BCHS Holiday Dress Up Days
BCHS is accepting applications for a Girls Wrestling Assistant Coach for the 2025-2026 School Year. Application details are available on the district website. The application deadline is 12:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2025.
What better time to install a new flagpole at BCHS than the day before Veteran's Day? Thank you veterans for your service to our country and thank you Jeremy Dawson and Chris Head for braving the weather to install the flagpole!
Happy November! Here is a list of dates in the month of November when there will be no school or an early dismissal:
Tuesday, November 11 - Veteran's Day/No School, Tuesday, November 25 - 1:50 dismissal, Wednesday - Friday, November 26 - 28 - Thanksgiving Break/No School
Tuesday, November 11 - Veteran's Day/No School, Tuesday, November 25 - 1:50 dismissal, Wednesday - Friday, November 26 - 28 - Thanksgiving Break/No School
BCHS is accepting sealed bids for the scoreboards recently replaced in the Rich Herrin Gymnasium. For details on the bid process see the included information or email bjohnson@bentonhighschool.org. The bid deadline is Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Ranger Fans....all 10 bundles of hardwood from the east gym have been sold. Not to worry, we will have smaller, individual pieces of the floor available for purchase at a later date to be announced.
BCHS recently replaced the east gym floor that dates back to 1938. 10 bundles of hardwood flooring were saved and are available to the public. Each bundle consists of approx. 15 8' boards that are 2.25" wide. The coverage for each bundle is approx. 26 square feet or the equivalent of a table top 42" wide and 6' - 8' long. If you would like to purchase a bundle, please email your request to Lori Craven at lcraven@bchs103.org or call 618-439-6415 ext. 506 . The cost is $25 per bundle and there is a limit of 1 bundle per person. Bundles will be sold on a first come first serve basis until all bundles are sold.
Thank you Dr. Patterson, Murray State University President, for stopping by to visit with our students and staff!
BCHS would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to Mayor Lee Messersmith, Streets & Improvement Commissioner Coy Cockrum, and Public Works Administrator Craig Miles for paving McCann and College Streets on both sides of the high school. The roads look great and are much improved!
Just a reminder that our Parent-Teacher conferences are this Tuesday and Thursday, 10/21 & 23, from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. No appointment is necessary. Please enter through the Main Entrance.
Parent-Teacher Conferences are just around the corner!
BCHS is accepting applications for an Assistant Wrestling Coach for boys wrestling and a Head Girls Wrestling Coach for the 2025-2026 School Year. Application details are available on the district website. The application deadline is 12:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025.
BCHS is in search of a long-term substitute science/math teacher to teach from early December 2025 through late May 2026. Applicants must have a valid Illinois professional educator license or valid Illinois substitute teacher license. If interested, contact Superintendent Benjy Johnson at bjohnson@bchs103.org or call 618-439-6415. The application is open until filled.
The 2025-2026 Scarab Squad has been working hard, and we’re so excited to share that the 2024-2025 Scarab Yearbooks will be handed out TOMORROW during Picture Day! 📸 When you head in for your school picture, you’ll get your copy of last year’s yearbook too. Last year’s seniors—yours are headed to your mailbox soon! If you have any questions, email Mrs. Hagerman at lhagerman@bchs103.org
In person registration is Tuesday, 7/29/25, from 8:30am - 11:30am and Wednesday, 7/30/25, from 2:00pm - 6:00pm. If you are registering a freshman or a student new to the district please bring two (2) forms of proof of residency. This can include a property tax bill, electric bill, driver's license, etc.
BCHS is accepting applications for a part-time assistant cook for the 2025-2026 School Year. Application details are available on the district website. The application deadline is 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
Benton Consolidated High School District #103 is in search of a long-term substitute teacher for Family and Consumer Science for the 2025-2026 School Year. (approx. Oct. 20 – December 21)
All applicants must have a valid Illinois professional educator license or valid Illinois substitute
teacher license. If interested, contact superintendent Benjy Johnson at bjohnson@bentonhighschool.org or call 618-439-6415.
The application is open until filled.
All applicants must have a valid Illinois professional educator license or valid Illinois substitute
teacher license. If interested, contact superintendent Benjy Johnson at bjohnson@bentonhighschool.org or call 618-439-6415.
The application is open until filled.
BCHS is accepting applications for the following positions for the 2025-2026 School Year: Assistant Baseball Coach(2 positions), Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, Assistant Cross Country Coach, Bass Fishing Sponsor, Musical - Director of Band, Musical - Set Construction, Sub Cook, and Sub Bus Driver. Application details are available on the district website. The application deadline is 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
BCHS is ready for graduation! Rich Herrin Gymnasium is set up, the a/c is cold, and practice is in the books. We will see you tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:00 p.m. Doors will open at 2:30.
IMPORTANT BCHS GRADUATION INFORMATION - This year's graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 17 @ 4:00 p.m. has been moved into Rich Herrin Gymnasium.