The Eric Show is a juried high school art exhibition established in 2010 to celebrate outstanding young artists from across the region. This year’s opening reception will be held on Wednesday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the Illini Union Art Gallery.
The exhibition will feature artwork from hundreds of students representing more than 20 area high schools. The Illini Union Art Gallery is located in the far northwest corner of the main floor of the Illini Union at 1401 West Green Street in Urbana. The show will remain on display through April 4.
Bement High School students Hazel Ellenberg, Zachary Hardin, Emma Hostetler, and Bella Somers will have artwork featured in this year’s Eric Show. Congratulations to these talented artists!
The exhibition will feature artwork from hundreds of students representing more than 20 area high schools. The Illini Union Art Gallery is located in the far northwest corner of the main floor of the Illini Union at 1401 West Green Street in Urbana. The show will remain on display through April 4.
Bement High School students Hazel Ellenberg, Zachary Hardin, Emma Hostetler, and Bella Somers will have artwork featured in this year’s Eric Show. Congratulations to these talented artists!
Bement 6th grade science students have been learning all about the earth. They were given the chance to build volcanoes for extra credit. Students were graded on accuracy and Volcano knowledge. As a bonus, the students were able to go outside today and erupt their volcanoes.
Lots of excitement was enjoyed by all.
Lots of excitement was enjoyed by all.
The Bement Middle School Scholastic Bowl team had a busy, but wonderful, start to their season last week! They competed 3 nights in a row with 8 matches for the varsity and 7 matches for the junior varsity. Varsity finished the week with 3 wins and some very close losses, most by only one question! They have all demonstrated amazing knowledge, sportsmanship, and teamwork and have had lots of fun doing it! Thanks to the community's support of our calendar fundraiser and concession stands at games, they celebrated with team meals from Subway and at Mama T's! They head to Atwood for their final regular meet this Tuesday and to Sullivan for the conference tournament on Thursday!
Middle School students who qualified for 3rd Quarter Breakout spent the afternoon at Elevate Trampoline Park in Champaign. They had a great time!
Leilana Hood was our Friday announcement reader. She shared middle school and high school information, announced student birthdays for the upcoming week, presented the trivia question of the day, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Great job, Leilana!
Congratulations to all of our students who competed in today’s KidWind Project Competition. The Bulldog Land Team will advance to National Competition in Madison, Wisconsin in May. Ms. Walker and Mrs. Block co-teach our middle school STEM class.
The third annual KidWind Project Competition was hosted by the Challenger Learning Center in partnership with Heartland's Career and Technical Education staff and area sponsors. The competition featured more than 100 students from 10 schools across Central Illinois. Throughout the day, teams tested small-scale wind turbines, participated in solar challenges, took part in question-and-answer sessions, and toured the electric vehicle lab.
Middle School Division
First: Bement Middle School – Bulldog Land team – Makenzie Daniels, Wyatt Swinger, Alyvia Ross, Madeline Marshall, Talyn Schwartz and Jacob Riddle
Spirit of KidWind Award Bement High School – Addison Frantz
Our district is very proud of all the students who competed today.
Addison Frantz, Makenzie Daniels, Arabella Flach, Kate Griimes, Colin Kimball, Grady Mackey, Madeline Marshall, Jacob Riddle, Alyvia Ross, Talyn Schwartz, Hannah Senter, Savanna Stoerger, Wyatt Swinger,
The third annual KidWind Project Competition was hosted by the Challenger Learning Center in partnership with Heartland's Career and Technical Education staff and area sponsors. The competition featured more than 100 students from 10 schools across Central Illinois. Throughout the day, teams tested small-scale wind turbines, participated in solar challenges, took part in question-and-answer sessions, and toured the electric vehicle lab.
Middle School Division
First: Bement Middle School – Bulldog Land team – Makenzie Daniels, Wyatt Swinger, Alyvia Ross, Madeline Marshall, Talyn Schwartz and Jacob Riddle
Spirit of KidWind Award Bement High School – Addison Frantz
Our district is very proud of all the students who competed today.
Addison Frantz, Makenzie Daniels, Arabella Flach, Kate Griimes, Colin Kimball, Grady Mackey, Madeline Marshall, Jacob Riddle, Alyvia Ross, Talyn Schwartz, Hannah Senter, Savanna Stoerger, Wyatt Swinger,
The 8th grade STEM class is headed to Heartland Community College today to compete in the KidWind challenge. A special thanks to Dobson's Automotive for the donation of small hardware such as bushings and spacers as the students prepare for competition.. Good Luck!
