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Nine students from Eastland High School were inducted into membership of the National Honor Society in a ceremony on November 14th: Adam Awender, Eleanor Hanviriyapunt, Trevor Janssen, Molly McKenna, Lily Mullen, Caylie Schubert, Madison Schubert, Peyton Spears, and Jonathan Spoerlein. They are joined by eight seniors who are current members: Kennidee Bryant, Kennedy Burkholder, Ella Gunderson, Isabelle Lego, Jason Prowant, Ryan Sauer, Gracie Steidinger, and Jenica Stoner. Students were...
Twenty-two members of the River Ridge FFA Chapter traveled to Lena to compete in the Section One FFA Agronomy Career Development Event on November 14th along with thirteen other schools from across our section. In the agronomy CDE students are tested on their ability to identify insects, weeds, crop seeds, and agriculture machinery/equipment. They also were graded on how they placed classes of soybeans and corn and took a written test that tested their knowledge on production agriculture. This...
Nine members of the River Ridge FFA Chapter attended the 96th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis November 1st-3rd. There were over 60,000 people attending this year's convention which hosts a variety of events for the students to participate in. One of the events that the students enjoyed was the college fair which included universities, community colleges, technical colleges and private colleges from across the country. In addition to the college fair there is a trade show with some of...
Scales Mound FFA members attended the Section 1 FFA Land Use career development event (CDE) hosted by the Pecatonica FFA Chapter on September 20. Varsity team members, Josie Vandigo and Katherine Bilderback placed first and second respectively, while Kamran Meftahi placed tenth overall with the team capturing first place. Eleven members of the basic horticulture class also competed at the CDE as a part of their unit soils. While at the contest, students evaluated the quality and characteristics...
4+ Enver Ahmedi, Addison Albrecht, Cora Boop, Ruby Dickerson, Avery Engle, Morgan Flynn, Dolan Geerts, Lynnea Groezinger, Arthur Horn, Matthew Johnson, Edoardo Marcolin, Gwendoline Miller, Micaela Miller, Amie Richmond, Isaac Rife, Evelyn Walters, Kathryn Cobine, Kayla Diehl, Camden Flack, Aizlynn Griffiths, Nathan Haas, Lucius Mendenhall, Elaina Doms, Sawyer Fry, Jaime Miller, Samuel Rife, Gracie Schnitzler, Sarah Winter, Hamish Boden, Nicholas Cobine, Chloe Nemon 3.50 - 3.999 Millicent Boden, Kaytlyn Booras, Macey Fulton, Lucas Holland,...
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program at Highland Community College is thriving with more students, and additional faculty, and is partnering with the YWCA of Northwest Illinois for a joint open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Children’s Hands-On Museum located at Lincoln Mall in Freeport. “The spotlight and resources Illinois brought to the early childhood profession in the last couple of years have provided exciting opportunities for our early childhood community,” said Melissa Johnson, ECE instructor at Highl...
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois State Library and the Illinois Center for the Book are co-sponsoring Family Reading night, Thursday, November 16. 5 Ways to Became a great Reader: - Read every day. - Read about things you like. - Read everything you can, like maps, comics, recipes, signs, posters, magazines and catalogs. - Take a book along wherever you go. - Use your library often. The Lanark Public Library encourages your child to visit the Twice-Sold Tales Used...
Naomi Mullen Conducts Undergraduate Research Naomi Mullen, from Lanark, IL, conducted and presented undergraduate research at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater during the last academic year. The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) offers a variety of programs aimed to connect students with faculty mentors and provide them with enriching research opportunities. This can be in the form of working alongside a mentor as a student researcher, or creating independent, student-led projects with a mentor's help. Mullen, who is studying...
The River Ridge FFA Chapter has had a busy fall! Chapter members have participated in multiple events that have helped develop their leadership skills and have had the opportunity to both participate in and facilitate conferences and workshops. All Greenhands (first year FFA members) were invited to attend the Greenhand Workshop at Highland Community College in September. Students were broken out into twelve groups and learned about different competitions, FFA etiquette and career readiness as...
The Lena-Winslow FFA Ag Sales team had great successes this year. The team placed second at the Section 1 competition, and proceeded to place sixth at the District 1 event, which took place at Blackhawk East Campus in Galva, Illinois. During this event, members had to successfully market and sell Pioneer corn and soybean seeds to a prospective customer. They must have a strong knowledge of the given product and be able to build rapport with customers. Contestant Mika Schoger says that her...
The Galena ARC now offers affordable art classes for Tri-State area homeschool learners. The classes will take place in the Galena ARC Art Studio, 11084 W US HWY 20, Galena, on the second Monday of every month during the school year. The first class will be Monday, November 13 from 1:30-3pm. Your student must register in advance as space is limited. Classes are for ages 6-14 and are $15 per person, per class. Registration information can be found online: GalenaARC.org/homeschool-art-classes Liz Larson, ARC Art Program Director, will lead a vari...
On Tuesday October 17, the State FFA President, Thaddeus Bergschnieder, visited the Lena-Winslow Chapter as a part of his Section 1 chapter visits. During this event, facilitators Thaddeus Bergschnieder, Owen Trone (Section 1 President), and Lauren Witte (Section 1 Sentinel) led our members through an escape room which ended with a discovery of the 'Three Circle Model' which includes FFA, Classroom Education, and Work-based Learning. Chapter members also filled out a goal card which allows...
