Benton Community School District

Girls soccer at Hudson has been canceled for this evening... Thursday, May 9th due to saturated field conditions and more expected rain.

Boys and Girls State Qualifier Track Meet is at Solon this evening. Field events begin at 4:00 pm and running events begin at 4:45 pm. Tickets are purchased online at link 👇 https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/

Congratulations to the Class of 2024! Seniors were honored on Wednesday, May 8th at the Benton Community Senior Ceremony. Listed is a compilation of Benton Community Senior Award & Scholarship recipients, followed by a slide presentation of the Benton Scholarship Foundation Scholarships recipients. LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS American Legion Auxiliary Menkel-Bockhot Unit 107 Keystone Betty Junge Memorial Merit Award: Jace Biery Atkins American Legion Post 217 A.H. Schueler Scholarship: Owen Krug Atkins Community Club Scholarship: Jace Biery, Addesyn Duball, Jaida Lyons Atkins Woman's Club Scholarship: Addesyn Duball, Jaida Lyons, Alivia Pfiffner Benton County American Legion Auxiliary Merit Award: Marcus Newton, Karlee Voss Owen Krug, Jace Biery Benton County American Legion Scholarship: Jace Biery, Kennedy Donald, Owen Krug, Morgan Schulte Benton County Cattleman Scholarship: William Kroneman Benton County Pork Producers: William Kroneman Benton County Farm Bureau: William Kroneman, Lexie Pippert Benton Soil & Water Conservation District: William Kroneman Bernie Saggau Award: Emma Townsley Better Business Bureau- Student of Integrity: Isaac Morris Blairstown American Legion and Aux. Scholarship: Marcus Newton, Emma Townsley Blairstown Community Foundation and Sauerkraut Days: Ty Kulbartz, Marcus Newton Boosters Sarah Reiss Outstanding Manager: Breck Coffland Cedar Rapids Area Assoc of Realtors Scholarships: Kennedy Donald, Steven Block, Breanna Jarrett, Owen Krug, Gracie Norton, Lexie Pippert Derek Anderson Bobcat Award: Owen Tjelmeland Des Moines Register Academic All-State: Emma Townsley Doug Keiper Memorial Scholarship: Owen Krug Dupaco Foundation Scholarship: William Kroneman, Owen Krug, Lexie Pippert E Wayne Cooley Award: Emma Townsley ECI REC Scholarship: Morgan Schulte Elberon American Legion: Lexie Pippert Elberon American Legion Auxiliary: Lexie Pippert Elberon Area Women's Club: Lexie Pippert Farmers Mutual Telephone Cooperative of Shellsburg Scholarship: Karlee Voss Female Athlete of the Year: Emma Townsley FFA Awards: William Kroneman, Breck Coffland, Bodee Volesky, Marcus Ricklefs, Morgan Schulte Governor's Scholar Recognition Program: Emma Townsley Grand Lodge of Iowa Scholarship-MCEC: William Kroneman Grand Lodge of Iowa Scholarship-AF &AM: Morgan Schulte Heartland Co-op Scholarship: William Kroneman IGHSAU: Emma Townsley Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation Scholarship Extravaganza 1st place 2022 and 2023: William Kroneman Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation Iowa Youth Beef Team Scholarship: William Kroneman Iowa State Bar Association Citizenship Award: Kennedy Donald Kerkman Memorial Friendship Scholarship: William Kroneman Keystone American Legion Scholarship: Lexie Pippert, Mary Phillips Keystone Communications Scholarship: Breanna Jarrett Keystone Turnerette: Mary Phillips Keystone Turners: Mary Phillips KWWL Best of Class: Emma Townsley Male Athlete of the Year: Brennen Blegen Metco Credit Union Scholarship: Cody Wright NCYL Ambassador Scholarship: William Kroneman, Owen Krug NCYL Whalen Family Scholarship: Marcus Newton New Century FS Annual Scholarship: William Kroneman Newhall American Legion Auxiliary Merit Award: Evelyn Mahan Newhall Fire Department: Evelyn Mahan Newhall First Responders: Evelyn Mahan Newhall Lions Club Scholarship: Evelyn Mahan Norway American Legion Scholarship: Morgan Schulte Principal's Leadership Award: Kennedy Donald, McKenna Kramer, Jaida Lyons, Emma Townsley, Karlee Voss Silver Cord: Lexie Pippert, Morgan Schulte, Emma Townsley, Gavin Walters Theisen's Farm Home & Auto 4-H Scholarship: William Kroneman Third District American Legion Auxiliary Merit Award: Morgan Schulte Van Horne American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship: Kennedy Donald, Emma Townsley Van Horne Lions Club Scholarship: Kennedy Donald, Emma Townsley VGH Jeanette M Miller Scholarship: Breanna Jarrett VGH Scholarship: Jaida Lyons, Morgan Schulte COLLEGE AWARDS The Greg Brouwer Memorial Scholarship: Marcus Ricklefs Northwest Iowa Community College Substation Technician Scholarship: Marcus Ricklefs Kirkwood Community College: Ally Furman, William Kroneman, Anahi Plascencia Munoz, Kolby Wenger Christina Hixson 2024 Opportunity Award: Breck Coffland Benton Scholarship Foundation Slide link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRroFaTU8ieUn0QiFWDZB2xlXgPgiqmEc1ZOpsF42bpvFaIUVcDMZJdXgry0SfCLQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR01PVHzPrZ9jZpOQiMshYS7L66f-6NV3_E5MD_Px6chS_VSbxRwGpDFV1g_aem_AcJJxuQw-OfCO8Gs_bJtwP4hBVXbDEFVjq3mqt7XbmWiBPaH_fqvmya27m1-8EPTLFYZQ2sLcc7wPKxeK6iuzbEB&slide=id.p1

