Thanks to some excess Title money, we have been able to further update classroom instructional technology. The 65" LED displays are much easier for students to see and using an iPad as a mobile interactive board means the teacher can instruct from anywhere in the room.
Saturday is the day! Ruritan Club breakfast is back after taking off a couple of months. Join us in supporting a group that does so much for the community and school.
A new art sculpture adorns the front foyer!
2nd grade is practicing their red words this afternoon.
Special thanks to the Bluford Retired Teachers for the 24 books donated to the 4th Grade in memory of Donna Miller.
Donna Miller served BGS for 40 years as a teacher. She passed away in mid-December. The fourth grade class created an art exhibit in her honor. In addition to that, memorial money was donated to purchase books for the BGS library. Her legacy will live on at BGS.
Reminder: School dismisses at 11:30 tomorrow (Friday, January 15) and there is no school on Monday, January 18.
Child find screenings will be taking place across the Jefferson County region beginning in February. Our scheduled screening date in Bluford is February 23 from 8:30-11:30 at the First Baptist Church. Appointments will be set up for children in the 2.6-5 age group and can set up by calling the school at 618-732-8242.
The broadcasting crew is happy to share their first show of the new year. This episode includes another Basketball Basics segment, some student interviews, and Mr. Shelby on Teacher Feature. You will not be disappointed!
https://youtu.be/Hrdm-AAd76o
We had some pretty awesome Yeti traps in first grade this morning!
Here is our latest BUSD News broadcast! This episode includes an interview with Mrs. Henson and a new segment about basketball tips!
https://youtu.be/SnQzCCmh1Jc
The sunrise sure did look beautiful over Bluford Schools this morning!
BUSD is proud to present the 2020 Christmas program produced by the eighth grade broadcasting crew!
https://youtu.be/vWgsXM5S6yA
It was a beautiful day to spend outside with 1st grade during their lunch recess. That group has some serious climbing skills!
BGS kindergarten students were excited to receive an early Christmas gift last Friday. Special thanks to the Bluford Ruritan Club for the donation! The excitement and smiles were priceless. The students expressed a tremendous amount of gratitude for the surprise gift.
Santa went high tech with us today!
The lost and found is growing! The kids haven't picked up these items so we wanted to see if anything looks familiar to parents.
We are now up to 87 households signed up for the Kroger Rewards program. By simply signing up and then shopping at Kroger, they send us a check quarterly. This quarter, we received $362.96! If you want to sign up visit, https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards.
The Christmas program will be quite a bit different this year, but it's in the works! The junior high students are doing a phenomenal job of videoing and editing.
The district is thankful to have received an $11,525 grant from Ameren to improve energy efficiency through insulation and weather stripping. Work was completed last weekend and the district is expected to save approximately $2,500 a year in energy costs.
