Gillespie High School’s annual banquet and induction ceremony for the National Honor Society was held on Tuesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Along with the high school cafeteria staff, Fema’s catering of Benld provided the dinner featuring barbequed pork steak. Tables were adorned with blue and yellow carnations as well […]
GMS announces leaders of the month
Gillespie Middle School announced on Wednesday their leaders of the month for February. Receiving the award was Maria Alger, Emma Gipson, Darci Wolber, Ian Brown, Caleb Weeks, and Caleb Tucker. Sixth-grade teachers chose Maria Alger, daughter of Barry and Lora Crainick, as their February’s student leader. They state, “Ria is always positive and loves to […]
GMS announces Damm as leader of the week
Cloe Damm, daughter of Amanda and Adam Self, has been chosen as Gillespie Middle School’s Student Leader of the Week by Mrs. Roemer. Roemer says, “Cloe has fit in well since moving to GMS. She is always polite, mannerly and considerate of others. Her positive attitude is an asset to the classroom”. Cloe says, “I […]
L&C Named Military Friendly School for 2019-2020
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has once again been named to the Military Friendly® Schools list by VIQTORY. Founded in 2001, VIQTORY is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities through its G.I. Jobs®, Military Spouse and Military Friendly® brands. L&C first received this designation in […]
School Board votes to buy new software for student assessment, communication interface
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education committed Monday night to spend upward of $90,000 to implement a new student assessment testing program and a second program to interface with students and parents, manage fee payments and manage other aspects of the school operation. Both programs should be in place and […]
Gillespie High School participates in gifted olympiad
Gillespie High School sent four teams to participate in the Regional Office of Education #40’s Gifted Olympiad on Tuesday, February 26. The Olympiad is a competition that focuses on logic problems, estimation/guestimation problems, construction problems, and math/science logic problems. Schools from Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, and Macoupin Counties are represented. This year, 36 teams participated in […]
Middle school Olympiad places first in competition
Two Gillespie Middle School teams consisting of 8th-grade students placed in the top five in the Middle School Olympiad competition that took place on Monday, February 25. Gillespie students competed against numerous teams from schools in Macoupin, Calhoun, Jersey and Greene counties. The students built various structures and completed paper and pencil assignments that earned them enough points to win […]
Ben-Gil Elementary awards Habit Four winners
These Ben-Gil Elementary students were recognized for following Habit Four, think win-win. These students are kind to others and try to find ways to make everyone happy. First Row: (left to right) Lucy Peterson, Maybeline Davis, Levi Wallace, Patrick Feldman, Nicky Austin, Abigail Phillips, Marley Auffarth, Parish Younker, Gabe Yeager Second Row: (left to right) Kristina […]
GMS announces January leaders of the month
Gillespie Middle School announced on Tuesday their leaders of the month for January. Receiving the award include Elissa Cline, Audrey Layton, Kennedy Helmkamp, Isabelle Balzraine, Collyn Oberkfell, and Jack Voyles. Elissa Cline, daughter of Kellyn and Justin Peoples, has been chosen by Mr. Bertagnolli as a student leader in physical education because she works hard and displays […]
Academic, financial achievement take center stage at school board meeting
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night renewed Supt. Joe Tieman’s contract for another year and made several other, more minor personnel decisions, but it was the district’s recent financial and academic achievements that took center stage. High School Principal Shane Owsley reported to the board that he […]
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