34 Staff Development Fri, August 25, 2023 – Wed, August 30, 2023 Staff Development, No School Open House Thu, August 31, 2023 Labor Day Mon, September 4, 2023 No School First Day of School Tue, September 5, 2023 FASTBridge Tue, September 5, 2023 – Fri, September 8, 2023 Reading assessment for grades K-6; estimated time: 20 minutes STAR Tue, September 5, 2023 – Fri, September 8, 2023 Reading assessment for grades K-8; estimated time: 30 minutes Elem. Conferences Mon, October 16, 2023 – Tue, October 17, 2023 No School FASTBridge Mon, October 23, 2023 – Fri, October 27, 2023 Math assessment for grades K-5; estimated time: 20 minutes STAR Mon, October 23, 2023 – Fri, October 27, 2023 Reading assessment for grades K-8; estimated time: 30 minutes MS/HS Invite Conferences Thu, October 26, 2023 Noon Dismissal ½ PD Fri, November 3, 2023 Noon Dismissal, ½ day Professional Development End of Qtr. 1 (41 days) Mon, November 6, 2023 Thanksgiving Break Thu, November 23, 2023 – Fri, November 24, 2023 No School MS/HS Conferences Mon, November 27, 2023 Open Gym Sun, December 10, 2023 – Sun, December 10, 2023 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, December 12, 2023 – Tue, December 12, 2023 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, December 14, 2023 – Thu, December 14, 2023 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, December 15, 2023 – Fri, December 15, 2023 Open Gym Sun, December 17, 2023 – Sun, December 17, 2023 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, December 19, 2023 – Tue, December 19, 2023 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, December 21, 2023 – Thu, December 21, 2023 Christmas Break Thu, December 21, 2023 – Fri, December 29, 2023 No School Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, December 26, 2023 – Tue, December 26, 2023 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, December 29, 2023 – Fri, December 29, 2023 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, January 4, 2024 – Thu, January 4, 2024 Open Gym Sun, January 7, 2024 – Sun, January 7, 2024 FASTBridge Mon, January 8, 2024 – Fri, January 12, 2024 Reading assessment for grades K-6; estimated time: 20 minutes STAR Mon, January 8, 2024 – Fri, January 12, 2024 Math assessment for grades K-8; estimated time: 30 minutes Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, January 9, 2024 – Tue, January 9, 2024 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, January 11, 2024 – Thu, January 11, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, January 12, 2024 – Fri, January 12, 2024 Open Gym Sun, January 14, 2024 – Sun, January 14, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, January 16, 2024 – Tue, January 16, 2024 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, January 18, 2024 – Thu, January 18, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, January 19, 2024 – Fri, January 19, 2024 Noon Dismissal ½ PD Fri, January 19, 2024 Noon Dismissal, ½ day Professional Development Open Gym Sun, January 21, 2024 – Sun, January 21, 2024 End of Qtr. 2/Semester 1 Mon, January 22, 2024 (45 days) Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, January 23, 2024 – Tue, January 23, 2024 Staff Development Tue, January 23, 2024 No School Begin Qtr 3/Semester 2 Wed, January 24, 2024 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, January 25, 2024 – Thu, January 25, 2024 JH GBB @ BOLD – Olivia Campus Thu, January 25, 2024 – Fri, January 26, 2024 BBB @ BOLD Fri, January 26, 2024 – Fri, January 26, 2024 In Bird Island JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, January 26, 2024 – Fri, January 26, 2024 BBB @ Minnesota Valley Lutheran Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sat, January 27, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 GBB vs. Minnesota Valley Lutheran Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sat, January 27, 2024 JH GBB Tournament @ Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sun, January 28, 2024 JH BBB Tournament @ Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sun, January 28, 2024 Preschool Run and Play Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sat, January 27, 2024 FFA Alumni & Rod and Gun Club Ice Fishing Contest – Lake Allie Sat, January 27, 2024 – Sun, January 28, 2024 Open Gym Sun, January 28, 2024 – Sun, January 28, 2024 FFA Meeting @ 5:30 pm – Ag Room Mon, January 29, 2024 – Tue, January 30, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, January 30, 2024 – Tue, January 30, 2024 JH BBB vs. Sleepy Eye Public Tue, January 30, 2024 – Wed, January 31, 2024 JH GBB @ Sleepy Eye Tue, January 30, 2024 – Wed, January 31, 2024 BBB @ New Ulm Cathedral Wed, January 31, 2024 – Wed, January 31, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 GBB vs. New Ulm Cathedral Wed, January 31, 2024 – Wed, January 31, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, February 1, 2024 – Thu, February 1, 2024 JH BBB vs. New Ulm Cathedral Thu, February 1, 2024 – Fri, February 2, 2024 JH GBB @ New Ulm Cathedral Thu, February 1, 2024 – Fri, February 2, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, February 2, 2024 – Fri, February 2, 2024 FFA – SMSU Ag Bowl Fri, February 2, 2024 – Sat, February 3, 2024 BBB vs. Springfield Sat, February 3, 2024 – Sat, February 3, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 GBB @ Springfield Sat, February 3, 2024 – Sat, February 3, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 GBB vs. Mayer Lutheran – Parent’s Night Tue, February 6, 2024 – Tue, February 6, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, February 6, 2024 – Tue, February 6, 2024 BBB @ Wabasso Tue, February 6, 2024 – Tue, February 6, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Elementary Conferences Tue, February 6, 2024 – Wed, February 7, 2024 JH BBB vs. St. Paul’s Lutheran Tue, February 6, 2024 – Wed, February 7, 2024 JH GBB @ St. Paul’s Lutheran, New Ulm Tue, February 6, 2024 – Wed, February 7, 2024 BBB vs. GFW Wed, February 7, 2024 – Wed, February 7, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:15 GBB @ GFW Wed, February 7, 2024 – Wed, February 7, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, February 8, 2024 – Thu, February 8, 2024 Elementary Conferences Thu, February 8, 2024 – Fri, February 9, 2024 BBB vs Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Fri, February 9, 2024 – Fri, February 9, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, February 9, 2024 – Fri, February 9, 2024 GBB vs Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Sat, February 10, 2024 – Sat, February 10, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Open Gym Sun, February 11, 2024 – Sun, February 11, 2024 FFA Region Proficiency, State Degree, Region Officer Interviews – ACGC Mon, February 12, 2024 – Tue, February 13, 2024 BLHS School Board Meeting Mon, February 12, 2024 – Tue, February 13, 2024 Notice is hereby given that a Regular School Board Meeting forSchool District No. 2159, Renville County, Minnesota, will beheld in person in the Hector Business Room and via GoogleMeet on the 12th day of February, 2024 at 5:30 pm. Use this link: https://meet.google.com/ddw-jwgy-bdc(Please be sure to mute all microphones and turn off cameras.) Copies of the agenda may be viewed at either the Hector DistrictOffice, the News-Mirror in Hector, or the district website(www.blhsd.org). Dated this 9th day of February, 2024. Lisa Taylor, Clerk Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, February 13, 2024 – Tue, February 13, 2024 Preschool Make and Take Tue, February 13, 2024 – Tue, February 13, 2024 BBB vs. Immanuel Lutheran – Varsity Only Tue, February 13, 2024 – Tue, February 13, 2024 BBB vs. Wabasso – Parent’s Night Wed, February 14, 2024 – Wed, February 14, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 GBB @ Wabasso Wed, February 14, 2024 – Wed, February 14, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, February 15, 2024 – Thu, February 15, 2024 Noon Dismissal Thu, February 15, 2024 – Fri, February 16, 2024 GBB vs. BOLD – Senior Night Fri, February 16, 2024 – Fri, February 16, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, February 16, 2024 – Fri, February 16, 2024 Staff Development Fri, February 16, 2024 – Tue, February 20, 2024 Staff Development No School Fri, February 16, 2024 – Sat, February 17, 2024 BBB vs. Sleepy Eye Public – Senior Night Sat, February 17, 2024 – Sat, February 17, 2024 JV – 6pm Varsity – 7:30 National FFA Week Sat, February 17, 2024 – Sun, February 25, 2024 GBB vs. Hancock Sat, February 17, 2024 – Sun, February 18, 2024 JV – 1 pm Varsity – 2:30 pm Open Gym Sun, February 18, 2024 – Sun, February 18, 2024 No School Mon, February 19, 2024 – Tue, February 20, 2024 GBB @ ACGC Mon, February 19, 2024 – Tue, February 20, 2024 JV – 5:45 pm Varsity – 7:00 pm Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, February 20, 2024 – Tue, February 20, 2024 BBB @ Lester Prairie Wed, February 21, 2024 – Wed, February 21, 2024 JV @ 6 Varsity @ 7:30 Youth Wrestling Wed, February 21, 2024 – Wed, February 21, 2024 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, February 22, 2024 – Thu, February 22, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Fri, February 23, 2024 – Fri, February 23, 2024 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Fri, February 23, 2024 – Fri, February 23, 2024 Preschool Run and Play