Benton Community School District

HS Student Council: HS Student Council will be meeting on Wednesday, October 19th at 9:00 AM in Señora Neve ́s room. StuCo students also need to pick up a permission slip for our conference on October 31st from Señora Neve ASAP. High school GSA will be meeting on Wednesday, October 19th and Thursday, October 27th during 5th block in Ms. Hillyer's room (room 207).

HS Bowling: There will be a bowling meeting TODAY during 5th block for those interested in going out for bowling. Meeting will be in the student center. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

My name is Katie Nimtz, I am in my fifth year of teaching high school special education at Benton. Katie and her husband live in Fairfax with their two cats.

Thank you to our Transportation Director, Tim Lyons, and all of our Bus Drivers for transporting our students safely to school and back every school day! You are appreciated! #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Robotics: Robotics will not meet today. Robotics will only meet on Tuesday this week. Please see Mrs. Sahu with any questions.

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Pictures from the game Friday courtesy of Aaron Cretin. Marching Band photos Courtesy of Dr. Ewell. Final score Maquoketa 7 Benton 49 #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Don't forget to get your tickets for the fall musical Freaky Friday performing Nov. 4-6 #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

7th Grade Girls Basketball: 7th grade girls basketball will begin practice on Monday, Oct. 17th. We will practice at the MS/HS starting at 3:30. This is a change from the original schedule. See Mr. Liddle with questions. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong Benton girls volleyball travels to Mount Vernon for WaMaC tournament Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at Mount Vernon WaMaC Tournament Benton 2, Independence 0 BC 25 25 – 2 I 13 19 – 0 Mabry Sadler had 10 assists. Benton had 23 kills in 72 attempts with 10 errors. Addison Phillips had nine kills and Piper Nelson added eight. Olivia Janss had 12 digs. Nelson had 10. Benton was 43 of 49 in serves with six aces. Nelson had two aces. Janss was 8 of 8. Nelson was 11 of 12. Mount Vernon (29-5) 2, Benton (18-23) 0 BC 12 9 – 0 MV 25 25 – 2 Sadler had six assists for Benton. The team had 12 kills in 56 attempts with 10 errors. Nelson had eight kills for Benton. Janss had six digs. Benton was 22 of 22 for serves with no aces. Phillips was 6 of 6.

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong Benton goes to Indee for WaMaC CC meet on Thursday WaMaC Conference Meet Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at Independence Varsity girls’ team scores 1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 50 2 Solon 68 3 Clear Creek-Amana 79 4 Center Point-Urbana 84 5 Williamsburg 85 6 Marion 150 7 Benton Community 185 8 West Delaware 223 9 Vinton-Shellsburg 267 10 South Tama County 297 Varsity boys 1 Marion 61 2 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 71 3 Solon 92 4 South Tama 98 5 Clear Creek-Amana 111 6 Vinton-Shellsburg 123 7 Center Point-Urbana 132 8 Williamsburg 219 9 West Delaware 250 10 Benton Community 257 11 Independence 346 JV girls 1 Solon 19 2 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 49 3 Williamsburg 90 4 Clear Creek-Amana 103 5 Marion 143 6 West Delaware 146 7 Benton Community 215 JV boys 1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 49 2 Clear Creek-Amana 50 18:54 3 Center Point-Urbana 72 4 Solon 75 5 Marion 155 6 South Tama 168 7 Williamsburg 198 8 West Delaware 200 9 Benton Community 261 10 Vinton-Shellsburg 301 Benton varsity girls 8 Jaida Lyons 20:24.6 26 Abbie Jones 21:31.2 44 Gwen King 22:44.5 54 Haiden Moore 24:01.1 55 Delaney Lohrer 24:36.1 61 Jessa DeMoss 25:46.0 64 Emma Schwake 26:07.5 Benton JV Girls 49 Lizzy Wolf 25:24.9 59 Alex Welte 26:17.6 64 Sarah Wright 26:44.6 66 Alana Hagen 26:49.9 69 Whitney Bridgewater 26:55.5 81 Ana Glawe 29:19.0 82 Carlie Sims 29:22.4 83 Madelyn Wolf 29:25.5 Benton Varsity Boys 39 Isaac Morris 18:27.6 43 Trey Schulte 18:30.6 52 Caleb Olson 18:44.7 58 Blake Daugherty 18:58.7 65 Luke Lange 19:35.6 67 Marcus Ricklefs 19:46.6 70 Brandon Schultz 20:04.7 Benton JV Boys 40 Evan Daugherty 20:13.3 55 Luis Araiza 20:50.4 79 Bryton Grimm 21:44.1 88 Colin Reiners 21:58.0 90 Noah Pickart 21:59.9 100 Braeton Havill 22:34.7 Pr 120 Nathan Becker 25:04.8 125 Robert Eddards 29:48.0 126 Andrew Hines 33:35.1

Girls Wrestling 2022 Apparel is now available to you to order. Store closes October 22, 2022. Thank you for your support. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong Update: For those still interested in purchasing apparel, we have added a coach pick-up to the order so you will not have to pay for shipping.

Brooke Osborn has taught 24 years with 19 being at Keystone Elementary as a special education teacher. Brooke and her husband Ben live outside of Newhall. Brooke graduated from Benton Community and so did their boys Blake ('20) and Brady ('22).

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Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong 2022 Iowa High School Cross Country State Qualifying Meet Assignments CLASS 1A - 4 p.m., Thursday, October 20 SOUTH HARDIN Belle Plaine BCLUW, Conrad Dunkerton East Buchanan East Marshall GMG, Garwin HLV, Victor Janesville Meskwaki Settlement Newell-Fonda North Butler, Greene North Linn North Tama South Hardin Tri-County, Thornburg Tripoli Valley Lutheran, Cedar Falls Wapsie Valley Waterloo Christian CLASS 3A - 4 p.m., Wednesday, October 19 PELLA Ballard Benton Community Bondurant-Farrar Carlisle Des Moines, Hoover Grinnell Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Knoxville Nevada Newton Oskaloosa Pella Winterset

All Middle School Cross Country Runners: check your emails for a reminder from coach Cochrane about uniform turn in and a team outing on Thursday after school. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Homecoming Pictures: If you ordered Homecoming pictures they are ready to be picked up in the Activities Office.

Benton Community Art Club, will be hosting our Annual Blood Drive on Thursday, November 3rd from 10:15 to 3, in the IMC. In order to be eligible to donate, you must be at least 16 years of age, and weigh 110 lbs. All Benton students are required to have a signed parental consent form to donate, regardless of age. See Mr. Patterson in the Art Room, to sign up for a donation time, receive a parental consent form, or if you simply have any questions about the Drive.

Samantha Happel has been a Benton Bobcat for almost 14 years. During her time here, she has worn many "hats", with her current role as Preschool teacher being her most recent. Samantha is an avid lover of all things outdoors including hiking, camping, and kayaking and she loves to travel with her family on new adventures.

Kasey Hullett is in his fifth year of teaching and second year at Benton. Kasey teaches Composition I & II, as well as Sophomore English—he is also the advisor for the D&D Club. Kasey is currently working on his second book, a YA novel titled "The Creatures of Misty Meadows".