Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

BVE Art students created these beautiful flags which hang in our hallway for Veterans Day. Thank you to all who served our country! 🇺🇸

What a fabulous way to end the week at BVE in Manlius. 3rd - 5th graders received this week’s Iready Awards and their Fannie Mae sales prizes at the end of the day on the playground. Great Job and have a great weekend BVE.⚡️

9/9/20 Dear Bureau Valley Junior High Parents and Students, In March 2020 the Bureau Valley School Board approved the addition of a BVJH JFL Program for the 2020/21 school year. We have been looking forward to a successful 2020 first season and a lot of hard work went into planning and preparing for our first year. However, according to the IDPH Sports Safety Guidance, football is placed into the highest risk category and teams are not allowed to participate in any contact practices, scrimmages or competitive play at this time. For the safety of our students, and in alignment with IESA, IHSA and the IDPH guidance, we regret to inform you that we are cancelling the BVJH JFL 2020 season. We will now turn our vision and attention to our 2021/22 season and look forward to building a successful program that will grow each year and enhance the high school football program for years to come.

BVJH boys baseball game for today, 9/8/20, in Peru is cancelled.

BVJH softball game at 4:30 in Princeton for this afternoon has been cancelled. We will update you on the baseball game in Peru once we have been notified.

Join us tomorrow!

Bureau Valley Jr. High and High School Fall Athletics On behalf of the Junior High and High School Fall athletic programs, we would like to send out a sincere thank you to all of our spectators for your patience and consideration during this unprecedented time. As we continue to move forward with the 2020 Fall sports seasons we understand that the Covid-19 situation has created some challenges for everyone. Let's continue to support our student-athletes in a positive manner and respect everyone's individual opinions regarding Covid-19. Spectators, please continue to enjoy the outdoor Fall events and remember to monitor your social distancing at all times. Masks are no longer required by spectators if outdoors and a 6-foot distance can be maintained. However, masks are still required for coaches at all times and for athletes when they are not actively playing in the game. Always give the student-athletes and coaches space and as a spectator closely monitor your family’s social distancing. Please refrain from the large group gatherings at the conclusion of events. We thank all of you for your support and dedication to Bureau Valley Junior High and High School athletics. Let’s continue to be the leaders for our student-athletes on how we conduct ourselves and practice social distancing at all events. Please continue to support our Fall athletes for the remainder of the season as we move forward through this challenging time. Stay healthy and safe! Thank you! GO STORM! Brad Bickett Brianne DeBrock Bureau Valley High School Bureau Valley Junior High Athletic Director Athletic Director Go Storm!

Today is the first day of school! Be sure to log into teacher ease for attendance you must use the website teacherease.com. Please call the office if you are having technical difficulties when you log into the website, we did just reset it if you had issues please try again and then call the office for assistance.

PreK-5 Parent Information 8/18/20 Dear Bureau Valley PreK-5th grade parents, Last night the Bureau Valley School Board decided that the district will begin the school year with full remote learning for all students starting on Thursday, August 20th. We currently plan to return to in person learning on Wednesday, September 2nd, for those families who chose in person learning for the first quarter. We want to assure you that we understand and appreciate the excitement our students have on that first day of school when they get to go to school and meet their teachers for the first time. Our teachers feel this way too! With this in mind, we are planning a Material Pick Up Day on Wednesday, August 19th, from 8:00am until 6:00pm. Parents can bring their students to their school buildings, pull up to designated areas and their teachers will be there if possible to greet them and give them their materials. Students are not obligated to come, but we feel this opportunity is important for all involved. For this period of remote learning your students’ learning materials may include workbooks, technology directions and support documents, and a chromebook for 3rd-5th graders. If you have your own device at home for your students and prefer to use that please let us know when picking up your materials. All school devices are monitored by the district firewall and GoGuardian at all times and students must follow the chromebook usage guidelines included in the annual district registration forms. If you have already brought your child(rens) school supplies to school and need them back for remote learning please call the building secretary at least 1 hour prior to picking up your remote learning materials. Designated Areas for pick up: Manlius: Please enter the Junior High/Elementary entrance and circle around to line up in the bus lane in front of the main entrance. When you arrive someone will radio your child’s name inside so their teachers can come out with material. Walnut: Please enter the parking lot and drive east down the fire lane between the school and playground. Stop at the gym door and someone will radio your child’s name inside so their teachers can come out with material. Wyanet: Please enter the parking lot and pull up to the gym door. Someone will radio your child’s name inside so their teachers can come out with material. Elementary Remote Learning Expectations Log into Teacherease daily by 10 a.m. for attendance. Attendance means your child is well and plans on learning sometime during the day when it is convenient for your family. Instructions on completing attendance here. If your child is ill please call the office and let them know just like if there were in person. Log into Seesaw Pre K -2 or Google Classroom 3-5 daily starting Thursday, August 20th and complete the task assigned. If you are unable or need assistance, message your teacher so they can assist you. Here are the instructions for 3rd - 5th grade students on how to access google classroom which is where their learning will be digitally delivered. Emails and passwords will be emailed to parents from the teacher. Here are the instructions for Pre K - 2nd grade students on how to access seesaw class app which is where their learning will be digitally delivered. Access codes will be emailed to parents from the teacher. If you have a PreK-2 student who needs a device or a PreK - 5 family without internet or smart phone please call your building to make them aware and we will communicate a plan for your child to complete remote learning. As always we appreciate your continued flexibility and understanding. We look forward to learning together this year. Mrs. Cady & Mrs. Platz

