Benton District 47

Each year faculty and administration vote and choose one eighth grader’s artwork to be added to the Permanent Art and Photo Gallery located across from the BGS 5-8 office. This ye...

Benton Community Consolidated School District No. 47 is pleased to honor our 8 th grade graduating students on May 14 th at 6:00 in the Event Center. End of the Ye...

2020-2021 BGS Virtual Art Show In a year of changes to accommodate the pandemic, Jr. High art students at BGS 5-8 were able to continue creating some amazing artwork. These y...

Kindergarten Registration dates have been announced. Kindergarten Registration & Screening will be held on May 7, 14, & 20. Please call the K-4 office at (618) 438-7181 for a sc...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of March are: 5th Grade: Keegan Hertenstein, 6th Grade: Tate Keller, 7th Grade: Aiden Walters, and 8th Grade: Tyler ...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of February are: 5th Grade: Cole Clark, 6th Grade: Annalise Williams, 7th Grade: Eli Schlag, and 8th Grade: Gavin De...

This is an update link for more information and a change of address forms for the PEBT benefits. https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=131776 Please click on the link or...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of January are: 5th Grade: Isabella Moss , 6th Grade: Whitlee Sheffer, 7th Grade: Jilianne Cox, and 8th Grade: Alexis...

Benton Basketball and Volleyball Live Stream Links: Home Games: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=benton47 Mt. Vernon: https://www.youtube.com/...

See the attachment below graduation information.

The SIU PreK Program housed at Benton Grade School is holding a PreK Screening for children ages 0-5 on Monday, March 1. See the attached flyer for more details and a number to c...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of December are: 5th Grade: Eli Craig , 6th Grade: James Kennedy, 7th Grade: Mia Rechsteiner, and 8th Grade: Tessa Ne...

Use the following link to access Google Classroom codes for 5-8 Remote Learners. https://www.benton47.org/brows...

School Supplies 2020-2021 Click the following links to view grade level supply lists. K-4 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Mrs. Andrews...

BGS Second Grader - Jareth Silliman was chosen as a WSIL TV3 Wicked Awesome Kid. Click on this Channel 3 link to view the whole story. - Jareth Silliman https://wsiltv.com/202...

Check out Mrs. Karcher's new social work page and virtual classroom by using the following link. You can also access this page under the "BGS K-8" tab in the main menu of the sch...

Every year, Benton Grade School participates in the Patriot Pen essay contest sponsored by the V.F.W. This year the theme was " What Patriotism is to Me". The 6th , 7th, and 8th ...

Before Fall Break 6th grade students worked on a leaf collection in science. Students learned how to use a dichotomous key and found the leaves of trees in Illinois. Students love...