On Friday, November 8, 2019, Gillespie High School and Gillespie Middle School will host the Annual Veteran’s Day ceremony for all local veterans. The event will begin with a breakfast served in the school cafeteria at 8:15 a.m. for veterans and their student relatives. The ceremony will follow at 9 a.m. in the high school […]
School Board hires guidance counselor
With the start of the school year looming a week away, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously during a special meeting Monday night to hire Jill Strole, Marine, as a high school/middle school guidance counselor. The action followed a 30-minute executive session to discuss personnel. Strole will step […]
Twenty students at Gillespie High School inducted into National Honor Society
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 […]
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 […]
Construction Trades SkillBuilder club constructs 16 thin blue line flags
The Construction Trades SkillBuilder Club at Gillespie High School recently constructed sixteen ‘Thin Blue Line Flags’ as Christmas presents for Gillespie High School alumni that have served or are serving as law enforcement officers. Please make a request for your favorite cop to get a well-deserved gift this year by emailing Mark Goldasich at [email protected] or calling 217-839-2114 and […]
Carter, Bussmann crowned 2018 homecoming royalty
Gillespie High School concluded their 2018 homecoming celebration Saturday evening with the crowning of Joey Carter and Lexie Bussmann as this year’s king and queen. The weeklong celebration started Sunday with hallway decorating and continued through the week with dress up days, float building, powder puff football, a volleyball competition, chili cook-off, a bonfire, and […]
Gillespie High School releases 4th quarter honor roll
Gillespie High School released on Friday the fourth quarter honor roll for the 2017-2018 school year. SENIORS (class of 2018) High Honor Roll William Bertetto, Jaiden Braundmeier, Lauren Christer, Ally Clay, Alexander Everlen, Tara Fullington, Jason Hartke, Marshall Hatlee, Sydney Henrichs, Mackenzie Kasarda, Hannah Labby, Gary Manus Jr., Maya Marcacci, Elizabeth Niemeyer, Benjamin Polo, Adam […]
Partnership awards 23 scholarships in 25th anniversary year
A full 29 percent of Gillespie High School (GHS) graduating seniors were awarded $1,000 tuition scholarships by The Partnership for Educational Excellence at the culmination of its 25th anniversary celebration. Every dollar of these awards came from local individuals, businesses, alums, and foundations. Thanks to a generous response to The Partnership’s 25th-anniversary fund drive, $25,000 […]
72 graduate at Gillespie HS commencement
Gillespie High School graduated 72 students at its 2018 graduation ceremony on Sunday inside the high school’s gymnasium with a standing-room-only crowd. The bleacher seating was overflowing and extra seating was available on the floor for elderly guests, but some guests still opted to stand while attending the special ceremony. The ceremony was in shorter […]
Gillespie baseball retires Coach Stewart’s number, hosts donor day
Sunny skies and mild temperatures made for a perfect day last month when the Gillespie High School baseball team hosted Southwestern and Calhoun for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 28. The team also held a “Donor Day” and a “Coach Sam Stewart Remembrance Ceremony” at Lionel Fite Field at Gillespie. Gillespie picked up a pair […]
Five Gillespie High School students will receive Silver Medallion Award
Five students at Gillespie High School will be a recipient of the annual Silver Medallion Award, an honor for graduating high school seniors who rank in the top eight percent of their graduating class. Receiving the award include Marshall Hatlee, Adam Reed, Benjamin Polo, Tara Fullington and Hanna Labby. The Silver Medallion Academic Excellence Awards […]
Gillespie High School announces third quarter honor roll
Seniors (Class of 2018) High Honor Roll William Bertetto, Jaiden Braundmeier, Karli Carr, Lauren Christer, Jocelyn Drummond, Alexander Everlen, Tara Fullington, Jason Hartke, Marshall Hatlee, Mackenzie Kasarda, Hannah Labby, Gary Manus, Elizabeth Niemeyer, Chase Odell-Mueller, Alexis Ottis, Adam Reed, Haileigh Rife, Rylee Sarti, Kayla Spencer Honor Roll Abigail Barber, Sheila Bell, Serena Bertolis, Hayle Brennan, […]
American who witnessed Rwandan genocides spends day at Gillespie High
Carl Wilkens, the only American to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, visited Gillespie High School for the day on Monday, March 19. Wilkens’ family was evacuated when the genocide began, but he chose to remain to deliver aid to survivors. Along with about ten other foreign aide workers, they assisted the survivors (many […]
School board hires ag teacher for 2018-19
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education, meeting in special session Thursday night, voted unanimously to hire Kayla Wills, Carlinville, to teach vocational agriculture at Gillespie High School next year. Wills, who will graduate from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, this spring, was employed as a first-year, non-tenured teacher on a […]
Gillespie High School announces second quarter honor roll
Seniors (Class of 2018) High Honor Roll Jaiden Braundmeier, Alexander Everlen, Blaine Fritz, Jason Hartke, Mackenzie Kasarda, Hannah Labby, Maya Marcacci, Elizabeth Niemeyer, Benjamin Polo, Adam Reed, Haileigh Rife, Rylee Sarti Honor Roll Abigail Barber, Sheila Bell, William Bertetto, Serena Bertolis, Gavin Brown, Karli Carr, Lauren Christer, Cassie Clark, Ally Clay, Makayla Coss, Jocelyn Drummond, […]
Ageless 5K for GHS Construction Trades Class a success
With the exceptional weather, over 100 people joined the fun on Saturday evening, November 4, to support the Gillespie High School Construction Trades Class and Skillbuilder’s Club. The top finishers in the event were Brandon Slone and Rachelle Boeck. A combined effort among Ageless, event sponsors and the participants led to the event’s success that […]
Gillespie High School announces first quarter honor roll
Seniors (Class of 2018) High Honor Roll William Bertetto, Jaiden Braundmeier, Ally Clay, Alexander Everlen, Kelsey Farris, Tara Fullington, Macie Halpin, Jason Hartke, Marshall Hatlee, Mackenzie Kasarda, Hannah Labby, Maya Marcacci, Elizabeth Niemeyer, Abby Parker, Benjamin Polo, Adam Reed, Haileigh Rife, Rylee Sarti Honor Roll Abigail Barber, Sheila Bell, Rylee Bernot, Serena Bertolis, Courtney Besserman, […]
Gillespie crowns homecoming king and queen
A fun and traditional week at Gillespie High School ended Saturday evening at the annual homecoming dance where Nick Spencer and Paige Niemeyer were voted 2017 king and queen. Spencer is the son of Rick and Julie Spencer while Niemeyer is the daughter of Matt and Robin Niemeyer. They were crowned by 2016 king and […]
Gillespie celebrates homecoming week
Homecoming week kicked off at Gillespie High School yesterday, September 24, with students decorating their class hallways for the week of spirit, fun and competition. “Miner Pride” is the theme of this year’s homecoming and the school’s student council has a fun-filled week planned for students at Gillespie that started yesterday and will continue into […]
Gillespie teacher named Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction
Katie Weigand, a teacher at Gillespie High School, was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). Weigand was nominated for the award by a student for outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence. Weigand is a Spanish and social studies teacher at GHS. Each year, […]
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