Friendly reminder of the School Improvement Early Dismissal on 3/8/24:
TGS - 1:10 Walkers & Parent Pickup;
TJHS - 1:15 Walkers & Parent Pickup;
THS - 1:05 Seniors, 1:07- Juniors, 1:10 - Fresh/Soph;
Early Bus at 1:00, Regular Bus at 1:15, Late Bus at 1:30
On Thursday, four FFA members competed in the Section 20 Meat Judging CDE. Members were tasked with identifying retail cuts of Beef and Pork Cuts, calculating the quality grades of Beef and Pork Carcasses, and ranking retail cuts according to quality. They placed 6th as a team and Avry Kreke placed 8th as an individual!
Congratulations to the following students for receiving a first at solo and ensemble contest this past weekend: Elaina Gaffin, Lilli Wernsing, Mary Jane Dennis, Blake Vahling, Casey Deters, Ben Esker and Joni Beckman.
Thank you to Webster Tire and Auto for showing our Drivers Ed students how to change & air up a tire and how to jump start a vehicle! Also, thanks to our Transportation Director Tim Order for helping out, too!
Advanced Foods class enjoyed preparing 4-layer dessert in their handmade aprons last week!
Join the Wooden Shoe Tradition, or share with someone that might be interested.
Teaching and Support Positions - https://5il.co/2feur
Extra-Curricular Positions - https://5il.co/2feut
Thank you to Distress Bandanna and Ameren Illinois for presenting our Driver Ed students with lots of good safety tips, especially what to do if they ever encounter a downed power line.
1. Assume all downed lines are energized.
2. Do not drive over downed power lines.
3. Stay in your car.
4. If in danger, jump away from the car and land with both feet together. Shuffle step with your feet close together until you are at least 35 feet from the downed power line.
Thank you to Brent McMahon from McMahon Meats for helping with the Class of 2025 fundraiser! Today he was able to present the donation to our Junior class officers; Andrew Probst, Oliver Lee and Kacie Habing.
Thanks to the Teutopolis Education Foundation, students in Mrs. Mette's English II classes are able to utilize the graphic novel version of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Students are able to further analyze the characters through the Shakespeare text and through the visual representations in the graphic novel version.
Congratulations to Mallory Bloemer and Conner Beckman on their recent accomplishments in the weight room. Mallory became only the second female ever at THS to join the 500 Pound Club, she also broke our power clean record with a lift of 150 pounds. Conner became only the third male ever to join the 1,000 Pound Club
To conclude FFA Week activities at the High School, students participated in Tractor Drive-In Day! We have 12 tractors on display today at THS!
The Board of Education will have a special meeting on February 24, 2024 at 8:00am at the Unit Office. The agenda can be found here - https://5il.co/2f765
Athletic PE at the high school recently completed another Max Week. There was a lot of movement on our boards. A lot of our kids are in-season athletes as well!! #GoShoes 💪👞
Teutopolis High School participated in the ACES Academic Challenge held at Lake Land College. The team placed 3rd in division 700. Several individuals placed in the top three for subject area content.
Biology - Landyn Buening - 1st
Biology - Anabelle Habing - 3rd
Chemistry - Luke Dennis - 3rd
English - Nick Blickem - 1st
English - Jenny Bloemer - 1st
English - Colin Burke - 1st
English - Olivia Copple - 2nd
Physics - Luke Dennis - 1st
Physics - Colin Burke - 2nd
Congrats to all!
Landyn, Nick, Jenny, Colin, Olivia, and Luke will compete at sectional competition on March 13.
Friendly Reminder of the School Improvement Early Dismissal on 2/16/24:
TGS - 1:10 Walkers & Parent Pickup;
TJHS - 1:15 Walkers & Parent Pickup;
THS - 1:05 Seniors, 1:07- Juniors, 1:10 - Fresh/Soph;
Early Bus at 1:00, Regular Bus at 1:15, Late Bus at 1:30
National Honor Society facilitated a school-wide valentines project by providing homerooms with materials to make cards. Emma Deters and TaNeal Einhorn delivered over 200 handmade valentines and a monetary gift to Lakeland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center and StoneBridge to show residents love this Valentine's Day.
It was a great night at the TGS and TJHS Band Concert!
Nick Blickem and Landyn Buening earned tuition waivers from Lake Land College at the ACES Academic Competition held on February 2nd. Landyn was a top scorer in Biology and Nick was a top scorer in English. Congratulations boys!
3D Solid Modeling class designed and 3D printed a license plate for the district's side by side!
Anna Probst and Ava Ruholl competed in a tough Poetry Out Loud regional in Urbana last night. Although they did not advance to state, they represented THS well. We are proud of you!
