It's a HUGE day for our junior high athletic programs as our football team play their final game of the season vs Amboy and have their 8th grade recognition. Then our 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams are on the road to compete the first round of the SRC Conference Tournament. 8th Grade plays at 1:00 vs LaSalle and 7th grade plays at 3:00 vs Peru. Good luck to all our teams today! Go Storm!!
Our junior high band and choir students did a wonderful job performing at the BVEC festival. The students had to audition for their place in the choir/ band and we had multiple students earn first chairs. We also had some students have solos! Way to represent BV students!! Great job to the directors and students hard work! Go Storm!
Congratulations to Kylie, Sierra, and Savanna are earning to play/sing at ILMEA @ Augustana College. Savanna will be in the junior high choir as a soprano, Kylie will be in the junior high band with her horn, and Sierra will be in the junior high band with her alto saxophone. ILMEA is an audition process that competes with the best musicians in the state for their age group. The students audition to be in the state-level ensembles in band and chorus. Congratulations to these ladies are all of their hard work!!
The first quarter came to a close on Friday, and we want to send a huge congratulations to the following students for making High Honor Roll as well as Honor Roll for the quarter! We are proud of all of our students' hard work this quarter! Keep up the work everyone!
Good luck to our 6th-8th grade girls basketball teams tonight as our 6th grade travels to Henry to wrap up their season and our 7th/8th grade will host the Henry Cardinals. We will also be honoring our 8th graders in between games and Interact will be doing the infamous Chuck A Duck at halftime of the 8th grade game. All proceeds of Chuck A Duck will go towards the Believe Foundation in Princeton.
Our 8th grade took the annual trip to Shadows of the Blue and Gray this morning. They learned about the various artillery in war, as well as watch a cannon being shot off. It's always a great privilege to learn have this trip for our 8th graders.
This quarter, our 8th-grade social studies students stepped into the shoes of IL government officials as part of our Constitution unit. Each student was assigned a role in one of the three branches of government and worked together to pass new laws in a mock legislative session.
Thank you to Mr. Roush for coming to our building today to teach fire safety, as well as show our students the various parts of the fire truck. Big shout out to Mrs. Platz, who showed off her fire extinguisher skills for our students!
Winners of the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition for 3-5 PE classes!
Congrats Quinn and Teegan!
Our 7th/8th girls basketball teams are back in action tonight vs Annawan starting at 4:30 in the Storm Gym! Good luck to our ladies as they take on the Bravettes!
Parents! This is a kind reminder that all Fannie Mae orders are due on Monday!
That's another Storm VICTORY for our football team!! They beat Rockridge today 8-6 with a great defensive effort!! Way to go boys!! Go Storm!
Good luck to our JH football team today as we host Rockridge at 11:00! Go Storm!
Good luck to our 6th grade girls basketball team as they play for in the championship game at the JFK tournament today! They took down Princeton last night 31-15 and beat JFK 20-10. Go Get' Em Ladies! Go Storm!
STORM FRIDAY!! Our students showed great support for our football team today as there was a sea of blue in the hallway! Congratulations to Brianna and Jayden Crownover for winning Best Dress of the Day! Good luck tonight Storm! Go Get'Em!!
Day 4 of Homecoming was groovy!! Tie dye colors were bright and bold in our building. Congratulations to Kylie Endress and Kailee Walters on winning Best Dress of the Day!
Mrs. Kitchens and Mrs. Krug were able to host their first fall concert among all the homecoming activities. Our junior high and high school students put on great performances for everyone to enjoy on Wednesday night! Great job students and directors! We are excited to start this annual tradition!
Crazy, Wacky, Wonky!!
BVJH/BVE student's didn't know what to think of WACKY Day! From long and puffy wigs to mismatch socks to crazy outfits, our students went all out for Day 3 of Homecoming. Congratulations to Lola King and Nolan Hellrung for Best Dressed! We also were able to play "Name That Tune" 9th hour with all the Homerooms and 6B came away with a win and earned a recess!
Ms. Smith's 7A ELA students learned about survival skills while reading the adventure novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulson. Then they put them to use on the BV Manlius Campus. Great job 7A!
Ms. Bitting's third graders recently wrote essays describing the main character in the story Scaredy Squirrel. Then they drew squirrels by following the step-by-step instructions provided in an Art Hub video.
