Badger Happenings. Principal s Corner. Bennington High School

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1 Bennington High School Badger Happenings April 1st, 2018 Edition Principal s Corner Third quarter has ended and you should have received your child s report card via . Please make sure to encourage your child/children to continue their focus throughout the remainder of the school year. Just a reminder that the study center is open Monday- Thursday evenings for students that are in need of extra assistance. You can continue to check Parent Web Access to monitor your child s grades. Thank you for your attendance at registration this past month. We were able to visit and register over 80% of next year s student body. Being able to individually meet and discuss your child s academic plan should be a great benefit to their personal learning plan throughout high school. If you have any registration questions, please contact Mr. Rischling or Mrs. Jenkins in the guidance office. Tuesday, April 10 will be an amended schedule for all students. 10th and 11th grade students will be taking the Pre-ACT and ACT at school. 10th grade will be finished around noon and 11th grade will complete their assessments around 1:00 pm. 12th graders who have completed 3 C s will not have school, and 12th graders who have not completed 3 C s will report at 8am and finish the day at 3:17. There will be no school for 9th grade students the 10th. Senior Finals will take place Tuesday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 16 this year. Seniors will then come back to school Thursday, May 17 for graduation rehearsal and a senior lunch barbeque. Graduation will be held in the gym Sunday, May 20 at 2 pm. Without another snow day, finals for all 9th-11th graders will be Wednesday, May 23, Thursday, May 24 and Friday, May 25. Pending board approval the 25th will be the last day with a 12:00 pm dismissal. Junior and Senior Prom will take place Saturday, April 7 at The View on State Street. The dance will start at 8 pm and conclude at 11 pm. Post Prom will be at the high school following the dance and will conclude at 4:30 am. Any student that attends Post Prom and wishes to leave prior to 4:30 am will have to make a phone call home to mom or dad in order to get permission to leave.

2 From the Desk of the AD Spring event cancelations due to weather can be found at you can sign up for notifications as they relate to your specific sport. You can also on twitter for news and schedule changes. Prom is scheduled for Saturday April 7, The dance is held at A View on State from 8:00 11:00pm. Post Prom will be held at BHS following the dance. Congratulations to Logan MacDonald & Devin DeLancey on earning state medals at the Nebraska State Wrestling Championships. Congratulations to the Boys Basketball Team on their State Qualification this year and final team ranking of #3 in the Omaha World-Herald. Student-athletes failing 2 or more classes will be ineligible for one week of competition. Coaches can withhold the student-athlete from further action if grades are not improving to a satisfactory level OR rom parent request. Wednesday May 9 th at 2pm will be a college signing celebration held at BHS. Students earning scholarships in Athletics & the Fine Arts can contact Mr. Lamberty glamberty@bennps.org or Ryan Rischling rrischling@bennps.org for details and to be included in the event. Information for Athletic Summer Camps and team workouts can be found at Information will be posted by April 9, Congratulations to Sophia Lanphier on qualifying for the State Speech Tournament. Senior Parent Night Recognitions: Boys Soccer April 10 th v. Conestoga Girls Soccer April 16 th v. Waverly Track April 17 th during the Bennington Invite Baseball April 19 th v. Ralston Bennington finished 4 th in the Boys State Basketball Sportsmanship Rankings: Positives Outstanding support, coordinated theme nights & positive cheers to start the game. Negatives Booing and gesturing at officials calls. Bennington will be the host site for District Track on Thursday May 10 th. BHS Students will be dismissed at 1pm on this date. Spring Sports Awards Night will be held Monday May 21 st at 5:30pm in the Auditorium.

