Today, Blue Ridge FFA members went out to the Blue Ridge FFA Land Lab plot to help oversee the harvesting of the crops planted last spring. High schoolers Drake Hardesty, Brooklyn Hardesty, and Ava Paullin all were there to represent BRHS FFA. Go Knights!
BRIJHS Families, This is a reminder that Fannie Mae fundraising orders and money are due Friday, October 17. Thank you!
Picture Retake Day is Friday, October 24th. Please see the following reminder from Inter-State Studio:
INFORMATION FOR YOU
Parents/guardians are now in a few different scenarios, depending on if they purchased and if their child was absent or if they would like to retake the photo. Here are some ways we can handle each situation.
CHILD WAS ABSENT ON PICTURE DAY
Parents/Guardians should send their child to school ready to be photographed. Another order form will be sent home.
Parents/Guardians who have previously placed an order do not need to place a new order.
Parents/Guardians who have not ordered can place an order using this code for retakes. *
PARENTS WHO WOULD LIKE RETAKE PICTURES
Parents/ Guardians should send back their original picture package. *Please ensure that the photographer is given the package so they have the information needed for retakes.
Parents/Guardians need to know that if your child is photographed on retake day the retake picture will replace the original picture in certain products like yearbooks, class composites, etc.
In order to help communicate and direct folks online, please feel free to share the following link and order code on your school's website, social media sites, etc....
https://inter-state.com/myschoolcode
Order Code: *0100NJ
Thank you and have a great day!
INFORMATION FOR YOU
Parents/guardians are now in a few different scenarios, depending on if they purchased and if their child was absent or if they would like to retake the photo. Here are some ways we can handle each situation.
CHILD WAS ABSENT ON PICTURE DAY
Parents/Guardians should send their child to school ready to be photographed. Another order form will be sent home.
Parents/Guardians who have previously placed an order do not need to place a new order.
Parents/Guardians who have not ordered can place an order using this code for retakes. *
PARENTS WHO WOULD LIKE RETAKE PICTURES
Parents/ Guardians should send back their original picture package. *Please ensure that the photographer is given the package so they have the information needed for retakes.
Parents/Guardians need to know that if your child is photographed on retake day the retake picture will replace the original picture in certain products like yearbooks, class composites, etc.
In order to help communicate and direct folks online, please feel free to share the following link and order code on your school's website, social media sites, etc....
https://inter-state.com/myschoolcode
Order Code: *0100NJ
Thank you and have a great day!
Just a quick reminder for the Homecoming Week Dress Up Days:
Tuesday - 80s Day to celebrate the 40 years of BRHS
Wednesday - Rhyme Without a Reason - Dress with friends to create a rhyme
Thursday - Dress Your Age (Freshmen - Babies, Sophomores - Toddlers, Juniors - Middle Age, Seniors - Senior Citizens, and Staff - Teenagers)
Friday - Class Color Day AND Anything but a Backpack (Freshmen - Gray/Silver, Sophomores - Blue, Juniors - White, Seniors - Black)
Students who participate will earn points to claim the coveted top class spot at the end of the week!
Tuesday - 80s Day to celebrate the 40 years of BRHS
Wednesday - Rhyme Without a Reason - Dress with friends to create a rhyme
Thursday - Dress Your Age (Freshmen - Babies, Sophomores - Toddlers, Juniors - Middle Age, Seniors - Senior Citizens, and Staff - Teenagers)
Friday - Class Color Day AND Anything but a Backpack (Freshmen - Gray/Silver, Sophomores - Blue, Juniors - White, Seniors - Black)
Students who participate will earn points to claim the coveted top class spot at the end of the week!
Congratulations to the BRHS Marching Band who rocked their performance at the first home football game on 10/10 and then turned around and took home 1st Place in their division at the Mt. Zion Marching Band Competition on 10/11. Great job everyone! Go Knights!
A reminder for Friday, October 17th: Dismissal time for BRIJHS is at 2:20 so families can enjoy the 2025-26 Homecoming festivities. Thank you.
💙✨ Hey Blue Ridge Community! ✨💙
The Class of 2028 is selling custom metal yard signs to raise money for their 2027 Prom! 🎉 These signs are a great way to show your school spirit, celebrate your student, or even promote your business.
