Marching Band receives another honor

EHS marching band was named Division III band of the year according to the official website for all things "marching band" in Illinois. See details in the link below. This is the third year in a row that they have received this honor.

http://http://www.ilmarching.com

FFA Agronomy Team

The FFA Agronomy Team traveled to Metamora on Monday, December 15th, to compete in the section event. They identified weeds and crops and also observed land plots and what soils were on them. Overall the event was successfull and a fun time. The team placed 4th overall. The Eureka participants were Lana Wettstein, Jodi Blunier, Harrison Frank, Ally Miller, Nate Steffen, Larae Zimmerman, Madelyn Torri and Sara Molzof. The Advisor was Andrew Blackmer.

In the picture above, Larae Zimmerman is identifying a weed.



Scholastic Bowl

A big congratulations to the Fresh-Soph Scholastic Bowl team on winning their first tournament of the year at Midwest Central Saturday! The team beat IVC, Porta, Midwest Central, and Peoria Heights, only falling to Peoria Christian. Top individual honors went to Anna Boggs with 9 tossups and Ross Hettinger with 4. Also medaling were Erick Slingerland, Rebekah Coons, Jonah Martz, Dylan Knapp, and Steven Slingerland. The JV team of juniors was 3-2 for the day, also beating IVC, Midwest Central, and Peoria Heights. Thompson Zhuang won top honors with 9 tossups, with Belle Moushon second with 5.

FFA Day of Service

Day of Service at Maple Lawn

By: Ellynne Vance

This past Saturday the Eureka FFA held their annual day of service at Maple Lawn Homes in Eureka. During this time FFA members replaced a Retaining Wall and built a Pergola at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Center. With the many hands that came to help out, work was light and their goals were accomplished in only about 5 hours! Everyone had a great time working together to benefit their community!

Top: FFA members work on pulling out the existing retaining wall and then replacing it with a new one.
 
Center: FFA members work on building a pergola for the Noah's Ark Children's Center.
 
Bottom: Harrison Frank shows off his muscles while shoveling rock out of a dump truck.
 
 

Seussical is Coming to EHS

EHS Marching Band wins state competition

Congratulations to the EHS Marching Band for winning Class 1A at the State of Illinois Invitational High School Marching Band Championships at ISU.  The band also won caption awards for High Achievement in Music Performance, High Achievement in Effect, High Achievement in Visual Performance, and the Crowd Pleaser trophy.  In the evening Finals competition, the band finished 13th, becoming the first 1A band in the history of ISU Finals to outscore a band from a higher class.  This accomplishment caps off a great season that saw the band winning Class 2A at the University of Illinois Illini Marching Championships, as well as taking Grand Champion honors at the Pontiac Indian Showdown.  The band is led on the field by Drum Majors Katy Boggs, Kelsey Henry, and  Mackenzie Fuller.

EHS makes top 100 high school's list

We are proud to announce that Eureka High School ranks 52nd in the state out of all high schools that take the PSAE. This is up 47 places from last year. Congratulations to the teachers, students, and parents for this overall improvement. Follow the link to see how we stacked up versus others high schools in the state.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1854961,top-100-high-schools-1009.article