After lengthy conversations with administration, local officials, our bus drivers and driving the country roads, Brussels CUSD #42 will be in session tomorrow, January 8, 2025. It will be a 2:00 p.m. dismissal day. Please be sure to bundle your students up in the morning to catch the bus as it will be cold. High School Early Bird students should allow extra driving time for safety.
Thank you to all our staff, students and families for your coopeation and understanding as we have navigated our first e-learning days for the 2024-45 school year.
Brussels CUSD will take an e-learning day on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Students should follow the same procedures. Junior and high school students should continue to check their classrooms and emails multiple times throughout the day. Stay safe and warm.
Due to the weather, Brussels CUSD 42 will have an e-learning day on Monday, January 6, 2025. Elementary students have packets from their teachers.
Junior and high school students will use Google Classroom for instruction. Teachers will check their email from 8:30 to 2 to answer questions.
If your student does not have internet access, please call the office and leave a voicemail. Junior and high school students should be sure to check all Google Classrooms and their emails multiple times a day. Junior and high school students will answer the question of the day on the Brussels Strong page for attendance. Stay safe and warm.
WINTER WEATHER -Due to the impending weather forecast, Brussels CUSD 42 may take an e-learning day on Monday, January 6. The final call for this day will be made Sunday, January 5 by 9:00 pm. All parents have been emailed the e-learning plan.
Elementary students have already received e-learning packets from their teachers.
Junior high and high school students will use Google Classroom for instruction. An email has been sent to all students and parents with the following information.
Students should be sure to check all Google Classrooms and their emails multiple times a day. Students will answer the question of the day on the Brussels Strong page for attendance.
Chromebooks and materials may be picked up today, January 3 until 4:00. If you need delivery, please let the office know by 1:00 and materials and supplies will be delivered to your home.
Anyone in the mood for a Principal Sundae??
Dr. Bitner set a goal of 600 AR points for the students to reach, and the EXCEEDED the 600! To celebrate reaching their goal, the top readers of each class, and a few extra students, got to make our principal into a Sundae! The students earned a total of 875.7 AR points, which equals roughly 8,745,692 words! Our Elementary School is definitely full of readers!
Congratulations to all of our wonderful students!!
To wrap up the first semester of Art Expressions, the students made different types of ornaments and holiday decor. We began by creating snowmen out of pieces of wood cut by the fabulous Ryan Hagen who volunteered to help us out. Then we crafted reindeer using Dollar Tree supplies and wood once again cut by the wonderful Ryan Hagen with the help of Mr. Brodbeck. Once those were finalized, we made sleds using popsicle sticks. The girls went above expectations and made more than required of these. We finished the week making homemade ornaments out of dough, which we gifted to the faculty of BGS and BHS. Overall, despite their reserve to craft, these girls did a phenomenal job defying all expectations.
During their study of Westward Expansion, Mrs. Cundiff’s 5th/6th graders enjoyed a visit to the Lewis and Clark Museum and the Great Rivers Museum!
On Thursday the 7th and 8th graders toured Blackburn College. This was a great opportunity for them to see what a college campus looks like and to start to think about their future plans.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our Christmas Program successful! We would not have been able to have a program without so many faculty and staff volunteering their time! It was truly an amazing Christmas Program! Again, thank you to all who helped put this on, and to everyone who came out and watched!!
A letter will be sent home today with our eLearning Protocol. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the District Office.
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ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS
Congratulations to Olivia Brodbeck and Abby Johnes for being named Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois State Scholar Program recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement. These ladies performed in the top one-half of their class during their Junior year and scored in the 95th percentile on the SAT. Congratulations to both of you! You make Brussels proud!
Congratulations to our December Students of the Month!!
ATTENTION ALL SENIORS!!!
FAFSA is now open and there will be a virtual FAFSA Completion workshop on Tuesday December 10th from 6-8 pm. An email was sent out to all seniors and their parents providing more information about FAFSA.
We are accepting Snow Removal Bids! All SEALED bids must be placed by 8:30 am on 12/17.
Please join the Brussels Grade School in celebrating Christmas with our Grade School Christmas Program! The program will be on 12/5 at 6:00 pm in the Gymnasium. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. We hope to see everyone there!!
Congratulations to the 8th Grade Girls Basketball team on their win over Greenfield (35-30) and bringing home a regional win. This year has been such a success for our student athletes. The 8th grade girls move on to play Bluffs on December 11th at 6:30 pm at Springfield Calvary. Good luck Lady Warriors!
Both the High School Pep Club and the Junior High decorated trees at Rock Spring Park this year. The Pep Club did a Wicked themed tree and the Junior High did a Mean Girls themed tree. They both look great, so please come out to see the lights and vote for trees 4 and 5. The Christmas Wonderland opens this Friday on the 29th. On Monday, December 2nd, people are allowed to walk through the park. It is the only time cars can't drive through. The students worked hard on the decorations and we sure would like to see them place again.
The Freshman class of 2028 is now selling Rubber Ducks until January 10th for the Great Duck Drop of 2025!!!
The Art Expressions class finished our quilting and machine sewing unit. They loved using the machines and worked hard to perfect their final projects. I think they even realized quilting is not an easy feat and they just skimmed the surface on what quilting really entails. A special thank you to JoAnn Nolte and Nancy Kulp for letting us borrow their machines and teaching these girls how to use the machines and to Paula Herter for donating a couple machines to the classroom. We will definitely be revisiting this unit before the end of the school year.
Human Tape Sculptures have made an appearance at Brussels High School. They are lurking in the bathroom, reading in the hallway, and passed out on top of the vending machine. Special guest Ellyse Brown took time out of her busy schedule to show the Art Expressions class how to make a human tape sculpture. The final products have provided some laughs and thrills for the BHS students and faculty. Thank you Ellyse Brown for showing us another world of art.
