BCS is celebrating National 4-H Week with plenty of fun activities including a color the pumpkin contest. At Montpelier School, any student who turns in the 4-H pumpkin coloring page will have their name put in a drawing for prizes! Here are today's winners: (l-r) Ashley Henderson, Alexis Huffman, Zoey Sills, and Abigail Foy.
Great job, Kodiaks!
Wow! Hard to believe Fall Break is almost here! (Oct. 12-16.)
Thanks to the kind generosity of the Blackford County Community Foundation, Community and Family Services, Grace United Methodist Church, Purdue Extension Blackford County, and the Good Seed Initiative, the Pit Stop in Hartford City will provide free lunches to families in need during Fall Break. If this is your family, please stop by the Pit-Stop to pick up lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students are encouraged to be present when picking up the lunches.
A friendly reminder from Assistant Superintendent Greg Roach regarding transportation:
As we start the last week of our first grading period, I want to thank you for your understanding and cooperation in helping us have a great start to our school year. I want to remind you that due to COVID-19 safety concerns and the possible need to contact trace, we are unable to approve one-time, non-permanent bus changes for students. Students need to ride their assigned bus or have an alternate option for transportation. I know this can create hardships for parents at times, but we need to do all that we can to keep our students safe and this is a measure that is necessary.
Thank you in advance for your help in our efforts to keep the students of BCS safe.
Blackford Spotlight: Mrs. Sarah Penny's 3rd grade class at Blackford Intermediate School
The third graders in Mrs. Penny’s class have been using the power of drawing to enhance their understanding of main idea and supporting details. Students listened to a nonfiction passage and drew an illustration to represent the passage. They then could pick out the main thing they were drawing about. This helped students understand the main idea. It was a fun way and visual way to understand the main idea.
Check out the Bruin spirit on this Northside kindergartener! Way to go, Isaiah!
#FutureBruin #SpiritWeek
Check out our 6th grade students in Mrs. Heidi Palmer's homeroom class at BIS kick off book fair week by dressing like they did 'back in the day' during the 1990s. According to Mrs. Palmer, "The kids looked awesome!"
#ThroughTheDecades #TalkToTheHand
Our 2nd grade students in Mrs. Lorri Smith's class came to school dressed for Career Day as a football player, paleontologist, IU Hospital office worker, vet, rodeo guy, army guy, hairdresser, doctor, farmer, and railroad engineer. Our Cubs' futures looks bright!
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Sew much to learn!
Students in Mrs. Yvette Rouch's anatomy class at BJSHS have been learning suturing techniques during their weekly Club Medic lesson. Keep up the good work, Bruins!
#FutureMedProfessionals
BCS welcomed members of the Early Childhood Steering committee. A big thank you to all the participants for taking time to come out for a great conversation on serving Blackford County's youngest residents.
Reminder: All BCS students have access to free counseling services through the Bowen Center. Contact your student's school or call 800.342.5652 to set a confidential appointment.
Blackford County Schools has a number of open positions currently available. Join us!
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Students In Mrs. Kari Crouse's 4th grade class at BIS had fun completing a Text Feature Escape Room, while wearing their 80’s outfits to kick off Book Fair week. According to Mrs. Crouse, all students were able to escape in record time!
Great job, Bears!
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Santa's little elves have been busy, even in this time of social distancing and masks! With the uncertainty as to whether there will be a craft show this fall, Mrs. Linda Wallace and the Bruin Specialties crew wanted to get the photos of their products out early so you can place your orders. Choose the nativity set, painted or unpainted, for $25; or choose the holy family, painted or unpainted, for $10. Place your order with Mrs. Wallace at lwallace@blackfordschools.org. Proceeds from the craft project will be used to fund our cooking projects for the life skills classes at BJSHS.
#SupportOurBruinSpecialties
NOTICE: The Hartford City Rotary Club is sponsoring its annual Coat A Child giveaway on Friday, October 2 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Community and Family Services building. Distribution of the remaining coats/winter wear will continue on Monday. Please spread the word!
We love good news! Congratulations to 5th grader Camdyn Richard and 3rd grader Alexis Huffman for being named Character Ed winners for September. They were honored during Montpelier School's Community Day. The Character Ed skill was Effort.
Keep up the good work, Kodiaks!
Good evening,
This is a reminder that all Blackford County Schools in-person students are to be back in their classrooms tomorrow, September 25, 2020. Once again, this is a reminder that all in-person students should return to their schools tomorrow, September 25. Thank you.
The third graders in Mrs. Aryn Enos’ class at BIS have been busy during eLearning! Here they are in one of their small group Google Meets. Students met with Mrs. Enos twice a day for 15 minute lessons in math and reading. We kept it fun with a Crazy Hat day, Mad Libs, charades, and a joke day!
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Reminder: All BCS students have access to free counseling services through the Bowen Center. Contact your student's school or call 800.342.5652 to set a confidential appointment.
Check out our Montpelier teaching team having fun as they kick off the 2020 Scholastic Book Fair theme "Through the Decades."
Reminder: There is free shipping on BOOK orders of $25.00 or more with shipping right to your door! The Book Fair runs through Oct. 3.
#ChooseMES
Due to a widespread power outage, Blackford Intermediate School is without power. BIS only will be dismissing at 10:30 am this morning. Parents may pick students up following normal dismissal procedures at 10:30, and bus routes will run with BIS students at that time. Parents please contact BCS Central office 348-7550 with any questions or transportation concerns.