4 of our 🏀players participated in the East/West All star game in Gregory. It was fun seeing them play one last time

Day 3 was another exciting adventure! 🎶🌆✨ Our music students spent the day exploring the Museum of Science and Industry 🔬, visiting Navy Pier 🎡, and stopping at the Family Pavilion to experience Flyover Chicago 🌬️🏙️ The fun continued with a Wendella River Cruise 🚤 and ended with a dinner and show 🍽️🎭✨ It was another big day filled with unforgettable sights, fun experiences, and great memories for our music students! 🎵❤️

Day 2 was full of adventure! 🎶🌆✨ Our music students packed in a full day of fun in Chicago! They explored the Field Museum 🦖, visited Millennium Park to see “The Bean” 🪞, enjoyed a gangster tour 🔍🏙️, took in the amazing views from Skydeck at Willis Tower 🌇🙌, and wrapped up the day with some delicious Giordano’s pizza 🍕❤️ It was a busy day full of memories, laughs, and lots of sightseeing! 🎉🎵

Day 1 is in the books! 🎶🚌✨ Our music students had a great first day of traveling and made it safely to the hotel! 🏨🎉 A HUGE shoutout to Mr. Lindholm for being the world’s best bus driver, especially at 4:00 in the morning! 🌅👏🚌 And thank you to Mrs. Gretchen for helping keep our kiddos fueled up and ready to roll! 🍩🥤💛 The trip is off to a great start! Be looking for some more exciting pictures to come! 🎵😄

Our 5th graders loved having Miss Adisyn Indahl, a proud alumni, in our classroom for a couple of weeks last quarter. It was such a great experience having her observe and be part of our learning. We wish her the best! 🍎👩🏼‍🏫

🎉Support Our After Prom Meal! Help us keep our students safe and having fun after prom! Join us in supporting the After Prom Meal — a great way to make sure our students have a fun, safe, and memorable night.

The Burke School District will have a 2 hour late start on Monday, March 16th. Buses will run accordingly.

🏅🤼 Congrats to all the Burke AAU Wrestlers who made it to Region Wrestling today in Mitchell! We are proud of you!👏 💪 Also, congrats to the following wrestlers for making it to state! 👏 Carson Schimdt, Liam Sutton, Ainsley Peppel, Rowan Fox, Gus Witt, Ralph Witt, Beckem Bauld, Ryker Peck, Jackson Miller, Sophie Kerner Andersson, Zane Vasquez, Walter Koupal, Harley Koupal, and Wyatt Sachtjen

Our 1st Book Club was a success. 16 readers, lots of pages read, snacks consumed and books finished! Our next book club will meet on March 27th!

‼️Attention FFA families, Monday's competition in Howard has been moved to Wednesday, March 18th‼️

The End-of-the-Quarter Volleyball Bash was a success! 🏐 Congratulations to the Night Crawlers for taking home the overall victory! It was a fun night filled with great volleyball, teamwork, and lots of laughs. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make it such a great event!

A few more contestants from pi day!

Pi day was a success! Henry came in first place with 165 digits of pi memorized! And he chose his mother to smack the pie in the face! Thanks to all who participated!

"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!💙💙💙