📸 Check out the photos below to see some of the awesome designs available!
If you’re interested in purchasing a sign, please contact Monrita Bernard at monrita.bernard@gmail.com.
💡 Have an idea for something different? No problem! Custom designs can be created and priced just for you.
Thank you for supporting our students! 💙
Next Weeks Homecoming Spirit Days for BRIJHS
Today, the BRHS PE classes had a visit from the Illinois National Guard. The students learned about the benefits of serving from Sergeant First Class Cody Fordyce and then competed for the best time on a GIANT inflatable obstacle course.
This Friday (10/10), Blue Ridge High School will be hosting their FIRST HOME FOOTBALL GAME of the season! We will be officially dedicating the field after the major renovations that occurred over the past year. This game will also serve as an opportunity to see the hard work of not only the football team, but that of the cheerleaders, marching band, and color guard. The game will start at 6:30PM with the official dedication happening at 6:00 PM. Finally, this will be the football team's Pink Out game to raise breast cancer awareness. Go Knights!
Congratulations to our BRHS Soccer Seniors. They were recognized at halftime of today's contest versus Meridian. We are grateful for their dedication to the team and the sport.
The seniors recognized included Devin Wrestler, Jakob Kristensen, Brody Soliday, Ben Manuel, Ben Clevenger, AJ Brown, Indra Nolan, and Andy Schumacher.
If you weren't able to see them play, you have one more regular season home game this Thursday at 4:30 PM to see them take to the pitch vs Fisher.
Schneider students Pre-K through 3rd grade would like to send a great big THANK YOU to the Farmer City Fire Department for helping us learn about Fire Safety today as we kicked of Fire Prevention Week. We practiced our fire drill, sprayed water from the hose and talked with firefighters. We are excited to make this an annual tradition!
Come on out tonight for the BRHS Soccer Senior Night. The game tonight is against Meridian and starts at 4:30 PM. Senior athletes will be recognized at half time. Come support the students and help recognize all their hard work and dedication to their sport!
BRHS Counselor, Leslie Hieronymus, visited the new Oakland Avenue campus of the BCA - Bloomington Career Academy, formerly known as BACC. The facility is incredible!
With his BCA classmates, second-year culinary student, Romero Fernandez, prepared and served a fantastic meal to the counselors from the seventeen BCA participating high schools in the area at the annual counselors fall meeting today.
Representatives from BCA will be presenting 2027 course options to all current sophomores and juniors next week, and all 10th graders will be attending the BCA career expo at the end of October.
BCA (or BACC, AVC) has prepared hundreds of Blue Ridge High School students over the years to be professionals in a variety of careers. We are lucky to be connected to this incredible program!
For more information about BCA and its programs, visit their site at https://www.district87.org/o/bacc/
With his BCA classmates, second-year culinary student, Romero Fernandez, prepared and served a fantastic meal to the counselors from the seventeen BCA participating high schools in the area at the annual counselors fall meeting today.
Representatives from BCA will be presenting 2027 course options to all current sophomores and juniors next week, and all 10th graders will be attending the BCA career expo at the end of October.
BCA (or BACC, AVC) has prepared hundreds of Blue Ridge High School students over the years to be professionals in a variety of careers. We are lucky to be connected to this incredible program!
For more information about BCA and its programs, visit their site at https://www.district87.org/o/bacc/
Today, our Intro to Ag Classes had some visitors for Chapter Visits! Kyle Bradshaw, the 2025-2026 State FFA Secretary, along with Gehrig Bunselmeyer- Section 16 President, Wade Beck- Section 16 Reporter, and Callie Hovis- Section 16 Treasurer, lead both Intro to Ag classes in activities focused on agriculture and leadership. Chapter Officers and upperclassmen in Ag Leadership or who have grown in their leadership abilities were invited to attend as well. We also had Megan Coy our FCAE District Director with us checking out the chapter visit. 🌾💡
Each of our students at the end of the visit completed their annual Goal Card, which also serves as their FFA Membership Card! Members selected their Core Value for the year and short, mid, and long- terms goals they wanted to accomplish in and out of FFA. 📝
A huge thank you to Compeer Financial for sponsoring Chapter Visits and helping keep this tradition alive for future generations of FFA members! 🌟
Each of our students at the end of the visit completed their annual Goal Card, which also serves as their FFA Membership Card! Members selected their Core Value for the year and short, mid, and long- terms goals they wanted to accomplish in and out of FFA. 📝
A huge thank you to Compeer Financial for sponsoring Chapter Visits and helping keep this tradition alive for future generations of FFA members! 🌟
Good Morning, Blue Ridge Families!