The Galena ARC is offering several cooking classes this Fall. Lynn Kaufman will be teaching a Butternut Squash Lasagna class on October 27 from 6-7:30pm. The class is $45 per team or per solo registration. This healthy lasagna is the perfect fall dinner to warm up to! Layers of butternut squash, greens and cheese baked into a dreamy casserole. Perfect for those busy weeknight or weekend dinners! When registering choose gluten free or regular. This is a solo or team class. Teams can consist of...
It has been a great year so far for the Lena-Winslow FFA Chapter. With 18 new and 45 returning members, the chapter is thriving. So far, they have hosted and participated in a multitude of events including the chapter's Back to School Bash, the Lena Fall Festival Parade, and the Section 1 FFA Meet and Greet. The Lena-Winslow FFA Chapter also decorated the signs around Lena with autumn foliage. On September 20, members of the Lena-Winslow FFA Chapter participated in the Section 1 FFA Land Use...
The Illinois Retired Teachers Foundation recently donated funds for two Yeti Blue microphones and two boom arms to Jay Dickerson's classroom at River Ridge High School. "This microphone package allows students to record a professional-sounding presentation to upload to the class website, and provides an opportunity for all students to be involved in all stages of the production, with voice acting, sound effects, and behind-the-scenes digital editing," Dickerson wrote in the grant application. Si...
Stockton School District invites the public and district alumni to the Stockton Radio-Thon and alumni breakfast on September 30 with the opportunity to tour the buildings and see improvements made to the educational environment after a year-long expansion project. The district recently finished a remodeling project that allowed all grades to move to one campus at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. Six classrooms for the middle school as well as the chorus and band rooms have found homes...
Students from the River Ridge Horticulture class recently took a field trip to Rocky Waters Vineyard and Winery to explore the science of viticulture. Students had the opportunity to harvest grapes by hand and learn about the grape vines, which can have roots up to 90 feet deep. After experiencing how harvesting was done in the "old days" they got to see how the grape combine worked, a vast improvement over doing it by hand! They then walked through the process of destemming and juicing the...
Highland Community College announces the 2023 summer graduates. Graduates were awarded associate degrees, associate of applied science degrees or certificates. Byron: Carter Conderman, Associate of Science Davis: Madelyn Montgomery, Cosmetology Certificate; Isabel Ugalde, Medical Assistant Associate of Applied Science, Medical Assistant Certificate Elizabeth: Maria Bender, Associate of Arts Forreston: Elizabeth Gable, Associate of Arts Freeport: Natalija Beleska, Associate of Science; Aaliyah Bostic, Associate of Arts; Andrew Bowman, Associate...
The Stephenson County Association for Home and Community Education will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary with an open house on Saturday, September 23 from 1-3 pm at the Farm Bureau, 210 West Spring Street, Freeport, in the Lincoln-Douglas Room (use west entrance). The Stephenson County Home Bureau was organized on July 27, 1923. The organization was the result of three years of planning by a small group of women who had been inspired three years earlier when in December of 1919, at a Farm Bureau meeting, a Home Adviser in Kankakee...
Illinois Extension has recently welcomed Kathryn Seebruck to the staff in Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties. As a Crop Sciences and Agronomy Educator, she will work with producers and agribusinesses in the area to support the production of row crops and forages. A native of Byron, IL, she is very familiar with the needs of farmers in Northern Illinois and looks forward to connecting with them and providing information and resources as needed. Seebruck has a Masters in Crop Sciences...
Bradley University Update Bradley University congratulates the 900-plus students who earned degrees in May. The following students earned degrees: Griffin Wiegel of Apple River received a BSC in Construction Raeann Bergman of Stockton received a BS in Communication - Advertising and Public Relations In addition, more than 1700 students were named to Bradley's Dean's List for Spring 2023. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale. The following students made the l...
Highland Community College has formed a partnership with Oaksterdam University in California to provide HCC students with access to OU's comprehensive online educational content for cannabis education and resources, including its valuable alumni network. As part of this educational partnership, students enrolling in Highland's AGOC 134: Introduction to Cannabis course will have the opportunity to benefit from OU's expertise by accessing OU's online Budtending Certification Program and Video sour...
Highland Community College’s Clarence Mitchell Library will hold a One Book One Highland campus reading program this fall. Copies of the book, “What the Fact: Finding the Truth in All the Noise” by Dr. Seema Yasmin, will be available at the library for all students, and employees beginning on Aug. 16. The community is welcome to check out a book, ebook or audio version. “What the Fact” addresses how our brains process information, the challenges of mis and disinformation, understanding bias (our own and bias in information sources), algorithmic...
Birth to Five Illinois has published 39 Early Childhood Regional Needs Assessments, now available to both local communities and state leaders. The assessments reflect the strengths and needs in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) service landscape at the regional level. The publication of these reports marks a major milestone for Birth to Five Illinois, the State's equity-driven regional community system focused on understanding why families are not able to access ECEC programs and...
The Orangeville Lions Club is once again asking for your help! We are spearheading a donation request from our community where every student in grades Pre-K through 5th grade would receive a FREE book from Scholastic Books each month for the entire school year! No donation is too small or large and this will for sure take our entire community’s support! If you wish to donate, please make your check payable to Orangeville CUSD #203 and put “Scholastic Book Fund” in the memo line. Please either drop off or send your donation directly to the s...
