Benton Community School District

SPORTS: BC girls’ soccer team faces CCA
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau

Benton Girls Soccer

Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Clear Creek Amana

Clear Creek Amana 3, Benton 1

B C 01 - 1
CCA 21 - 3
Goals: Calista Nolte 1
Shots on goal: Calista Nolte 1
Goal-keeping: Haley McMahon, 3 goals allowed, 17 saves

Calculus students are currently exploring optimization—finding maximum and minimum values—using derivatives. To bring this concept to life, they created open-top boxes by cutting equal squares from each corner of a sheet and folding up the sides.

The image shows their boxes arranged in order of increasing volume. Using what they’ve learned about derivatives, students were able to determine exactly how much material should be removed to produce the box with the greatest possible volume.

As we continue this unit, students will apply optimization to a variety of real-world contexts, including perimeter, area, surface area, volume, revenue, profit, and cost.

SPORTS: BC boys’ golf team hosts Bobcat, travels to Hawk Invite
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau

Bobcat Invite 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Tara Hills Country Club

Team scores
Marion 309
Columbus 315
Williamsburg 324
Center Point-Urbana 325
Vinton-Shellsburg 329
Clear Creek Amana 332
Independence 336
Benton 356

Benton scores
5 Braiden Moore 76
39 Brayden Miller 90
46 Braedyn Junge 100
42 Kasier Townsley 94
44 Benjamin Langerman 96
48 Andrew Hines 109

Medalist – Grady Oleson 70

Hawk Invite
Friday, April 24, 205 at Pin Oak Pub & Links

Team scores
Pella 315
Solon 320
Waverly-Shell Rock 324
West Delaware 324
Decorah 327
Independence 331
Center Point-Urbana 333
Clear Creek Amana 350
Vinton-Shellsburg 352
Benton 356

Benton scores
4 Braiden Moore 76
43 Braedyn Junge 91
48 Benjamin Langerman 94
51 Brayden Miller 95
56 Kaiser Townsley 97
59 Kaleb Hayden 99

Medalist – Kyler Besick, Pella, 70

🎓 20 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2006.

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🎓 21 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2005.

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🎓 22 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2004.

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🎓 23 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2003.

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My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is the opportunity I get to build meaningful connections with great students and celebrate their successes both in and out of the classroom.

🎓 24 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2002.

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Spring has arrived! We are excited to share our Spring Middle School Newsletter, which is filled with important updates, upcoming events, and highlights of the great things happening in middle school.

Mark your calendars; the countdown to graduation is on!

MONSTER MADNESS BC Artist Spotlight- Malerie Holland and Liam Nieman 4th grade - Norway Intermediate

Mr. Edwards' MS Math class is trying out a new strategy he learned a few weeks ago from the Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. When putting students in random groups of three and the use of non-permanent vertical spaces, students are more engaged and are quicker to start their task.

Why Benton?
I chose to teach at Benton because the district is full of hardworking, caring students with supportive, engaged parents. Benton does a great job showing they appreciate and value their teachers, while also giving us all the resources and tools we need to get the job done!

🎓 25 days until the 2026 Commencement!

To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting graduating classes from Benton Community yearbooks. Today’s spotlight is on the class of 2001.

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SPORTS: BC boys host Mount Vernon in golf at Tara Hills
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau

Monday, April 20, 2026, at Tara Hills Country Club


Team scores
Mount Vernon 163, Benton 185

JV scores
Mount Vernon 187
Benton 217

Medalist – Tommy Rohmberg, Mount Vernon, 37

Benton varsity scores
Braiden Moore 42
Brayden Miller 48
Kaiser Townsley 52
Braedyn Junge 43
Ben Langerman 52
Andrew Hines 56

Benton junior varsity scores
Will Rausch 53
Gabe Garner 54
Levi Schmitz 61
Ryder Shaw 54
Dustin Steffen 56
Brayden Selberg 65

SPORTS: BC girls’ golf wins at West Delaware
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau

Monday, April 20, 2026, at Pin Oaks Pub & Links, Manchester

Benton 178
West Delaware 212

Benton scores
Halle Sobaski 36 (medalist)
Madelyn Kenny 46
Avery Kramer 48
Bristol Kahle 49
Hailey Suiter 56

BC Artist Spotlight - Kadence Okken - MS 8th Grade