Bullock Creek School District

Way to go this week, 7th & 8th grade bands! This week they performed at MSBOA Festival in Bay City & did an excellent job! They worked hard in class leading up to the festival & their work paid off- both bands earned a medal for their performance. The 8th grade band earned Division I rating, and the 7th grade band earned a Division II rating! Way to represent the Creek! 🖤💛

We are so incredibly fortunate at BCEL to have our Costco Reading Buddies visit us every Thursday! 📚❤️

Each week, these amazing volunteers give up time in their busy days to come to our school and share the joy of reading with our students. It’s about more than just books—it’s about the connections made and the smiles shared.

We feel so lucky to be part of a community that cares so deeply about our kids. Thank you, Costco, for reading to us, caring about us, and investing your time in our future!

#CostcoCares

Maple syrup, anyone? 🍁

Students in Mrs. Parsons’ Nature Exploration class tapped nine trees yesterday to begin the maple syrup–making process. Once the trees produce enough sap, the class will boil it down to create syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make just 1 gallon of maple syrup!

Stay tuned as the students continue the process and work toward the finished product.

James Bovee from the Cranbrook Institute of Science visited Mr. Pfeiffer’s 6th grade class to lead a two-day lesson on invasive species. After learning about lampreys, students were divided into groups and each group was assigned an invasive species that could impact the Great Lakes region. The students researched their species and then worked together to develop a solution to the potential problem.

The 4th graders from Pine River had a great experience in Lansing today visiting the State Capitol and the Michigan History Museum. They also had the unique opportunity to meet State Representative Bill G. Schuette.

Mrs. Martin’s physics students using a popping toy and energy transformations to calculate energy and speed.

Congratulations to the Pine River Superstars for the month of February! Thank you for demonstrating safe, respectful, and responsible behavior.

Our 2nd grade students are visiting Chippewa Nature Center this week and next. They are learning about landforms, bodies of water, and erosion.

Ms. Evans taught pickleball at Pine River and enjoyed having local instructor Mr. Owen visit to share his skills and enthusiasm.

We are proud to celebrate an outstanding season for our 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams! Both teams showed tremendous improvement from the first practice to the final buzzer of the season. Through hard work, dedication, and teamwork, our student-athletes found success on and off the court.

Throughout the season, our players demonstrated perseverance, sportsmanship, and a commitment to getting better every single day. Their growth as athletes and teammates was exciting to watch, and their effort truly paid off.

As we look ahead, we are hopeful and excited to continue building on this progress during the offseason.

Today BCELs 2nd grade students finally got their reward for winning the PTOs Coin Wars!!! Students were able to silly string Mrs. Bredt!!! 74 cans straight to the face!! Not a one of them aimed for the feet 😏😂
Congratulations to all of our students for participating in the Coin Wars!! 🖤🖤💛💛 Thank you to our PTO for organizing such a fun event!!

"This is the best thing ever!" --1st Grader, Floyd Mrs. Carey's class made their own Thunder Cake after reading the book by the same name by Michigan author Patricia Polacco.

This week the 6th Grade Band has a virtual Q&A with composer Erin Lilliefors! The students got to learn more of how a piece is composed & get critiques from the actual composer to improve for the upcoming concert. Big thank s to Mrs. Lilliefors for taking the time!!!

Ms. Pretzer's students were on a mission: scouting for maple trees to get ready for tapping. They are learning to identify trees based on the 3 B's-buds, bark, and branching. Afterwards, they enjoyed the rain and explored in the woods. 🍁

Seeing Mrs. Hedlund smiling through the chaos of Oakisuits and boots in the hall says it all- the fun they had in the rain makes the cleanup all worth it!

This month our Bullock Creek Board of Education honored four wonderful recipients with Lancer Leader Awards. Congratulations to Marie Bradley, Shelly Discher, Kevin Discher and Suzelle Drake! Thank you for nominations from J. Blizzard, Mrs Snell, H. Habitz and Mr Carroll.

Today the Floyd 5th Grade Kindness Club assisted our school counselor intern with presenting a lesson to our kindergartners. The 5th graders read a book and used an egg science experiment to show how kindness lifts others up.

Floyd 5th graders came together to celebrate Lunar New Year in preparation for reading Half and Half by Lensey Namioka. Students learned about Chinese and Asian culture, read books, made crafts, wrote in Chinese, played games, did Chinese math, and even tasted Asian treats.

Mrs. Hupfer's class took advantage of the sun and revisited their learning about shadows.