SMS Parents: Your kids are challenging you to a reading contest! Whoever reads the most pages wins! If students win, they get to walk to McDonald's for lunch; if parents win, students have to write an essay about how awesome their parents are. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2UlijAT
Moultrie County Treasurer, Stephanie Helmuth, spoke to the Sullivan High School Student Council about the importance of leadership and using your voice. Treasurer Helmuth is a 2004 graduate of Sullivan High School and former treasurer of the student council and the EIDASC treasurer.
Our very own Ally Elzy was one of Illinois' top 10 essay winners for the NPR Illinois essay contest, 'This I Believe.' For the contest, students chose a personal belief and wrote a 350-500 word reflection on that belief. She was invited to Springfield to read her essay for the Rotary Club, record her essay to be aired on NPR, and she also received a $100 scholarship. Click to listen and follow along to Ally's essay: The Problem With Statistics.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/i-believe-problem-statistics#stream/0
Thanks to Glenda Marks in helping Mr. Graham’s Environmental Science classes map the squirrel nests of Walnut Point State Park, calculating their dispersion patterns.
Winter Band Concert for grades 6-12 is tonight at 6:00 PM in the SHS gym. If you are unable to travel to the event, please watch it on our youtube channel live! youtube.com/sullivanschool300
SHS is offering a fan bus for all Sullivan High School students wanting to attend the Girl's IHSA Sectional Basketball Game Thursday night. There is no cost for students to ride the bus. Students riding the bus will not be charged admission to the game. The buses will begin loading at 5PM in the back parking lot of the high school. They will depart at 5:15PM and return immediately following the game. Students must sign up in the high school office by noon on Thursday. Please contact the high school office if you have questions.
Over the last couple months, Sullivan High School has installed new water fountains in several locations. Many of these are "bottle fill stations". Additionally, students are allowed to begin carrying water bottles to class, as long as the bottle is clear (not tinted). To give students an option for an acceptable water bottle, the high school office is selling water bottles for $5. Pick yours up today!
There will be a dance for Sullivan Middle School Students grades 5-8 on Friday, January 25, from 6-8. Admission will be $3.00 and concessions will be available for purchase. Please enter and exit through the high school commons. Proceeds benefit the junior class and prom.
Several NEHS members came in over break to put together a few surprises for teachers upon return to school. Such dedicated students!
Lady Redskins defeat WSS 56-32; will play in Knight Classic Championship tomorrow at 5:30! #onetribe!
Lady Redskins defeat Chrisman 58-9; play WSS next at 8:00 PM in Knight Holiday Classic
Lady Redskins defeat Cumberland 64-29 in Knight Holiday Classic; play next on Friday at 5:00 against Chrisman
SHS JV and Varsity Boys Basketball hosts LSA beginning at 6:00 PM in the SHS gym.
Unable to make it? Watch it live on our YouTube channel. youtube.com/sullivanschool300
Congratulations to Alexis Britton on signing her NLI to play softball at Kankakee Junior College today! #onetribe
Mrs. Kirby’s AP US History class was able to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library. The class was able to meet with a Lincoln/Civil War historian and do research on their end of the semester research project dealing with Lincoln.
NEHS went on their third annual Barnes and Noble trip today where they purchased 107 library books and 23 personal books. They focused on expanding choices for the newly-added 5th grade, increasing non-fiction books, and finding books that interested them personally. Not only did students work hard researching book choices ahead of time, they worked diligently upon return to get the books ready for check out as soon as possible. Each student has a book that is dedicated to them with a sticker so future readers know they picked the book for this trip.
Tonight's SHS Girls JV and Varsity Basketball VS Teutopolis game direct link the live broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=100SESxyicc
NEHS just received a $200 grant from the National English Honor Society for their upcoming annual Barnes & Noble trip. This will help with travel expenses and book purchases for the Media Center. The trip is currently planned for Thursday, 11/29. Pictured is Vice President Tim Lawyer.
Sullivan Area Arts Council hosted an art show for Octoberfest at Catherine’s Off the Square. Emily Simpson, a Sophomore, received a merit award and a check for $100 for her painting titled “Chlorine “. Great job, Emily!
Sullivan High School recently held a building-wide "Day of Service". Students were divided into groups and went out into the community to help with beautification projects. Areas served were: Wyman and Tabor Parks, the Civic Center, Eastview Terrace, Mason Point, and various points around the City of Sullivan.
