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Scales Mound Board of Education holds May meeting
SCALES MOUND–The following is a summary of action taken at the Scales Mound CUSD 211 Board of Education meeting held on Monday, May 15. The Board approved to continue the partnership with … more
Six members of the high school academic teams participated in the Bergstrom’s Stateline Quiz Bowl in Rockford on Sunday, October 29. Landon Miller, Turner Gurdak, Teegan Sabinson, Averi Sabinson, Maddie McKee, and Claudia Heidenreich were accompanied by JV academic coach, Joel Zink. Their match against Belvidere will be aired on television in January. Contributed photo
Six members of the high school academic teams participated in the Bergstrom’s Stateline Quiz Bowl
Six members of the high school academic teams participated in the Bergstrom’s Stateline Quiz Bowl in Rockford on Sunday, October 29. Landon Miller, Turner Gurdak, Teegan Sabinson, Averi … more
Scales Mound sets meeting dates
SCALES MOUND–The Scales Mound School Board met on Monday, July 18 and approved its upcoming calendar for the 2022-2023 school year. The dates for the board of education regular monthly … more
These River Ridge Junior High FFA members, from left, Gracie Allen, Allie Karberg, Amber Davis, Nick Cobine and Faith Morhardt placed first in a dairy foods Career Development Event at Lena on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Although this was the first time any of them had tried their hand at this competition the competitors, all eighth graders, came away with a win out of six teams from area schools. At this CDE students are tested in a variety of ways including detecting and grading milk defects, differentiating between dairy and non-dairy products, identifying cheeses, reading and evaluating a California mastitis test, taking a written test on the dairy industry and completing a team math problem. Three of the River Ridge members were in the top 10 as individuals: Faith Morhardt, Amber Davis and Allie Karberg. The high school team placed sixth out of 14 teams.
River Ridge students place first in FFA CDE
The 2022 Galena High School Trap Shooting team. Pictured from left: Coach Don Zink, Will Anderson, Elliott Blaum, Sam Keene-Wienen, Tyler Temperly, Johnny Heller, Nick Handfelt, Kiera Linenfelser, Landon Casper and coach Brett Temperly.
Galena Trap Team Competes at State: Tyler Temperly named to the all-state team
GALENA–The Galena High School Trap Shooting team wrapped up their spring season at the Illinois State High School Clay Target League state tournament at Brittany Shooting Range in Bunker Hill … more
Galena selects student board member
GALENA–The Galena School Board will have a new member seated at its meetings after this month as the board has selected its student representative. At its July 18 board meeting, the board … more
Outstanding CTE students: Jo Daviess-Carroll CTE Academy honors 15 students from six area high schools
Galena High School Averi Hewitt, Criminal justice Julia Holland, Health occupations Jaelynn Stroyan, Cooperative education Perla Suarez Perez, Early childhood … more
St. Joseph School, Sinsinawa, celebrated eighth grade graduation on Saturday, May 21. Father Peter Auer officiated the 6 p.m. Mass followed by a reception in the school gym. Pictured are, back row from left: Jennifer McDermott, teacher; Kitty Mumm, teacher; Rev. Peter Auer; Barbara Wills, principal; front row: Nicholas Busch, Alexandra Sheehan, Mariah Yeager and Andrew Martin.
St. Joseph School honors graduates
First Communion was celebrated at St. Joseph Parish, Sinsinawa, on Sunday, May 1. Father Peter Auer officiated the 8:30 a.m. Mass. Pictured are, back row from left: Dr. Becky Lee, teacher; Rev. Peter Auer; and Barbara Wills, principal; Front row: Fitzgerald Runde, Arabella Leibfried, Lillie Eastlick, Celia Berning and Harrison Koltes.
St. Joe’s celebrates communion
HCC Foundation seeks nominations for alumni awards
The Highland Community College Foundation is seeking nominations for its 26th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. Recipients will be honored with a ceremony at the foundation’s gathering on … more
Josie Korte and Jacob Duerr won the Building Communities National Chapter Award. Building Communities is designed to encourage the local development of FFA partnerships with alumni affiliates and other organizations while taking a leadership role in making the community a better place to live and work. Cargill is the statewide sponsor of this award.
Scales Mound FFA
SCALES MOUND–Members of the Scales Mound FFA chapter attended the 94th annual Illinois State FFA Convention June 14-16 along with more than 5,000 other FFA members, advisors, and guests. The … more
Trevor Grube and Conner Tippett were two of four alumni members of the River Ridge FFA Chapter who received their American FFA degrees at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Also receiving their degrees were Kylie Hiher and Charlie Schnitzler. Less than one percent of all FFA members achieve this highest of distinctions. To qualify, students must have 50 hours of community service, documented earnings of a minimum of $10,000 with their Supervised Agriculture Experience project and a detailed record book of the time investment in their years-long project(s), which includes at least one year post high school.
River Ridge FFA alumni receive degrees
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