What's happening this month at the Bluffton Middle School? Here's an update from the school website:
The middle school continues its Teens for Jeans drive. Teens for Jeans is an organization that donates jeans to the homeless kids in America.
Drop off donations at the table in the entrance of the middle school. Any size and color is accepted. This event will run through the month of February.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will host a free community meal on Wed. Feb. 24 from 5:30- 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora. The meal this month is provided by the Rebecca Circle. The menu is hot chicken sandwich, cole slaw, baked beans, dessert and beverage.
Dr. Justin Kantner, O.D., Bluffton optometrist, is the guest speaker at the 7 a.m., Friday, Feb. 12, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The free breakfast is in the Bluffton town hall.
Kantner will tell about his plan to step away from his small-town practice and move with his wife, Elya, and their young son, Caleb, to southern rural Paraguay. There, he will become an optometrist and church planter. Elya will become a Bible translator.
Attention parents of Bluffton elementary students. The deadline to order a 2015-16 school memory book is Thurday, Feb. 11. According to the elementary school website the price is $18 per book or it can be upgraded to a hardcover for $23.
Here's some additional elementary school news from the website:
TESTING DAYS: Second grade students will take achievement tests in math and reading the week of March 14.New state tests will be given April 20-21 for grades 3-5 in English/Language Arts.
It’s time to think about Kindergarten for the 2016-2017 school year.
Any child who will be 5 years old by Aug. 1, 2016, is eligible to enroll. In order to develop a Kindergarten mailing list, parents and care-givers should contact the Bluffton elementary office at 419-358-7951 or email to [email protected].
The following information is needed:
• child’s name,
• birthdate,
• parent(s) names,
• address, and
• phone number.
