Benton Community School District

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, September 6. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Mac and cheese was on the menu today and proved to be a fan favorite!

Musical and Academic Excellence The Iowa High School Music Association has an academic achievement award based on the first semester grades of all students in that ensemble. Ensembles with over a 3.25 GPA are considered ensembles with Distinguished Academic Achievement. For the 2022-2023 school year both the Concert Band and Marching Bobcats had an average GPA of 3.59. While the members of the First Street Jazz Ensemble had an average GPA of 3.81. We are always proud of the numerous activities and sports that band students are involved in outside of band, but frequently do not get enough credit for their academics successes in the classroom. So if you see any of these students, please give them a big congratulations! They have earned it! -Mr. Jared Lancaster 9-12 High School Band Director

The Marching Bobcats performed in the Blairstown Sauerkraut Days parade on Saturday, Sept. 2nd.

Benton Volleyball -courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023 BCLUW Comet Round Robin Tournament North Polk 2, Benton 0 BC 14 19 NP 21 21 BCLUW 2, Benton 0 BC 12 21 BCLUW 21 23 Benton 2, Wapsie Valley 1 BC 18 21 15 WV 21 19 8

BC gets second win for season in non-district contest against Marion -courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, at Van Horne Benton 38, Marion 7 M 0 0 0 7 – 7 BC 7 17 7 7 – 38 Benton’s Owen Tjelmeland was 3 for 4 in passing for 47 yards. Mayson Mitchell caught one for nine yards. Easton Pfiffner caught two for 38 yards. The Bobcats rushed for 287 yards. Owen Tjelmeland had 18 carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns. Brenden Heying had one carry for four yards. Blayke Heying had six carries for 38 yards and one touchdown. Carson Bruns had 25 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Pfiffner had four carries for 26 yards. Pfiffner had 5.5 total tackles with five solo. Dylan LeFebvere had 4.5 tackles with four solo. Pfiffner also had one sack. Mitchell recovered one fumble. Jace Biery had one interception. Carson Nolan had two punt returns for 13 yards. Brody Timmerman had one return for eight yards. Eli Kupka had two punts for 59 yards. Benton (2-0) travels to Mount Vernon (2-0) on Friday, Sept. 8, at First Street Field.

Bobcats win 38-7

We've got S-P-I-R-I-T! Yeah Yeah! Fall pep rally today at the MS/HS!! Make sure to check out our activities schedule and see what our Bobcats are up to this fall season!

Bobcats host Marion tonight in non-district action. Freshmen start at 5 p.m. and Varsity at 7:30 p.m. Youth flag football, MYFA, and BC Middle School football teams will also be recognized at tonight's game. Get out under the lights tonight and support all our football programs!! Go Bobcats!

BC middle school students spend the morning cleaning up around the school campus showing Bobcat pride and responsibility. Thank you, Bobcats!

"I choose to teach at Benton because we have the best students and wonderful teachers that I feel so lucky to teach and work beside every day."

The early dismissal held today provided time for staff to calibrate after the first week of school, collaborate with each other, and prepare for fall assessments and other classroom related content.

Benton travels to Williamsburg for Cross Country - Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Williamsburg Invitational Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 Williamsburg Recreation Department Girls’ varsity Williamsburg 64 PCM Monroe 72 Oskaloosa 88 Davis County Bloomfield 108 Benton Community 130 Newton 139 Montezuma 170 Grinnell 174 Waterloo Christian 234 Iowa Valley Marengo 247 Boys varsity Williamsburg 60 South Tama 66 Newton 85 Oskaloosa 85 Grinnell 102 Davis County Bloomfield 157 Benton Community 194 Lynnville-Sully 234 PCM Monroe 260 HLV Victor 265 Montezuma 314 Waterloo Christian 326 Belle Plaine 365 Junior varsity girls Williamsburg 27 Davis County Bloomfield 45 Benton Community 63 Newton 88 Junior varsity boys Williamsburg 30 Grinnell 49 Benton Community 84 Davis County Bloomfield 108 Oskaloosa 112 Newton 126 Benton results Varsity Boys 5K 9 Isaac Morris 18:39.4 18 Caleb Olson 19:00.3 46 Luke Lange 21:13.4 55 Marcus Ricklefs 21:41.8 69 Parker Mitchell 22:46.0 70 Luis Araiza 23:07.3 JV Boys 5K 7 Noah Pickart 20:30.0 16 Ethan Schwake 21:48.2 19 Colin Reiners 21:53.7 23 Brian Araiza 22:01.2 32 Jonathon Sadler 23:09.2 64 Nathan Becker 30:14.8 Varsity Girls 5K 2 Jaida Lyons 21:32.1 6 Abbie Jones 22:53.2 30 Kyra Kauder 25:25.6 44 Lizzy Wolf 28:12.7 61 Mary Phillips 31:29.5 JV Girls 5K 1 Layna Demoss 25:55.4 9 Libi Frese 29:01.7 24 Jessa Demoss 35:36.5 25 McKenna Kramer 35:36.7 26 Ana Glawe 35:49.9

My name is Kim Fisher and I serve as an Instructional Coach and PK-6 Curriculum and Professional Development Leader for the district. I was born and raised in this great district and am proudly entering my 19th year as an employee. I live in Van Horne with my husband (Ryan), and three boys (Aidan-7th grade, Brooks-3rd grade, Dierks-1st grade). I continue to choose Benton because this community molded me into the person I am today and I want to pay it forward to other Bobcats.

