Students in graphic design completed their digital portraits this week. They got a crash course on wide format printing and a chance to cut their own mat in preparation for taking their work to the TVL Art Contest.
Our Star Student this week is Lexi Weixelman. She is always in the right place at the right time, always doing what she needs to. Congratulations Lexi!
BVMS Scholars Bowl team was busy this week with meets at Luckey Monday, Mar. 1 and Washington, Mar. 4. The Varsity team went 1-4 at the Luckey meet while the JV placed 3rd with 2 wins. On Thursday, the Varsity team placed 4th out of 7 teams at Washington with a 4-3 record. The JV team came home with 3rd place medals going 5-2.
Eighth grade students have been learning about types of chemical reactions and completed their fermentation lab this week. They had fun testing different energy sources to find out which one would provide the most efficient reaction. They also learned about how temperature, particle size, and the use of a catalyst (in our case the enzymes amylase or glucoamylase) could effect the speed of a reaction.
Today part of our Blue Valley FFA officer team went and visited their sponsors from the t-shirt and blue jackets. They do this every year to show their appreciation! We have great community support and appreciate everything the community does for the program.
Second day of collecting cans for the FCCLA Food Drive. One door blocked so far which is one of middle school teachers.
Today we are sewing in 8th grade FACS. So far we have done some paper sewing, pinned our pillowcases.
Students are putting themselves in protagonist, Lina Mayfleet’s shoes by filling in the blanks of the important message that was found.
We are currently reading “City of Ember”.
5th grade getting their reading on. 5th grade loves to read!!
Tickets for the Hanover vs Blue Valley Girls Semi-Final Game on Thu. March 4 at 8:00PM, are now available for Public Purchase on the Axtell GoFan Page.
https://gofan.co/app/school/KS69514
BV fans need to purchase through the VISITOR link. No print outs or screenshots will be accepted at the entrance.
Earth Science has been looking at how we determine the absolute age of rocks and fossils by first exploring radioactivity. Students explored at how energetic alpha, beta, and gamma sources are. They also looked at the effects of shielding on how we can detect those sources of radioactivity.
FCCLA is ready for our food drive. Doors are prepped so students can block the door with food.
Family Studies worked on positive talk.
Congratulations to Alyssa Shelton. She made the FCCLA Peer Education Team. Her team is Family First. Good job so proud of you.
The FACS Department received 6 tower gardens to grow vegetables and herbs through a grant this week. Two will stay in the FACS room, one to the special room, one to AG, one at the middle school, and one to the elementary school. What a great way to bring Farm to School to the classroom. Looking forward to see how everyone uses their towers.
FCCLA will be hosting a food drive for 5-12 grade, starting Wednesday, March 3 until March 9. If you fill a teachers door with can goods, you will have that hour off for that teacher. This is a great way for everyone to help in the community service project. We will outline doors in the gyms for each teacher.
World History Class taking their Ch. 8 Test.
There are many different art processes happening in the art department right now; the Graphic Design students are developing skills using the pencil tool & layers in Illustrator to create digital portraits, Art I students are trying their hand at printmaking for the first time, and Art II students are creating incredible landscapes using oil pastels.
English III students composed a descriptive paragraph about a picture. As partners they then drew each other's scene based on the description. Our "Zoomies" were very included in the activity!
This weeks Star Student is Taylor Bryant. Taylor is always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs one. Congratulations Taylor!
