Bluestem USD 205

Morning Announcements Good Morning! Today is Monday, December 9th, 2024 Today for Lunch: Option 1: Bacon Pickle Grilled Cheese Option 2: Cheeseburger Option 3: Chef Salad w/ Italian Bread Try-outs for Clue start Today. Ms. Formy-Duval has scripts available if you want to practice. Email Mrs. Winter for a list of roles with descriptions. Congratulations to Dalis Whiteside and Tyler Batson for being selected to and for participating in the South Central Kansas Music Educators Association High School Honor Band and to Zola Batson for being selected to and for participating in the Honor Choir! You all did fantastic! Food Drive has begun - please bring in non perishable food items over this week and place in the boxes available next to the SSC. Don’t forget FFA is having a sugar cookie decorating contest during Character Ed in Ms. Depenbusch’s room everyone is welcome to join! Congratulations to our Lion of the Month winners for the month of November. Our first Lion of the Month is senior, Dalis Whiteside. Dalis was nominated twice for being a Lion Making a Difference. Dalis is always smiling and a positive person to be around. Dalis is kind to everyone. She makes a difference by being a bright light in everyone’s life and the person nominated her stated they always enjoy seeing her in the hallway. Congratulations Dalis and keep being a Lion who makes a positive impact on others! Our second Lion of the Month is Mrs. Hamblin. Mrs. Hamblin was nominated for Building Connections with Students. Mrs. Hamblin is a great student advocate, she is amazing with all of our students and very understanding with them. Congratulations Mrs. Hamblin and thank you for making a difference with our student body! Say Pledge. Thank you and have a Fabulous Monday!!

This week events at Bluestem JSHS. Please check the school website for any updates or changes.

Congratulations to Tyler Batson, Senior Alto Sax, and Dalis Whiteside, Senior Euphonium for being selected to and for participating in the South Central Kansas Music Educators Association Honor Band this Saturday in Maize! You both represented Bluestem so well!

Boys final score 58-10.

End of the third quarter Remington 54-Bluestem 6.

Score at halftime for the Boys Varsity is Remington 37- Bluestem 5.

Bluestem boys basketball score at the end of the first quarter, Remington 24 Bluestem 4.

Girls final score tonight Remington 42-Bluestem 21.

End of the third quarter Girls Varsity score is Remington 30-Bluestem 17

Halftime score of the Varsity girls game is Remington 16-Bluestem 12

Bluestem High School Basketball games tonight vs Remington are streaming on this link. https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ks/whitewater/organization/14217/remington-high-school/schedule?date=2024-12-01T06%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2NzAwMDBkZmYwMTQ1ZTczOWM1MzgwZTc%3D

The Bluestem 7/8th Grade Band had a blast playing at the Leon Senior Center today! Thank you for sharing your music with the community!

BJSHS is hosting a Christmas spirit week starting on Monday December 9th. Check out the days!

Bluestem Senior Jewell Carleton has signed her intent to play Softball next fall for Seward Community College in 2025 She will be continuing her Athletic and Academic Journey at Seward next year. Congratulations!

Here are the brackets for the boys and girls basketball tournament for next week December 9th through the 13th.

Morning Announcements Good Morning! Today is Thursday, December 5th, 2024 Today for Lunch: Option 1: Pizza Option 2: Rib Sandwich Option 3: Popcorn Chicken Wrap We will be having a holiday spirit week next week. Theme days will be posted later today. Try-outs for Clue start Monday. Ms. Formy-Duval has scripts available if you want to practice. Email Mrs. Winter for a list of roles with descriptions. Students who are going to the play at Butler tonight, please be in front of the high school at 6. We have an adjustment to the lunch schedule since Thanksgiving break. All high school students eat in what is now called C lunch from 12:00 - 12:25. If you still have questions regarding the change please see staff. Food Drive has begun - please bring in non perishable food items over the next couple of weeks and place in the boxes available at the SSC. A point system will be used to measure how much is collected for the school. These points will be calculated to determine a reward for the study body. More details from character ed. Teachers. The FFA will not be hosting a Fun Night today because of little league practice. We will reschedule the event. Say Pledge. Thank you and have a Wonderful Day!!

Morning Announcements Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 Today for Lunch: Option 1: Chicken Patty w/ Hot Roll Option 2: Grilled Ham & Cheese Sandwich w/ Seasoned Fries Option 3: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich w/ Cheese Stick All Mr. Babcock’s Weights classes will report to the gym today. Sign-ups for the winter/spring play Clue are on Ms. Formy-Duval’s door. Please sign up if you’re interested so we can plan practices based on other activities people participate in. Try-outs will be next week. Musical cast and crew: We are planning field trips to a play at Butler on Thursday, 12/5 and Salina on Sunday, 12/15. Last call for Butler is today. See Mrs. Winter for details. We have an adjustment to the lunch schedule since Thanksgiving break. All high school students eat in what is now called C lunch from 12:00 - 12:25. If you still have questions regarding the change please see staff. Food Drive has begun - please bring in non perishable food items over the next couple of weeks. A point system will be used to measure how much is collected. These points will be calculated to determine a reward for the study body. Details from character ed. Teachers today. The FFA will not be hosting the Fun Night this Thursday at 6:45-7:45 in the high school gym because of little league practice. We will reschedule the event. Thank you to all of you who came out to enjoy the fun life of Kevin and the rascally wet bandits! Library will be closed today. Character Ed go to Mrs. Biddle’s room Say Pledge. Thank you and have a Wonderful Day!!

Reminder: Saturday December 7th PTO will be hosting Breakfast with Santa at the elementary. Please return ticket forms by Thursday December 5th. Tickets will NOT be sold at the door.

THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 5th/6th Grade Band and Honor Choir concert Tuesday night (12/3)!

Elementary class composite picture orders are due Thursday, December 5th. Please bring your orders to the office, Late orders must be mailed by the parent or ordered online. Thank you!