Sat, February 24, 2024 – Sat, February 24, 2024 Noon Dismissal ½ PD Sun, February 25, 2024 Noon Dismissal, ½ day Professional Development Open Gym Sun, February 25, 2024 – Sun, February 25, 2024 MS/HS Invite Conferences Mon, February 26, 2024 MS/HS Invitational Conferences Mon, February 26, 2024 – Tue, February 27, 2024 Youth Girls Basketball Grades 4&5 Tue, February 27, 2024 – Tue, February 27, 2024 FFA Day at the Capital Tue, February 27, 2024 – Wed, February 28, 2024 Youth Wrestling Wed, February 28, 2024 – Wed, February 28, 2024 6th Grade Youth Basketball Thu, February 29, 2024 – Thu, February 29, 2024 NHS Induction Ceremony Sun, March 3, 2024 – Mon, March 4, 2024 In the Auditorium FFA Region Ag Mechanics, Floriculture and BIG CDES Tue, March 5, 2024 – Wed, March 6, 2024 Staff Comp Days Thu, March 7, 2024 – Fri, March 8, 2024 No School No School Thu, March 7, 2024 – Fri, March 8, 2024 No School Fri, March 8, 2024 – Sat, March 9, 2024 FASTBridge Mon, March 18, 2024 – Fri, March 22, 2024 Math assessment for grades K-5; estimated time: 20 minutes STAR Mon, March 18, 2024 – Fri, March 22, 2024 Math assessment for grades K-8; estimated time: 30 minutes FFA meeting – Ag Room Mon, March 18, 2024 – Tue, March 19, 2024 Preschool Make and Take Mon, March 18, 2024 – Tue, March 19, 2024 Sports Try it Tue, March 19, 2024 – Wed, March 20, 2024 Reward and Recovery Fri, March 22, 2024 – Fri, March 22, 2024 Preschool Run and Play Sat, March 23, 2024 – Sat, March 23, 2024 MS/HS Conferences Mon, March 25, 2024 MS/HS Conferences Mon, March 25, 2024 – Tue, March 26, 2024 Sports Try it Tue, March 26, 2024 – Wed, March 27, 2024 Noon Dismissal ½ PD Thu, March 28, 2024 Noon Dismissal, ½ day Professional Development Noon Dismissal Thu, March 28, 2024 – Fri, March 29, 2024 End of Qtr. 3 (45 days) Fri, March 29, 2024 Good Friday Fri, March 29, 2024 No School No School Fri, March 29, 2024 – Sat, March 30, 2024 Easter Monday Mon, April 1, 2024 No School No School Mon, April 1, 2024 – Tue, April 2, 2024 Begin Qtr. 4 Tue, April 2, 2024 FFA to SDSU Little I Fri, April 5, 2024 – Sat, April 6, 2024 Sports Try It Tue, April 9, 2024 – Wed, April 10, 2024 Staff Development Fri, April 12, 2024 No School Fri, April 12, 2024 – Sat, April 13, 2024 FFA to SDSU for Livestock Evaluation, Meats, Dairy Evaluation & Dairy Handler CDEs Fri, April 12, 2024 – Sat, April 13, 2024 Sports Try it Tue, April 16, 2024 – Wed, April 17, 2024 Minnesota State FFA Convention Sun, April 21, 2024 – Wed, April 24, 2024 Preschool Run and Play Sat, April 27, 2024 – Sat, April 27, 2024 BLHS FFA Chapter Banquet Mon, April 29, 2024 – Tue, April 30, 2024 Prom Sat, May 4, 2024 – Sun, May 5, 2024 FASTBridge Mon, May 13, 2024 – Fri, May 17, 2024 Reading and Math assessment; grades and times not specified STAR Mon, May 13, 2024 – Fri, May 17, 2024 Reading and Math assessment; grades and times not specified FFA Meeting – Ag Room Mon, May 13, 2024 – Tue, May 14, 2024 Preschool Run and Play Sat, May 18, 2024 – Sat, May 18, 2024 Graduation Fri, May 24, 2024 Graduation Sat, May 25, 2024 – Sat, May 25, 2024 Memorial Day Mon, May 27, 2024 No School No School Mon, May 27, 2024 – Tue, May 28, 2024 Last Day of School Wed, May 29, 2024 End of Qtr. 4 (41 days) Last Day of School Wed, May 29, 2024 – Thu, May 30, 2024 Staff Development Thu, May 30, 2024 – Fri, May 31, 2024 Teacher Workshop Day – No School Fri, August 23, 2024 Teacher Workshop Days – No School Mon, August 26, 2024 – Thu, August 29, 2024 Labor Day – No School Mon, September 2, 2024 ES/MS/HS Invite Conferences Mon, October 14, 2024 ES Invite Conferences Tue, October 15, 2024 MEA – No School Wed, October 16, 2024 – Fri, October 18, 2024 Early Dismissal – PD – End Q1 Fri, November 1, 2024 Early Dismissal – PD Fri, November 8, 2024 Veterans Day – No School Mon, November 11, 2024 Conferences Q2 Fri, November 15, 2024 Thanksgiving – No School Thu, November 28, 2024 – Fri, November 29, 2024 Winter Break – No School Mon, December 23, 2024 – Wed, January 1, 2025 MLK Jr. Day – Begin Q3 & S2 Mon, January 20, 2025 ES/MS/HS Invite Conferences Thu, February 13, 2025 Early Dismissal – PD Fri, February 14, 2025 Presidents’ Day – No School Mon, February 17, 2025 Staff Comp Days – No School Thu, March 6, 2025 – Fri, March 7, 2025 MS/HS Conferences Thu, March 27, 2025 Early Dismissal – PD Fri, March 28, 2025 Spring Break – No School Mon, March 31, 2025 – Fri, April 4, 2025 Easter – No School Fri, April 18, 2025 Late Start – PD Mon, April 21, 2025 Graduation Fri, May 23, 2025 Early Dismissal – PD Memorial Day – No School Mon, May 26, 2025 Last Day – End Q4 & S2 – Early Dismissal Fri, May 30, 2025 Workshop Days – No School Mon, June 2, 2025 – Tue, June 3, 2025