Kindergarten registration, spring testing, an Ohio Cavern trip, and a spring musical are on the Bluffton school spring calendar.
Those events plus a review of the first half of the school year are part of the winter Bluffton school district newsletter, sent to residents of the school district last week.
The newsletter updates residents on the National Blue Ribbon Award received by the elementary school, provides a list of senior citizen breakfast programs this spring and includes school year-end dates.
RHAPSDY is a familiar Bluffton plate on a blue vehicle, driven by the Bluffton elementary music teacher, Alice Basinger. It's on a Ford Escape and is generally parked near the elementary building.
Bluffton schools have cancelled classes for today, Monday, Feb. 11, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent. The announcement was made on Ohio Alerts at 8 a.m.
The school reached its five calamity-day limit. A make-up day is set for Presidents' Day on Monday, Feb. 18.
The spring sports player/parent meeting for Bluffton athletes is at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25. The meeting for any athlete and parent who would like to participate in high school or junior high track and field, boys' tennis, high school baseball or high school softball.
New and returning vendors are invited to a meeting with Bluffton Farmers Market manager Greg Probst at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12.
The meeting will take place on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St. That evening, vendors will learn about promotional opportunities and may reserve full-year spaces at a discounted price.
Located in the Citizens National Bank parking lot in downtown Bluffton, the Bluffton Farmers Market is open on Saturday mornings from 8:30 a.m. - noon, May through October.
FROM BLUFFTON SCHOOL WEBSITE - Bluffton schools have reached its five-day calamity limit. If additional days of school are cancelled the school will use Monday, Feb. 18, and or spring break, April 18, as make-up dates.
Here’s some additional school news from the website:
ELEMENTARY MEMORY BOOKS: A Memory Book for the 2018-2019 school year is on sale until Feb 15. Additional options are available. Parents may directly order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com.