8/18/20 Dear Bureau Valley Junior High students and parents, Last night the Bureau Valley School Board decided that the district will begin the school year with full remote learning for all students starting on Thursday, August 20th. We currently plan to return to in person learning on Wednesday, September 2nd, for those families who chose in person learning for the first quarter. We will be having a Material Pick Up Day on Wednesday, August 19th, from 8:00am until 6:00pm. For this period of remote learning your students’ learning materials may include workbooks, technology directions and support documents, and a chromebook 3rd-12th graders. If you have your own device at home for your students and are able to use that please let us know when picking up your materials. All school devices are monitored by the district firewall and GoGuardian at all times and students must follow the chromebook usage guidelines included in the annual district registration forms. Manlius 6-8 Pick Up Details: Wednesday 8/19/20 from 8:00am - 6:00pm Please enter the Junior High/Elementary entrance and circle around to line up in the bus lane in front of the main entrance. Please be patient while in line and a staff member will take your student’s name and radio it in so that we can bring the materials out to you as soon as possible. Remote Learning Attendance Expectations Log into Teacherease daily by 10 a.m. for attendance. Attendance means your child is well and plans on learning sometime during the day when it is convenient for your family. Instructions on completing attendance here. If your child is ill please call the office and let them know just like if there were in person. Log into Google Classroom daily starting Thursday, August 20th and complete the tasks assigned. If you are unable or need assistance, message your teacher so they can assist you. Here are the instructions on how to log in to a chromebook and access google classroom which is where their learning will be digitally delivered. As always we appreciate your continued flexibility and understanding. We look forward to learning together this year. Sincerely, Julie Platz Principal, Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

8/12/20 Bureau Valley Remote Learning Families, You should have received an email today from teacherease if you chose remote learning for your child(ren). If this is not what you intended, or you did not receive the email and chose remote, please call 815-445-2121 to speak to the office as soon as possible. Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary 3-8 chromebooks and materials may be picked up at the office in Manlius on Monday, 8/17/20, from 12:00 AM - 5:30 PM. If you have your own laptop or device at home and do not need one from the school, please let us know that you have your own personal device. If you are in need of a device, please make sure you have filled out the Chromebook Signature Page that was part of the registration paperwork to save time when you come to pick materials up on Monday. If you have NOT registered your child(ren) yet they will NOT be able to receive any of these materials until you do so, please contact your building office immediately to set up an appointment to take care of this issue.

Baseball and softball practices for this afternoon, 8/10/20, are cancelled!

BVJH Baseball/Softball Announcement: Practices will begin on Wednesday 8/5 in Manlius. You will receive an email later today with more specific details. IMPORTANT- you MUST have your sports physical turned in before attending any practices!

