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Weekly Activities
From Mr. Flater
Friday 5/17/2013
TBD BOYS TRACK and FIELD VARSITY IHSA Sectionals @ Oregon HS
4:30 PM GIRLS SOCCER VARSITY IHSA Sectionals Chamionship @ Genoa-Kingston HS
Saturday 5/18/2013
TBA GIRLS TRACK and FIELD VARSITY IHSA State @ EIU
11:00 AM BOYS BASEBALL VARSITY vs IHSA Regionals Championship @ Stillman Valley HS
11:00 AM GIRLS SOFTBALL VARSITY vs IHSA Regionals Championship @ Softball Varsity Field Sunday 5/19/2013
2:00 PM HS Graduation @ High School Gym
Wednesday 5/22/2013
4:00 PM BOYS BASEBALL VARSITY IHSA Sectionals Semifinals @ Baseball Varsity Field
Thursday 5/23/2013
TBA BOYS TRACK and FIELD VARSITY IHSA State @ EIU
Saturday 5/25/2013
TBA BOYS TRACK and FIELD VARSITY IHSA State @ EIU
11:00 AM BOYS BASEBALL VARSITY IHSA Sectionals Championship @ Baseball Varsity Field
| Final Exam & Review Schedule
From Mr. Stansford | SENIOR EXAM SCHEDULE | | Wednesday | May 8 | Seniors will take finals in all B1-B4 classes | | Thursday | May 9 | Seniors will take finals in all A1-A4 classes | | Friday | May 10 | Finals Exam make-up day. Room 1433 (Driver's Ed.) | | | | | | FINALS SCHEDULE FOR 9th - 11th | Wednesday
| May 15
| A1 & A2 Regular Class
A3 & A4 Final Exam Review
| Thursday
| May 16
| A3 & A4 Final Examination
B1 & B2 Final Exam Review
| Friday
| May 17
| B1 & B2 Final Examination
B3 & B4 Final Exam Review
| Monday
| May 20
| B3 & B4 Final Examination
A1 & A2 Final Exam Review
| | Tuesday | May 21 | A1 & A2 Final Examination
**10:48 Student Dismissal
**Make up exams begin at 11:30 in Room 1433 |
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST SCHEDULE | | Monday | May 6 | 8:00 am | AP Chemistry Test | | Wednesday | May 8 | 8:00 am | AP Calculus Test | | Thursday | May 9 | 8:00 am | AP English Test | | Friday | May 10 | 12:00 pm | AP Statistics Test | | Monday | May 13 | 8:00 am | AP Biology Test | | Wednesday | May 15 | 8:00 am | AP History Test | | Wednesday | May 22 | | AP Make Up Tests - $40 fee | | Thursday | May 23 | | AP Make Up Tests - $40 fee | | Friday | May 24 | | AP Make Up Tests - $40 fee |
PSAE Make up Exams on Tuesday (May 7) and Wednesday (May 8)
| Students of the Month - April
From Mr. Stansford | Congratulations to the Byron High School April Students of the Month. Brent Baker of Byron Bank and Marty Grant of Stillman Bank presented the students with Visa gift cards. | | Sydney Sherman (9th), Ben Love (10th), Christine Krumm (11th) and Nick Elsbury(12th). |
| | Student Employee of the Month - April
From Mrs. Hoover
 | Kara Kjenner has been selected as our April Student Employee of the Month. Kara works in the BHS copy center and at the village of Progress in Oregon. |
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| Tiger Pride
From Mr. Stansford  | BHS TIGER PRIDE Week 13 Semester 2 | Student | Reward | Recognized By | Trait | | Laura Oleson | Free Family Video Rental | Mrs. Ashworth | Excellence | | Devin Williams | Subway Sandwich | Mrs. Harvey | PRIDE | | Cody Hada | McDonald's Meal | Mrs. Reints | Integrity | BHS TIGER PRIDE Week 14 Semester 2 | | | Connor Sible | Subway Sandwich | Ms. Main | Dignity | | | Jeff Lillard | Free Family Video Rental | Mrs. Harvey | Excellence | | | Mallorie Getzelman | McDonald's Meal | Ms. Main | Excellence |
| The Blast for Excellence Wrap Up
From Mr. Stansford  | The whole purpose of the BLAST for Excellence was to help all students realize what they are capable of and that excellence is an attitude, not a skill. The success we have seen illustrates that every member of our student body is capable of showing this attitude of excellence. Here are some of the statistics we recognized:
• Students were recognized by teachers 908 times for attaining a top 5 grade.
