Draw your teacher - contest deadline 5 p.m. Saturday
Reminder - contest deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2.
Bluffton PTO and the Icon will celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week May 4 to 8.
To celebrate, the two organizations invite Bluffton elementary students to tell Icon viewers about your awesome teacher.
Here’s how:
• Create a drawing of your teacher
• Add a few words telling why your teacher is so awesome
• Have a parents or caregiver take a photo of your drawing and email it to:
[email protected]
• Subject line: My teacher
• Include your teacher’s name and your name
• Deadline for entries is 5 p.m., Saturday, May 2
A panel of judges will select one winner in the following grade divisions:
• Kindergarten, first and second grades
• Third, fourth and fifth grades
One student winner in each of the two grade categories will win a 1-item, 14-inch pizza and the winning student’s teacher will also receive a 1-item, 14-inch pizza from Padrone’s Pizza, Bluffton, compliments of the PTO and Icon.
• The winning entries are based on originality and creativity.
• Judges will not see the student’s name while judging.
• All entries will be posted on the Icon.
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Friday, August 29, 2025
- Community Dog Park officially opens as memorial to Katrina Riepenhoff
- Obituary for Ian Christopher Shriner
- 2025 Blaze of Lights theme is "Home for the Holidays"
- Pirate volleyball win vs. Defiance Ayersville
- Highway Patrol focused on removing impaired drivers from the road
- Beaverdam Bunch 4-H results at 2025 Allen County Fair
- Porchfest brings live music to Bluffton neighborhoods
Thursday, August 28, 2025
- Pirate girls golf close 2nd at tri; Bauman 1st
- Pirate boys golf 2nd in NWC quad-match
- Pirate girls tennis loss at Wapak
- "You Made It" Forum welcomes Class of 2029
- 2nd annual Bluffton Porchfest celebrates live music
- Learn to play bridge at the Senior Center
- Blanchard Valley Health System enhances “Find-a-Doc”
- Taste of Bluffton serves as mixer for students and residents
- Heart to Heart: New Blood Pressure Guidelines
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- Mayberry Rd. closure Aug. 27-28
- Janet M. Leonard was a teacher
- Pirates boys golf wins NWC tri
- Inside Innovations brings established design studio to Bluffton
- Walking thru Autumn hikes include Motter Park
- Colloquium Presentation: Emotional Education in 18th Century Germany
- Student to Share Lessons from Study Abroad Experience in Mexico