Due to hazardous rural road conditions, Bluford schools are canceled for Tuesday, November 12.
Seth Hamerski finished 61st out of 209 with a time of 15:58 at the State Cross Country Meet in Peoria. Congratulations Seth!!!
What a great day for our hs jrs. Jefferson County Manufacturing Day brought awareness to the variety of careers available in the area. Thank you to Magnum Steel, Truck Center, Continental, and Outland Airport for hosting.
November Blood Drive coming up.
Beta meeting notice.
The BUSD grade school booster club is selling spirit wear. Students will be bringing home an order form today or tomorrow. Checks should be made to "Grade School Booster" and orders are due by November 15. Go Trojans!
Benton Cross Country Sectional results: Rebekah Marlow placed 32nd out of 148 with a season best time of 19:40. Seth Hamerski placed 7th out of 156 with a personal best time of 15:09. Seth qualified for the State Meet in Peoria on Saturday, November 9th.
Best wishes to Bekah and Seth as they compete in the Sectional Cross Country Meet at Benton tomorrow!
The high school gym got some new decorations this week.
The high school cheer coach position has been posted since October 15. As of now, we have not received any interest in the position. The boys basketball season begins on November 11, so we are nearing the point at which we would not be able to offer the cheer program if we do not have a coach. If you have any interest, please contact the school at 732-6121.
Regional Cross Country Meet at West Frankfort: Seth finished 3rd, Rebekah finished 12th, Jeremiah finished 41st with a personal best time of 19:19, and Champ finished 90th. Seth and Rebekah qualified for Sectionals on Saturday, November 2nd at Benton. Rebekah will run at 10:00 and Seth will run at 11:00.
A little rain and cool temperatures won’t keep these athletes from running. Great day for the Regional CC meet at West Frankfort.
Hey kiddos, let's make it a great one today! #bekindalways
Seth and Rebekah with the t-shirts they won at the Benton cross country meet.
Results from the Benton cross country meet: Seth Hamerski was 4th with a personal best time of 15:38, Jeremiah Cramer was 97th with a personal best time of 19:33, Champ Suppawat finished 161st and Rebekah Marlow finished 18th. Seth and Rebekah earned t-shirts.
We have a short week with PT conferences on Thursday and MV conference on Friday, so let's make it a great one!
Due to a shortage of available bus drivers, we will have to run a double route during the afternoon of Friday, October 18. Ray's (blue bus) town route will be dismissed at 2:25 to board the bus. All other students will be dismissed at the normal time. However, students on Marla's (yellow route) will be held in the cafeteria until she returns from running the blue route. Students should be boarding the yellow route around 3:20.
Check out this event going on this weekend at WHS!
All high school sports parents or others interested in helping with booster events are encouraged to attend a meeting on Monday, October 21 at 6:30 pm. The main topic of this meeting will be to plan “Blue & White Night” to meet the teams.
The HS Technical Inquiry class has been working on a Rube Goldberg challenge. Sometimes the best learning is through what went wrong so we can adjust. Shortly after this attempt, they were successful!
https://youtu.be/ZP2EUhGCQIM
