Ashley Jones is in her sixth year teaching and third year at Benton. Ashley teaches 7th grade language arts and one section of senior English. Over the summer Ashley got married and went to Hawaii for her honeymoon.
MS Student Council: There will be a middle school student council meeting Friday during 5th block. The meeting will be in Mrs. Jones' room.
FCCLA: If you are interested in FCCLA there will be a meeting next Tuesday October 11th at 3:00pm in room 212. If you have any questions please email bfox@benton.k12.ia.us or grnorton24@benton.k12.ia.us
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Krystal Wright is in her 16th year as the Agriculture Education Teacher and FFA Advisor at the Benton Community MS/HS. Krystal resides in Atkins with her husband Bryan and three sons, Kaden, Bowen and Easton. When not busy with FFA, Krystal enjoys spending time with family, reading, baking and cheering on the Cyclones!
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
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BC volleyball wins at South Tama
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at South Tama
Benton (16-19) 3, South Tama (12-19) 0
BC 25 25 25 – 3
ST 19 12 18 – 0
Emma Townsley had 23 assists for Benton. Benton had 34 kills in 113 attempts with 13 errors. Piper Nelson had 16 kills. Nelson also had 22 digs. Olivia Janss added 16. Addison Phillips had two blocks. The team was 67 of 73 for serves with nine aces. Townsley had four aces. Janss added three. With one each were Phillips and Nelson. Townsley was 20 of 21. Janss was 13 of 14. Nelson was 16 of 17. McKenna Kramer was 5 of 5.
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BC CC teams travel to Dike-New Hartford Invite on Tuesday, October 4
Dike-New Hartford Invitational
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
Girls varsity
Denver 68
Hudson 126
North Linn 143
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR 156
Union 199 21:48
Sumner-Fredericksburg 203
Osage 212
Benton Community 238
Dike-New Hartford 245
GCGR Grundy Center 276
Wapsie Valley Fairbank 277
North Tama 285
Charles City 288
Aplington-Parkersburg 305
Newman Catholic Mason City 317
West Marshall State Center 350
BCLUW Conrad 393
Grinnell 394
Benton varsity girls
9 Jaida Lyons 20:08.5
18 Abbie Jones 20:48.3
57 Gwen King 22:37.9
71 Haiden Moore 23:09.1
92 Delaney Lohrer 24:07.2
110 Jessa DeMoss 25:19.9
112 Lizzy Wolf 25:25.7
Varsity boys
Denver 67
GCGR Grundy Center 69
Grinnell 89
Charles City 107
Benton Community 156
North Linn Troy Mills 209
Hudson 238
Newman Catholic Mason City 248
Osage 249
Columbus Catholic Waterloo 278
Valley Lutheran 288
Aplington-Parkersburg 337
West Marshall State Center 400
BCLUW Conrad 404
Dike-New Hartford 404
Union La Porte City 418
Baxter 434
Sumner-Fredericksburg 438
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR 453
Dunkerton 510
Benton Varsity Boys 5K
15 Trey Schulte 17:37.5
19 Isaac Morris 17:50.6
25 Caleb Olson 18:04.1
42 Blake Daugherty 18:34.2
58 Luke Lange 18:53.5
59 Marcus Ricklefs 18:53.5
60 Brandon Schultz 18:54.2
JV Boys
Denver 15
Charles City 58
Grinnell 116
Benton Community 118
Newman Catholic Mason City 150
GCGR Grundy Center 182
Wapsie Valley Fairbank 191
Osage 213
West Marshall State Center 214
BCLUW Conrad 267
Benton JV boys
9 Evan Daugherty 19:30.2
26 Luis Araiza 20:41.3
33 Noah Pickart 21:11.4
35 Colin Reiners 21:12.1
66 Bryton Grimm 23:08.2
78 Braeton Havill 23:51.2
101 Nathan Becker 25:29.2
119 Robert Eddards 29:03.5
123 Andrew Hines 32:15.3
JV Girls
Denver 18
Sumner-Fredericksburg 97
Hudson 122
Aplington-Parkersburg 130
Dike-New Hartford 142
Osage 183
GCGR Grundy Center 188
North Linn Troy Mills 204
Union La Porte City 210
Charles City 215
Benton Community 238
West Marshall State Center 284
Benton JV Girls
45 Emma Schwake 26:17.7
50 Alex Welte 26:43.8
58 Sarah Wright 27:05.1
67 Alana Hagen 27:31.0
77 Whitney Bridgewater 28:04.8
87 Madelyn Wolf 28:47.2
98 Ana Glawe 29:54.0
102 Carlie Sims 30:57.4
Students doing station work to prepare for their 8th grade science test. Photo courtesy of Emily O'Connell #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Sophomore students receiving their Fall Academic Awards.
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Junior students receiving their Fall Academic Awards.
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Fall Academic Awards were presented by Mr. Arnold this morning. Here are the Seniors that were here to receive their awards. Thank you to everyone that got up early to attend. Junior and Sophomore pictures will be in a separate post.
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Spanish Club Movie Night
Photos courtesy of Mr. Liddle
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We are lucky to have great Principals at Benton Community!
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MS Wrestling: There will be a meeting on Friday, October 14th for boys interested in going out for middle school wrestling. The meeting will take place in Coach Reid's room during 5th hour. If you are interested in being a manager, please come to the meeting.
MS Girls: All MS girls who are planning on going out for basketball need to come to a meeting in Coach Z's classroom on Thursday, October 6th during 5th period.
Spanish Club: Spanish Club will be hosting Movie Night TODAY in Mr. Liddle's Room. We will start the movie during 5th hour. We will be watching Encanto. Drinks and snacks will be provided! All students are welcome to join!
Congratulations to the following people on your appointment as National Honor Society elected officers
NHS 2022-23 President is Jacob Bange
Vice President is Natalie Rickels
Historian is Emery Rinderknecht.
Juniors and Seniors: The application portal is now open for Winter/Spring Internships. If you are interested in participating in an internship, please check your email from Mrs. Nesbitt. Internships do count as high school credit. The deadline to apply is Oct. 28.
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
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Lady Bobcats compete at Prairie volleyball tournament
Benton Volleyball
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Cedar Rapids Prairie
Cedar Rapids Kennedy (10-8) 2, Benton 0
BC 17 11 – 0
CRK 21 21 - 1
Benton 2, Cedar Rapids Washington (2-18) 1
BC 12 21 15 – 2
CRW 21 18 10 – 1
Prairie (7-14) 2, Benton 1
BC 17 21 6 – 1
CRP 21 10 15 – 2
Benton 2, Muscatine (11-6) 0
M 20 21 – 0
BC 22 23 – 2
Clear Creek Amana (20-8) 2, Benton 0
CCA 21 21 – 2
BC 14 10 – 0
Statistics are coming.
Benton (15-19) travels to South Tama (12-6) on Tuesday, Oct. 4. On Saturday, Oct. 8, they play at Center Point-Urbana, facing Cedar Falls, Assumption, Clinton, Solon, CPU, Columbus and Waterloo West.
Homecoming 2022
Photos courtesy of Dr. Ewell
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