Emma Hostetler was our Friday announcement reader. She shared middle school and high school information, announced student birthdays for the upcoming week, presented the trivia question of the day, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Great job, Emma!
💜 BEMENT CUSD #5 💜
🐾 Bulldog Families – Please Note! 🐾
📅 Friday, February 27
⏰ Students Dismiss at 12:00 PM (Noon)
📅 Monday, March 2
🚫 NO SCHOOL
Have a safe and relaxing long weekend, Bulldogs!
🐾 Bulldog Families – Please Note! 🐾
📅 Friday, February 27
⏰ Students Dismiss at 12:00 PM (Noon)
📅 Monday, March 2
🚫 NO SCHOOL
Have a safe and relaxing long weekend, Bulldogs!
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Stephanie Block has been selected as the recipient of the Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative $500 Empowering Education Grant. She will use the funds to enrich middle school science instruction by expanding hands-on lab experiences and purchasing additional equipment to support student learning. Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to the community through the Empowering Education Grant program. Congratulations, Mrs. Block!
Our drama department is preparing for their play presentation of "Sleeping Beauty".
They are in need of some additional supplies to borrow (see below) for set design.
fake shrubbery
fake roses (or flowers)
Paint (specifically greens, grey, red, white, and brown)
small garden utensils
If you have any of the above items and wouldn't mind lending them to the drama department for use during their play please reach out to Mrs. Tracey at Bement CUSD #5.
Your consideration is greatly appreciated.
7th Graders in Mrs. Goebel's ELA class wrapped up their latest novel unit by creating board games that feature questions about the topics, themes, conflicts, characters, and plot of Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli. After writing questions and answers for their game, they switched games and proved their knowledge by playing another group's game!
Ryan Humphrey was our Friday announcement reader. She shared middle school and high school information, announced student birthdays for the upcoming week, presented the trivia question of the day, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Great job, Ryan!
Students in Mrs. Corum’s Child Development class have been studying infant intellectual development. This week, they were challenged to design and create a DIY infant toy that teaches a specific skill to support cognitive growth.
Student-created toys included sensory boards, shape sorters, color-sorting activities, paper plate noise makers, and even a creative ramp design. Each project demonstrated thoughtful planning and an understanding of how play supports learning during infancy.
Through this hands-on experience, students applied developmental concepts in a meaningful way while exploring how simple materials can be used to create engaging and educational toys for young children.
Student-created toys included sensory boards, shape sorters, color-sorting activities, paper plate noise makers, and even a creative ramp design. Each project demonstrated thoughtful planning and an understanding of how play supports learning during infancy.
Through this hands-on experience, students applied developmental concepts in a meaningful way while exploring how simple materials can be used to create engaging and educational toys for young children.
Students in Mrs. Corum’s Child Development class have been studying infant intellectual development. This week, they were challenged to design and create a DIY infant toy that teaches a specific skill to support cognitive growth.
Student-created toys included sensory boards, shape sorters, color-sorting activities, paper plate noise makers, and even a creative ramp design. Each project demonstrated thoughtful planning and an understanding of how play supports learning during infancy.
Through this hands-on experience, students applied developmental concepts in a meaningful way while exploring how simple materials can be used to create engaging and educational toys for young children.
Student-created toys included sensory boards, shape sorters, color-sorting activities, paper plate noise makers, and even a creative ramp design. Each project demonstrated thoughtful planning and an understanding of how play supports learning during infancy.
Through this hands-on experience, students applied developmental concepts in a meaningful way while exploring how simple materials can be used to create engaging and educational toys for young children.
The Decatur Area Chamber of Commerce spent a second afternoon with our seniors today, continuing their work on resume development and participating in mock interviews to help prepare students for future employment opportunities.
Miss Hall and her 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade PE classes have been learning about bowling.
They have mastered how to keep score and all the proper techniques of bowling.
These last 2 weeks of learning ended in a 3 game tournament and a 1 day final.
Awards were given out to the following grades and students:
High game:
3rd grade : Callum Cain 97
4th grade : Lilly Vaughn 133
5th grade: Karlie Munster 106
3 Game High Series:
3rd grade : Callum Cain 240
4th grade: Charlie Foran 232
5th grade: Karlie Munster 256
1 game tournament:
3rd grade: Isaac Wesley 105
4th grade: Colt Ennis 104
5th grade: Anslee Turner 101
Olivia Dalton and Madeline Marshall represented Bement Middle School today in the JHOC Spelling Bee in Arthur. Avree Harper was an alternate in the event one of the other students could not attend. Congratulations and thank you for representing our school in a positive manner.
High School Yearbook
