A new club at Gillespie High School is putting its skills to good use this semester. The Construction Trades SkillBuilders Club has been working on building a “Thin Blue Line Flag” for every law enforcement agency in Macoupin County. The club was able to finance building 20 flags after selling a bookshelf the club built and using […]
Carr joins Manar at state Capitol
Gillespie High School senior Zach Carr joined Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday as a page for the day. Carr, 17, has a strong interest in politics and learning about state government. His visit to the Capitol occurred during the final week of the Legislature’s fall veto session, […]
Gillespie’s Clark wins County Poster Contest
Gillespie High School’s Kennedy Clark was the first place winner of the Macoupin County Anti-Meth & Other Drugs Coalition ninth annual poster contest entitled “The Drug Free Force is With Me”. This year’s contest had over 100 posters entered from the six school districts in the county. “The imagination and artistic talent in our county […]
Bryant commits to play collegiate softball
Addison Bryant, the 17-year-old daughter of Mitchell and Justine Bryant of Gillespie, committed to play collegiate softball at Lincoln Land Community College where she will also study to become a nurse practitioner. Bryant is finishing out her senior year at Gillespie High School and awaits the spring softball season with the Gillespie Miners where she […]
Gillespie High School releases 1st quarter honor roll
Seniors (Class of 2017) High Honor Roll Ronald Bertolino, Allison Bires, Addison Bryant, Ryan Dopuch, Hannah Doty, Emily Elizondo, Liberty Hartley, Maria Heymans, Mackenzie Ikerman, Nicholas Jarman, Mari Katich, Seth Korunka, Diana Lienemann, Justine Muechler, Amanda Schmidt, Abigail Smith, Rayanne Thompson, Dakota Throne Honor Roll Samantha Alepra, Matthew Ballard, Cody Barksdale, Emily Barylske, Desre Blevins, […]
King, Schmidt voted Gillespie Homecoming royalty
Gillespie High School ended homecoming week with the student body electing Tanner King and Amanda Schmidt to reign as 2016 Homecoming King and Queen during the school’s homecoming dance held Saturday evening. King is the son of Micah and Mandy King, Gillespie, and Schmidt is the daughter of Weye and Nancy Schmidt, Gillespie. First runners […]
PHOTOS: Gillespie High School homecoming parade
Students and faculty at Gillespie High School capped their last school day of homecoming week with the annual homecoming parade through downtown Gillespie. The short-lived parade was comprised of fall athletic teams, homecoming attendants, senior homecoming court members, Black Diamond Days royalty, retiring GHS homecoming royalty and the class floats created last week. During halftime of […]
Gillespie High School announces 4th quarter honor roll
The guidance office at Gillespie High School (GHS) announced on Thursday the fourth quarter honor roll lists for the 2015-2016 school year. Students maintaining a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) throughout the quarter on GHS’s unweighted 4.0 scale are named to the high honor roll list while students maintaining a GPA above 3.0 are named to […]
Gillespie FFA members receive State degree
Three members of the Gillespie High School FFA Chapter recently attended the 88th annual Illinois State FFA Convention and met a milestone in their FFA career. Emily Harszy, Marissa Hartke and Amber Manus each earned the State FFA Degree during this year’s annual convention – the Illinois Association FFA’s highest degree of membership. They all […]
Smith is softball sectional coach of the year
Michelle Smith collected a new piece of hardware this week. She was named as a 2A Sectional Coach of the Year by the Illinois Coaches Association (ICA). The honor comes after Smith and her assistant coaches, Joe Kelly and Jim Matesa, led this year’s team to a new school record with the most wins in […]
School board approves $12,000 project to improve infield drainage at baseball diamond
CUSD 7 board members authorized the expenditure of up to $12,000 from revenue generated from a new Macoupin County School Facilities Sales Tax to improve drainage from the problematic baseball field infield area. In a unique arrangement, baseball coach Jeremy Smith agreed to pay the funds back to the district over a period of about […]
Gillespie baseball, softball players receive All-Conference honors
The Gillespie High School baseball and softball teams are well represented on the South Central Conference all-conference teams that were announced on Thursday, June 2. Players on the softball team received the highest honors after three were named to the first team. Junior pitcher Addison Bryant, sophomore catcher Mackenzie Kasarda and sophomore infielder Rylee Sarti […]
Partnership raises scholarship awards to $1,000 for 14 recipients
Thanks to the generosity of past and present “partners”, The Partnership for Educational Excellence was able to increase its academic tuition scholarships to $1,000 this year. The 14 Gillespie High School (GHS) seniors receiving the awards this year were given $500 each from named memorial scholarships; The Partnership matched those gifts with $500 from general […]
Gillespie High School celebrates 2016 graduates
Eighty-four graduates of Gillespie High School walked across the stage inside the school’s gymnasium to receive their diplomas on Sunday, May 22, 2016. In a shorter than usual graduation ceremony, the commencement opened with performances by the school’s music programs. The high school band conducted by Zach Simon played the entrance processional as students found […]
Gillespie High School names Prom King and Queen
The Gillespie High School prom was held Saturday, May 7 inside the high school gymnasium and seniors Blake Middleton and Lizzy Nance were named this year’s royalty by the students in attendance. More than 80 couples crowded in the decorated gym to participate in the school’s annual formal event decorated by the junior class and […]
Robotics program excels thanks to the Partnership
Superintendent Joe Tieman offered a report on recent accomplishments from Gillespie High School during the school board’s meeting last week, including being named by U.S. News & World Reports as a top high school in the state, and indicated that he would present similar reports in future from Gillespie Middle School and BenGil Elementary School. […]
School Board accepts chorus teacher’s resignation
Meeting in special session Wednesday night, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously to accept the resignation of long-time high school and middle school chorus teacher Angela Brink of Sorento. The resignation is effective immediately. The action followed an hour-long executive session during which board members discussed behind closed doors the […]
Gillespie High School releases 3rd quarter honor roll
CLASS OF 2016 (Seniors) High Honor Roll Samuel Clay, Stephen DeMartini, Taylor Dickinson, Abby Eccles, Rachel Emmenderfer, Elizabeth Fields, Elijah Fox, Regan Goldasich, Kaitlynn Hall, Emily Harszy, Marissa Hartke, Blake Hayes, Taylor Jacobs, Bailey Jarman, Amber Manus, Corey McAllister, Abigail Munos, Michael Ross, Adrianna Williams Honor Roll Paige Adkins, Josh Balzraine, Samuel Barylske, Madsion Buckner, […]
Gillespie National Honor Society inducts 8 members
The Gillespie High School National Honor Society inducted eight students into the chapter on Thursday, March 10, in the high school cafeteria. Inducted into the chapter this year were Ally Bires, Addison Bryant, Hannah Doty, Eli Fox, Jacob Martin, Chandler McDaniel, Amanda Schmidt and Tate Wargo. They join current members Blake Hayes (president), Regan Goldasich […]
High school Student Council hosting blood drive Mar. 18
The Gillespie High School Student Council will be hosting a blood drive on March 18 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the high school gym and wants to invite the public to participate this year. All students 17 years and older are eligible to donate blood and students 16 can donate with parent consent. […]
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