Bullock Creek School District

The Bullock Creek County-Wide Building Trades Program continues to make progress on the house. What a great experience for our students!

Please come out for a night of trick-or-treating fun on Oct. 22nd, sponsored by our Transportation Department.

Congratulations to our marching band who earned straight Division I ratings at MSBOA Marching Festival last night in St. Johns!

Last week fifth graders from Pine River Elementary participated in Creek Week. Students rotated through different groups all week. Pictured here are two groups: students working on plotting coordinate points while exploring the meadow and students gathering organisms from the Arbury Pond and the Wetlands. Students were able to look at various organisms through the microscope.

Students in Mrs. Napoli's 2nd grade at BCEL are learning about the importance of wondering/questioning before, throughout, and after reading. As they read, students are learning to stop and jot down questions on sticky notes. Students can strengthen comprehension by reviewing questions independently, with partners, and with their whole group. Great job, readers!!! What an amazing strategy!!

A message from Bullock Creek Robotics... This Thursday is our Comedy Blitz. We're hosting comedian Andy Beningo. Tickets are available through the link on the attached flyer. Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:00 on Oct. 3, all ticket sales will go directly to Bullock Creek Robotics, supporting each of the teams in our District. Did you know that we have started 6 brand new elementary teams this year? We now will have 7 elementary teams, 2 middle school teams along with the high school team. We are planning to use the money from this fundraiser to cover the cost of our new teams.

The sky created some beautiful scenery for Friday night under the lights! *Photo credits to Deputy Brandt.

Amazing! The students in the Bullock Creek Construction Trades Program are hard at work!

BCEL's nature areas were busy with investigating, observing, and exploring today!

Mrs. Cassow and Mrs. Southwell have been team teaching nature time at BCEL. Their students have benefited immensely from the learning experiences these awesome teachers have created together.

A beautiful day in the pollinator garden! Mrs. Lombard's 1st-grade explorers scoured the garden for seeds to create a seed bracelet! Their creations turned out so beautiful! They even had a visitor join them to check out our native plants!

Students in Mrs. Benson's 6th grade art classes learned how to make some awesome graffiti! Students learned about artists like Banksy and Keith Haring, practiced different styles of graffiti lettering and then created their own graffiti fences in an environment. These kids worked hard and were so proud!

BCEL families enjoyed the chance to spend some time after school in the pollinator garden. We collected and investigated insects, examined the pollinator plants, played on the playground and had some good laughs.

Last week our kindergarten students from Floyd and BCEL visited the Chippewa Nature Center to learn about living and non- living organisms. They dipped in the pond, created mini forests and built beaver dams. Some even extended their time at CNC so they could enjoy a picnic lunch and have more time to explore.

BCEL would like to thank Andrew Brinks and Megan, Andy, Aiden, and Owen Bellanger for their work replacing three seating areas in our outdoor classrooms. They also added a stump walking bridge!

Pine River Elementary fourth graders experienced the Aquatic field trip at Chippewa Nature Center. They had great weather and were able to find lots of organisms in the pond.

Hawaiian Day was one of the favorite spirit days at Pine River during the week of Bullock Creek Homecoming activities.

A huge congratulations to Mrs Shelly Discher as she was selected as Delta College's Humanities Learning Center Educator of the Year! Congratulations Mrs Discher!

Pine River Elementary students had a great time with the Disney spirit wear during the week of Bullock Creek Homecoming.

Homecoming parade Part 3