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....
A Gillespie Middle School teacher was among several public-school educators Pre-K through 12 who received a grant from the Illinois Retired Teachers Association Foundation (IRTAF). In...
This story is contributed by a member of the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – An unprecedented overhaul of how Illinois funds public schools is on its...
Superintendent Joe Tieman reported to school board members on Monday evening during the district’s monthly board meeting that the state of Illinois has missed their first...
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...
Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 has accepted a proposed $4 million settlement from Union Pacific in connection to the 2009 mine subsidence loss of the...
Meeting in special session Wednesday night, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Lee Harrison, Morrisonville, as the district’s art...
Tieman urges board members to attend funding formula event Community Unit School District 7 Supt. Joe Tieman unveiled tentative plans for a new middle school science...
School board members of the Gillespie Community Unit School District met in special session Monday evening, July 10, to accept the resignation of an art and...
On a motion by School Board President Mark Hayes, seconded by Dennis Tiburzi, the board unanimously approved student fees for the 2017-18 school year during the...
With one dissenting vote, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night approved projects to pave two areas behind the Gillespie high...
Class of 2017 (Seniors) High Honor Roll Emily Barylske, Ronald Bertolino, Addison Bryant, Daniel Dobrino, Hannah Doty, Emily Elizondo, Jacob Goodson, Shawn Grant, Michael Griffith, Thomas...
Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 recently announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program, which will provide free meals that meet SFSP federal...
Gillespie Middle School released their May leaders of the month on Wednesday morning. Earning the honor for the school’s last month of attendance was Brock Doty,...
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...
Gillespie High School held its 109th annual commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2017 on Sunday, May 21 inside the high school’s gymnasium with the...
Gillespie High School seniors picked up their diplomas on Sunday, but Saturday was a time for them to reflect on their high school tenure, pray and...
Ally Bires of Gillespie was one of five recipients to receive an Olin Scholarship. Bires, the daughter of John and Ann Bires, is a senior at...
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...
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...
