Mrs. Heishman’s class reviewed beginning and ending sounds during phonics time!


A friendly reminder.
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Each year kicks off with bus safety and evacuation drills! June Folkmann, Director Tim Lyons, and Deputy Brandt talk about being safe and responsible bus passengers.
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Mrs. Mnayer’s class worked together to construct a list of rules and expectations for their classroom contract. They all agreed to follow these rules and signed their name to hold themselves accountable!

Reminder, school pictures are next week.
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Dr. Bieschke is completing his 3rd year as Associate Superintendent at Benton Community. Prior to this role, he was the high school principal at Benton for 13 years.

More pics from our preschoolers first day today!
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Today is the first day of school for 3 and 4 year old preschoolers!
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Mrs. Franck’s class got creative today to draw the house of their dreams while learning about the color orange!


Happy 1st day of school to our 3 year old and 4 year old preschoolers!




Dr. Pamela Ewell is the Superintendent of Benton Community School District. This is her 4th year at Benton and 14th year as a school superintendent. She is honored and excited to be at Benton!
Dr. Ewell earned her Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 2004. A fun fact….2 of her children were also at ISU at the same time she was working on her degree!
In her spare time, Dr. Ewell loves the outdoors – boating, fishing, gardening, and doing things with her family and 4 grandchildren.

And more first day pics from Atkins Elementary!
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Day one is complete! It was great to see all of these smiling faces!




We had our annual 1st day of school flag raising. The students were all caring and respectful Bobcats! Thank you to the local VFW for continuing this tradition.



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School starts tomorrow for grades K-12!

The evening activity bus shuttle will drop off first in Norway then it will drop off in Blairstown. This change is due to construction on Highway 30. If you have questions about this change, please contact Tim Lyons, Transportation Director, at tlyons@benton.k12.ia.us
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Anna Selk is Benton Community's Curriculum and Instructional Services Director. Anna and her family live in Keystone. Time outside, dinner with friends, and traveling are what they enjoy most. Anna is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership at Drake University.
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