The 8th grade SS classes created news stories about events happening during Manifest Destiny. Check out the news! https://youtu.be/nEUx8y34--g
Mrs. Bell's 4th grade had some flying fun today. They flew a paper airplane and wrote sentences with prepositional phrases to describe the flight of the airplane.
Today in Mrs. Kuelper’s science class the students made sun dials. We went outside to test our sun dials. We faced our sun dials north, and it showed the correct time of day.
🌟 Giving Back to Our Furry Friends! 🐾💙 At tonight's volleyball game, our Interact Club will be doing Chuck-A-Duck to make a difference for some of the most lovable members of our communities—Friends of Strays will be receiving all proceeds made from Chuck-A-Duck as well as any donations given! 🐶🐱 This contribution will go towards food, medical care, and ensuring these animals find their forever homes. Ducks will be sold at the gate for $2 and will be thrown in between the 7th and 8th grade games. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supports our mission—whether you buy a duck or donate towards the wonderful cause. Please spread the word of our event as together, we’re creating a kinder world, one paw at a time! 🐾✨
We want to wish a congratulations to Kylie Endress and Peyton Matuszyk who was chosen as our John Ourth winners for this school year. The John Ourth award is sponsored through the Illinois Principal Association and is chosen to honor two exceptional students from Bureau Valley. Students are recommended by their school principals based on, character, citizenship, leadership skills and scholarship as well as possessing the potential to make a difference in the world. These ladies will get to be recognized at the Starved Rock Region Illinois Principal Association John Ourth Student Recognition Breakfast later in February. Congratulations ladies for all your hard work!
🎉 Celebrating Excellence: Quarter 2 Achievements! 🎉
A huge congratulations to the students who achieved Perfect Attendance and made it to the Honor Roll for second quarter! We are so proud of your hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence.
Geography Bee Finalists!
7th/8th Grade Volleyball Update:
Tomorrow night's 7th/8th grade volleyball game has been rescheduled to Monday, January 27th starting at 4:30 in the Storm Gym. 6th grade will still travel to JFK tomorrow night starting at 4:30. Please contact the junior high office with any questions or concerns. Thank you
GO STORM!
🌟 Giving Back to Our Furry Friends! 🐾💙
At tomorrow night's volleyball game, our Interact Club will be doing Chuck-A-Duck to make a difference for some of the most lovable members of our communities—Friends of Strays will be receiving all proceeds made from Chuck-A-Duck as well as any donations given! 🐶🐱
This contribution will go towards food, medical care, and ensuring these animals find their forever homes. Ducks will be sold at the gate for $2 and will be thrown in between the 7th and 8th grade games.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supports our mission—whether you buy a duck or donate towards the wonderful cause. Please spread the word of our event as together, we’re creating a kinder world, one paw at a time! 🐾✨
7th/8th Boys Basketball Game Day Update!
Due to the low temperatures, Oglesby Washington has canceled school tomorrow thus canceling our 7th/8th grade boys basketball game for tomorrow night. The boys will have practice in Walnut after school where transportation will take them to Walnut and bring them back to Manlius at 5:00.
We were able to reschedule the game to Wednesday, January 22nd at Oglesby Washington starting at 5:00. Coach Juhola will be in contact with all parents and please contact Coach Juhola or Ms. Kluck.
Mrs. Bell's class has been discussing needs, wants, and making purchases within a budget. The students researched items to furnish their first place to live without going over their set budget. There was a lot of discussion of needs and wants.
BVJH held their 2025 Spelling Bee today, and we want to congratulate Kylie Endress who will be representing BV at the Regional Spelling Bee. We also want to congratulate Aydrian Johnson for coming in second! We are very proud of all of the students who participated today! Go Storm!
Congratulations to our BVJH 8th grade basketball players and Coach Juhola for taking 2nd place in the SRC Conference Tournament! Good luck in IESA Regionals starting on 2/1/25 at BVJH in Manlius! ⚡️
In this Mystery Science activity, Ms. Bitting's third graders worked together to determine if an astronaut's traits would change after spending a year in space.
Good luck to our 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams today as they being SRC tournament play! Our 7th grade will take on Peru Parkside at 12:00 and our 8th grade will tip off at 1:00 vs Northbrook. Winners will advance in the conference tournament and will play again on Tuesday! Good luck to both teams!! Go Storm!
GAME DAY ALERT!
Our 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams are back in action tonight in Storm Gym with 7th grade tipping off at 5:30. It will be a good battle between Cambridge and we look forward to a big crowd tonight! Go Storm!
🏀🎉 Shoutout to Our 8th Grade Basketball Players & Cheerleaders! 🎉🏀
POST #2:
Now that we have returned from break, we were able to recognize our 8th-grade basketball players and cheerleaders for their hard work, dedication, and teamwork before we went on break! 💪🔥
This basketball team remains UNDEFEATED on the season and are in the middle of non-conference play this week, before battling it out in the SRC tournament next week as the #1 seed. Our cheerleaders wrapped up their season before break, in order to participate in volleyball in January.
🌟 Here’s to our 8th grade athletes! The future is bright, and we can’t wait to see the rest of your season in basketball and volleyball as well as you shine in high school! 🌟
🏀🎉 Shoutout to Our 8th Grade Basketball Players! 🎉🏀
POST #1:
Now that we have returned from break, we were able to recognize our 8th-grade basketball players for their hard work, dedication, and teamwork before we went on break! 💪🔥
This group remains UNDEFEATED on the season and are in the middle of non-conference play this week, before battling it out in the SRC tournament next week as the #1 seed.
🌟 Here’s to our 8th grade athletes! The future is bright, and we can’t wait to see the rest of your season as well as you shine in high school! 🌟
BVJH students had the opportunity to attend an assembly this morning to hear a motivational presentation about thriving inside and outside of a school setting. Principal, author, former NCAA referee, and motivational speaker Andrew Marotta gave an energetic presentation focused on creating good habits, setting your self up for success, and goal setting. It was a great way to kick off 2025 at BV!
Ms. Haley's 7th and 8th grade classes were challenged to complete a 100 piece puzzle in 10 minutes without talking and without getting to look at the reference picture.
