As a Halloween activity, Mr. Hartshorn took Mrs. Shahan's class on a Skeleton Scavenger Hunt. Students had to use clues to find where bones were hidden around the school to ultimately put together a full skeleton. It was a "bone-chilling" good time!
Third graders at Blennerhassett Elementary decorated pumpkins for a pumpkin decorating contest. . Staff voted on the cutest, funniest and scariest from each classroom.
3rd Grade Pumpkin Decorating contest Scariest, Funniest and Cutest Pumpkins are on display!
BES Outreach donated diapers, wipes, pull-ups, bottles, sippy cups, stuffed animals, snacks and sleepers for local children in need to the DHHR. Thank you to all of those who donated and helped those in our community.
Mrs. King’s third grade and Mrs. Shahan’s first grade classes both learned about community service in social studies. They decided to give to the Humane Society of Parkersburg after learning the impact they can make through donations.
Red Ribbon Week 2021
Be your best, not a fool! Stay off drugs and do great in school!
Monday-October 25th Team up against drugs! Wear your favorite sports team. Looking forward to seeing all the favorite sports team shirts on Monday!
ONLINE PARENT SURVEY
Available through November 19th
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Blennerhassett Book Fair is October 18-22. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/blennerhassettelementarysch1
BES Hat Day is Thursday, Oct. 14. Bring a dollar and wear your favorite hat. Proceeds go toward student recognition at BES.
Mrs. Scott’s Kindergarten class is having fun learning the scientific method through hands-on activities every Thursday. They make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, discuss, draw and write about the outcomes.
The girls basketball team won 37-2 against Parkersburg Catholic tonight! Go Bobcats!
All of first grade collected for the Humane Society this week .
Join 4-H and Find Your Spark!
4-H is open to youth ages 5 – 17 and young adults 18-21. Through 4-H, young people can discover and develop interests that will help them succeed in the future. Wood County has 12 community 4-H clubs including one just for teens to learn about leadership! Another special interest club is all about competitive shooting sports like archery, air rifle and more (age restrictions apply). Programs are also offered locally and statewide in leadership, career exploration, STEM, public speaking and more! To enroll in 4-H and learn more about it – go to 4h.zsuite.org or call the WVU Extension Service office at (304) 424-1960. You can also email woodcountyextension@mail.wvu.edu and check out our websitehttps://extension.wvu.edu/wood.
3rd-5th grade students in STEAM Lab have been researching, creating, testing and improving paper airplanes in the Amazing Airplanes unit. Each team built an “ultimate plane” and competed to be the Amazing Airplane Champs. The champs received 3-d printed medals. Congratulations to the All-Stars from Mrs. Athey’s class for winning first place!
Mrs. Wells’s first graders had fun learning about pets while engaging in a pet home stem building activity.
Blennerhassett girls defeated Criss 25-7! Let’s go Bobcats!
The theme for the week in Mrs. Shahan’s first grade is “pets”. The students were given a STEM assignment to build cages or habitats for their animals. Using boxes of random supplies, the first grade students built amazing projects!
Students in grades K-2 have been learning to solve 3-D puzzle challenges using KEVA Planks in STEAM Lab. They must build a structure by looking at pictures of a side view, top view, and front view.
Fall picture day is scheduled for October 11th. Picture order forms will go home October 5th. Reminder of upcoming picture day is being sent home this week. Have a great day!
The BES Science and Engineering Fair is scheduled for November 19th! Students in grades 3-8 may participate. See the attached flyer for more information or email Lisa Smith at lsksmith@k12.wv.us.
