We are excited for the return of Meet the Teacher Night on Monday, August 9th! See the flyer below for specific times and details.
Reminder: Baseball and Softball tryouts for interested 6th-8th grade students will be held next Wednesday, July 28th. All workouts/tryouts will take place at the Benton Park. Please note the time change (1:00-3:00 PM) for softball tryouts. Those interested in running cross country should be on the lookout for that information during the first week of school.
The 2021-2022 5-8 school supply lists can be found using the following link: https://www.benton47.org/browse/232785
The softball team will still hold their open field workout in the park this evening from 5:30-7:00 PM.
The baseball open field workout scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) morning has been canceled due to wet field conditions. They’ll try again next week!
Coach Blades, will be hosting open field workouts for incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls interested in playing softball this year. Workouts will be held from 5:30-7:00 PM at the Benton Park on July 6th, 13th, and 20th. Additional open fields will be held on July 26th and 27th with tryouts to be held on Wednesday, July 28th.
All athletes planning to participate in sports at BGS need to have a current sports' physical.
The baseball coaches will be offering open field workout opportunities on Tuesday mornings during the month of July from 8:00-9:30 AM at the Benton Park. Tryouts are still scheduled for Wednesday, July 28th from 8:00-10:00 AM. This is for incoming 6th-8th grade boys.
The boys’ basketball (6th-8th grade) open gyms on next Monday (6/21) and Tuesday (6/22) have had a time change. They will now be from 7:30-8:30 AM.
Junior High Marching Band Camp: July 26-30 from 9:00 AM -12:30 PM. Information was sent home through the mail. If your student did not receive the information packet, please contact Mr. Lay.
With the changes/cancellations in the athletic calendar for the coming week, here is an updated list of activities. Basketball is for students entering 6th, 7th and 8th grades, and volleyball is for students enter 7th and 8th grades.
Girls Basketball Open Gym: Wednesday, June 9th from 8:30-10:00 AM
Volleyball Open Gym: Monday, June 7th and Tuesday, June 8th from 12:30-2:00 PM
Due to low numbers, the volleyball camp for incoming 5th/6th graders that was scheduled for next week has been canceled. Coach Mumbower will be contacting those that did sign up to give information about picking up refunds.
The girls' basketball open gym scheduled for Monday, June 7th has been canceled. Open gym on Wednesday, June 9th will be held from 8:30 to 10:00 AM as originally scheduled.
ABBCO Service Corporation is looking to hire custodians, supervisors and managers to join their team at Benton Grade School. The attached images contain details about each position as well as contact/application information.
Benton CCSD #47 will be serving meals to any child 18 and under. Please call the District Office at (618) 439-3136 to reserve your meals each Monday. Pickup will be from 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM at BGS K-4. The summer meal program runs from May 26th to June 18th.
The volleyball open gym scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25th at 2:00 PM, has been moved to 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. This is for incoming 7th and 8th grade girls.
Attached is a list of summer starting dates for BGS sports. Additional information for each sport will be handed out at the first few open gyms of the summer.
5-8 Announcements for 5-19-21
5-8 Announcements for 5-18-21
5-8 Announcements for 5-17-21
5-8 Activity Calendar for 5/17/21-5/21/21:
Basketball (5th-6th) and Volleyball (6th-7th) are back on as planned. See the image for the weekly schedule.
