our amazing 8th graders last night! The event was a huge success, and we loved recognizing this special group for their hard work, leadership, and dedication.
We’re so proud of our players and all they’ve accomplished so far. Best of luck to the team as they continue the remainder of their season — keep working hard and representing our school with pride! 🏀💙
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our amazing 8th graders last night! The event was a huge success, and we loved recognizing this special group for their hard work, leadership, and dedication.
We’re so proud of our players and all they’ve accomplished so far. Best of luck to the team as they continue the remainder of their season — keep working hard and representing our school with pride! 🏀💙
✨ 8th Grade Night Success! ✨ Post 1 of 2
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our amazing 8th graders last night! The event was a huge success, and we loved recognizing this special group for their hard work, leadership, and dedication.
We’re so proud of our players and all they’ve accomplished so far. Best of luck to the team as they continue the remainder of their season — keep working hard and representing our school with pride! 🏀💙
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our amazing 8th graders last night! The event was a huge success, and we loved recognizing this special group for their hard work, leadership, and dedication.
We’re so proud of our players and all they’ve accomplished so far. Best of luck to the team as they continue the remainder of their season — keep working hard and representing our school with pride! 🏀💙
Congratulations to Myleigh Benavidez on winning the 2025-2026 BVJH Art Club T-shirt Design Contest! Follow the link if you would like to purchase your own t-shirt, sweatshirt, or hoodie with the design. https://stores.inksoft.com/bvjh_art_club/shop/home
Orders are due by Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Our junior high boys basketball teams opened their season last night against Streator. Although all three levels came up short, it was great to see our athletes back on the court competing hard and representing Storm Pride! 💪⚡️
Tonight, we switch gears to celebrate our 8th Grade Girls Basketball Night! Come out and cheer on our girls as they play their final home game and honor our 8th graders for their dedication and leadership. 7th Grade tips off at 4:30 with 8th grade night being in between games.
Tonight, we switch gears to celebrate our 8th Grade Girls Basketball Night! Come out and cheer on our girls as they play their final home game and honor our 8th graders for their dedication and leadership. 7th Grade tips off at 4:30 with 8th grade night being in between games.
In October, Bureau Valley PreK-8 staff members and BVJH Interact Club collected $1,090 in donations for The Believe Foundation to support their incredible efforts to raise awareness and support local families fighting breast cancer. Thanks to all who donated and to everyone at The Believe Foundation for making sure nobody fights alone! 💗
A huge thank you to the BV Foundation for generously providing a camera to help us capture great moments and improve the quality of our junior high and elementary yearbooks!
Eighth graders spent the day learning about our 16th president, the Civil War, and our state government. It was a beautiful day in Springfield.
🏀 Conference Championship Bound! 🏀
Our 7th grade girls basketball team hits the court TONIGHT as they take on Princeton at Peru at 6:30 in the conference championship!
Come out, wear your Storm blue, and help cheer on our girls as they compete for the title. 💙⚡️
Let’s pack the stands and show them our support — Go Storm!
Our 7th grade girls basketball team hits the court TONIGHT as they take on Princeton at Peru at 6:30 in the conference championship!
Come out, wear your Storm blue, and help cheer on our girls as they compete for the title. 💙⚡️
Let’s pack the stands and show them our support — Go Storm!
Life Science students are studying the movement of different substances across the cell membrane. During the process of osmosis, water moves across the membrane without requiring the cell to expend energy. In this activity, students predicted whether potato slices would gain or lose mass, via the movement of water, when placed into salt water and distilled water.
BV staff showing big hearts and comfy feet 💙💗🌀
Every Monday in October, our K–8 staff donated to wear jeans, Crocs, and pink in support of cancer awareness. Our amazing Interact Club also hosted a “Chuck-A-Duck” fundraiser — and we were able to raise $1,090 that will be donated to the Believe Foundation.
We are so proud of our students and staff for coming together to support families fighting cancer. 💛
Every Monday in October, our K–8 staff donated to wear jeans, Crocs, and pink in support of cancer awareness. Our amazing Interact Club also hosted a “Chuck-A-Duck” fundraiser — and we were able to raise $1,090 that will be donated to the Believe Foundation.
