This year Benton will once again be offering Summer School to incoming 6th, and current 6, 7, and 8 grade students. Summer School will run for 3 weeks, Tuesdays-Fridays 8:30am-12 noon from June 13-June 30. Some of the classes we will offer are: Musicals and Vocal Technique, Drama and Creative Writing, Sports and Conditioning, Film Critique. Click the link to sign up.

There will be no school on Monday, 5/29. We are on a minimum day schedule Tuesday-Thursday, the final 3 days of school with dismissal at 1:15pm.

Promotion begins at 9am. Please enter through sliding gate in parking lot and present your tickets.

ALL incoming 7th graders will need a TDAP vaccination. The final TDAP Vaccination Clinics will be at Corvallis Middle School in Norwalk on Saturday, 5/20. GET THOSE VACCINATIONS NOW!

We have a district-wide lockdown drill on Friday at 9am. This drill will last for approximately 20 minutes and is an opportunity for all schools to review best practices and communication systems within the school and with the district. During this drill, we may be a little slow to answer the school phones and the office will be closed. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

The Art Gallery will be open on Thursday from 5-6pm before the Choir & Guitar Concert, and again on Friday after school from 3:15-4:30pm.

Spring Parent Conferences are optional; if you child is earning less than a C in any class, a conference should be scheduled with the teacher. All Parent Conferences are scheduled directly with the teacher and their schedules can be accessed in the Staff Directory or at this link: https://www.bentonms.org/apps/staff/

The Benton Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Guitar perform this week at our Spring Concert in the Benton Quad on Thursday, March 9th at 6pm. The concert is free.

Students will receive awards for their achievements during Semester 1. Click on the title above for an alphabetic listing of all reward recipients.