Teutopolis Unit #50 Schools

We will be giving updates on the Lady Shoes game in Fairfield at the Merry Mule Tournament.

The Effingham County Home and Community Education Extension recycles Christmas cards and transforms them into beautiful occasional bookmarks; Christmas included! Mrs. Nice and Mrs. Hotze are excited to allow the students at TGS to choose one of these 600 bookmarks during this holiday season! If you have Christmas cards or any occasional cards that you would like to recycle, please send the front cover of the card to Teutopolis Grade School. We will have a separate "Card Box" in the TGS Recycling Area (located near the office) for these donations. You can also donate new cards (Christmas or any occasion) that the Extension office will then forward to the Veterans' Homes in Illinois. In addition, this group donated school supplies to TGS; notebooks, bookbags, glue, crayons, etc. A big, "THANK YOU" to The Effingham County Home and Community Education Extension for all you do for our community and surrounding communities!

In Tech class, 1st graders typed Christmas messages for local residents in nursing homes. On their iPads, they typed the lyrics of their favorite Christmas song in a Google Doc. Then, they practiced changing the color, size, and style of font. Way to spread Christmas cheer, 1st graders!

To review the tools in Google Docs, 3rd graders spent the last few weeks typing letters to soldiers to send them some holiday cheer. They practiced paragraph formatting, line alignment, text color, text size, font style, and inserting images. 3rd graders shared their favorite Christmas song and even told a holiday joke. Thank you for your service, brave soldiers!

In Tech class, 2nd Graders have been working hard to write letters to Santa. They became familiar with the keyboard and tools in Google Docs. Their letters will be dropped off at Macy's as part of the Believe campaign. For each letter written to Santa, Macy's donates $1 to the Make a Wish Foundation. As a whole class, $81 will be donated to help make wishes come true! Nice work 2nd graders!

It took great teamwork at the Elf Games at TGS today!!

First Graders having Christmas fun! Thanks to our awesome helper, Megan Probst!

These students went above and beyond to complete our Book Challenge in 5R ELA for 1st & 2nd quarter! The book challenge consists of reading 20 books in a variety of genres outside of the classroom.​

Santa Came!!!

Reminder: School is dismissed at 3:00pm on Thursday, December 21 to begin Christmas break. Happy holidays from all of us in Unit #50.

Students in Mrs. Schackmann's class worked to construct the tallest free-standing Christmas tree using only gum drops and toothpicks. Through this experiment, students were responsible for planning, building, and determining what makes a structure stronger.

Here is a fantastic last-minute gift idea: https://goo.gl/08407R Available at the Unit #50 office.

Look at all our Cindy Lou Whos! What a fun day at TGS. Merry Christmas!

All aboard for the North Pole!

Mrs. Niebrugge's and Mrs. Ziegler's preschoolers sang Christmas carols and decorated sugar cookies today at TGS.

"All aboard the Polar Express" at TGS today!

Mrs. Meyer's 5th Grade Social Studies classes are learning about the causes of the American Revolution. The students were taxed by the KING and members of Parliament. The students were not a fan of taxation without representation, but had a lot of FUN! ​

Fire truck is loaded.

Parade for 8th grade champions begins in 5 minutes.

Grandparents are the Best! Sixth graders bring in the pros for assistance with their Christmas projects.