2024 IGHSAU Tournament – Class 1A Region 8 – GIRLS SOCCER Soccer Game: Benton Community Bobcats vs Cedar Valley Christian Huskies Date/Time: Monday, May 13, 2024 – 7:00 PM School Address: 600 1st Street – Van Horne IA 52346 Ticket Info: Admission: $6.00 –ONLINE TICKETING ONLY To get in...all tickets need to be purchased through BOUND at this link. https://login.gobound.com/account/login?ReturnUrl=%2Fconnect%2Fauthorize%2Fcallback%3Fclient_id%3Dtickets.gobound.com%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftickets.gobound.com%252Fsignin-oidc%26response_type%3Dcode%2520id_token%26scope%3Dopenid%2520profile%2520scfan_api%2520scsuperfan_api%2520bsv_a%2520ea_api%2520offline_access%26response_mode%3Dform_post%26nonce%3D638508560237881134.YWUyY2QxN2UtODJlZi00OWZlLWJlMDctM2QyY2UzODllZjlmZGJjYmJiYmQtYzdhZS00OWIyLWJmOTEtZDFmZDg5YTQ5YjVm%26state%3DCfDJ8OnjufXA3SpNviYlQ8cBgTHplL5yRRsz84sHHYFUCV0QFNpStJUP0o6oafEoDxBiq6hj6CTK4-OIn7rq3qgK-Oosi2olJ1ZeRZnoSRIDbHI6sRnVkrRCsBQCFs74OGxTB1Vu661_4eN1McXHgHznLYeNgCGa-sXH3oH-5VrSHv9894ZbEP9TaitHqnNRtAc5Mgqi6CDnbpPdImFnwTfiC9963UJ1AclKc2C3xpSS9oAZLLy4oOx9jkrSuedV2Qub6Knzha_0YlHq3iyVN_1LwdleKbIYuswKvN8GJDX360OuMrFuIK4GQbdo8zxqUEolYmzTf_07SMS13-hzJ1hwLA_etceUnFH1Q7lyzyQfju_NQ4d-VriHLhCZ-Oz2ZWJeuYDWQC9JptB-jzktEcweAwBVdOcKDiwK8gXANJW5zs7t%26x-client-SKU%3DID_NET6_0%26x-client-ver%3D6.24.0.0

"My favorite thing about my career is being a member of the Bobcat Family! Teaching in multiple buildings has allowed me to witness and feel the “Bobcat Family” in all areas of our vast district."

#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Benton Soccer, Week of May 6, 2024 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton Community boys' soccer Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at Van Horne Benton 1, South Tama 0 ST 0 0 - 0 BC 1 0 - 1 Statistics are coming Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Van Horne, 5 p.m. Center Point-Urbana (8-4) vs. Benton (9-3) Friday, May 10, 2024 at Denver, 7:30 p.m. Benton (9-3) vs Denver (5-8) Class 2A Soccer Postseason Monday, May 20, 2024 Substate 2 - Second round Webster City plays winner of Hampton-Dumont-CAL game Benton plays winner of Clear Lake vs. Charles City game Substate final is Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at a site to be determined Benton Community girls' soccer Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at Tama Benton 10, South Tama 0 BC 3 7 - 10 ST 0 0 - 0 Statistics are coming Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Hudson, 4 p.m. Benton (5-9) vs Hudson (13-2) Monday, May 13 2024 at Van Horne, 7 p.m. Class 1A Region 8 tourney Cedar Valley Christian (3-8) vs. Benton (5-9)

"My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is educating the students about Edith Wilson. She played an influential role in her husband’s administration after his stroke. Her role was so large she served as essentially de facto president much to the chagrin of his cabinet. In the modern day, the 25th amendment exists to prevent a similar situation."

