FFA Section 5 Meats Judging Contest

The Eureka FFA hosted the Section 5 Meats judging contest at Bitner’s Locker in Eureka on Thursday night, the 24^th of February.  The team consisted of Brad Krumholz (Jr.), Virginia Ely (Jr.), Josh Robinson (Soph.), Matt Grimm (Soph.), Evan Knapp (Soph.), Brett Boertline (Fresh.), Nathan Steffen (Fresh.), and Cody Jones (Fresh.).  There were 5 teams total at the competition, and the Eureka team took 2^nd with Brad Krumholz, Nathan Steffen, Cody Jones, and Virginia Ely in the top 10 scoring individuals section.  A huge congratulation goes out to the team on their accomplishment at section, and good luck to them also for their upcoming district contest!     

(L-R): Brad Krumholz, Virginia Ely, Josh Robinson, Matt Grimm, Brett Boertline, Evan Knapp, Nathan Steffen, Cody Jones, Advisor Jason Bachman, at the Bitner's Meat Locker in Eureka.

Virgina Ely gets excited about meats judging!

FFA Week at EHS

It’s National FFA Week! To help celebrate and kick things off, the Eureka High School FFA sponsored the Ag Olympics in the EHS gym on Tues. afternoon.  The Ag Olympics consisted of an obstacle course filled with challenges such as a hay bail stacking competition, an egg toss, and a cow pie eating contest!  The competitors were other student clubs at EHS.  Student counsel won the competition by finishing the course with a time of 1:58, followed by the FFA with a close time of 2:04, and Operation Teen Safe Driving came in third with a time of 2:52.  The competition was an awesome time for the clubs and students of EHS to come together and celebrate FFA Week.  It was a great start to a week full of FFA spirit!   

EHS students helping cheer on their favorite EHS club in the FFA Ag Olympics.

Ryan Highfill does his best to represent CAPTAINS in the cow pie eating contest.

George Jones and Ms. Zeller try out their skills in the human wheel barrel competition for the NHS club.

FFA Ski Trip 2011

On President’s Day the Eureka High School FFA took a charter bus up to Devil’s Head Wisconsin Ski Resort, for a day full of fun, friends, and snow!  The trip was a great time of getting to know other members and enjoying the slopes. Add some hot chocolate to the mix and the trip was a success!

Pictures L-R: Payton Fehr, Elly Vance, Katie Simpkins, Dana Blunier, Paige Knapp, Molly Schertz ready to hit the slopes!!!



Students complete Wellness Challenge

CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS, WHO COMPLETED THE  EHS WELLNESS CHALLENGE AND EARNED A GO GREEN SHIRT!

Whitley Gregoire, Amanda Wright, Eric Coben, Rose Zimmerman, Alana Schlupp, Faith Ford, Laura Zehr, Lynn Walder, Jolene Wiegand, and Payton Noll
They all followed 3 simple rules from Tuesday through Thursday of last week and had a parent or guardian sign off on it.

1. No energy drinks or soda

2. No texting from 10:30pm-6:30am

3. Half an hour or less on computer/video games per day (except schoolwork)

Also, a big thanks to Mrs. Geirnaeirt for sponsoring the contest!!!

EHS StuCo gives away a laptop

The Student Council had a raffle during Snowcoming 2011 for students to win a laptop!  Tickets were sold at the home events throughout the week and cost students $1.00!  They were happy to draw Emma Zimmerman as our winner!  Pretty cool that she paid $1.00 for a laptopJ 

FFA Members Compete in Record Book Competition

This past Thursday, 19 Eureka High School FFA members took their Record Books to Princeville, IL, to have them judged at the section contest. FFA members that competed were as follows: Drew Bauman (Jr.), Matt Grimm (Soph.), Katherine Syndram (Jr.), Evan Zimmerman (Sr.), Brad Krumholz (Jr.), Samuel Cottrel (Jr.), Abbey Knapp (Soph.), Amber Leininger (Soph.), Ellynne Vance (Jr.), Dylan Woolen (Soph.), Tyler Bell (Soph.), Josh Robinson (Soph.), Rebecca Kuperschmid (Soph.), Jeremy Daugherty (Sr.), Gavin Arvin (Sr.), Seth Schumacher (Jr.), Jodi Blunier (Soph.), and Dan Leman (Sr.).


