Burke School District 26-2

"Leading with kindness, learning with heart, Burke Cougar's January's Student's of the month."

🎉 Congratulations to our newest National Honor Society members! 🎉 We are so proud of each of you for your hard work, leadership, and dedication to your school and community. Being selected for NHS is a great accomplishment and a reflection of your commitment to scholarship, service, character, and leadership. A big thank you to Dillon Lambey for being our guest speaker and for sharing such a meaningful message with our students. Your words made the evening even more special.

Check out this week's Cougar Day activity!

📚 **NEW! Silent Book Club at School** 📚

Looking for a cozy place to relax, read, and snack? We’ve got you covered!

We’re starting a **Silent Book Club** and **students in grades 3rd–12th are invited!**

Cougar Friday-March 13, 9:30-10:30

✨ Bring ANY book you love
✨ Find a comfy spot
✨ Enjoy some quiet reading time
✨ Snacks and a drinks provided

No assignments. No pressure. Just you, a good book, and a peaceful place to read.


📖 **Come read, relax, and recharge with us!**

We ended Read Across America Week by having the "A Team" or as they call themselves "Seasoned with Age" come in and spend time reading to all of our elementary students. Walking thru the halls, you could hear the laughter coming from the classrooms as the A Team had the kids rolling with their silly voices and animated stories. Thank you to Carol Johnson, Sherry Opbroek, Kathy Petersen, Peg Glover, Linda Purvis and Gaile Sachtjen for sharing their time and cookies with us on Thursday. We hope you've enjoyed seeing all the fun the students had celebrating reading this week. Just 20 minutes of reading a day exposes a child to nearly 2 MILLION words each year. Keep reading Cougars! You have a bright future ahead of you!💙💙💙

Mrs. Seeger's 4th grade class took a little trip to the high school on Thursday. Our 4th grade class has been writing stories and Mrs. Franks debate class was kind enough to listen to the the kids read their stories and offer some advice. Thanks to Mrs. Frank and her awesome students for helping out our little.

Several little Cougars dressed to impress to end our Read Across America dress up days. We had so much celebrating reading in our school. Keep reading Cougars!!!

The Burke National Honor Society hosted a Hot Chocolate Day at the school, sharing warm cups of hot chocolate and peppermint sticks with students and staff. It was a fun way to spread kindness and brighten everyone's day. Thank you to the NHS members for organizing such a thoughtful treat for the school!

Board Meeting Agenda for Monday, March 9th at 7:30 pm.

Cougars can read anywhere!!! We even had a teacher take advantage of DEAR time and the nice weather!

DEAR time was a success yesterday! So many kids took advantage of the nice weather and spent some time reading. Stay tuned for more pictures from our Drop Everything And Read time.

So many good things happening at the Burke Schools! We wore our most comfortable clothes and enjoyed more big kids reading to our little kids. AND...our little kids read to our big kids!!! Cougars make the best readers!!!

🎶 Attention High School Music Parents – Chicago Trip 🎶 If you have a student attending the Chicago trip, please plan to attend a meeting on Wednesday, March 11th at 5:30 PM in the Commons. We will: • Hand out the itinerary • Collect/share phone numbers for the group messaging app • Answer any questions Your attendance is important as we finalize details. Thank you, and we’re looking forward to a great trip!

COUGARS ARE READERS!!!! Another great day of reading and having our littles spending time reading with our bigs!!! Tomorrow's dress up day is Comfy Clothes! Wear your comfiest clothes, bring your favorite blanket or stuffed animal to spend sometime reading tomorrow.

Our 1st day of Read Across America was a success. Mrs. Frank's freshman and junior classes came over to the elementary school and read to our 1st graders and 3rd graders. Lots of smiles were seen while big kids and little kids spent time together. We have a mystery reader this week, ask your elementary student who they think it is?!?! Tomorrow's dress up day is Cougar gear! Cougars are READERS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS ABIGAIL AND PAIGE!!! 🎉🎉 We are SO proud to announce that they are **Family, Career and Community Leaders of America National Qualifiers for the 2nd year in a row!!! 🇺🇸🏆👏 This year, their instructional video focuses on Safe Sleeping for Infants 🍼💤 — such an important and meaningful topic that helps keep our little ones safe! ❤️

It's Read Across America Week!!
We have lots of fun reading planned including a week full of fun and easy dress up days!
Encourage your student to join in!

🐾💙 Cougar Friday Fun! 💙🐾 A huge THANK YOU to Burke Community Memorial Hospital 🏥 for hosting our Cougar Friday activity and giving our students the opportunity to meet some amazing healthcare heroes! 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

Huge shoutout to our amazing Cougar Athletic Club for the awesome new backdrop and tablecloth! 🙌💙 They look fantastic and truly show off our Cougar Pride! Thank you for always supporting our students, athletes, and school community. We appreciate you! 🐾💪