Here is the elementary newsletter for March 2025!
Our 4th graders also celebrated with snow cones last week! The 2nd trimester WOW numbers were too close to call, so we celebrated both the 4th and 2nd grade!!
We celebrated the National Day of Unplugging last Friday. Enjoy these pictures of students using actual dictionaries and writing essays by hand!
The 7th grade girls volleyball team heads to Eureka MS to take on Taylor Rodge Rockridge for the sectional championship on Monday evening at 6:30! Good luck, ladies!!!🔷⚪️🏐
We had our Golden Ticket Lunch Celebration on Thursday. Congratulations to all of those students who earned golden lunch tickets for their great lunch behavior!
Congrats to the 2nd grade team for winning the 2nd trimester WOW party. We celebrated with some Snow Cones!!
Congratulations to Coach Laird, who was nominated for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association , 7th grade Girls Jr. High School, District 18, Co-Coach of the Year. Awesome job, Coach Laird!
Yesterday, we welcomed author Sherri Rinker to our school!
Last Friday we celebrated our last day of Honesty! We celebrated the students who were nominated by their teachers who best represented being truthful in what they say and do!
On Friday March 7th, the whole school is unplugging and going offline! The administration, along with the counselors and Deputy Garber have put together a presentation about unplugging.
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Today we are sending home a paper copy of the Family Fun Screen Free Activity Board from the presentation. Please continue the National Day of Unplugging on Friday and through the weekend by completing activities from the board with your families! If you cross off and initial any of the activities that you complete, return the activity board to your child's teacher to earn house points!!
7th grade volleyball brings home a regional championship!!! They'll advance to the Eureka Sectional. More information to come. Way to go, ladies!!!
GHES was well represented through the Peoria Area Water Wizards at the 2025 Illinois Swimming Winter Regional Championships!
Congrats on a successful weekend!
Don't forget that Wednesday is the K-2 Literacy Night! 5:30-7:00pm
Congratulations to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Veronica Curry! Here is what another student said about her: “Veronica does not have just one situation that proves her kindness, it's all around. She smiles at those who don't smile back and lights up the room when she walks in. Never has she failed to brighten someone's day despite how bad it might have been. She is always caring and looking out for those around her even with little things like sharing gum, or just helping a fellow student out. Her character is admirable as she may have had the worst day in the world, but she would never take it out on you or implement her pain on others. She celebrates others' victories and should be celebrated herself for being such a great friend.” Veronica, we see you!
CHESS STATE Congrats to our chess team who participated in the IESA State Championship in Peoria this past weekend.
**8TH Grade finished in the top 20 out of 59 teams! They were led by Evan , Mitchell and Eli who were 5 for 8 in their matches.
**7TH Grade: Ryan, Chief, Corbin and Colin S. lead the team to a very solid 5th place finish and missed an outright 4th place team trophy by 0.5 pts! Furthermore, Ryan, Chief and Corbin earned 6 wins each and received a Bronze medal from the state!
**6TH Grade: Connor B., Gavin H., Andrew B all added to their amazing run! They finished 9th out of 40 schools and Connor received a Bronze medal for his 6 wins!
7th grade continued their how-to speeches today!
7th grade students started their how-to speeches in Language Arts class today!
Sixth grade band was able to have a Zoom meeting with the composer of a band song that they are premiering Friday night. They had a fantastic time meeting and playing for composer Scratch Eden today!
Congratulations to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Norah Dillon. Here is what another student said about Norah: "My presentation group was really struggling to finish our presentation, so Norah stepped in and helped us finish in study hall. She gave up her own time to work on homework just to help us and helped make our presentation go flawlessly.” Norah, we see you!
Valentine's Day was filled with FUN! At Fun Friday our top cup stacking students competed to be the Cup Stacking Champions & we ended our assembly with our entire K-4th grade doing the Cupid Shuffle!
Check out the video for the highlights!
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