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First grade took advantage of the nice weather and read our books outside! ☀️
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Our final activity for Week of the Young Child is Tasty Tuesday: Make a snack like no bake Cheerio bars. Cooking together is a great way to teach children math and measuring skills or simply make tacos!
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Today's Week of the Young Child activity is Music Monday: Create a noise maker. Use a household item like a cup with a lid. Put Cheerios inside the item. Shake the noise maker and dance along. Have fun!
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Here's Friday's Week of the Young Child Activity. Family Friday: Make your own checker board or tic-tac-toe board on paper and play together. Use Cheerios for markers. Make it a family game night!
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Thursday's Week of the Young Child. Artsy Thursday: Glue Cheerios to paper and color them with markers. Make different shapes or animal shapes. You can even draw your name! Have fun!!
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Good afternoon. This is a reminder that BV Schools will not be in session on Friday, April 7th. We hope you all have a wonderful safe long weekend.
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We would like to remind everyone that BV Walnut will have spring pictures tomorrow, April 6th. They suggest not wearing green as they will use a greenscreen for different background options. If you have any questions please contact the school office.
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We are celebrating the "Week of the Young Child". Each day there will an activity. Today's is WORK TOGETHER WEDNESDAY. Grab a large cup and have 1 person toss Cheerios while the other catches them with the cup. See how many you catch in 1 minute. Then trade off.
Enjoy the fun.
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Due to the predicted bad weather tomorrow, April 4th we are canceling Garden Club. We sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you have any questions please call BV Walnut.
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Update for week of April 3, 2023
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Make your plans now to attend the BV Preschool Screenings on May 15th or 16th. Please read the following to find how to sign up and what you need to bring with you. Appointments for screenings will not be taken before May 1st. Thank you!
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Please take a moment to complete the 5 Essential Survey for EACH building you have a child attend. To take the survey please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/
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Walnut's 5th grade students have been researching a specific constellation. This week, they hosted an event, "A Walk Through the Stars". K-4 students and staff travleled through the "night sky" as each student read their essay and shared their model. Next week...Star Lab!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from Mrs. Monier's 2nd grade class
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Set those clocks. We dismiss at 11:00 on March 16th. There will be no lunch served.
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First grade says Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! 🎂
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4th Grade went and heard the Quad Cities Symphony. Then Walnut PTO helped feed us Happy Joes in Coal Valley. Thank you!
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5th grade students at North had the experience of Zooming with a real Rocket Scientist! Students sent questions to NASA's own Ben Marti, and he incorporated answers into his presentation. He and his team designed the 2020 Mars Rover, Perseverance.
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4th and 5th grade students in Media Club have been hard at work learning the ins and outs of different design and editing programs. We're excited to launch our YouTube channel (search for "media club BV"). Check it out and let us know what you think!
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