Benton MS/HS

2024 Homecoming Grand Marshal Ms. Melody Spence Ms. Spence is the Business Manager / School Business Official, located at Central Office. She has worked for the district for 13 years and will retire on December 31st. Ms. Spence and her husband plan on traveling to the National Parks, gardening, and spending more time with their grandchildren. When asked what she enjoys about being a Bobcat, Ms. Spence said, “I love the people that work at Benton CSD because they are truly supportive of each other and ready to go that extra mile for the children we serve.” Thank you Ms. Spence for all you have done to support our district!

BC cross country teams run at Grinnell meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Grinnell Invitational Ahrens Park, Grinnell, Iowa Boys Varsity Team Scores Grinnell 39 Knoxville 67 Newton 71 Lynnville-Sully 80 Williamsburg 96 Benton Community 132 Montezuma 209 Benton varsity boys’ results 11 Caleb Olson 18:09.6 29 Luke Lange 19:30.5 32 Noah Pickart 19:50.6 33 Jaxson Mehlert 20:01.5 36 Brian Araiza 20:14.5 38 Parker Mitchell 20:46.4 42 Colin Reiners 21:08.9 Girls varsity team scores Williamsburg 29 Lynnville-Sully 40 Newton 79 Benton Community 114 Grinnell 118 Montezuma 144 Benton varsity girls’ results 17 Kyra Kauder 23:21.4 18 June Fisher 23:29.3 25 Sloane Slouha 24:49. 26 Kenna Lennie 24:49.3 34 Lydia Stearns 25:58.0 COMPLETE RESULTS

"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

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

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

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

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

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

BC and BP cross country teams open 2024 season at Williamsburg meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Williamsburg Raider Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Williamsburg Recreation Varsity Girls Mid-Prairie Welllman 32 Williamsburg 54 PCM Monroe 71 Oskaloosa 103 Davis County Bloomfield 164 Newton 171 Grinnell 192 Benton 193 Mediapolis 227 Montezuma 263 Waterloo Christian 321 Benton results 30 Sloane Slouha 23:49.5 35 June Fisher 24:16.2 41 Layna DeMoss 24:58.1 32 Kyra Kauder 24:58.7 45 Kenna Lennie 25:13.3 48 Lydia Stearns 25:39.9 Varsity Boys Mid-Prairie Wellman 38 Grinnell 65 Williamsburg 99 Newton 120 Mediapolis 139 PCM Monroe 144 Oskaloosa 214 Davis County Bloomfield 234 HLV Victor 297 Montezuma 327 Waterloo Christian 342 Belle Plaine 380 Benton results 33 Caleb Olson 19:19.3 35 Noah Pickart 19:22.3 47 Luke Lange 19:56.6 58 Jaxon Mehlert 20:46.9 60 Parker Mitchell 21:04.5 63 Ethan Schwake 21:20.9 81 Jonathon Sadler 23:08.4 Belle Plaine results 61 Maddox Purk 21:20.4 82 Davis Timm 23:13.9 87 Caleb Argo 25:48.7 88 Hunter Henry 25:53.0 90 Ian Davis 26:42.9 92 Sawyer Neuhaus 29:37.6

Benton Community works with Kirkwood Workplace Learning Connection to provide job shadowing opportunities for our students. Please encourage your student to sign up for this great opportunity. https://www.kirkwood.edu/workplace-learning-connection/job-shadows/job-shadows-fall/how-to-apply