• 220 Orange tiger tickets were given to students who came in for extra help.
• There were 141 raised letter grades. | Initially we were going to give away 3 prizes, however there was a tie for third place so we are going to give 2 students $50 gift cards. |
| 3rd PLACE | $50.00 gift cards | Sarah Whittaker and Chris Sible | | 2nd PLACE | $100 gift card | Kim Slick | | 1st PLACE | $330 IPAD mini | Ryan Pearcy |
Congratulations to all of these students and thank you teachers for recognizing our students. The entire staff encourages the student body to continue with the attitude for excellence through the remainder of the year.
| FFA News
From Coach Tryggestad
Congratulations to the Horticulture Judging Team for placing 1st at Joliet Junior College last Friday. This is the best finish we’ve ever had, and beat out Glenbrook South, who has won the State Competition 12 out of the last 15 years. Individuals... | Katie Gustafson 2nd | Dani Hall 3rd | Emily Knetsch 8th, | Lorna Galster 10th | Zach Marabotti 16th | | Christine Krumm 18th | Summer Field 21st | Adam Reber 24th | Brittany Bjorkland 35th | Jael Christensen 40th | | Nick Wagner 43rd | | | | |
| | State Landscape Design | | Livestock Judging Team | 
[Click picture to enlarge] | The State Landscape Design Contest Banquet was held Friday and for the second year in a row 3 students from Byron placed in the Top 5. Michaila Adrian was 2nd, Emily Knetsch 4th, and Summer Field 5th. | | 
[Click picture to enlarge] | Livestock Judging Team took 1st place in Section and 1st overall in the area contest: Top Individuals were Kyle Hemmersback 2nd, Keelyn Swanson 3rd, Emily Hanlin 4th, Ryan Reeverts 9th, Danielle Hinshaw 11th, | | For this, students were given a PLATT map, site analysis, property survey and owner specifications. Students then had to come up with an original design that met all the criteria. The designs were then evaluated by professional architects, and ranked accordingly. PIC: Michaila Adrian, Mr. Tryggestad, Summer Field. (not pictured Emily Knetsch) | | Rene Gierke 25th, Janie Kuss 27th, McCoy Ziel 30th, Sophie Reecher 34th, and Tiffany Morgan 40th. The Dairy Judging Team took 1st place in Section contest. Top Individuals were: Emily Hanlin 3rd, Rene Gierke 15th, Tiffany Morgan 23rd, McCoy Ziel 31st, Janie Kuss 39th, Kyle Hemmersbach, Keelyn Swanson, Danielle Hinshaw, Sophie Reecher, and Ryan Reeverts. Both teams now qualify for the State Contests held at U of I. |
| | Floriculture Team Design | | Meat Judging Team | 
[Click picture to enlarge] | The Byron FFA Floriculture Team took 3rd place in the state invitational held at the College of DuPage. For this students had to construct their own corsage, round arrangement, identify cut flowers, and take a test. | | 
[Click picture to enlarge] | The Byron FFA Meat Judging Team is the State Runner-Up! Finishing 2nd in the state is tied for the best finish the team has ever had and the individual placing were also some of the best ever. | | Individuals were: Katie Gustafson 7th, Dani Hall 9th, Lorna Galster 12th, Taylor Puseman 21st, Emily Knetsch 25th, Summer Field 29th, Christine Krumm 30th, Brittany Bjorkland 36th, and James Morris 37th. We would like to thank Merlin’s Greenhouse for helping us prepare for this contest. | | Dalton Seebruck 6th, Kade Oltmanns 9th, Connor Sible 10th, Whitney Felker 14th, and Ryan Reeverts 50th. A very big thank you goes out to Tom Eickman for helping coach the team. |
| Byron Horticulture
From Mr. Tryggestad
The students in Mr. Tryggestad’s Horticulture classes at Byron HS have been busy planting in the greenhouse. There will be a wide selection of spring bedding plants available, for purchase. Read more.... May 13th – May 17th
High School Greenhouse.