The National FFA Organization is made up of three critical areas: FFA, Lab/Classroom work, and Supervised Agricultural Experiences (this would include Record Books). Record books are a way for a high school FFA student to keep track of their financial standings during their high school career. There are two different types of Record Books, Entrepreneurship, in which the student starts their own business (i.e. A mowing company or a beef production operation), or placement, in which the student works for a specific company.

At the section contest students are individually interviewed by a panel of judges about their Record Book, and what it entailed. Dylan Woolen, Josh Robinson, Rebecca Kuperschmid, Dan Leman, Drew Bauman, Katherine Syndram, and Samuel Cottrel won their proficiency area and will be competing at the district competition on March 16th, in Geneseo, IL.

Seth Schumacher and Brad Krumholz

Jodi Blunier and Amber Leininger



EHS Cheerleading squad places 13th at IHSA State competition

Coaches: Jill Niemi and Krista Swanson
Captains: Kristin Bloyd and Ellen Wuetrhich,
Squad: Becky Beall, Chelsea Davis, Darci Eastman, Mackenzie Fuller, Kelsy Henry, Danielle Hodel, Paige Knapp, Brooke Marcille, Molly Schertz, Brianna Seggerman, Bree Selvey, Ali Smith, Haley Steffen, and Amanda Wright

EHS Dance Team at National Competition

WYSE team wins regional

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the regional WYSE competition at ICC on February 9th : Anna  Boggs, Kathryn  Boggs, Matt  Dillard, Jeremy  Gerber, Derek  Jennings, Belle  Moushon, Derek  Reinman, Simran  Sandhu, Derek  Scott, Evan  Stalter, Gabriel  Swords, Timothy  Wells, Thompson Zhuang, Emma Zimmerman, Colin Dewald, and Corey Dewald.

Local Eureka FFA Chapter Attends 212 Conference

Members of the Eureka High School FFA Chapter attended the National FFA Organization’s 212 conference at the Chicago Marriot in Schaumburg, Illinois on January 28-29, 2011. Members in attendance, pictured from left to right (below), are State FFA President John Edgar, Brook Leininger, Kyle Zimmerman, Austin Blunier, Sarah Kupferschmid, Landon Dietrich, and Logan Dietrich of Eureka.

The two-day personal development program helped students determine personal virtues and values, while creating personal action plans for achieving their goals. The conference also focused on good decision making and accountability.
Illinois held two 212 conferences with 341 FFA members attending the conference in Schaumburg and another 256 attending the conference held in Collinsville. The conference was open to freshman and sophomore FFA members.

212 conference program staff members are college students who are former state or national FFA officers. FFA is a national organization, of over 523,000 members, developing each student’s potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Local, state, and national activities and award programs provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills acquired through agricultural education.

Wrestling Regionals

IMEA All-State Conference

Congratulations to Evan Stalter (12), Dustin Smith (12), and Kelsey Henry (11) who participated in the annual IMEA All-State Conference. After rigorous preparation and auditions, the three were selected to attend the three day festival in Peoria from Thursday-Saturday January 27-29. Evan represented EHS in the All-State band playing euphonium. Dustin sang Tenor 2 in the All-State Chorus and Kelsey had the opportunity to be an Alto 2 in the Honors Chorus. In addition to singing and playing under the direction of extremely talented and well-known directors, composers, and arrangers, the three EHS students each participated in the All-State Conference Concerts on Saturday in the Peoria Civic Center Arena. Band director Todd Stalter and choir director Kate O'Donnell were able to attend many helpful workshops and clinics while in Peoria, and are very proud of their students' accomplishments!