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.
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WCS is looking at the availability of internet access in homes. Please fill out this survey.
https://tinyurl.com/wcsInternetSurvey
Mrs. Smith’s 2nd graders had fun as they learned they had to work as a team to “Save Fred”. Their task was to save Fred the worm by turning his boat right side up, putting him back in his boat, and putting on his life preserver using only paper clips.
Tonight, the Wood County Board of Education voted to require face coverings for all students and staff while indoors and on buses beginning tomorrow, August 31, 2021.
Please read the article and guidelines at https://tinyurl.com/ye3dqy72
Mrs. Shahan’s first graders measured circumference, height and weight of watermelons in their Watermelon Science Unit. They learned about the life cycle, and labeled the rind, flesh and seeds. They counted stripes and experimented to see if it would sink or float. Then they chowed down!
Students in Mrs. Shahan’s first grade learned about teamwork this week. They read the book, “Splatter”, and talked about primary and secondary colors. Then, as a teamwork activity, students created a group picture.
Wood County Schools re-entry guidelines states students who wear a face covering greatly reduce their risk of quarantine; therefore, minimizing missed school days. In the classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within three to six feet of an infected student where both students are wearing a mask. These guidelines can change and we must be able to pivot and adapt accordingly. My goal is to keep students at Blennerhassett Elementary. I'm encouraging all individuals to wear a mask inside the building. This will greatly reduce the frequency of quarantines and allow our students and staff to continue working together. Currently students are sent home for displaying one symptom of COVID. Students that are sent home are required to quarantine for 10 days or have a negative COVID test. Thank you for your support. Mr. Hartshorn Principal