Bleacher and track project nearing completion

iPad usage increases at EHS

Several new iPads were distributed to the instructional staff this week to begin using in their classroom instruction.  Mrs.Brown and Mr. Bachman were also given two to use in the counseling office to help students with college and career selection as pictured above.  A big thanks to Mr. Durley for helping implement this program and providing the necessary training for the staff to use them properly.

Band starts competition season

Congratulations to the EHS Marching Band for placing 1st in Class 2A at the Washington Panther Invitational on Saturday, outpacing Metamora, Tri-Valley, and Lincoln.  Despite the obstacle of not being able to rehearse together for most of the school year  due to the stadium renovation, the band worked extremely hard from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday in preparation for their performance, and did a great job for their first show this year both in front of an audience and in full uniform.  You can see their next performance of “On The Edge” at this Saturday’s football game, and then again later that same night at the Pontiac Indian Showdown at 7:55 p.m.  The band is led on the field by drum majors Mark Crenshaw and Amanda Wright.

MAP Testing Has Begun

MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Testing has begun at EHS. During the past week all 9th grade students enrolled in Foundations of Science I were tested. This week all 9th and 10th graders will be tested in Reading. Next week all 9th and 10th graders will be tested in Math. Results are uploaded to the tesing site and made available to teachers. A second round of this testing will take place in January and a third round in April-May.

NHS Announcement

The NHS induction ceremony has been moved to Thursday, October 4 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. It will be held in the HS cafeteria with a reception to follow.

EHS students sign up for Dual Credit courses

Juniors and seniors signed up for a variety of ICC dual credit courses at EHS on Tuesday.  Students met with Sharon Gilbert, who is the ICC dual credit coordinator, to complete the registration process.  A variety of courses are offered this fall for college credit including:

ENGL 110 Mr. Streit Communication (1st in sequence in writing) College Prep English

HIST 117 Ms. Bertschi Social & Behavioral Sciences Early Western Civilizations

HIST 201 Ms. Bertschi Social & Behavioral Sciences ACS

MATH 110 Ms. Willi Mathematics (Group I) Concepts of Math

MATH 111 Ms. Willi Mathematics (Group I) General Education Statistics

MATH 165 Ms. Willi Mathematics (Group I) Calculus (ICC Precalculus)

MUS 150 Mr. Stalter Fine Arts Music Appreciation

ART 110 Mr. Wells Fine Arts Art Appreciation

PHYSC 114 Mr. Bill Physical Science Astronomy

BUS 110 Ms. Zeller Elective Introduction to Business

PSY 110 Mr. Miller Social & Behavioral Sciences Psychology

Video of pressbox installation

EHS welcomes new staff members

Mrs. Anna Roorda - Language Arts

Ms. Laura Zehr - Science

Mrs. Michelle Monk- Science

Mr. Kelly Nichols - Assistant Principal

Work on new track and bleachers continues

Summer contact days in full swing

Many of the extracurricular programs are busy this summer preparing for their upcoming seasons.  Each sport is allotted 25 contact days by the IHSA in the summer to meet with their athletes to work out.    Pictured is Coach Charlton and the football players getting in a sprint workout early Tuesday morning.

Bleacher project gets underway

Travel club takes another trip

Mr. Wells and his wife left today with a group of EHS students and chaperones for a trip to Spain, Italy, and France.  Also attending the trip is former teacher and coach - Don Samford.

Coach K competes at state

Congratulations to Coach Kellen Ehrenhardt for placing at the State Special Olympics meet as part of the 4x400 relay who placed 2nd overall.  Also pictured are teachers Jerry Prina, Aaron Dohner, and Brett Charlton.  Also there to support Kellen was Brett Charlton jr. and Dylan Troyer.

Boys track finishes season by earning medals in three events at state meet

Congratulations to the following EHS students who medaled at the state meet in Charleston:

The 4 X 400 relay of Phil Schmidgall (So.), Austin McKee (Jr.), Brett Charlton (Fr.), and Alex Hunt (Jr.) placed 5th with a time of 3:24.85

The 4 X 100 consisting of Carter Vance (Jr.), Austin McKee (Jr.), Phil Schmidgall (So.), and Alex Hunt (Jr.) ran a 44.09 to place ninth
 
and Alex Hunt also placed ninth in the 400 with a time of 51.05

Girls Track finishes 8th at state meet as Coach Samford calls it a career

Eureka's Jacey Hartman hands the baton to teammate Kalla Gold in the Class 1A 4X100-meter relay during the 2012 IHSA Girls Track and Field State and Field Meet at Charleston.

Many thanks to Coach Don Samford, who offically retired after the 2012 track season.  His career was highlighted by sixteen sectional championships, numerous state champion individuals and relay teams, and five state trophies.

Congratulations to the class of 2012

Graduation was held May 20 for the class of 2012.  The above seniors were recognized as this years top ten: Nathaniel Craig, Emily Cuffe, Rachel Fehr, Abram Frank, Kyle Hinrichsen, Quint Noe, Bradley Zehr, Thompson Zhuang, and Kurt Cottrell.

Work begins on new bleacher project

Spring 2012 Activities at EHS

Principal's Leadership Award

Congrats to Kyle Hinrichsen for winning this year’s Principal’s Leadership award at Honors night.

Top Ten Donators for Hope Week

Left to right: Jesse Garcia, Megan Hinthorne, Jonathan Siebert, Ashley Schrock, Kurt Cottrell, Tiffany Hinrichsen, Steffani Wiegand, Sami Feucht, Janelle Brace, Stephanie Brown 



EHS Prom 2012

Brad Zehr wins SAR award

Making the Cut on the EHS Ag Mechanics Team

Last Thursday, April 19th, Seth Schumacher, Jacob Leman, Grant Peters, Sarah Kupferschmid, and Logan Dietrich headed over to ICC to compete in this year’s FFA Ag Mechanics competition. This year’s competition involved a section for each of the following: Electricity, Carpentry, Welding, Surveying, and small engines. Jacob placed 1st in small engines, Sarah placed 1st in carpentry, Seth placed first in Electricity, Logan placed second in welding and the team got first overall . Along with the Ag Mech. Competition there was also a Horticulture contest. Our team consisted of Kyle Zimmerman, Eli Cottrell, and Harrison Frank. Out of 32 schools the team got first place at the competition.


Mechanics and horticulture take up a large portion of the Agriculture industry. The FFA promotes mechanics by teaching it in classes and through CDE’s. We also have a horticulture class that helps kids learn about landscape, types of flower, how to arrange flowers, and much more. Both teams did a great job at their competition. The Ag Mechanics team will move on to the state competition on Friday, April 27th at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

Left to right: Mr. Gardner, Jake Leman, Seth Schumacher, Sarah Kupferschmid, Logan Dietrich, Grant Peters.



Spring Clean Up and Landscaping Around EHS

The Agriculture classes have been working hard to get the school looking good for the spring.

Curt, Nate , and Matt mulching.

John and Noah raking.

Kelli and Lane weeding.

Pond cleanup.