Appreciation spotlight day 3:
💜We appreciate all of our paraprofessionals and bus drivers! Thanks for aiding in educating our students and driving them to and from school safely.
The second grade students had a wonderful time on their field trip! They visited the Ballard Nature Center in the morning and the Repking Dairy Farm in the afternoon. Thank you to all who helped make this a great field trip!
Teacher Appreciation Spotlight Day 2:
1st Grade Team - “One of our favorite things about teaching is seeing our students’ growth from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. We love sharing ideas with each other and sharing success stories about our students. First grade rocks!”
Mrs. Drees and her student teacher this fall, Miss Koester … “We love our great students, supportive parents, and watching the kids grow from August to May!”
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to spotlight some of our teachers this week.
💛 Our kindergarten crew says these are the top 5 reasons they love teaching:
1. Our Students
2. Our Kindergarten Team and TGS Staff
3. The funny stories we hear
4. The supportive parents and community
5. Watching our students grow and learn
💜 Mrs. Orndorff has been teaching 19 years in Unit 50.
She loves being one of the few teachers that gets to watch students grow up from 5th grade to senior year, and seeing the great musicians they turn out to be!
The TGS kindergarten play was fantastic!
Congratulations to our 5th place Effingham County Soil & Water Conservation Poster Winner!
Congratulations to Mrs. Wells, our April Social Media Influencer. Thank you for sharing all the wonderful things happening in your classroom!
1st Grade Entomologists! Students in Mrs. Kinkelaar’s class ended their insect unit by going on a Bug Hunt!
Mrs. Kreke’s kindergarten class and Mrs. Schackmann’s 4th grade class spent their buddy time decorating the school’s sidewalks! There were many great doodles, designs, and drawings created.
Thank you to the 5th and 6th grade band and Mrs. O for a fantastic Spring Band Concert! Congratulations to our two 5th grade recipients of the Outstanding 5th Grade Band Student Award and to our 6th grade recipient of the B&J Music Outstanding Student Award.
Fourth graders had an amazing day of exploration at the St. Louis Science Center today.
Mrs. Wendt's kindergarten class has adopted a few class pets! They are raising butterflies and ladybugs.
TGS preschoolers and their special person had a great night of painting!
These first graders from Mrs. Mellendorf’s class began a narrative writing project around Easter and recently completed the final step by reading their books to the class. They sure enjoyed spending some time becoming an author and an illustrator! If you know any of these students, ask them about their book titled “The Easter Bunny”.
5th grade reading classes hosted their own March Madness "Tournament of Books." They voted on a "Sweet Sixteen" to start. Then all students voted each round on a winner between two books. The 2024 book of the year for 5th grade was "Unstoppable" by Tim Green!
TGS preschoolers took a trip to the Effingham Public Library! Students toured the library, heard stories and songs, put together a craft, and enjoyed some play time.
Fifth grade students have been working HARD on their IAR tests all week!! Each student gets three tickets entered in a DAILY RAFFLE for prizes! These girls chose LUNCH with a teacher! Great Job FIFTH GRADERS!
Mrs. Willman‘s class took their phonics lesson outside and learned about the suffix -ful! We are thankFUL for this beautiFUL weather!
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Jansen’s class worked together on a STEM project. Students were asked to make a basket out of paper and tape. They were excited to see how many plastic eggs each of their baskets would hold.
TGS kindergarten classes had fun visiting Illinois State Representative Adam Niemerg's office.
