Belpre City Schools

Congrats to Kaitlen Bush on being named Student Athlete of the Week! Keep up the hard work! https://www.wtap.com/2022/05/03/student-athlete-week-kaitlen-bush/

Career Camp is back at the Career Center! Applications will be made available to students in their 8th period classes and the main office. Students ages 13 to 16 are eligible and transportation to the Career Center is provided. Applications are due back to the guidance office by the end of this school year!

Congratulations to the Belpre High School Softball team for clinching the TVC Championship tonight! The team’s hard work on the field is paying off and we can’t wait to see what they do in the post season! Go Eagles!

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Staff Appreciation Week, May 2 - 6 "We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives" - John F. Kennedy Thank you to all of the staff at Belpre City Schools ! You make a difference!

This week in athletics! Monday 5/2/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Trimble (away) -BHS Softball vs. Trimble (away) Tuesday 5/3/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Marietta (away) -BHS Softball vs. Frontier (away) Wednesday 5/4/22 -BHS Softball vs. Eastern (home) -BHS Baseball vs. Eastern (home) *Athletic Boosters Meeting @ 6:00 in the BHS library. Thursday 5/5/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Fort Frye (home) -BHS Track @ TVC Championship- Athens HS Friday 5/6/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Alexander (home) -BHS Softball vs. Alexander (home) Saturday 5/7/22 -BHS Softball vs. Caldwell (away) DH -BMS Track @ Vinton County Open

Belpre Bright Beginnings Pre-School students enjoyed a drive-in movie today in vehicles they constructed! Registration for preschool for next year is now open and can be found at https://www.ovesc.org/programs-and-services/bright-beginnings/

“Through These Doors” is an original production that shows just some of the highlights of the last 150 years of Belpre City Schools. The show is filled with stories of alumni, faculty, and more that shows how our school has made an impact on many generations. A variety of students, alumni, faculty, former staff, and community members tell this story through narration and music. Additionally, the Belpre Band will perform. We hope you will join us for this original production. Tickets are still on sale at the high school and board office through Friday afternoon. Tickets will be sold at the door for as long as they last.

The National Honor Society would like to invite you to the Autism Awareness Walk this coming Saturday at Belpre Elementary School from 1 pm to 3 pm! We will have a walking path and games for kids! Please see the flier for additional details!

Join the Belpre 7th grade students and teachers for our Science Expo Night! These young scientists have been working hard pursuing their curiosities and turning them into quality projects. We are proud of their work, and we know you will be, too.

Good afternoon BHS families! Tomorrow is testing for Math 7, Math 8/Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Geometry. If your student is in those courses, please make sure they charge their Chromebooks tonight! Students will take part 1 of the test at 8 AM and complete part 2 after lunch, starting 6th period. Students who are in Algebra 2 or higher math courses and who have passed their state tests have the option to come to a workroom or stay home and work on assignments in Google classroom, complete ICU work, work on any scholarships that are out, and complete job applications for the summer.

This week in athletics! Monday 4/25/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Federal Hocking (away) -BHS Softball vs. Federal Hocking (away) Tuesday 4/26/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Eastern (away) -BHS Softball vs. Eastern (away) -BHS Track @ Marietta Tri Wednesday 4/27/22 -BHS Softball vs. Marietta (home) -BHS Baseball vs. Marietta (home) Thursday 4/28/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Nelsonville-York (home) -BHS Softball vs. Nelsonville-York (home) -BHS Track @ Vinton County Open Friday 4/29/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Trimble (home) -BHS Softball vs. Fort Frye (home) -BMS Track @ River Valley Invitational Saturday 4/30/22 -BHS Softball vs. Clay (away)

Our softball team is making their presence known! Way to go, ladies! https://www.newsandsentinel.com/sports/local-sports/2022/04/belpre-junior-kaitlen-bush-delivers-walk-off-hr-to-beat-waterford/?fbclid=IwAR1MIn7oWAia8UJXuwCzRQJ_bdpfheaVbvFKR_rjAjfc1yTc5PvKI3sB9yE

Please note the change in location of tonight's BOE meeting is in the Lawton gym.

Graphing and groceries - our BES third grade students are putting their math skills into real life practice! The children are working in small groups to create their own picture graphs representing a bag of groceries. The students are collaborating to sort their groceries into categories, come up with a title for their graph, draw a key for the picture symbol, and complete the graphing process.

Hello BHS families! We resume state testing this week at BHS. Tomorrow will be science testing for all 8th and 10th graders. Thursday is 10th and 11th grade social studies testing. Other grade levels do not have a test in these subject areas and will be in workrooms during testing. Classes will run on a two hour delay schedule after testing is finished. Upperclassmen who are not testing do not need to come in until 10 AM. Please remind your student to charge their Chromebooks tonight and tomorrow night!

Take a look at the track team’s highlights from the last four meets! Louden Wolfe placed first in shot and disc at the Rocky Brands Invitational, earning him the thrower's high point! Louden was also first in both events at the Fort Frye Quad. His current personal records are 129'3 in disc and 44'4 in shot. Blake Rodgers placed second in the 3200 at our most recent meet, the Warren Invitational. Blake crushed his previous personal record, earning himself a new time of 9:45.37. Freshman Carter Norman placed first in both the 400 and 800 at the Fort Frye Quad. Nick Diaz ran a lifetime personal record, 4:47.86, and placed 4th in the 1600 run at the Warren Invitational. Our 4x8 team continues to impress, earning a new season time of 8:52.12, placing them second at the Warren Invitational. This team consists of Blake Rodgers, Austin Jenkins, Carter Norman, and Nick Diaz. The same team ran the Distance Medley at 11:29.26, cutting it close with the all-time Belpre record, at the Marietta Night Relays. Xavier Mays earned points at for the Belpre Boys at shot put with a throw of 30’3/4” during the Warren Invitational. Samara Wolfe scored points for the Belpre Girls Team, running a 1:07.38 in the 400 meter dash.

This week in athletics! Monday 4/18/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Eastern (away) -BHS Softball vs. Eastern (away) -BMS Track @ Meigs Invitational Tuesday 4/19/22 -BHS Track @ Logan open Wednesday 4/20/22 -BHS Softball vs. Southern (away) -BHS Baseball vs. Southern (away) -BMS Track & Marietta Quad Thursday 4/21/22 -BHS Softball vs. Federal Hocking (home) Friday 4/22/22 -BHS Baseball vs. Waterford (home) -BHS Softball vs. Waterford (home) -BMS Track @ Buckeye Invitational Saturday 4/23/22 -BHS Baseball vs. South Gallia (home) DH -BHS Softball vs. South Gallia (home) DH

Our BHS Botany students traveled to Bob's Market and Greenhouses in Mason, WV today. Thank you to Bob's for being so supportive of our students.

Congratulations to Belpre High School PPD students on their incredible showing at the PioBiz competition at Marietta College on April 8. Belpre students placed 1st, 3rd, and 4th in the competition.