8:00 – 4:30 Mon. – Fri.
| Big Northern Art Competition
From Mrs. Driscoll
Here are our winners from the first annual BNC juried art competition; - Austin Ware - 1st place Mixed media sculpture (dress made completely of coke cans!) - this was a HUGE category with lots of competition!
- Bre Larson - 1st place Traditional Sculpture (army boot, helmet, and tags made of clay)
- Miles Lindholtz - 2nd place Functional sculpture
- Autumn Dach - 2nd place Traditional Sculpture
- Autumn Dach - 2nd place Ink wash
- Brittney Book - Honorable Mention, traditional sculpture
- Tyler Hanlin - 3rd place Computer Imaging - Link to Mrs. Driscoll's web page to view Tyler's video
| Illinois HS Musical Theatre Awards
From Mrs. Wygant
 We are honored to announce that Ben Love, 10th grader at BHS, has been chosen as a finalist in the Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. He was selected from talent all over the state of Illinois, and was competing against every size school and every competitive program in the state. His selection was based on an application, including a resume, letter of recommendation from his director, and a highlights reel of his performance in the show (he played Bobby Child in our Spring Musical, Crazy for You). [Click on image to enlarge] Only 12 males and 12 females will be competing at the state level so being a finalist is a huge honor. The top male and female proceed on to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, which was featured in a PBS documentary series last summer. The competition takes place in 2 weeks, on Monday, April 29th. Read more...
| PBIS Behavior Matrix
From Mr. Stansford
[Click to enlarge] | | Congratulations to Miss Kanaly’s homeroom on winning the PBIS Freshman Behavior Matrix Competition. Their poster was voted on as being the best by the student body. This poster will be displayed in the High School for the rest of the school year.
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| Special Olympics Athletes
From Mrs. Hoover
| Pinnacle Internet Viewer 
Grade Viewer Link
| This application allows you to view your student's grades and attendance in a real-time atmosphere. By using your student's id number and the password assigned by your school district, you will be able to view your student's current information as well as information from previous marking periods. Download instructions [pdf] |
| Important Announcement for Parents/Guardians
From Your School Nurses
Beginning with the 2012/2013 school year, ALL students entering 6th through 12th grade will be required to show proof of having received a Tdap vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis). This new immunization requirement (IL administrative code section 665.250(b)) has been instituted due to recent local outbreaks of pertussis or "whooping cough," a serious bacterial infection of the airway. Immunity to pertussis tends to decrease as our children reach their teen years, and this booster vaccine is necessary to protect not only our children, but our whole community. You will receive a notice from your school nurse in the coming weeks if your child's records indicate that they may not yet have received this vaccine. Please make appointments with your physician or the local health department early! Ogle County Health Department clinic schedules are included in the following links. [pdf] New rules for the Health Department clinics! You MUST have your child's current immunization records faxed to the Health Department BEFORE they can schedule you for a clinic appointment. Vaccines at the health department cost $16.00. Please contact your school nurse if you have any further questions regarding this notice, or if you need copies of your child's immunizations. posted 1/26/2012
| Community Service
From Mrs. McMullen  | | Click on the following links for your Community Service form.- pdf format (FY2012 - 2013)
- pdf format (FY2013 - 2014)
When completed, the plan will provide at least 2.5 hours of charitable or non-profit service to others outside the home resulting in a tangible benefit to others. Community service must be completed outside of school hours.
Service done prior to 5/24/10 cannot be proposed or accepted using this form.
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| Cartoon of the Day Link! | | Now you can get a little humor every day. Click on the cartoon picture and you can read a daily cartoon. Every day there will be a new one so check back often! |
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