Germantown Hills School District #69

3D spent time in the garden this morning planting cucumbers, tomatoes, marigolds, onions, zucchini and many other things. They also did some weeding and clean up of the garden. They had a great time and look forward to harvesting next year as 4th graders.

Thanks to the support and generosity of the Germantown Hills PTO, the elementary PE department was able to purchase nine disc golf baskets this year. Today, kindergarten through third grade practiced throwing discs for accuracy and had an absolute blast doing it! Thank you, GHPTO!

Congratulations to Kari Keys on being the latest Warrior Coin recipient. Mrs. Keys was nominated for her hard work and dedication to her students and the district. Kari labors behind the scenes for numerous causes such as our upcoming Laps for Life, our Spring Fling, and Student Council. We appreciate her efforts and the impact she makes on our students.

Just a friendly reminder that our Spring Fling is happening this Friday, May 8th, from 4:00–7:30 PM.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Bring the whole family for an evening full of fun, including:
🎯 Carnival games
🏰 Bounce houses
🎲 Family-friendly games and activities

Admission is $5 per child, or $20 for families with 4 or more children. Additional donations are always welcome and appreciated!

Come hungry—there will be some great local food trucks on site:
🍔 The Station
🍕 Brick & Ember Pizza
🌮 Pico de Gallo
🍦 Sweet Girl Treats LLC

Best of all, all proceeds go directly to MTCO Park, helping make our community an even better place for everyone.

Grab your friends, bring your family, and join us for a fun-filled evening you won’t want to miss!

We hope to see you there!

Thank you,

GHMS Student Council

Fifth though eighth grade chorus students gave many wonderful performances at the 2026 Spring Chorus Concert in the beautiful MTHS Maurer Auditorium last night!

This weekend we had a meet on Friday at Washington, and a home meet Saturday where we celebrated the 8th graders! We had great performances at both! Saturday, we had an anything but a baton relay which was a blast! Coach Sydney, and coach Grant ran a few races with our athletes as well!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you to all of our fabulous teachers for all of the great work that they do every day. Also, thank you to our wonderful PTO for helping us to celebrate our teachers this week.

Congratulations to this week's teacher.we.see.you winner, Mrs. Crawford! Here is what a student wrote about her: "Every day that I go into her class, I learn something new." Mrs. Crawford, we see you!

Thank you to some of our 7th graders, who helped in the garden getting our raised beds ready for planting!

On Friday, 6th grade students learned about severe weather in Science class!

Congratulations to 8th grade girls basketball coach, Kyla Simmons, on being awarded the IBCA region Coach of the Year fresh off of a phenomenal season!

Congratulations to this month Purposefull People character winners! Throughout the month of April we learned about Courage, choosing what is helpful, right and kind when when it is hard or scary. Great work, Warriors!

Next up, Creativity!

Earlier this week our Elementary School hosted a Screen- Free Family Night! Dr. Erin Thomas presented to families on how to navigate devices with your kids. She shared strategies to help build healthier screen habits, protect relationships, sleep, and well-being! Thank you, Dr. Thomas!!

Students enjoyed playing games, doing puzzles, creating recipe books, and making dream catchers!

If you're interested in Dr. Thomas presentation please contact Stephanie Hensley at hensleys@ghills69.com and information can be shared with you.

Thank you to our teachers and staff who volunteered their time and to Mrs. Tarter and Mrs. Maddock for coordinating the evening!

Great honor to rep GHills and our beloved Chess Nerds who rule the world!
Props to- admin & board for supporting us and PARENTS for their amazing support. Growth of this program would not be possible without our community!!!
IESA Distinguished Service Award 2026

Today, 8th grade Science students participated in the catapult challenge!

Congratulations to this week's teacher.we.see.you winner, Doc McAllister! Here is what a student said about her: "She always tries her best to help her students learn the material." Doc, we see you!

Make plans to come out for 8th grade night for the track team on Saturday morning at 8:45 at MTHS! Go Warriors!!!

Our school play Freaky Tiki was a huge success! Thank you to all who came out!

Some members of the Peoria Chiefs stopped by Germantown on Friday to hang out with our students during PE. Students had a great time!

Our county meet tonight in El Paso went so well! On the girls side Claire Koster got 1st in the 100. Keegan Waggoner got 2nd in the 100. Maeve Geiler also got 2nd in the 100. Brinley Nena ran 1st in the 400 and Kenzie Piscaglia got 3rd. Leah Hohulin got 2nd in the 800. Claire Koster got 1st in the hurdles. The 8th grade girls 4x4 with Brinley, Claire, Keegan, and Kenzie got 1st. Quinn Jordan got 1st in shot put and Rachel Bystrom got 2nd. Rachel Bystrom got 1st in discus. On the boys side Clay Beccue got 2nd in 100, and Blake Feld got 3rd. Colton Quigley got 3rd in the 100. Jackson Schmidgall got 3rd in the 200. Clay Beccue got 1st in the 200. Carter Shoff got 3rd in the 400. Karter Brown got 2nd in the 800. Clay Beccue got 1st in the hurdles. The 7th grade boys 4x2 with Carter, Jayce, Charles, and Jackson got 2nd. Andrew Billingsley got 1st in shot put. Andrew also got 1st in discus. Clay Beccue got 2nd in long jump. While this is only a list of top 3 finishers, we had so many competitive performances tonight! We are so proud of our team!