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5 Bonjour Badgers! April first is Poisson d avril. Chocolat fish are enjoyed in France throughout the Easter season. Children play an April Fools Day trick by placing a paper fish on adult s backs then running away yelling Poisson d'avril. The tradition is several centuries old with some saying it started from unknowing people being sent to market to buy freshwater fish when they were not in season. Some also link it to the zodiacal sign for Pisces being the fish. All classes will be participating in Posisson d Avril on April 3 rd due to Spring Break. In French Club students will be making Eiffel Towers! The next French Club will be April 11 th at 7h20. To get up to date information about French and French Club follow FrencheeCheerSenate on Twitter. À plus tard, Mme Minthorn A Note from Student Senate; The Bennington High School Blood Drive was March 2nd. The Red Cross thanked us for helping to restock their shelves. Our goal was 50 pints and we donated 55 pints! The Voice Box is available in the library and a locker for convenience. Students are encouraged to share their questions, comments, or concerns. Student Senate then addresses each and every question, comment, or concern at the meetings. One such suggestion was to have dress up days for Prom. Student Senate Officers will be voted on April 23 rd. In the works are Homecoming themes for next year. To get up to date information about Student Senate follow FrencheeCheerSenate on Twitter. Have a wonderful day. Ms. Minthorn

6 Badger Yearbooks are on sale now! Yearbooks can be ordered on-line at or students may pick up/turn in order forms to Natalie Bieber, Yearbook Adviser (rm 213) Book sales will run February 1 - April 30. The full color 144 page books are $60 each. We sold out of books last year, so don't delay! Please direct questions to Natalie Bieber, Yearbook Adviser: nbieber@bennps.org

7 Quiz Bowl News! The Bennington High School Quiz Bowl team traveled to Creighton Prep on Saturday, March 17th, to compete in the Bird Brain quiz bowl tournament hosted by Creighton Prep. Bennington had two teams competing, one in the novice division and one in the advanced division. The advanced team consisted of Michael Keatts, Hunter Bloom, and Drew Persigehl. (see picture below) The novice team consisted of Mike Rupp, Noah Wempen, and Will Johnston The novice team placed fourth and the advanced team brought home a second-place trophy losing to Creighton Prep. in the championship round of the tournament. This is the second trophy of the year for the team as they brought home a 3rd place trophy in February at the Elkhorn South meet. The head coach this year is William Deardoff and assistant is Michelle Young.

8 Robotics Club News The Titanium Badgers of Bennington High School participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition for our third season. This year s challenge asked us to build a robot that could pick up milk crates and place them on balances and scales to score points for our alliance. The Iowa Regional hosted 61 teams representing 5 states and two foreign countries (Turkey and Argentina) at the University of Northern Iowa for three actionpacked days. Your Titanium Badgers were able to meet all of their team goals for participation and having a functioning robot. We learned a lot of important lessons, and we re looking forward to another exciting and rewarding season next January! Pictured to the left Back row: John Mangold, Dillon Falkinburg, Josh Lueders, Thara Michaelis, Gabe Pribil, George Misfeldt, Mr. Deardoff and Mr. Schmidt. Front row: Grant Brown, Kaylen Michaelis, Madison Hall, Rylie Mangold Pictured to the right: Kalyen Michaelis, Thara Michaelis, Josh Lueders, Dilllon Falkinburg, and Madison Hall

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11 DENTAL SCREENING Thank you to Dr. Bacino and staff for conducting the Dental Screenings on Monday, March 19!!

12 Please join us at the BPS Foundation 18th Annual Awards Ceremony on April 4 PM as we announce the following award recipients! 2018 Distinguished Educator of the Year 2018 New Educator of the Year 2018 Support Staff of the Year 2018 Volunteer of the Year (Please see the RSVP form on the following page for the Awards Ceremony)

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15 Track camp will again be available for kids entering grades 1-8 for Summer of 2018!! Grade :30-11:30 Grade 3-5 8:00-10:00 Grade :30-12:30 We will have online registrations again this year. The exact dates have not been set yet, but camp will run from Monday-Thursday. or with questions. Cross Country Camp coming Summer 2018 For Runners going into Grades More information to follow soon.

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19 Dates to Remember: April 2 - Spring Break April 3-9th-12th Instrumental Concert, 7 p.m. April 7 - Prom 8-11 p.m. Post Prom following at BHS April 10 - PreACT and ACT Testing for 10 /11 grade April 10 - No school for 9 grade April 10 - School for 12 grade as needed to complete 3C April District Music Contest April 22 - Foundation Awards Reception, 4 p.m. May 9 May 20 - Staff In-Service 1:10 p.m. Dismissal - Graduation, 2 p.m. Bennington Sr. High School PO Box Bennington Road Bennington, Nebraska 68007