Benton Community School District

Students in second grade are excited each year when we begin our math unit on arrays. Students learn that an array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns. Second grade...

The Alternative Kindergarten friends recently celebrated their 100th Day of School. What a fun day to celebrate all the learning that has occurred during our first 100 days of sch...

In Foods 1, our last unit we worked on was about spices and herbs and how that alters/enhances the flavors of food. Our experiment for this unit was working in groups with a plain...

On February 7, 2024, classrooms around the world transformed into hubs of excitement and imagination as they celebrated the Global School Play Day. This year Norway Intermediate 4...

In the position I am in, I get the opportunity to work with all age levels. I get to see the growth each child makes no matter if they are in kindergarten or a senior in high sch...

It has become commonplace for science to take a backseat to reading and math. This is a disappointing reality in too many districts, K-6 schools, and classrooms. I remember collea...

I am a firm believer in developing strong relationships with my students and athletes. I think that in order for a student to learn, they need to feel cared about and comfortable...

Below is absentee voting information for the upcoming Benton Community School District Voter Approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) on March 5, 2024. Absentee ballo...

Iowa Immunization law requires all 12 th graders to have proof of the Meningococcal vaccination, before school starts in August. (11 th graders this year). Iowa Immunization ...

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to co-teach in two of our Social Studies high school classrooms at Benton Community. The first class I co-teach in i...

At Benton Community, we pride ourselves in providing a quality education for a lifetime of learning for all of our students. In fostering collaboration between special education ...

Students in Mr. Balvance’s class were given an interesting question, “What will happen to a plant that does not get any sunlight?” From here, students began thinking like scien...

Absentee Voting: February 14 - First day for mail and in-person absentee voting at the County Auditor's Office February 19 - Final day to request a mailed absentee ballot ...

Technology is all around us, but are all those technologies good or bad for our society? 5K is currently practicing their research and writing skills by creating an opinion essay ...

In second grade, students have been working hard on how to put together an opinion piece. We have discussed opening our writing with an introduction that includes our opinion, and...

In January, kindergartners are learning about the last topic of our FOSS science kit: motion! This is a favorite unit every year as students learn about gravity and slope because ...

4th-grade science is all about hands-on experiences that bring textbook knowledge to life. From conducting experiments to observing natural phenomena, fourth graders engage in act...