
January 12, 2023
The 2022-2023 girls basketball season in the WaMac Conference is producing a lot of high-quality high school girls basketball games. Currently, 7 of the 11 WaMac schools are rated...

January 11, 2023
Benton Community Schools recently received some generous donations from The Newhall Fire Department, The Salem United Methodist Church in VanHorne, and The Van Horne Lions Club. ...

January 11, 2023
Students at Atkins Elementary will be learning about The 7 Habits of Happy Kids from January to the end of the school year. The 7 Habits of Happy Kids is a book written by Sean...

January 10, 2023
VAN HORNE, IA — The Benton Community School District School Board would like to provide an update on the superintendent hiring process. The position is open due to the retirement ...

January 10, 2023
Benton Community offers many services in order to support students, families and staff. The Benton Community Food Pantry began 5 years ago when staff noticed students and familie...

January 9, 2023
Graduation day is fast approaching. Make sure you are investigating scholarship opportunities to help with college costs. To aid in your search, we have created a site highlight...

January 9, 2023
VAN HORNE, IA — The Benton Community School District School Board would like to provide an update on the superintendent hiring process. The board recently met with staff at Grundm...
January 6, 2023
Please take a look at our January Newsletter for the latest information.#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

January 6, 2023
Did you know there is more than one language of love? It is said, all humans express and experience love in the same 5 ways. Physical touch, gifts, words of affirmation, acts of...

January 5, 2023
Do you want to be a paleontologist? Third grade students at Atkins Elementary worked as paleontologists to study bones of animals native to Iowa with the Benton County Naturalist...

January 4, 2023
Fitness classes are finishing up with max-outs and Physical Education classes just finished Badminton and floor tennis unit. We started a new unit this year at Thanksgiving time. ...

January 2, 2023
As you may be aware, the school district and board have been working on a plan to improve, expand, renovate, and modernize our school facilities. The school board and administra...

December 29, 2022
Growing up, I was blessed with some of the best grandparents in the world. One of my fondest memories is baking and decorating Christmas cookies with them each year. Year after ye...

December 28, 2022
As a result of the generous donation from the class of 1964, the Benton Music Department purchased a set of classroom keyboards. This year, I used them with 7th grade students in ...

December 22, 2022
My Foundations of Science II class has tackled basic chemistry concepts for a good deal of the second quarter. We began with the structure of the atom and worked our way through P...

December 21, 2022
Setting my students up for success right away in the morning is a priority in our second-grade classroom. Beginning the day on a positive note can impact student learning and rela...

December 20, 2022
In World History we are currently covering World War II. To properly cover this war, we also cover the buildup from the end of World War I through the Treaty of Versailles, League...

December 15, 2022
Every year the students in my class are invited to introduce their classmates and me to the Veterans in their lives or Veterans they are or were related to who may have passed. It...

December 14, 2022
Graduation day is fast approaching. Make sure you are investigating scholarship opportunities to help with college costs. To aid in your search, we have created a site highlight...

December 14, 2022
In education, it is extremely important that educators provide students with opportunities to connect with content. In Human Biology, students have had multiple opportunities to d...