All USD 490 schools will be IN school today 2-24-2022. All buildings will be open and follow normal schedules.
Today our friends from the Rotary came and presented each of our 3rd graders with a dictionary! The kids were so excited to begin finding words! #myeldo #BEfamily #rotary #partofthepride
If needed due to weather, USD 490 may be moving to remote learning. Teachers will be sending home work for Thursday, 2-24-2022. If we are in session, the work can be returned unfinished. We are thankful for our staff and parents who are prepared for any situation!
Mr. Schuetz had the opportunity to call today and celebrate all of these BEARS! Thankful for all they do to make our school a better place! Pictures coming soon! 🎉🐻🙌🏻 #BEfamily #partofthepride
This week our 5th graders experienced STARBASE Day 2! Check out a few pictures from their learning! #STEM #BEfamily #PartOfThePride
We read the story “Fish in a Tree” and one of the characters didn’t have access to food all the time. The teachers arranged this project with Numana to create food packets for people impacted by the tornado in Kentucky. Our kids were ROCKSTARS and packed over 5000 meals!
What a wonderful week celebrating our school counselors! Thank you for all that you do to support our students, staff, and families!! #USD490proud #EveryDaywithExcellence #PartofthePride
Our Blackmore Student Leaders put together kindness carts to shower the staff with some love!! They had a great time spoiling everyone today with their first service project! #kindnessweek #PartOfThePride #BEfamily
STARBASE Day 1!!
Our 5th graders are getting the opportunity to travel to McConnell Air Force Base to participate in amazing learning experiences in STEM. Check out their learning from today! #BEfamily #PartOfThePride #STEM @starbasekansas
These 4th grade friends finished their math, and then tried a new math problem solving game. They solved it in 3 tries!
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The Kansas School Counseling Association surprised Mrs. Henderson and Mr. Schuetz with awards today. Mrs. Henderson was named the Kansas School Counselor of the Year Runner-up and Mr. Schuetz was named a Kansas Principal Advocate for counseling. 🎉🐻 #BEfamily #partofthepride #ksca
🌻🌾Happy Kansas Day!🌾🌻
Today our state is 161 years old!
To celebrate our state our students participated in a school-wide trivia Kahoot about Kansas. Check out our winners and runners-up! Special thanks to Mrs. Denner for putting together this fun activity for our kids!
Over the last month, over 50 students applied to be part of our Student Leadership Team. Each student also had to get a reference letter from staff and interview with Mr. Schuetz & Mrs. Henderson. We are so PROUD of these kids and what they will bring to our school! #BEfamily
Mr. Schuetz was out for a few days and came back to 13 positive office referrals! Our BEARS are doing amazing things. Pictures coming soon! 🎉🐻🙌🏻 #BEfamily #PartOfThePride
We are so fortunate to have amazing community partners in Our El Dorado that help out with a variety of student needs. Today, our friends from Wal-Mart are helping with some vision screenings. #BEfamily #partofthepride
Our amazing PTO is spoiling our staff today with PIE from Hampton’s!! Remember today is our community give back day - mention Blackmore and a percentage of sales goes back to our school! #shoplocal #BEfamily #partofthepride
Congratulations to our Blackmore spellers for a fantastic Spelling Bee! Our Blackmore Champion, Grace, and our runner-up, Amelia, will represent our school at the Butler County Spelling Bee! #BEfamily #partofthepride
Our friends from the extension office came to Blackmore to work with our 2nd graders on Wednesday! Check out the Nutrition lesson with Mrs. Newman’s class! 🎉🍎🐻 #BEfamily #partofthepride
New stuff alert! The grant we were awarded for our new “Active Calming Centers” came in and we have begun sharing it with our classroom teachers!! Pumped to see these new resources in action!
Starting off the week strong! Digging into interpreting and analyzing data with graphs! #3rdGrade #BEfamily #EveryDayWithExcellence