We are so proud of our students and staff for coming together to support families fighting cancer. 💛
Pumpkin book reports have become an annual event in Ms. Bitting's third grade. Students select a book, write a short book report, and then decorate a small pumpkin as the main character of their book.
🇺🇸 Honoring Our Heroes 🇺🇸
We would like to invite all veterans who have served our country to join us for our Elementary Veterans Day Assembly on Tuesday, November 11th at 1:00 PM in the Auditorium.
We are grateful for your service and would be honored to celebrate you as our students pay tribute through songs, speeches, and special recognition.
Thank you for your dedication and sacrifice — we look forward to welcoming you! 🇺🇸❤️💙
We would like to invite all veterans who have served our country to join us for our Elementary Veterans Day Assembly on Tuesday, November 11th at 1:00 PM in the Auditorium.
We are grateful for your service and would be honored to celebrate you as our students pay tribute through songs, speeches, and special recognition.
Thank you for your dedication and sacrifice — we look forward to welcoming you! 🇺🇸❤️💙
Last week Mrs. Platz and Ms. Kluck planned a special Clue activity for staff the week of Halloween to enjoy. They placed their final guesses on Thursday and the Clue reveal was shown to staff along with another surprise. For the third year in a row, our school has been named EXEMPLARY by the State of Illinois. This esteemed designation belongs to all our students, staff, and the entire BV Community. To celebrate the exciting news staff members were treated to a new school banner as well as staff t-shirts. Being Exemplary is quite an accomplishment, but to do it three times is a true testament of our students, staff, and communities for all their hard work!
Unity⚡️ Excellence⚡️ Pride
5th graders at Manlius Elementary earned their October incentive on Friday. The students played Ghost Bingo.
🚨🏀 Junior High Basketball Season Alert! 🏀🚨
Our Junior High Boys Basketball teams hit the court next week, and we cannot wait to kick off another exciting season of BV hoops! 💙🤍
It’s a busy — and awesome — time of year as we cheer on both our boys and girls basketball programs. Let’s pack the gym, show up loud, and support our Storm student-athletes all season long!
⛹️♂️ Junior High Boys Games start next week
⛹️♀️ Junior High Girls continue their season strong as they wrap up SRC Conference tournament play this week.
Bring the energy. Bring the pride. 🌪️💪
Our Junior High Boys Basketball teams hit the court next week, and we cannot wait to kick off another exciting season of BV hoops! 💙🤍
It’s a busy — and awesome — time of year as we cheer on both our boys and girls basketball programs. Let’s pack the gym, show up loud, and support our Storm student-athletes all season long!
⛹️♂️ Junior High Boys Games start next week
⛹️♀️ Junior High Girls continue their season strong as they wrap up SRC Conference tournament play this week.
Bring the energy. Bring the pride. 🌪️💪
Our first STEM day of the year for 3rd-5th graders just so happened to be on Halloween! 3rd graders learned about biomimicry and were able to construct spider webs to mimic how spiders create their webs. 5th grade students learned about the piers and decks of a bridge before they created their spider bridges that would allow for so many "spiders" to cross the bridge. 4th grade students learned about the parts of a lever which include the effort, load, and fulcrum. Using this information, the students created catapults and launched candy pumpkins at various stations.
7th grade students in Mrs. Hoyt's Life Science class constructed the Ultimate Haunted Houses for their Halloween STEM activity.
8th grade students in Mrs. Hoyt's Physical Science classes read about Paddling that Pumpkin in their SuperSTEM Scholastic magazine. After learning about how people create boats out of massive pumpkins, the students were able to create their own design and construct a pumpkin boat that a 12" action figure would fit into and float in water.
A huge THANK YOU to Sheri and Ryan Litherland for donating the pumpkins to allow all the students to participate in this activity. We greatly appreciate your generosity!!!
Festering wounds. 🩹Monster Mash. 👹Blood curdling scream. 😱Nothing says Halloween like Paint Chip Poetry! 7D had a ghoulish 👻 time creating the creepiest poetry with their classmates. 🎃
