Benton Community School District

"Are we doing this all week?" -Stella Homecoming 2024 Crazy Day

Support BC Post Prom Friday night at the Homecoming football game!

Bobcats open conference play tonight against Williamsburg. 5:00 PM - Freshman Game 6:00 PM - JV Game 7:30 PM - Varsity Game Benton Community Live Streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/van-horne/organization/8278/benton-community-high-school

What do you love most about working at Benton? From the top down, the people are thoughtful and understanding which makes for a great learning/working environment.

Benton Middle School student artwork is on display now at the Atkins Library. Stop in and check it out!

2024 Homecoming Court Top 5 Candidates

Welcome to the Wild Wild West! Homecoming 2024 Day 1- Middle School pics

Welcome to the Wild Wild West! Homecoming 2024 Day 1- High School pics

Agriculture students visited Paul & Jon Bierschenk's farm to explore their use of cover crops in their operation. During the demonstration, Rebecca Vittetoe and Evan Brehm explained the benefits of cover crops, including erosion prevention, enhanced organic matter, improved water quality, and support for weed management. Owen and Ben from Terraplex talked about how they got into the business and about the demand for drones in agriculture.

BC volleyball girls travel to BCLUW -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at BCLUW Tournament No. 2 Hudson 2, Benton 0 H 25 25 - 2 BC 11 13 - 0 Benton 2, South Tama 0 ST 20 22 - 0 BC 25 25 - 2 No. 11 BCLUW 2, Benton 0 BC 16 16 - 0 BCLUW 25 25 - 2 Statistics are coming. Benton (2-7) hosts Williamsburg (6-3) on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Van Horne. They travel to East Marshall on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

Bobcats get big road win over Marion in Class 3A football Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at Marion Benton 41, Marion 13 BC 7 13 14 7 - 41 M 0 6 7 0 - 13 Brenden Heying was 7 of 11 in passing for 119 yards and on touchdown. Benton had 311 yards rushing. Heying had 18 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Dylan LeFebvere had 19 carries for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Logan Upah had three catches for 28 yards. Brody Zimmerman had three catches for 56 yards. Dawson Rozek had one carry for 35 yards and a touchdown. Benton had 51.0 total tackles, with 36 solo, no sacks and 8.0 tacklers for loss. Grant Volesky had 9.0 total tackles, five solo and 1.0 for a loss. Dylan LeFebvere had 7.5 total tackles with six solo and 3.0 for loss. Upah had 4.0 total tackles with three solo. Brody Timmerman had 4.0 total tackles with three solo. Eli Patterson had 4.0 total tackles with four solo. Upah had one kickoff return for 17 yards. Timmerman added a return for 31 yards. Timmerman had two punt returns for -3 yards. Elijah Kupka had eight kickoffs for 356 yards. Marion had 145 yards passing and 140 yards rushing. Kaleb Davis had 84 yards on 13 carries and one touchdown. Class 3A District 5 Sept. 6, 2024 Benton 41, Marion 13 Grinnell 17, Bondurant-Farrar 14 Fairfield 55, Fort Madison 15 Charles City 22, South Tama 14 Xavier 29, Willamsburg 27 Sept. 13, 2024 Mount Vernon at Benton Fairfield at Washington Solon at Central DeWitt Williamsburg at Clear Creek Amana South Tama at Knoxville

Absences add up! Missing just 2 days of school a month means a child misses 10% of the school year. #SchoolEveryday

Guess what??!! It's HOMECOMING WEEK!! Day 1 Wild Wild West

Benton Community School District is proud to share Alumni Spotlights focusing on "Where are you now?" If you would be interested in sharing your post-graduation journey with us, we would love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/xe3KwMKkWkB8FLcN9

Next week is HOCO!!

Bobcats are on the road tonight vs. Marion. Freshmen start at 5 pm and Varsity plays at 7:30 pm. Live streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/marion/organization/6321/marion-high-school

What do you love the most about working at Benton? The thing I love most about working here is seeing the kids grow and their personalities develop throughout the year.

Check out all the MS "happenings" in the BC Middle School Newsletter

Join us for an evening walk to support suicide prevention. Activities, resources, and more will be available. Register to walk at this link https://tinyurl.com/BCSPCwalk or the QR code below. This is a national event that is being brought to Benton County by the Benton County Suicide Prevention Coalition. When: Sunday, September 8, 2024, 5:00 P.M. Gates Open, 6:00 P.M. Walk Begins Where: Benton Community MS/HS, 600 1st Street, Van Horne, IA 52346 Stadium/Track Complex For More Information Contact info@bentoncountyspc.org

What do you love most about working at Benton? "I am a Benton Community graduate, our children graduated from Benton, and it's wonderful that I get to work here as well. Benton is like family and I love working with the students and staff!