Today is School Nurse Appreciation Day! Thanks for all you do for our students and staff!

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, May 8. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

The Benton Girls Golf Team took 3rd place at the WaMaC Super Meet. Halle Sobaski and Hailey Suiter were First Team All-Conference!!! Congratulations!

"I chose Benton because of the many opportunities it has for students to grow and thrive. The community support makes it a place to call home!"

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you for all that you do! You are appreciated more than you know!

#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Benton at WaMaC track meet in Marion -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau WaMAC Conference Track Meet Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Marion Benton boys’ results High jump - 2 Eli Patterson 6-4 Shot put - 6 Carter Holmes 49-3, 7 Brennen Blegen 48-7.75 Discus - 3 Brennen Blegen 158-8, 8 Carter Holmes 134-x4 800 Sprint medley - 8 1:39.02 Easton Pfiffner, Owen Tjelmeland, Carson Bruns, Evan Martin Shuttle hurdle - 5 1:04.69 Brody Timmerman, Will Schanbacher, Owen Von Ahsen, Eli Patterson 100 - 4 Carson Bruns 11.38 4x200 - 4 1:33.17 Easton Pfiffner, Evan Martin, Gavin Brooks, Carson Bruns 110 hurdles - 6 Eli Patterson 16.57 200 - 3 Carson Bruns 22.52, 8 Owen Tjelmeland 23.87 400 hurdles - 2 Owen Von Ahsen 57.47, 8 Brody Timmerman 1:01.10 4x400 - 4 3:33.31 Osen Von Ahsen, Will Schanbacher, Evan Martin, Eli Patterson Boys’ team scores Solon 123.5 Williamsburg 93 Clear Crk-Amana 88 CPU 83.5 Grinnell 77.5 Benton 59 Mt Vernon 54 S Tama 39 Marion 37.5 Vinton-Shellsburg 34 Independence 29 W Delaware 23 Benton girls’ results Shot put - 2 Ana Glawe 37-7 Discus - 3 Ana Glawe 106-3 Shuttle hurdle - 3 1:10.52 Mabry Sadler, Belle Werner, Haiden Moore, Sophia Seeck 1600 distance medley - 4 4:28.93 Ashlyn Drahos, Piper Nelson, Layna DeMoss, Jaida Lyons 100 hurdles - 7 Sophia Seeck 17.15 800 - 6 Abbie Jones 2:36.14 4x100 - 8 55.04 Kennedy Lohrer, Ashlee Michels, Haiden Moore, Mabry Sadler Girls team scores Mt Vernon 165 Solon 152 Marion 79 W Delaware 70 Williamsburg 65 Clear Creek-Amana 64 Grinnell 50 Benton 31 Independence 20 Vinton-Shellsburg 18 CPU 14 S Tama 9

Why Benton? "I have taught at Benton Community my whole career. I started here and chose BC because they offered me a contract and I thought that seemed more desirable than being unemployed. However, I STAYED because of the amazing community that BC provides. I love the staff I get to work with, the administrative support for fine arts has been incredible over the years, the kids are hard working, character driven students and the parents have always been super supportive and positive with our program and with me as an educator."

School Lunch Hero Day is today! Thank you for all you do to ensure that children have access to healthy food options, positively impacting their overall well-being. We appreciate you!

Benton soccer, week of April 29, 2024 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton boys' soccer Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Van Horne Benton 10, West Delaware 0 WD 0 0 - 0 BC 2 8 - 10 Ty Kulbartz, 3 goals, 3 shots on goal Troy Kupka, 4 saves Benton girls' soccer Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Van Horne Benton 10, West Delaware 0 WD 0 0 - 0 BC 7 3 - 10 No statistics yet.

"My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is the sense of community. There appears to be a very tight connection between teachers, administration, parents, and students."

May is School Board Appreciation Month. Thank you for your service and dedication to Benton Community School District! #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong