Benton Community School District

7th Grade Girls Basketball: All 7th Grade girls basketball players need to meet in Coach Zittergruen's classroom tomorrow, Thursday, April 20 during 5th period.

I am Natalie Nesbitt and this is my 12th year as a 7-12 School Counselor here at Benton. I like to stay busy in my free time, right now that looks like chasing my two kids around to their various sporting activities. Spring/Summer are my favorite seasons because we like to get outside and enjoy the sunshine.

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I am Christy Deutsch; I am a Literacy Interventionist at Atkins Elementary. I live in Atkins with my husband Josh, 2 sons Grayson and Asher, dogs, and chickens. During my free time, I can be found in sweatpants and reading a book!

Chris Norton's powerful story and message was inspirational and uplifting. Thank you Chris for sharing your meaningful life lessons to help everyone think about positiveness in life and the importance of serving others. And a special thanks to Kamron Korsmo, a Benton grad who assists Chris. Take the time to view Chris' story - "7 Yards - The Chris Norton Story"

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton soccer – April 11-18 BC girls’ soccer Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Union 3, Benton 0 BC 0 0 – 0 U 3 0 – 3 No statistics yet Friday, Aril 14, 2023 Benton 3, Williamsburg 0 BC 1 2 – 3 W 0 0 – 0 No statistics yet Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Newton Perry 1, Benton 0 BC 0 0 – 0 P 1 0 – 1 No statistics yet Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Benton at Clear Creek Amana BC boys’ soccer Friday, April 14, 2023 Williamsburg 1, Benton 0 BC 0 0 – 0 W 0 1 – 1 No statistics yet Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Clear Creek Amana at Benton Thursday, April 20, 2023 Benton at Center Point-Urbana, Fross Park

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Bobcat golfers host invite at Tara Hills Bobcat Invite Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne Clear Creek Amana 312 Williamsburg 316 Columbus Catholic 321 Marion 323 Center Point-Urbana 324 Independence 339 Benton 351 Grinnell 352 Medalist – Christian Burkhart, CPU, 74 Benton scores Nathan Rottman 45 42 - 87 Jordan Thys 45 44 - 89 Jo Davis 45 43 - 88 Brock Silhanek 43 44 - 87 Kolby Wenger 52 49 - 101 Ryan Spina 46 44 – 90

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Golf action continues for Benton teams Thursday, April 13, 2023, at Tara Hills Country Club Varsity boys Marion 160, Benton 189 Benton results Nathan Rottman 43 Jordan Thys 52 Jo Davis 49 Brock Silhanek 49 Kolby Wenger 49 Ryan Spina 48 Junior varsity Marion 196, Benton 198 Benton JV results Robert Davidson 49 Nash Brunssen 48 Marcus Newton 61 Ryan Finn 49 Jonah Thompson 59 Trayton Lentner 52 Medalist - Lawson Berndt, Marion, 37 Benton at Marion Girls Golf Gardner Golf Course Marion, Iowa Benton 204, Marion 242 Benton results Emma Schwake 48 (medalist runner-up) Kayley Dirks 50 Maddy Wolf 53 Olivia Pickering 53 Sydney Rupp 55 Whitney Bridgewater 58 Benton JV 218 Ally Furman 49 Brooke DeRycke 54 Tegan Bertka 57 Emery Rinderknecht 58 Emma Bange 60 Hailey Suiter 64

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Bobcat Co-ed on April 13 Bobcat Co-ed Invite Van Horne, Iowa Team scores Mt Vernon 105 Xavier, CR 89 Benton 89 Williamsburg 73 Oelwein 47 Independence 44 CPU 41.5 Vinton-Shellsburg 40 English Valleys 39 Belle Plaine 38.5 Iowa Valley 38 Union 38 Columbus 14 Prairie, CR 13.5 Regina, IC 13 Janesville 7.5 Valley Lutheran 6 Benton JV 5 BC boys place-winners High jump – 3 Eli Patterson 5-8 Long jump – 6 Brayden Suiter 18-8 Shot put – 4 Brennan Blegen 46-2 Discus – 1 Brennen Blegen 159-6 800 medley relay – 2 Henderson, Upah, Bruns, Wallace 1:37.62 4×800 – 5 Schulte, Morris, Olson, Michelsen 9:08.23 4×200 – 3 Henderson, Bruns, Martin, Wallace 1:31.65 Shuttle hurdle – 5 Timmerman, Patterson, Patterson, Franck 1:07.09 100 – 3 Carson Bruns 11.96, 8 Evan Martin 12.36 110 hurdles – 6 Noah Franck 16.90, 8 Easton Patterson 17.21 200 – Sam Wallace 22.78 400 hurdles – 1 Easton Patterson 58.88, 5 Brody Timmerman 1:01.20 (JV), 6 Brayden Suiter 1:01.36 4×100 – 2 Henderson, Bruns, Martin, Wallace 44.45 Girls results Team scores Williamsburg 146 Xavier 123 CPU 87 Benton 80 Regina 65 Vinton-Shellsburg 50 Independence 43 Columbus 28 Prairie 27 Oelwein 25 Iowa Valley 25 Belle Plaine 14 Benton JV 12 Benton place-winners High jump – 6 Carlie Sims 4-6, 7 Piper Nelson 4-4 Shot Put – 6 Ana Glawe 33-6 Discus – 7 Addison Phillips 94-4 800 medley – 4 Sims, Nolte, Kelly, Lohrer 2:01.08 3000 – 1 Jaida Lyons 12:06.56 Shuttle hurdle – 2 Moore, Seeck, Moore, Werner 1:13.74 1600 medley – 2 Lohrer, Collum, Donald, King 4:48.18 4×200 – 1 1:53.53, 5 (JV) 1:58.34 100 hurdles – 4 Hope Moore 17.29, 6 Sophia Seeck (JV) 18.04 800 – 2 Jaida Lyons 2:35.71, 3 Abbie Jones 2:41.58 4×100 – 7 Sims, Sadler, Moore, Moore 54.37, 8 Nolte, Seeck, Townsley, Drahos (JV) 54.91 4×400 – 2 Lohrer, Kelly, Donald, Nelson 4:25.25, 5 Collum, King, Lohrer, Werner (JV) 4:47.20

Josh Hoeck teaches both 7-12 Behavior-Focused Special Education and 9-12 Credit Recovery/Virtual Academy. Josh is also the Head Freshman Football Coach, Head Girls Wrestling Coach, Assistant Boys Middle School Track Coach, and Head Level III Baseball Coach.

Benton School Board welcomes Mrs. Anna Selk as the next (2023-24) Associate Superintendent! Congratulations Anna!

Benton hosts track meet today with many area schools. Go Bobcats!

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My name is Jacob Reid, and I am the industrial technology teacher for the middle school and high school. A fun fact about me is that I work road construction during the summertime. My favorite part about teaching is hearing about students' success after graduation.

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton boys’ track teams run at Ruth Ahrens meet in Marengo Ruth Ahrens Invite, Iowa Valley, Marengo, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Varsity Boys BCLUW 126 North Mahaska 100.50 Belle Plaine 90 Iowa Valley 87.50 BGM 66.50 English Valleys 57 Sigourney 29 HLV 26.50 Class A Male Solon 170.00 Benton 160.00 Williamsburg 140.00 Clear Creek-Amana 41.00 Benton JV 27.00 Solon JV 18.00 CCA JV 3.00 Williamsburg JV 2.00 Benton place-winners 100 – 1 Sam Wallace 11.39, 4 Carson Bruns 11.79 200 – 1 Sam Wallace 22.72 400 – 4 Owen Von Ahsen 56.91, 5 Wyatt Rinderknecht 58.57 800 – 3 Isaac Morris 2:12.75, 6 Tobias Michelsen 2:27.09 110 hurdles – 2 Noah Franck 16.99, 3 Easton Patterson 17.48, 4 Evan Patterson (JV) 20.07 1600 – 3 Trey Schulte 5:07.49, 5 Caleb Olson 5:14.50 400 hurdles – 1 Easton Patterson 58.86, 4 Brayden Suiter 1:01.23, 5 Brody Timmerman (JV) 1:04.87, 6 Eli Patterson (JV) 1:08.75 Discus – 3 Brennen Blegen 136.07, 4 Carter Holmes 122-06 High jump – 2 Eli Patterson 6-00 Long jump – 3 Brayden Suiter 18-04.50, 4 Luke Garrett (JV) 18–3.50, 5 Brody Timmerman 17-08 Shot put – 5 Brennen Blegen 43-03 4x100 – 2 Evan Martin, Carson Bruns, Logan Upah, Sam Wallace 44.18 4x200 – 1 Malique Henderson, Carson Bruns, Evan Martin, Sam Wallace 1:32.71 4x400 – 3 Dylan LeFebvere, Owen Tjelmeland, Wyatt Rinderknecht, Owen Von Ahsen 3:56.53 4x800 2 Trey Schulte, Isaac Morris, Caleb Olson, Tobias Michelsen 9:03.46 Shuttle hurdle 2 Easton Patterson, Eli Patterson, Brody Timmerman, Noah Franck 1:06.89 800 sprint medley – 2 Dylan LeFebvere, Logan Upah, Malique Henderson, Evan Martin 1:31.28 1600 medley – 4 Dylan LeFebvere, Logan Upah, Owen Von Ahsen, Luke Lange 4:20.22

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau BC girls run at Ruth Ahrens, Lisbon meets Monday, April 10, 2023 at Marengo Class A Female Williamsburg 225 Pcm, Monroe 123 Benton 62 Williamsburg Raiders 62 Clear Creek Amana 35 CCA JV 6 Benton Comm JV 3 Benton place-winners 200 - 3 Piper Nelson 30.08 400 - 1 Piper Nelson 1:08.26 Discus - 3 Ana Glawe 96-06, 4 Addison Phillips 94-06 High jump - 3 Piper Nelson 4-02 Long jump - 2 Kaitlynn Guldner 13-08, 5 Kayla Lennie 13-01 Shot put - 2 Ana Glawe 33-06, 5 Addison Phillips 28-02 4x100 – 4 Janessa Bries, Calista Nolte, Kayla Lennie, Mallory Kenny 2:07.81 800 sprint medley - 5 Janessa Bries, Calista Nolte, Kayla Lennie, Lizzy Wolf 2:17.07 Lisbon Track and Field Invitational Tuesday, April 11, 2023 No team scores available at press time Benton place-winners 800 – 5 Gwen King 2:43.70 1500 – 2 Jaida Lyons 5:22.02 100 hurdles – 2 Hope Moore 16.63 Shot put – 4 Ana Glawe 34-02.50 Discus – 3 Addison Phillips 99-05, 4 Ana Glawe 98-02 4x100 – 6 54.21 4x200 – 4 1:56.67 4x400 – 4 4:27.39 800 medley – 3 2:00.32 1600 medley – 2 4:36.83 Shuttle hurdle – 2 1:12.43

My name is Kara Mitchell. I teach Reading Recovery and Reading Intervention at Keystone Elementary. This is my 14th year in the district. I live outside of Atkins with my husband Travis and our three kids, Mayson, Kaden, and Kenley. In my free time, I enjoy attending all of my children’s activities, camping, and spending time with family and friends.

Benton Community will have a Noon (12:00 p.m.) dismissal TODAY (Wednesday, April 12) for professional development. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Please join us TODAY! School Bus Driver Appreciation Dinner & New Bus Driver Recruitment Dinner: Benton Community School District is looking for new bus drivers. If you have any interest, please join us TODAY for dinner to learn more and meet the current transportation staff on Wednesday, April 12, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Van Horne Community Center, 558 1st Avenue, Van Horne.

Team Tatum apparel: If you ordered Team Tatum apparel and had it sent to the HS, please stop in the Activities office and pick it up.