In other action during the Community Unit School District 7 board meeting Monday evening, the Board of Education accepted letters of retirement from veteran teachers Kelly Vesper and Kimberly Link. On a motion by Bill Carter, seconded by Weye Schmidt, the board accepted “with regrets” a letter of retirement from fourth grade teacher Kelly Vesper, […]
Two Gillespie students finish second in annual spelling bee
Two students of the Gillespie Community Unit School District brought home second place at the annual Regional Office of Education #40 spelling bee hosting in Carlinville on Wednesday, February 28. Finishing second for the district was sixth-grader Bryce Hohnsbehn, a student at Gillespie Middle School, and fifth-grader Landen Emelander, a student at Ben-Gil Elementary School. […]
Ben-Gil Elementary School kicks off candy sale fundraiser
Ben-Gil Elementary School is excited to once again be offering World’s Finest Chocolate candy bars and confections. Proceeds from the sale will be used for new technology to support the promethean boards in the new elementary school. The sale is set to begin on Wednesday, January 24. Students in kindergarten through 5th grade will be […]
Elementary students recognized as super leaders
Students at Ben-Gil Elementary assembled together last Friday, September 22, to celebrate this year’s “Super Hero” theme. Students learned about the power of choice, deemed their greatest superpower by faculty and staff. “To be a great leader, one must first lead themselves and we are all the sum of the choices we’ve made,” the school’s […]
Elementary school donates over $1900 to help hurricane victims
Ben-Gil Elementary School and an anonymous donor raised $1,961.20 to help hurricane victims by paying to wear hats during the school day on Thursday, September 7. After Hurrican Harvey struck Texas, Ms. Petersen’s third grade class thought of a hat day fundraiser where students pay at least $1 to wear a hat the entire day. […]
Students complete summer reading challenge
Title 1 reading teachers and literacy specialists promoted summer reading at Ben-Gil Elementary School by asking students to set their own goals for reading over the 2017 summer break. The children, with the help of their parents, set their own goals and decided upon rewards for meeting those goals. Participants that completed the challenge included […]
School board posts for elementary teacher
Board members of the Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 met in executive session for more time than they appeared in open session during the district’s regular monthly meeting held Monday, May 22 when they unanimously approved to post for an elementary school teacher following an executive session that interrupted the meeting for more than […]
Gillespie students win top spots at annual spelling bee
Three students of the Gillespie Community Unit School District brought home either a first or second place finish at the annual Regional Office of Education #40 spelling bee hosted at Carlinville Middle School on Friday, April 28. Winning first place for Gillespie was Ellie Wilson, the daughter of Jimmy and Stephanie Wilson. Wilson is a […]
Elementary student earns third place in Bourne’s art contest
Sheridan Stangle, fourth-grader at Ben-Gil Elementary, placed third in Avery Bourne’s 95th District State Art Contest. Stangle is among several other students in Bourne’s district that will receive a personal tour of the State Capital Building on May 11. Stangle is the daughter of Kevin and Crystal Stangle of Gillespie, and the granddaughter of Lou […]
Elementary school hosts PARCC night for students, parents
Students at Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 are in the midst of taking a standardized test known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The test helps ensure that all students are making academic progress and not being neglected. Ben-Gil Elementary School ramped up this year’s effort to help […]
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