Our schools will be conducting an intruder drill on October 9th as part of our commitment to student safety. Teachers will prepare students in an age-appropriate way to ensure the drill is calm, supportive, and effective. Please review the letter attached for more details.
Soccer Updates from 10-2-25
Blue Ridge vs Mt Pulaski
At Mt Pulaski
BR 7
MP 1
Scoring for the Knights…
Karson Carter had 4 goals with assists from Jasper Schlieper, and Devin Wrestler.
Ben Clevenger had a goal with an assist from Broghen Flannell.
Devin Wrestler had 2 goals both unassisted.
The Knights are back in action Monday at HOME against Meridian. Please join us for senior night!
Spots are quickly filling up for our Pre-K screening on the afternoon of October 10. If you know a child in our district who will be three or four BY OCTOBER 10, they are invited to our Pre-K screening event at Schneider! Please call Mary to schedule your visit: 309-928-2611.
Upcoming Event!
Volleyball Pink Out Night
On Thursday, October 23, the Blue Ridge High School Volleyball Team is sponsoring a Pink Out night to spread Cancer Awareness at the high school beginning at 5:30.
There will be many activities going on that night including a volleyball match against Cerro Gordo/Bement with the Junior Varsity Match starting at 5:30 followed by the Varsity Match.
Between sets of the JV /Varsity match and between the matches there will be a serving contest to win prizes- For $1 you can serve a volleyball and if your volleyball lands on a prize- you win it. There will be Fishing for Ducks for younger ones- for $1 you can pick a duck to win a prize.
We will also have Avanti’s Gondolas for sale that night.
Immediately following the game, Cory Gordan (auctioneer) from Stanford will be live-auctioning off several baskets donated by classes, clubs, teams, and several businesses from the area. Come support a great cause and enjoy festivities.
All proceeds will go to a family who is part of our volleyball program as the mother is currently going through treatment.
T Shirts for this event are $15. Please contact the high school office at 309-928-2622 to purchase one or you can also order shirts at the home games. The deadline for ordering the T-shirts is Oct 10. Shirts will be available for pickup on Oct 21 or at the game on Oct 23.
Volleyball Pink Out Night
On Thursday, October 23, the Blue Ridge High School Volleyball Team is sponsoring a Pink Out night to spread Cancer Awareness at the high school beginning at 5:30.
There will be many activities going on that night including a volleyball match against Cerro Gordo/Bement with the Junior Varsity Match starting at 5:30 followed by the Varsity Match.
Between sets of the JV /Varsity match and between the matches there will be a serving contest to win prizes- For $1 you can serve a volleyball and if your volleyball lands on a prize- you win it. There will be Fishing for Ducks for younger ones- for $1 you can pick a duck to win a prize.
We will also have Avanti’s Gondolas for sale that night.
Immediately following the game, Cory Gordan (auctioneer) from Stanford will be live-auctioning off several baskets donated by classes, clubs, teams, and several businesses from the area. Come support a great cause and enjoy festivities.
All proceeds will go to a family who is part of our volleyball program as the mother is currently going through treatment.
T Shirts for this event are $15. Please contact the high school office at 309-928-2622 to purchase one or you can also order shirts at the home games. The deadline for ordering the T-shirts is Oct 10. Shirts will be available for pickup on Oct 21 or at the game on Oct 23.
Good Luck to the Boys Golf Team as they compete at their IHSA Regionals, hosted by Tri-Valley at Highland Park Golf Course in Bloomington today. The Knights will start their round this morning at 10:00 AM. Go Knights!