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, August 30. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

"My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is the sense of togetherness that is constantly present. I can enter any of our buildings with the feeling that I am in the presence of people who are here to work collaboratively and do what it takes to meet the needs of all of our students."

Our youngest learners started the 2023-24 school year today! Preschool programs got kicked off for both 3 and 4-year-olds at Atkins Elementary and Keystone Elementary. The students who started 3PK today will be the graduating class of 2038 and the students who started 4PK today will be the graduating class of 2037. We are excited to fill those years in between with opportunities that lead to learning and growth for each and every one of them. #APlaceToBelong

Bobcats roll to shut out Vinton Shellsburg in non-district football -courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at Van Horne Benton 49, Vinton-Shellsburg 0 VS 0 0 0 0 – 0 BC 21 14 7 7 – 49 Benton Community shut out Vinton-Shellsburg in the first week of 3A non-district football action on Friday, Aug. 25, at Van Horne. Benton passed for 55 yards. Owen Tjelmeland was 2 for 2 for 25 yards. Brenden Heying was 3 for 3 with 30 yards. Jace Biery caught two passes for 25 yards. Easton Pfiffner caught three for 10 yards. Benton had 348 yards rushing. Owen Tjelmeland had 11 carries for 164 yards and three touchdowns, the longest being a 54-yard run. Brenden Heying had six carries for 76 yards and two touchdowns, the longest being 12 yards. Blayke Heying had five carries for 28 yards. Carson Bruns had 12 carries for 80 yards and one touchdown. On defense, Brennen Blegen had six solo tackles and one sack. Ty Kulbartz added four solo tackles. Troy Kupka and Blegen had one sack each. Ryan Koehler recovered one fumble, which he returns for an 85-yard touchdown. Brody Timmerman returned one kickoff for 35 yards. Caleb Gessner had eight kickoffs for 424 yards. He was also 7 of 7 for points after touchdown. The Bobcats face Marion on Friday, Sept. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Van Horne as non-district action continues.

Lady Bobcats open 2023 volleyball season -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Benton Community Volleyball Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at Vinton-Shellsburg quadrangular Anamosa 2, Benton 1 A 25 22 15 BC 13 25 13 Emma Townsley had seven assists. She added eight kills. Piper Nelson had seven kills. The team had 21 kills in 86 attempts with 10 errors. Townsley had 15 digs. Nelson added 13. Kennedy Donald had nine. Aubrey Kelly had two blocks. The team was 44 of 51 in serves with two aces. Townsley was 12 of 12. Avery Palmer was 15 of 16 with one ace. Mabry Sadler was 7 of 8. Piper Nelson was of 6 with one ace. Donald was 4 of 5. Benton 2, Midland 1 M 24 18 9 BC 21 25 15 Sadler had 13 assists. Townsley added 11. The team was 31 of 89 for kills with 13 errors. Nelson had 15 kills. Townsley added nine. Donald had 17 digs. Townsley had 10. Benton was 53 of 60 for serves with eight aces. Townsley was 6 of 7 with one ace. Palmer was 8 of 9 with one ace. Haiden Moore was 5 of 6 with one ace. Donald was 8 of 9 with two aces. Kelly was 1 of 1. Nelson was 8 of 11 with two aces. Sadler was 17 of 17 with one ace. Vinton-Shellsburg 2, Benton 0 VS 25 25 BC 22 13 With five assists each were Sadler and Townsley. The team was 14 of 70 in kills with 13 errors. Nelson had eight kills. Nelson had 13 digs. Townsley had 11. Benton was 36 of 36 in serves with two aces. Donald was 8 of 8. Townsley was 6 of 6. Palmer was 7 of 7. Moore was 6 of 6. Nelson was 6 of 6. Sadler was 3 of 3 Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Independence Volleyball Tournament Benton 2, Alburnett 0 A 11 13 BC 21 21 Statistics are coming. Benton travels to the Comet Round Robin on Saturday, Sept. 2, at BCLUW. They will face South Tama, North Polk, BCLUW, Hudson and Wapsie Valley.

Reminder of School Picture Day coming up this week! #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong