Scholastic Bowl places third in the CBB Tournament

Congratulations to Scholastic Bowl for winning Third Place in the Cornbelt Tournament Saturday!  Eureka beat Olympia, Pontiac, and Central Catholic, falling to 1st place U-High and to 2nd place Mahomet-Seymour.  Top individual team honors went to Evan Stalter, with Caleb Sylvester in 2nd and Belle Moushon in 3rd.  The team is 9-6 for the season.

Denver 2011 –Eureka FFA Livestock Judging Team Competes at National Western Stock Show and Rodeo

The Eureka FFA livestock judging team competed at the National Western Livestock Show and Rodeo on January 8^th in Denver Colorado.  The team was selected by the Illinois State FFA Association to represent Illinois in the competition based on its Runner-up Performance at last spring’s State FFA Contest held at the University of Illinois.  The team spent the last 3 months practicing for this prestigious event.  The National Western show is one of the longest running livestock shows in the country.  It is often referred to as the super bowl of the livestock industry.  The team competed against other state championship caliber teams from all over the country.  On Saturday, the team evaluated some of the highest quality livestock many of them have ever seen.  The morning consisted of evaluating 10 different classes made up of cattle, hogs, sheep and goats.  In the afternoon, the team gave 6 sets oral reasons on the classes they evaluated in the morning.  The team consisting of Dan Leman (Sr), Gavin Arvin ( Sr), Brad Krumholz (Jr.) , Katie Krumholz  (Fr) and Josh Robinson ( So) placed 11^th overall.   The team was 2^nd overall in the Swine Division, 9^th overall in the Sheep division, 4^th overall in the Goats Division and 6^th overall in the Reasons Division.  Individually, Katie Krumholz placed 8^th overall in sheep, Dan Leman placed 9^th overall in Swine, and Brad Krumholz placed 8^th overall in Goats.  The trip offered a great learning experience to all the team members by allowing them to evaluate such outstanding livestock.  Other team members making the trip were, Allie Miller and Andrea Hunt.  The team could not have had this opportunity without the support of the schools administration, school board, and community sponsors.  The trip was funded by these great sponsors: Gold Level- Reel Livestock Center-Dickenson Angus, Silver Level-Carroll Oil-Chad Leman- Sam Leman Eureka-Blackmer Farms- Windmill Creek Ranch-Yoder Oil –EHS Solutions          -, Bronze Sponsor-McKenna Vet Services-Martin Equipment-Kelsey Farms.  Thank to everyone who supported the Eureka FFA Livestock Judging Team this winter.

Pictured left to right: Allie Miller, Andrea Hunt, Katie Krumholz, Brad Krumholz, Dan Leman, Josh Robinson, Gavin Arvin,Mr. Bachman (Coach), Jessica Robinson

FFA Canned Food Drive

Pictured are the FFA Members and the Eureka Food Pantry Members who unloaded the canned food collected in this year's FFA Canned Food Drive. Thanks to all.



Eureka Business Association Santa Event at EHS

The Eureka Business Association held its Santa Event at EHS on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The Student Council and the Abe Club at EHS helped out in many ways with the children's activities that were going on that morning.

"Recycle With Style" Contest

Pictured are the people responsible for sponsoring the "Recycle with Style" contest recently held at EHS.  L-R: Jim Haste from Bradfield's, Jodi Sullivan from Goodwill Industries, Josh Prosser, Kyle Hinrichsen, and Mrs. Terri Kuebler.



T's For Threes T-Shirt Design Winner

Ellen Wuethrich is this year's "T's for Three" t-shirt design winner. Ellen is pictured with Ken Baxter from Century 21.



State Agronomy

State Agronomy

By: Jodi Blunier
The Eureka FFA Agronomy CDE team competed at the state level on Saturday at The University of Illinois. Larae Zimmerman, Jodi Blunier, Nathan Steffen, and Lana Wettstein spent the day identifying live crops and weeds. They also took a test and completed a soil practicum. The team is currently waiting on results as to how they did.

FFA Christmas Meeting

‘Tis the Season to be Jolly!

By: Ellynne Vance

In order to spread some hope and Christmas cheer this holiday season the FFA hosted their Christmas party this past Thursday night, the 9th of Dec.
The 60 members present kicked off the night by collecting cans door-to-door to help benefit the FFA Tons of Fun Canned Food Drive. After collecting the cans the FFA members returned to the High School to weigh and sort them. The members collected a total of about 670 lbs.
The members then proceeded on to a night filled with fun, food, and friends! The FFA officer team updated the members on what is currently going on in their chapter and encouraged members to get involved. To wrap up the evening everyone assembled in the high school auditorium to watch a festive movie.
In honor and thanks to the armed forces that are serving overseas during the holiday, the Eureka FFA in conjunction with the Illinois FFA are making and shipping care packages to the troops. The FFA collected more than enough items to fill the 19 boxes they had, plus a few extra!
The night was packed full with lots of laughter and Christmas cheer. From collecting cans to eating cookies the Eureka FFA members enjoyed lots of fun and fellowship this Christmas season.

Clint Schumaker and Brett Boertline

 

EHS's Rhea Keller in the Nutcracker

Pictured is Rhea Keller (in the center) after performing in the Nutcracker Suite in Peoria. The Girl's PE classes traveled to Peoria to watch Rhea perform. Great job, Rhea!!

EHS Speech Team

Leading this year's Eureka Speech & Drama Team are captains Melissa Raney and Gretchen Schlossler, secretary Savannah Boisseau, and other officers Caleb Graber, Erik Slingerland, Brad Zehr, and Mark Crenshaw.

Helping to score for the Speech & Drama Team at the Limestone Speech Tournament are Constance Moushon, Jamie Wiegand, Corey Dewald, Colin Dewald, Courtney Moudy, Rachel Fehr, Katelyn Ellis, Derek Jennings, and Gretchen Schlossler. Seated is Mark Crenshaw.



Toys For Tots at EHS

Programming A New Perspective

Click on the following link and read comments by Mr. Glass and other interesting things.
www.bradley.edu/inthespotlight/story/?id=116606

Free Hugs

The EHS Student Council sponsored a Free Hugs Day.

Honoring a Teacher

Ms. Zeller was honored by a former student who attends Western Illinois University as their most inspirational teacher.

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

Eureka FFA attends national convention

Potential; the possibility of being or becoming. For an FFA member there are endless possibilities and they have infinite potential. Those who adorn the world renowned blue corduroy jacket exhibit these qualities of leadership. They look at a situation and see it not for what it is but for what it could become. They look at people and see them not who they are but how great they could become!


Last week our ten local Eureka High School FFA officers had an incredible opportunity to gather together with thousands of other FFA students from across the United States in Indianapolis, Indiana for this year’s National FFA Convention. This year’s theme was infinite potential; it showed us how every single person has the potential to do great things, an unlimited amount of potential. They heard from speakers such as comedian Josh Shipp about how we will face adversity in life, but how to overcome that adversity and use it to our advantage. They also heard from people such as The US Dept. of Education’s Arne Duncan and one of our National FFA officers Bethanay Bohnenbust.

The officers had a great time in Indianapolis going to workshops such as How to Use Conflict Creatively, visiting the cities art and rhythm museums, going to a Lady Antebellum Concert, and a rodeo that the city puts on for the National FFA. They also participated in the career show, learning about growing businesses in the agriculture industry and colleges around the states who have a major focus on agriculture. The officers that went grew not only as a person but as a team collectively and will now bring home what they learned at convention and apply it to our local Eureka FFA chapter.

Mr. Stromberger hosts guest speaker in his Algebra II class

Bob Hickock discussed his algebra experience with the students, and told how “one problem changed my life,” taking him from a low algebra student in high school to an engineer making B1 bombers.  Mr. Hickock did a fantastic job engaging the students and assuring them that through their struggles with math, success will come with perseverance.

FFA Bonfire Meeting

This past Thursday, Oct. 7, the Eureka FFA held their monthly meeting at the Blunier Barn in Congerville.  The FFA provided hot dogs and s’mores for the meeting.  The night consisted of two team building games, a brisk hayrack ride, and a bonfire at the end of the meeting.  It was a fun night of making new friends and spending quality time with old friends; everyone had a great time!

In the top photo are Katherine Syndram and Larae Zimmerman enjoying eating before the games start.

In the lower photo are the FFA members getting ready for the hay rack ride.

Marching Band wins Pontiac competition

Saturday night marching bands battled a constant drizzle at Williamson Field during marching band performances at the 7th annual Indian Showdown and presented amazing performances of music pageantry. Eleven visiting bands from central and northern Illinois, as well as an exhibition performances by Pontiac’s Marching Indians, delighted the spectators on hand for the competition. The event, hosted by the PTHS Music Department and PTHS Music Boosters, saw Eureka High School’s marching band being named Grand Champion of the event for the first time with the top score of the evening competition. They were presented with the newly named Tom and Laura Ramseyer Grand Champion trophy, named in honor of the chairpersons of the showdown during the competition’s first six years.
Saturday afternoon began with schools participating in clinics provided by marching band experts on the practice fields at PTHS. This year’s clinicians were Dr. Joe Manredo from the University of Illinois, Christopher Pitlik from Alan B. Shepard High School, and retired high school Unit 5 band director George York.
For the evening competition the eleven schools were divided into three classes based on school and band size, and competed for overall awards in each class as well as the award for the most outstanding percussion, auxiliary, drum majors, and music in each class. Eight judges evaluated the bands on music, visual presentation, and the integration of the two elements.
The awards for the evening competition were as follows:
Class AA overall awards: 4th place – University HS; 3rd place – Herscher HS; 2nd place – Prairie-Central HS; 1st place – Eureka HS. Caption award winners in Class AA were: Percussion – Prairie-Central HS; Auxiliary – Eureka HS; Drum majors – Eureka HS; Winds – Eureka HS.

Grand Champion: Eureka High School, Eureka, Illinois

Judges for the evening competition were Dr. Joe Manredo from Illinois State University, Illinois State University Director of Bands, Dr. Stephen Steele, Alan B. Shepard High School director, Christopher Pitlik, retired Unit 5 high school band director George York, and David Allen from the University of Illinois. Dan Swallow judged auxiliaries, Genaro Cantu of Wauconda judged percussion, and Kim Breen of Champaign judged drum majors.

National Merit Semifinalists announced

Today the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 56th annual
National Merit Scholarship Program were announced by officials of
National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Eureka High School is proud to
announce that  Derek Jennings and Rose Stoller were recognized
as a National Merit Semifinalist. These academically talented high school
seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,400
National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered next spring.

Eureka FFA Labor Auction

Written by: Ellynne Vance
(Eureka FFA Reporter)

The Eureka FFA hosted it’s annual Labor Auction last Thursday, October 9th, 2010. The Labor Auction is an annual event and is held at Les Reel’s Sale Barn in Congerville, IL. This event is the FFA’s only fundraiser for the entire year. The night got off to a great start with dinner, which was put on by the Eureka FFA Alumni. They served pulled pork sandwiches, chips, applesauce, and lemonade to drink. Katherine Syndram, this year’s FFA Historian and owner of local business Katherine’s Kakes, provided a range of different flavored cupcakes for the evening’s desert. “The chai cupcakes were delicious!” said freshman Jill Stoller.

The auction started at 7pm, with a festive mood in the air. When Ross Wettstein, a recent Eureka High School graduate and past FFA Officer, bought his previous Ag teacher and FFA Advisor, Andy Blackmer, the room filled with laughter. Between sitting in the audience and standing in the sale ring, FFA members of all ages had a fantastic night of fun and making memories to last them a lifetime. This year’s auction was a great success and the funds raised will help the Eureka FFA to continue it’s tradition of creating leaders in the community.

(Top Pic) Clint Schumacher stands in the ring while being sold.

(Middle Pic) Allie Miller and Jodi Blunier enjoy socializing during dinner.

(Bottom Pic) FFA members who were auctioned off.

"Go Green" is this years theme

“Going Green” is this year’s theme for Eureka High School. It is also our Homecoming theme as decided by the student council. This initiative came out of last year’s internal review process which produced this reflective question:

How can we, as a school, become more environmentally friendly and reduce our carbon footprint?

After meeting with the class sponsors and Presidents of each class, we have decided to forgo class floats this year for the following reasons:

1. The material used is thrown away and ends up in the dumpster which ultimately ends up in a landfill.

2. In lieu of classes building a float, they will have a fundraising competition during lunch to raise money for a local charity that we haven’t sponsored in the past.

3. One float will be built by all of classes together out of recycled materials. The charities sponsored will be listed on the float with how much money was raised for each one. This is to show unity as a school as well as to give back to our communities.

4. A large majority of the students do not participate in float building on a yearly basis. Most times the number is approx. ten different students total with most being class officers. This is for the entire two-three week period that the float is being built.

5. A combined effort to build a float will only take one week. This will be accomplished the week prior to Homecoming. The students that typically build the float are extremely busy with homework, community activities and extracurricular events so it should free up some of their time.

6. The money used to build a float ($300) can be better spent on the junior prom and senior trip. The class can also decide to donate the money to the charity of their choice.

7. The classes compete to win $200 at the end of the week so spending $300 each on a float puts all of them in the hole. On top of that, the freshman class typically comes to EHS with no money until they have a fundraiser.

Other ideas not associated with float building that help with our “Go Green” initiative include:

1. Spirit shirts for students and staff observed being environmentally friendly.

2. Large pop-bottle shaped containers were purchased to collect plastic bottles at lunch, during events in the gym, and at the football games.

3. The Science Club has renewed its efforts to collect paper products to recycle.

4. The majority of material used at class games will have been recycled. BTW: It will incorporate ideas from “Minute to Win It” and be held in the gym.

5. We are trying to move to more electronic communication and only sending newsletters home to those of you that don’t have an e-mail. BTW: We just finished setting up Skyward to send you this e-mail.

6. We are reducing the amount of color ink that we use to only items that will be kept by the students or used for promotional purposes.

If anyone has any other ideas to help us "Go Green", please contact Rich Wherley at wherleyr@district140.org.

EHS featured on Cool Schools

WMBD kicked off its High School Game Day "Spirit Poll" this morning during our morning newscast. The Bloomington Central Catholic HS vs. Eureka HS football game this Friday night is our Week Four "High School Game Day" game.

We urge you to vote for Eureka High School at http://centralillinoisproud.com/game-day
and vote to show our school has the most school spirit.

You'll find our Spirit Poll on the home page, along the left hand column of the page.

The winner of the Spirit Poll will be announced Friday morning on WMBD 31 News this Morning.

Also the marching band and our "Go Green" eforts will be highlighted on Channel 31 on Tuesday at 5:00am and again that evening.

Dr. Armstrong visit EHS

Brandon Armstrong, a 1999 EHS graduate, was a guest speaker in Mr. Bill's Physics class on September 1st. He graduated in May from UCSB with a PhD in Physics. He is currently doing post doctoral work at Harvard (Cambridge Mass.).

U.S. History Looks at the 90s

Recently, in the EHS Social Sciences Department, students learned about what life was like in the 1990s. Students from the junior class were born in the 90s and therefore cannot recall many of the major events that are commonly associated with that time frame. After learning about this era, the class will then focus back on early American culture and find relationships between the two periods in time. Students were given the option of writing an essay, creating a newspaper on poster board, or preparing a power point to teach to other students in class as part of their unit project. It is a different approach to the typical chronological way of teaching U.S. History, but in doing so, the hope is that students will have a better understanding of the similarities and differences of the past and present.

Eureka FFA Family Potluck

The Eureka FFA hosted a family cookout for this year’s members, at the Upper Eureka Lake Pavilion last Thursday night, August 26, 2010. It was a great turn out with kids and adults of all ages. The FFA provided hot dogs and brats, while the families brought lots of tasty side dishes and deserts. From fun interactive games, to listening to the officer’s share a little about what the Eureka FFA has meant to them, everyone had a enjoyable time and ate lots of scrumptious food!

Notification about PASS

At the present time PASS is not working. Family Access, part of our new Skyward Program, is in the "construction" process. Thanks for bearing with us until this is up and working.

EHS welcomes Mrs. Schrepfer

We would like to introduce Marilyn Schrepfer as the new assistant secretary at EHS.  She will be working out of the high school main office and her duties include maintaining the master facility calendar, operating the activity fund, and organizing the daily announcements.

EHS staff members participate in St. Jude run

Thanks to Curt Whisker, Dave Tapp, and Kim Willi for participating the Run for St. Jude. Some of the members ran over 20 miles for this great cause.  Also a big thanks to all of the staff and students that turned out at Eureka Lake to support them.

Illinois Consumer Education Proficiency Test (ICEPT) discontinued

Public Act 96-1061 removed a provision requiring the state to offer a consumer education proficiency test that allowed a pupil to be excused from the requirement that he or she receives consumer education instruction. Therefore, ICEPT is no longer offered.

EHS Supports St. Jude Telethon

• Several EHS students will be participating in the St. Jude Telethon during the teen hour beginning at 11:30 p.m. on August 7, 2010.
• Twelve people are representing the Eureka Community on the Bloomington to Peoria Run for St. Jude on August 7, 2010.  Come gather at the entrance to the Upper Lake Park at 1:00 p.m. to support the over 200 runners coming through at about 1:45 p.m.

Dance wins summer competition

The Eureka High School Varsity Competitive Dance Team recently attended a Universal Dance Association Camp (UDA) at Illinois State University on July 6-9. The team earned two trophies, qualifying them for National Competition in Orlando, Florida. The EHS Dance Team competed in small varsity with a jazz routine, earning first place. Twenty-three teams competed in both small and large varsity. The EHS Dance Team also earned a Superior Trophy, which double qualified them for Nationals. In the eleven years Rebecca Hack has coached the Dance Team, they have qualified for National Competition nine times. They have earned second and third places trophies, but never a first place qualification. Senior, Allicia Mooberry, also earned her third UDA All-American or All-Star Award. To earn this honor, dancers learn a routine at UDA Camp consisting of Jazz, Pom, and Hip Hop. All-American Candidates are required to choreograph two additional eight counts and perform the routine in front of judges on the third day of UDA Camp. The Competitive Dance Team is coached by Rebecca Hack and Ashleigh Hadfield.


Picture:

Back row: Kayla Axsom, Sarah Gardner, Allicia Mooberry, Kaitlyn McClean, Liddy Chavis

Middle row: Kyndall Singletary, Maria Berardi, Katrina Newell, Sam Newell, Trisha Pierson

Front Row: Coach Hack, Rachelle McClean, Coach Hadfield

EHS library gets new carpet tiles installed

Thanks to all of the building custodians and summer workers who helped install the carpet tiles in the EHS library.

EHS girls track team brings home the hardware from State meet

Congratulations to the girls for winning the 3rd place trophy at the State Track Meet Saturday. Winning State Championships in their respective events and bring more road signs to Eureka were: Kalla Gold - 400m dash Her time of 56.60 is a new school record 4x200 Relay - Shelby Kupferschmid, Elly Vance, Jacey Hartman, Natalie Puent Their time of 1:44.17 is a new school record and missed the state record by 4 tenths of a second. 4x400 Relay - Natalie Puent, Jacey Hartman, Kelsey Holman, Kalla Gold Their time of 3:57.13 is a new school record and missed the state record by 2 tenths of a second. Also scoring and medaling for Eureka were: 2nd 4x100 Relay - Shelby Kupferschmid, Elly Vance, Natalie Puent, Kalla Gold Their time of 49.63 is a new school record. 4th High Jump - Kelsey Holman 9th tie High Jump - Kayla Stephens

EHS Speech and Drama All Academic Team

For the sixth year in a row, the Varsity Eureka Speech and Drama Team has earned the honor of being an IHSA All Academic Team for having a 3.0 gpa. This year's team had a cumulative grade point average of 3.73 throughout its season. This is only the 6th year for the award by the IHSA and the team has earned it all six years. Making up the varsity team are (front) Erik Slingerland, Mark Crenshaw, Brett Roth & Emily Rhoades (captains), Savannah Boisseau, and (back) Derek Jennings, Brad Zehr, Caleb Graber, Melissa Raney, and Gretchen Schlossler.

Community Writing by College Prep English

College Prep students ended the semester with creative projects using writing to promote Relay For Life and P2D2, the Safe Drug Disposal program in Woodford County.

ICC news

All dual credit students who have applied for financial aid at ICC have received letters “Terminating” their financial aid. This is because we have all dual credit students use “Undeclared Major” on their ICC application.

They need to only change their major. They should come to one of the ICC campuses to do this. They may also e-mail Brandy Moore (brandy.moore@icc.edu) asking that their major be changed from Undeclared to their intended program of study. This will NOT affect their financial aid for next year once they change their major.

If you have questions concerning Financial Aid at ICC, you may call Beth McClain (694-5323 or bmcclain@icc.edu).

Tanner moves to NASCAR

Tanner Whitten , a junior at EHS, has moved up from USAC sprint car racing to the NASCAR Whelen Series.  In  his second race of the year he placed 3rd.   If you get a chance check out his web-site at www.tannerwhittenracing.com .  Click on the Media & Videos tab to view his recent races.  He could always use another fan in the stands!

Mr. Goebel wins award

Congratulations to Mr. Goebel for winning the IPA Assistant Principal of the Year award for the Central Illinois Valley region.

EHS competes in IHSA bass fishing sectional

Congratulations to the bass fishing team , who was lead by Forrest Punke to an 8th place finish out of 26 teams at the IHSA sectional at Evergreen Lake .

Speech and Drama Students Present Plays

The Eureka High School Speech II Class, instructed by Mrs. Diana Sluder, entertained the elementary students at Congerville, Goodfield, and Davenport Grade Schools with children's plays on April 22 & 23.
This year marks the 25th year that the Speech and Drama students have presented plays to District 140 students. Plays in the tour included "The Emperor's New Suit" and "Rumplestiltskin".
Students in the class are Alex Cooper, Alyssa Girardi, Jacob Hirstein, Derek Jennings, Wesley Johnson, Carson Mack, Erin Martin, Brianna Pierson, Molly Romersberger, Anne Schaidle, Taylor Schulz, Shelby Shaw, Lauren Van Houwe, and Emily Williams.
Watch for a Photostream to appear on this page in the next few days.

Hope Week Coin War Champs

Throughout Hope Week, the first hour classes participated in a Coin War against each other to raise money for St. Jude. The winning class was Mrs. Aaron's first hour Sophomore English Class, who collected an astonishing total of $722.80. Her class was dedicated to winning the Coin War in honor of their fellow first hour classmate, Logan Sauder.

Rhea Keller performance

Rhea Keller, a junior at EHS, recently performed with the Youth Symphony Orchestra in a collaboration with Peoria Ballet called Youthful Fusion to celebrate the artistic and musical talents of local area youth.  She’s been in rehearsals since September of last year for two shows, Nutcracker and Youthful Fusion.  She dances on average 17 hrs. per week, with rehearsals it adds approximately 9 more hours (totaling 24-26 hrs. per week of training and rehearsal time). EHS is proud to call you one of our own!

Matt Schaidle wins SAR scholarship

Eighteen Central Illinois high school students were recognized during the 11th annual scholarship awards banquet hosted by the Gen. Joseph Bartholomew Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. The Good Citizenship and Scholarship Banquet was Thursday at Bloomington Country Club.  The 2010 scholarship winner of $1,000 is Matthew Schaidle, Eureka High School, who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy, to study aerospace or nuclear engineering.  The program included a keynote speech by David Arnold, president of Eureka College, and presentation of pins and certificates to Good Citizenship award winners from high schools in McLean and Woodford counties.  Students were nominated by their teachers and administrators based on citizenship, character and scholarship. The SAR scholarship is from a trust fund established in 1999 by Arthur M. King through the Bartholomew chapter.

Logan is remembered by his classmates

EHS students painted their shoes yellow in honor of their classmate Logan Sauder on Wednesday.  Logan will always be remembered by the bright yellow and green shoes that he wore to school on a regular basis.

Logan Sauder visitation and funeral arrangements

Thursday night is the visitation in Roanoke from 3-7 pm at the funeral home.  Friday is the funeral service at Eureka Bible Church at 10:00 am.  CUSD #140 will be offering a bus service from the high school for students and teachers on Friday.  Everyone will board the bus after first hour and return to school directly after the service. Students will need to have their parents call in by the end of the school day on Thursday to let the attendance office know who will be gone either all day on Friday or miss just the couple of classes.  The funeral home has requested an approx. number of students and staff that will be attending so they can reserve space.  They would also like us to transport as many people as possible from the high school to reduce the amount of cars needing a place to park.  Please keep the Sauder family in your prayers!

Caty Eeten is Journal Star POY

Congratulations to Caitlynn Eeten for being selected the Player Of The Year in girls basketball by the Peoria Journal Star.