EHS student places at Corn Belt Art Show

Congratulations to Anthony Myers, who placed 3rd in Painting at the March 3rd art show at Bloomington Central Catholic High School.

Poetry for the President contest winner

A big thanks to Ms. Blunier for her work with students on the Poetry for the President contest.  She had 6 students complete and submit a poem on Ronald Reagan. Of the poems submitted, Nicole Connolly of Eureka, who is pictured with  Ronda Cross - Regional Supt of Schools, was selected to represent the MPW Regional Office of Education  in the Area II contest. She will be competing against 8 other high school students from northwest region of the state. Congratulations to Nicole and Ms Blunier!!!

Link to CUSD 140 Student Survey

Click on the link below to go to the CUSD 140 Student Surveyhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CUSD_140_student_survey

WYSE team advances to state

Congratulations to the following students who made up the team that placed second to U-High at the WYSE sectional competition at Bradley on Wednesday. They will now be advancing to the state competition on April 13th. Following the student’s name is the area in which they were a medalists
Anna Boggs

Katy Boggs

Matt Dillard

Jeremy Gerber- 2nd in Biology and 2nd in Computer Fundamentals

Derek Jennings

Derek Reinmann – 1st in Computer Fundamentals

Simran Sandhu

Evan Stalter

Caleb Wells

Thompson Zhuang – 3rd in Math and 2nd in Chemistry

Emma Zimmerman

Student Council attends convention

Eureka High School Student Council brought home many awards today from the Hopewell District Student Council Convention!  First of all, Michelle Leman received a scholarship for college because of her leadership abilities.  Ellen Wuethrich was awarded an Honor Council Award for her excellent work on the Student Council scrapbook!  Ashley Schrock received the Zach Swingle award which is honoring a freshman or sophomore student that exemplifies integrity, positive and energetic leadership, devotion to family and friends, and academic achievement.  For the first time since Mrs. Brown has been the advisor, there are two students being on the executive board-  Quint Noe is 2011-2012 1^st Vice President and Kyle Hinrichsen is the 2011-2012 2^nd Vice PresidentJ  The final recipient of an award was Stephanie Brown and she received the Advisor of the YearJ  This year’s Student Council has been Taking Advantage of Tuesdays- each week Mrs. Brown gives the students a task for the week from donating old books and agreeing to not eat junk food to giving free hugs and writing letters to people in the military.  This year has been an amazing year for Student Council- Our biggest event is yet to come….HOPE WEEK 2011 is April 4^th-8^th…please be on the lookout for events to come!  

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!

Kalla Gold honored for scoring 1000th point

Congratulations to Kalla Gold who scored the 1000th point in her basketball career last week versus Mahomet-Seymour.  Kalla, who is a junior, is the daughter of Holly and Bob Gold.  Follow this link to see her interview http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/sports/Gold-Rush-114682594.html?vid=a

EHS Competitive Dance Team



Congratulations to the EHS Competitive Dance Team for placing 1^st in both their Lyrical and Jazz Routines.  They also earned Illinois Drill Team Association State Qualification and will be attending IDTA State on March 12^th at U of I.  Allicia Mooberry (center) was also selected by the IDTA Head Judge as a Rising Star.  Rising Star Recipients are awarded medallions for their outstanding showmanship and performance.

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.