Blennerhassett Elementary

BES Hat Day is Thursday, Oct. 14. Bring a dollar and wear your favorite hat. Proceeds go toward student recognition at BES.

Mrs. Scott’s Kindergarten class is having fun learning the scientific method through hands-on activities every Thursday. They make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, discuss, draw and write about the outcomes.

The girls basketball team won 37-2 against Parkersburg Catholic tonight! Go Bobcats!

All of first grade collected for the Humane Society this week .

Join 4-H and Find Your Spark! 4-H is open to youth ages 5 – 17 and young adults 18-21. Through 4-H, young people can discover and develop interests that will help them succeed in the future. Wood County has 12 community 4-H clubs including one just for teens to learn about leadership! Another special interest club is all about competitive shooting sports like archery, air rifle and more (age restrictions apply). Programs are also offered locally and statewide in leadership, career exploration, STEM, public speaking and more! To enroll in 4-H and learn more about it – go to 4h.zsuite.org or call the WVU Extension Service office at (304) 424-1960. You can also email woodcountyextension@mail.wvu.edu and check out our websitehttps://extension.wvu.edu/wood.

3rd-5th grade students in STEAM Lab have been researching, creating, testing and improving paper airplanes in the Amazing Airplanes unit. Each team built an “ultimate plane” and competed to be the Amazing Airplane Champs. The champs received 3-d printed medals. Congratulations to the All-Stars from Mrs. Athey’s class for winning first place!

Mrs. Wells’s first graders had fun learning about pets while engaging in a pet home stem building activity.

Blennerhassett girls defeated Criss 25-7! Let’s go Bobcats!

The theme for the week in Mrs. Shahan’s first grade is “pets”. The students were given a STEM assignment to build cages or habitats for their animals. Using boxes of random supplies, the first grade students built amazing projects!

Students in grades K-2 have been learning to solve 3-D puzzle challenges using KEVA Planks in STEAM Lab. They must build a structure by looking at pictures of a side view, top view, and front view.

Fall picture day is scheduled for October 11th. Picture order forms will go home October 5th. Reminder of upcoming picture day is being sent home this week. Have a great day!

The BES Science and Engineering Fair is scheduled for November 19th! Students in grades 3-8 may participate. See the attached flyer for more information or email Lisa Smith at lsksmith@k12.wv.us.

This week, Mrs. Shahan’s first grade investigated apples. They talked about apple life cycles, made observations using their 5 senses, and learned about Johnny Appleseed.

Ms. Carden’s fourth graders have been studying geography, terraced gardens, landforms and time zones. Ms. Carden’s son, Dillon, called her students from Manchu Picchu, Peru, and shared the terraced gardens, the ruins, the mountains and even llamas. What a great learning opportunity!

New School Pacer record of 85 for Caysen Litton!

The teachers at BES would like to send a big thank you out to Southside Krogers. They donated tubs of school supplies to our students. Thank you, Krogers!

Mrs. Haverty’s 3rd grade class started their science lesson on germination. Students will be growing their own beans and observing the phases the beans go through.

Shout out to the Blennerhassett Elementary staff and students! Blennerhassett Elementary has moved up 22 places to 21st out of 380 schools in West Virginia according to schooldigger.com academic rankings. Congratulations to the staff and students, this is a huge accomplishment!

Here is a link to the Wood County Needs Survey to gather data for a grant for possible hot spots for students without internet access. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DS7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNanzhvUAOI8tEuM9IZH9hE3pUNzMwRlRVVUkzSUU1VDJLSjIxVVcwOU1NUi4u&data=04%7C01%7Clsksmith%40k12.wv.us%7C5946a1f0a9c246b1819508d972359b68%7Ce019b04b330c467a8bae09fb17374d6a%7C0%7C0%7C637666396829367368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7oDyBycnGum9SBBCMkbKGdw7A5KgP3zyQyouXgQP%2BUc%3D&reserved=0

WCS is looking at the availability of internet access in homes. Please fill out this survey. https://tinyurl.com/wcsInternetSurvey