Teutopolis Unit 50 School District
Attention: Military Personnel PDF Print E-mail
Written by Norma Koester   
Friday, 05 February 2010 11:19

Attention:  Military Personnel

 

Do you know of anyone from the Teutopolis school district who is currently serving our country in the military?  We would like to recognize our military in a powerpoint presentation at the Vision 2020 breakfast on March 17 at the Teu K of C Hall.  $5 from each ticket sold will be used towards the Teutopolis share of the Effingham County Promise.  If you know of anyone, please contact Norma at the Teutopolis Unit 50 Office at 857-3535 or by e-mail to

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Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 11:21
 
Teutopolis Students Advance in Spelling Bee PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bill Fritcher   
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 09:47


            Two students from Teutopolis Unit 50 have qualified to participate in the Decatur Regional Spelling Bee, one step away from the National Spelling Bee.  Austin Johnson, a 6th grader at Teutopolis Grade School, and Eddie Siemer, an 8th grader at Teutopolis Junior High School, each won the right to participate in the Decatur Regional Bee based on their finishes at the Bond-Fayette-Effingham Counties Spelling Bee held February 26, 2010 at Mulberry Grove Elementary School.
            The top four finishers at Mulberry Grove advance to the Decatur Regional Bee.  Johnson, the winner of the Teutopolis Grade School spelling bee, finished thirdat Mulberry Grove, correctly spelling such words as agricultural, fallacy and analogize before going out on latitudinarian.  Johnson, the son of Andy and Sharra Johnson, was participating in the tri-county bee for the first time.
            Siemer, the son of Marty and Lisa Siemer, finished in first place at Mulberry Grove, with words that included luxury, labyrinth, infatuation, adieu, adjudicate, brigadier, cameo and ballerina.  This was the second consecutive year Siemer won the tri-county bee, and it will be his third year as a participant at the Decatur Regional Spelling Bee.  He finished in fourth place at Decatur last year and in a tie for fourth place the year before.
            Others advancing from Mulberry Grove are Mikayla Winters of Dieterich Elementary and Christyn Sparks of Ramsey Jr. High.
            The Decatur Regional Beewill be held March 20, 2010 on the campus of Millikin University.  The first place winner there will advance to the National Spelling Bee, to be held June 2-5 in Washington, D.C.