Tonight at the girls basketball game we celebrated our 2 amazing seniors. Congrats to Marcene Salmi and Mya Laidley.
The monthly newsletter is here! Inside you'll find some reminders about Emergency and E-Learning Days, a welcome to our new nurse for the Farmer City campuses, a summary from our strategic planning day, information for our McLean County families, and other important updates. Please take some time to read the newsletter so you are up to date on all things Blue Ridge! https://5il.co/359hw #br_u_knighted
Come out to support our Blue Ridge Lady Knights tonight as the take on Heritage at 5:30. It is a special night as we are celebrating Senior Night and recognizing all that Mya Laidley and Marcene Salmi have done for the program. The student section theme is Blackout!
Meet Sara Derges. She is an Occupational Therapist for Tri-County Special Education Association. Take a peek at her Get to Know You flier! https://5il.co/334gg
Did you know? Our 5th and 8th grade Science proficiency scores exceed the State average. https://5il.co/31z6b
Meet Molly Augspurger. She is a School Social Worker for Tri-County Special Education Association. Take a peek at her Get to Know You flier! https://5il.co/334ge
Game On! Boys Basketball will be playing their home game versus Unity Christian. Come brave the weather and see some great Knight Basketball!
Schneider Library & PIE are offering up a night of family fun this Saturday at our Family Movie Night & Book Fair. Students previewed the book fair on Tuesday, so be sure to check their backpacks for their Wish List if you haven't seen it yet!
Don't miss out on library events & happenings: follow our library Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567129208883
Meet Heather King. She is a School Social Worker for Tri-County Special Education Association. Take a peek at her Get to Know You flier! https://5il.co/334gb
Did you know that Schneider Elementary students decreased their chronically absent Report Card score by 3.5% since last year? https://5il.co/31z61
Last night at the Varsity Boys Basketball game vs. Uni-High, Isaac Price reached his 1000th point in high school basketball. Isaac has played for four years at BRHS and hopes to continue to add to his overall point total. If you haven't had the opportunity to see Isaac play yet, the next home basketball game is Friday, January 10th versus Unity Christian.
Congratulations again to Isaac Price for this great accomplishment!
There is still time to RSVP for the Strategic Planning event, happening this Saturday. Please plan to join us on January 11 from 8:30-2 to create and discuss goals for the District in the upcoming years . Breakfast and lunch will be provided so be sure and RSVP on this form, if you haven't already, so we have an accurate count for the day! https://forms.gle/Fz8wkoQu2XGK33pS7 https://5il.co/333xk
Meet Blaire Green. She is the Special Education Administrator for Tri-County Special Education Association. Take a peek at her Get to Know You flier! https://5il.co/334g9
Come on out tonight to support your BRHS Boys and Girls Basketball programs with a double header versus Calvary Christian Academy (Girls) and Uni-High (Boys). Both varsity teams will be competing in the main gym and the boys junior varsity will be competing in the Moore gym. The first game starts at 5:30PM. Pay for one entrance and see two varsity games!
Did you know that BRHS students had the highest percent of students in the Exceed performance level on the SAT with a total of 16.7% of our current seniors? https://5il.co/31z66
Tri-County Special Education Association (TCSEA) helps provide services to Blue Ridge students in areas of supervision, professional development, evaluation and other related services. Please meet the TCSEA staff serving our schools! https://5il.co/334dp
BR Parents and Guardians, due to the current weather and forecast for this evening and into Monday morning, Blue Ridge will utilize an E-Learning Day on Monday, January 6. This means that Pre-K students have choice board activities, K-5th grade students will use Day 1 materials in their E-Learning packets that were previously sent home, grade 6 will watch Google classroom for their synchronous meets sessions and assignments, and grades 7-12 will utilize Google classroom for synchronous learning on a 2:20 schedule. More details about Google classroom connections can be found at blueridge18.org. Click on Menu, scroll down to Resources, and click on Links for Parents. There you will find the needed links for our upper grades. Please feel free to email your student's teacher on Monday with any questions. Coaches and sponsors will be in contact about after school activities. Stay safe and warm. #br_u_knighted
We are still looking for a few more volunteers to help with our Book Fair Preview Day at Schneider on Tuesday, January 7th. Volunteers will help students fill out their Wish Lists to take home - it's an easy and fun day with the kids, and you get to preview the book fair! Sign up sheet is below. Thanks for the help! https://shorturl.at/Kyyg8
Dear BR Parents and Guardians, with the inclement weather on its way, we are preparing for the possibility of E-Learning. Grades 6-12 would need to have their chromebooks and chargers available at home, so we are opening BRIJHS and BRHS from 12-4 today, Friday, Jan. 3, for any parents who need to make arrangements for pick up of any chromebooks and/or chargers. If we announce an E-Learning Day, you will be reminded of where to access the learning plan for the day. Thank you for helping us be prepared for what may come!