
Special Education Teacher needed for the 19-20 school year.


Math magic with Max! He amazed our office team with his math facts!


"Love is an Open Door" in Mrs. Van Hyfte's music room - complete with choreography! I see some future actors and actresses in this group!





Mrs. Acton had a great start to her day! Reading with the principal was the reward choice of this awesome 2nd grader!


We are getting excited for Bismarck Elementary School's Family Science Night next Thursday! Pre-k students got to test out "Ooey Gooey" slime today! We can't wait to make it with all of our families next week!

We are getting excited for Bismarck Elementary School's Family Science Night next Thursday! Pre-k students got to test out "Ooey Gooey" slime today! We can't wait to make it with all of our families next week!

Miss Dee, from the U of I Extension, visited pre-k yesterday to talk about healthy snacks. The boys and girls tried vanilla yogurt with raspberries on top. It was delicious!

Applications can be found at http://www.bismarck.k12.il.us/employment-opportunities--141. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Acton at 217-759-7251 or lacton@bismarck.k12.il.us.


Mrs. Van Hyfte had some awesome visitors for lunch today! Any 3rd and 4th grader who completed their 8 weeks of "Beginning to Read Music" and received a 100% on their test got to participate in a pizza party during lunchtime in the music room! Great job!




In the Maker Space this week, kindergarten students were mixing technology sciences with reading, math, and social studies skills! Students coded our BeeBots to go to specific letters, numbers, and places on a map! You better BEElieve we had fun! 🐝





This week, Mrs. Schaumburg's class used an engineering and design kit to build tree houses and playgrounds in Maker Space!





This week, Mrs. Schaumburg's class used an engineering and design kit to build tree houses and playgrounds!



They did!





Can they make the Pringles Ring?





Mrs. Meidel’s class hatched 10 chicks! It was so fun learning about the life cycle of a chicken and seeing it played out in real life. The students were great caretakers of the fluffy chicks.





Practicing for IAR by partner reading and playing games!





Pizza adventure 2019: a great way to honor student achievement! 💙




Surprise pizza delivery for academic achievement on STAR tests!!





Live Music Monday with Mrs. Van Hyfte's music class was spent with Tuscola's Denny Ellis this week! All of the kids had a blast playing the bongos, Cajon, electric AND acoustic guitar, and got a chance to do some singing on a real microphone. We Will, We Will, Rock You!





Mrs. Schaumburg's class wrapped up their math chapter on data analysis and their reading theme of "cooperation" by doing a group project. Each group created a survey, collected data, made a graph of their choice, and analyzed and presented the data. See them at conferences!



