With us in spirit

Three B-B-E students taught by the late Rich Vos gathered on the football field after B-B-E's 26-6 win over Eden Valley-Watkins on October 17, 2012. Early in the previous day, Vos died in a bicycle accident in rural Belgrade.

A year ago today the B-B-E community was coming to terms with a terribly tragic loss when Coach Rich Vos died after a bicycle accident south of Belgrade. After school that day, the Jaguar football coaching staff guided their players through a difficult practice that was held simply as a way for the team to start coping with a flood of dark, confusing and bitter emotions.

The following evening, they came together with a strong performance against Eden Valley-Watkins and beat the Eagles 26-6 to finish the regular season 4-4 overall.

This year, they'll go for win number 7 on the season with a short trip to Eden Valley.

One important quality encouraged and promoted by Coach Vos at B-B-E was that every single last student in the building was important to him. Their talent, ability, test scores or any other trait they have didn't matter. He was there for everyone. In order to properly honor his memory, it's important that students and parents alike remember to always treat one another with kindness and fairness. While I firmly believe that B-B-E is a GREAT school system, it could be even GREATER if we treated everyone just as Vos treated his beloved students.

Make him proud.