Here are this month's Exemplary Knights!! Congratulations, Knights!
Mrs. Earley’s second grade class has been working on a huge project the last month called “Hearts Around the World”! Their goal was to get a valentine from all 50 states. They received almost 100 valentines from many different states, and even different countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, and more!! The class learned about different communities through fun facts in each card and looked up images of where the cards were from. 2nd graders practiced letter writing by writing thank you cards to each person that mailed them one, and took a field trip to the post office to send them off. There, they learned about how mail works, toured the post office, met the Postmaster, and bought stamps to mail letters. Thank you to everyone who helped 2E with this project! 💌📬
The BRHS Softball team started their season off in Donovan tonight. They had a hard fought first game which took 10.5 innings!!!! Unfortunately they came up short 1-2 but the biggest news of all is Ellie Schlieper recorded her 400th strikeout during the game. This puts her in 3rd place overall per our records. Congrats to Ellie!
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HS Basketball celebrated their season and gathered for a team dinner this weekend. Thanks for all the memories, fellas!
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Our 2nd Grade Engineers put their creativity to the test! Using the engineering process, they designed and built their very own leprechaun traps, then proudly shared their work with the Schneider Community. Incredible problem-solving and innovation—way to go, future engineers! ☘️ Click the link to see some traps and student interviews - https://5il.co/3apm2
Shout out to BRHS baseball for helping setup the PIE "Light up the Knight" event this past weekend! Awesome way to give back to our youth and help our school volunteers - Thank you!
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eSports has arrived at Blue Ridge High School thanks to a memorial donation from Nancy, Mike, and Flynn McCartney in honor of their son and brother, Trent McCartney who was a Blue Ridge alumni who sadly passed away last year. We're grateful for their support and excited to build this program in Trent's memory!
Congratulations to senior Rachel Light on being selected for the 2025 BRHS Booster Art Purchase Award. Her art was showcased in the BRHS Fine Arts Exposition and was selected by staff members to be displayed proudly in the high school hallways. Not only did Rachel receive a recognition award and will have her art displayed permanently at BRHS, but through the generosity of the BRHS Boosters, she received a $100 monetary award. Congratulations Rachel!
Schneider and BRIJHS Families,
Pre-K through 8th grade yearbooks are ready to be ordered for an August delivery. Please order via the link: https://shorturl.at/DVATU
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Our local 4H would like to invite all Blue Ridge families in grades PK-12 to contribute to our community art project! Please consider stopping by the Farmer City library at your convenience between March 15 and April 15. Thank you!
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Blue Ridge will join the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) in the twelfth statewide survey of school climate and learning conditions. The survey provides a unique opportunity for 4th-12th grade students, teachers and parents to have a voice in improving their schools. Please see the informational letter here: https://5il.co/38aq7. Students and teachers will take their survey between February 26 and March 28. The parent survey is open and will remain open through March 28. You may access the parent survey here: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/. These surveys will serve as an opportunity for schools to reflect on progress since the last statewide implementation. You will receive reminders during the survey window as we highly encourage all our teachers, students, and parents to make their voices heard to impact positive growth in our schools. #br_u_knighted
Today, BRHS sent 6 students to the Parkland Exploring Ag Mechanics Expo. While there, the students learned about a variety of technical programs offered at Parkland, learned about autonomous pieces of farm equipment, and even competed in an R.C. tractor pull contest, where they placed 2nd.
Congratulations to Kaylyn Eliason on her induction into the BACC Technical Honor Society!
This week, Mrs. Brackenhoff's class has been exploring nonfiction books and their unique text features. Students teamed up for an exciting Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt, searching for key elements like table of contents, captions, maps, and diagrams in real nonfiction texts. It was incredible to see their enthusiasm and collaboration as they worked together!
This activity is preparing students for an exciting new challenge—writing their very own nonfiction books, which they begin next week!
Schneider students finished Read Across America Week festivities with an assembly where we announced the winner of our UKnighted In Books Award for 2025. K-3 students at Schneider voted on their favorite of our nominees and David Biedrzycki's Invasion of the Unicorns won! We followed the announcement with our "Book Madness" Relays.
8th Grade students recently had a great field trip exploring different careers!
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The community is invited to come out tonight to BRHS to experience the BRHS Fine Arts Expo. Come see and hear the amazing pieces created and performed by our very own BRHS Students. Additionally, the BRHS Library will be hosting its annual book sale tonight.
Blue Ridge School Libraries is having their Spring Used Book Sale THIS WEEK! Stop in at the High School Library on Tuesday, March 11th from 4-7pm to browse our books. We have books for all ages! Have some books you don't need anymore? We're looking for more popular fiction for kids and teens to include in our sale. Donations can be dropped off this week at any of our three schools. All proceeds from the sale benefit our school libraries. Contact Ms Beaman at abeaman@blueridge18.org if you have questions.
Spring Picture Day is tomorrow! Order now at inter-state.com/order using Order Code 93541QB for BRIJHS and 93541TA for Schneider. Don't forget, only those students who preorder will be photographed.
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