Science Olympiad Team Scores First Place in Most Recent Meet

This past Saturday, Belleville hosted the first Science Olympiad event of the year.  In past years, several hundred students fill the halls of Belleville Middle and High School for this event.  Belleville had three high school teams participating in this event.  Unfortunately, there is not a middle school team this year.  Students have been practicing their events after school hours both virtually and utilizing the science labs and gymnasium.  This year students from each school logged in virtually from their own schools to partake in over 30 different events.  There were 35 schools throughout the country participating in this first-ever satellite tournament.  A satellite tournament is when students participate in the event from their high school.  The December tournament Belleville will participate in will be a mini virtual tournament meaning students will participate from their homes.   

Congratulations to the team in scoring first place in the small school division as well as the following individuals who placed in their events.  We look forward to a great season!

Belleville Satellite Invite

1st Place

Circuit Lab - James Gustafson and Matt Loshaw

Code Analysis -  Jack Nolden and James Gustafson

Code Busters - Jack Nolden, Jacob Kean, and Tony Diaz

Designer Genes - Roxana Grunenwald and Tony Diaz

Detector Building - James Gustafson and Carson Heller

Experimental Design - Emma Anson, Elise Medenwald, Roxana Grunenwald

Forensics - Roxana Grunenwald and Alex Steckelis 

Gravity Vehicle - Logan Niesen and Carson Heller

Horticulture - Jack Nolden and Zach Thole

Machines - Jack Nolden and Carson Heller

Protein Modeling - Roxana Grunenwald, Mason Schweogler, and Gina Salmela

Robot Tour - Logan Niesen and Carson Heller

Virtual Geocaching - Zach Thole and Gina Salmela

Write It Do It - Elise Medenwald and Gina Salmela

2nd Place

Astronomy - James Gustafson and Jacob Kean

Disease Detectives - Emma Anson and Alex Steckelis 

Geologic Mapping - Zach Thole and Gina Salmela

Horticulture - Katie Bowers and Skyler Beyer

Mystery Build - Carson Heller and Logan Niesen

Ping Pong Parachute - Logan Niesen and Gina Salmela

Wright Stuff - Logan Niesen and Risandi Bartle

3rd Place

Anatomy and Physiology - Jordyn Thomas and Melanie Humke

Boomilever - Logan Niesen and Risandi Bartle

Dynamic Planet - Emma Anson and Zach Thole

Fossils - Emma Anson and Tony Diaz

Water Quality - Zach Thole and Tony Diaz

Fall One-Act Plays

Before school started this past August, Mrs. Vogel contacted me to brainstorm ideas to still have the Fall One-Act Theater Festival.  Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Vogel's dedication to our students to find opportunities to practice and put on the virtual One-Act performances this year.  These students practiced virtually every week through Zoom sessions.  Mr. and Mrs. Vogel worked with CESA 2 to create a set up that could be streamed for virtual production and YouTube streaming.  The students that were involved in the festival had props, costume, hair, and make-up.  As a spectator, you were able to enjoy the acting from the safety and comfort of your home.  Thank you and congratulations to all students involved.

2020 National Honor Society Inductees

The show must go on.  This year we were unable to induct our new National Honor Society members in person, however, Mrs. Jenkins put together a wonderful virtual ceremony.  On Tuesday, November 10, the Belleville Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 13 new members. On Monday, November 16, Belleville High School staff members will make visits to student's homes to deliver their National Honor Society pins.  The criteria to apply and become inducted as a National Honor Society member are

• Scholarship - a cumulative grade point average of 3.67 or higher
• Service - on pace for a Wildcat Service Cord (averaging 35 volunteer hours per year)
• Leadership - 3 positions or roles from a selected list
• Character - a 90% (or higher) rating on a 9-trait survey of current and former high school teachers  

​Congratulations to the following inductees - ​Lauren Bartels, Risandi Bartle, Ava Foley, Isamara Gomez, Melanie Humke, Jacob Kean, Morgan Messner, Claire Patrow, Gina Salmela, Karena Simmons, Callie Smith, Zachary Thole, Jordyn Thomas, and Madelyn Winterburn

Practice ACT Test

The vision of the School District of Belleville states every student will achieve success and graduate as a lifelong learner, be globally competitive, and prepared for college, career, and life.  As we continue to prepare our students for college and career, we offered the opportunity for our Juniors to take a practice, paper and pencil, ACT test this past Saturday.  We had 42 students come to school for 3.5 hours in the morning to take all four academic sections that include English, Math, Science, and Reading.  

This is a test provided by ACT that will be scored by ACT.  Scores will be returned to students in approximately 3 weeks.  These scores give students feedback so they can better prepare for the statewide ACT held on March 9, 2021.  Students also provided feedback to their teachers on standards and skills they felt they needed more practice prior to the March test.  For the past three years, we have utilized the Method Test Prep program to help prepare students for the ACT test.  Students stated on Saturday they are looking forward to the continued opportunity to utilize this program in the next months.  That's the Wildcat Way!

2020 Capital Conference Academic Bowl Champs

There have been many changes this school year, but at least one thing remains the same, Belleville High School Wildcats remain the 2020 Capital Conference Academic Bowl Champs.  This year a total of seven Capital Conference schools competed in this event on Monday, November 2.  Generally students from schools all over the conference travel to a host school for this competition.  This year Cambridge hosted a virtual event where students were in their school buildings but competed virtually with all the other schools.  Fifteen Belleville high school students completed both written and oral tests in English, Social Studies, Science, and Current Events.  Overall Belleville scored 727 points, this was an overall win of 7 points over Columbus. Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate the following students for taking first place in their event.

                 

Roxana Grunenwald      Andrew Remy                Zach Thole                   Jacob Kean     

Chemistry                           US History                    Geography                    English 12