Bluff View Elementary School

2021 summer reading program concludes

Aug 25, 2021

Bluff View Elementary School hosted its final summer reading night of the summer on Aug. 17. Children learned about animals from the rainforest. Kids read books, posed for pictures, played a bingo board for prizes and ate popcorn. “An organization called Maureen’s Readers reached out to us and we...

Classes begin Sept. 7 and 9 at Lake City Public Schools

Aug 18, 2021

Lake City Public Schools will begin classes on Tuesday, Sept. 7 for Lincoln High School grades seven through 12 and on Thursday, Sept. 9 for Bluff View Elementary grades kindergarten through six. Bluff View will be holding conferences for students with their teachers on Sept. 7 and 8. Watch your...

Hopes for a more normal school year

Jul 21, 2021

Lake City Public Schools students will return to the classroom five days a week for the 2021-2022 school year. “Hopefully we can be five days and mask-free and hopefully have less restrictions,” Bluff View Principal Jim Borgschatz told the school board at its monthly meeting on July 19. If it...

Bluff View’s sensory room on the move

Jul 14, 2021

Bluff View Elementary School students will have a more spacious, better equipped place to recover from overstimulation and practice coping skills thanks to a grant. Special Education Teachers Hailey Pottinger and Sarah Cowell applied for and received a $7,000 grant from the Mary Jo Schad and Bob...

Reading program hosts Carnival Night

Jun 30, 2021

Bluff View Summer Reading program hosted Carnival Night on June 23. Students in grades preschool through seven participated by reading books and earning chances to play various carnival games to win prizes. “ We are so lucky to provide this opportunity to students,” Bluff View second grade...

School again offers free meals to anyone age 18 and under

Jun 23, 2021

Thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lake City Public Schools is able once again to offer free breakfast and lunch to anyone age 18 and younger this summer. No registration is required, and participants do not need to be students at Lake City Public Schools. Children can just...

School district honors 2021 retirees

Jun 16, 2021

Five retiring Lake City Public Schools staff were honored at an end-of-the-school-year event at Lincoln High School recently. Pictured, from left, are Wanda Aspengren-Randgaard - student support teacher at Bluff View, Doug Vaith - activities director at Lincoln High School, and JoAnn Ostgulen -...

2021 service awards from Lake City Public Schools

Jun 16, 2021

Lake City Public Schools presented service awards to staff members who hit five-year milestones in their tenure with the district this year.

Kids say farewell at  parade for retiring  Bluff View staff

Jun 9, 2021

Bluff View Elementary School held a parking lot parade for its retiring staff as the 2020-2021 school year drew to a close. Above, from left, are retirees JoAnn Ostgulen, Mary Pat Horen, Wanda Randgaard, and Becky Ehling. The inset photo is retiree Kim Betcher in the passenger seat of the truck...

Teachers: Thanks for support during unprecedented school year

Jun 3, 2021

The Lake City Education Association would like to thank the community for their continued support this school year. We know it has been a crazy year with unprecedented times for everyone. Thank you for your willingness to change direction at almost a moment’s notice from distance to hybrid to in...