7/31/20 Bureau Valley Junior High Students and Families, Late this afternoon BVJH was notified that the IESA Board reversed its 7/24/20 decision to cancel the 2020 fall sports seasons. With the newly released guidance from the Governor’s Office categorizing baseball, softball, golf and cross country in the lower risk category, the IESA Board of Directors has approved a plan for the return of 2020 fall regular season contests in these activities and a limited state series. This reversal obviously generates many questions about the prerequisite steps involved in reinstating our BVJH baseball and softball practices and seasons. The situation is extremely fluid and we ask that you please be patient while we await further guidance on the required safety measures to ensure that appropriate protocols are in place for the health and safety for all players, coaches, umpires and fans. We thank you in advance for your patience as we work with the IESA, IDPH, our coaching staff, and athletic directors from surrounding schools to investigate and plan how to move forward with fall sports in the safest manner possible. Sincerely, Julie Platz Principal, Bureau Valley Junior High

Watch the Bureau Valley Junior High 2020 Promotion Ceremony at 7:00 tonight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DY-cSwkyB8

Congratulations to the following 5th grade students for receiving the 2020 Presidential Award: Garrett Gross and Stone Sabin. They excelled in academics, attendance, behavior and tested in the 90th percentile or higher on our benchmarking testing. Keep up the great work next year in junior high!

Congratulations to our May BE’s of the month at Bureau Valley Elementary. We know how hard our students have worked on remote learning and at staying engaged with their teachers. So for this month each 3-5 classroom teacher selected a student to honor from their classes: 3B-Jayce Kassel-Sampson and 3W-Chase Stier, 4B-Lydia Gross and 4D-Madison Price, 5K-Colton Maubach-Williams and 5S-Aiden Litherland ⚡️⚡️Great job BVE! ⚡️⚡️

Please see the attached document for information regarding return of student materials at the end of the year. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TJ_tsCKygtFuCZvlIqugFVIpmufRoz1fabfCa1VVo2I/edit?ts=5eb9aece

May 11th, 2020 The Bureau Valley administrative team has been closely monitoring recommendations from the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health about end of year events like the BVJH Awards Assembly and 8th Grade Promotion. Bureau Valley CUSD #340 must follow the guidelines set by state agencies in the following months to ensure the safety and health of all community members, at the same time the district understands the importance of holding these events for our students and their families. As of May 2nd, state agencies stated that “virtual events are strongly encouraged, although we recognize this may not be possible in all situations.” When considering all options, following the safety guidelines and erring on the side of safety for all involved is the responsible path to follow. Therefore the Bureau Valley administrative team is announcing the following adjustments to the BVJH Awards Assembly and 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony. BVJH Awards Assembly The BVJH 2020 Awards Assembly was originally scheduled for the morning of May 20th in the Bureau Valley auditorium. The purpose of the Awards Assembly is to recognize and celebrate our BVJH 6th-8th Grade students’ success and participation in extracurricular clubs and athletics and to announce the recipients of the 8th Grade Promotion Awards. In order to safely celebrate the accomplishments of all Bureau Valley Junior High students, the assembly will now be transformed into a Digital Awards Presentation that will be posted on the BV340 website and the Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary facebook page on May 20th at 7:00PM. The Awards Presentation link will then be emailed to all BVJH families immediately after it has been presented at 7:00PM for the first time. BVJH Promotion Ceremony The BVJH 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony will be released as a virtual Promotion Ceremony on June 19th at 7:00PM. The ceremony will feature the BVJH 8th grade students promoted to high school, speeches will be presented, and award recipients recognized. The links for this ceremony will be made available in the same manner as the Awards Assembly. On behalf of the Bureau Valley Junior High Staff, I invite you to join us in watching the Awards Presentation online on May 20th at 7:00PM to help us celebrate our amazing first year together in Manlius. Then please join us again on June 19th at 7:00PM for the 8th grade Virtual Promotion Ceremony to celebrate the 8th graders promoted to high school. Celebrating all our students’ hard work and achievements together, despite the distance between us, will honor and pay tribute to their accomplishments in the 2019/2020 school year. Sincerely, Julie Platz Principal, Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary

I want to say thank you to all of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students that have been creating wonderful artwork during this time! Since I can't hang them in the hallway, and they are too good to keep to myself, here is a slideshow of the public artwork on Artsonia. These photographs are all from our distance learning projects. I am so proud of each and every one of you! https://www.artsonia.com/schools/media.asp?id=19739 Mrs. Amy Knapp Art Educator Bureau Valley Elementary & Junior High