Interesting items found behind old lockers

Mrs. Susin and Mrs. Barnett retire

All of us at EHS would like to thank Mrs. Susin and Mrs. Barnett for their many years of service to our school district.  They both were extremely dedicated employees and always took the time to make students their first priority

Custodians get started on summer work

All of the custodians and student workers began the summer with Asbestos training provided by district maintenance director Paul Plopper.  This summer will begin with the replacement of the old lockers in  the 1927 section of Eureka High School.  Other projects include general cleaning and waxing, repairing the asphalt and concrete around the campus, and re-coating the gym floor.

EHS graduation held May 22, 2011

Congratulations to the graduates of the class of 2011from Eureka High School.  The class was recognized as being on of the best academic classes to ever graduate from Eureka High School based on their ACT scores.  Over 17 students from this class alone scored over a 30 on their ACT test.  Pictured below are ten of the twelve valedictorians:

Katy Boggs on the IHSA All-State Academic Team

“Congratulations to Katy Boggs for being selected to the IHSA All-State Academic Team.”

FFA Petting Zoo

EHS Hosts Honor's night

Congratulations to the large number of students that were honored on May 10th at the EHS honors night program in the auditorium.  Pictured are the Principal's Leadership Award winners: Katy Boggs  and Kristin Bloyd.

EHS Hornets at O'Brien Field

The Hornet's did a great job last night, Monday, May 9, representing EHS and the Hornet Baseball program. They beat Peoria Christian HS by the score of 12-2. Here is a photo just before their big night under the lights at O'Brien Field. Congratulations, Hornets!!!

Project Impact celebrates the end of the year

The students enrolled in Project Impact ended the year with a field trip to the paintball course in Mackinaw.  All of the students that attended this event have completed their required courses and logged the number of hours needed to recovery the credits they need towards graduation.  Congratulations to all of the students, Mr. Aldridge, and Mr. Whitaker for a successful year! 

Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture State Judging Competition

The Eureka FFA's Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture Teams recently competed at the state level competition. The Livestock Team placed 4th in the state, out of 107 teams; the Dairy Team placed 4th in the state, out of 78 teams; the Horticulture Team placed 22nd out of 32 teams. This year's competition was held at the University of Illinois, in Champaign, IL. Daniel Leman held the leading core of 511 for the Livestock Judging Team, Rebecca Kupferschmid held the leading score of 409 for the Dairy Judging Team, and Samuel Cottrell held the leading score of 430 for the Horticulture Team. This year's team members did a fantastic job practicing and preparing for the competition months in advance. Congratulations to this year's Eureka FFA Livestock, Dairy, and Horticulture Judging Teams for their performances at the state level!

Katherine Syndram (Jr) works on her floral arrangement for the Horticulture competition.

Harrison Frank (Fr) shows off his floral arrangement.

Mrs. Bertschi is honored

Congratulations to Deb Bertschi for being honored at the SAR banquet on April 14, 2011 with the Schweizer American History Teacher Award.  She is pictured with G. Gordon Bidner - GJB SAR Chapter President and Citizenship Chair

One of the Presenters During EHS Career Week

 One of the presenters, a dog trainer, her dog, and Mrs. Brown.

Morning Show Host for Power Radio 92

Go to the following site to listen to the Power Radio 92 show host talk about her visit to EHS during Career Week.
http://griffithd.edublogs.org/files/2011/04/Eureka-High-School-Career-Week-Power-92-3-1a66a6k.mp3

3rd Annual Career Week at EHS

The 3rd annual Career Week was April 11th-15th!  Twenty-two professionals came to EHS throughout the week to speak to our students.  An Emmy Award-Winning Animator, a Forensic Police Officer, a NFL Scout, an Early Childhood Educator, a Dog Trainer…just to name a few!  This was a great week for the students and community alike to work together in finding the perfect jobs for tomorrow's leaders. 

EHS students remember a friend and classmate

The Class of 2012 planted tulips in memory of Logan Sauder in October.  The tulips bloomed this week.   The following students helped plant the 105 tulip bulbs (one for each class member): Kurt Cottrell, David Crowe, Nikki Connolly, Jacey Hartman, Danielle Bill, and Lexi Bauman.

EHS hosts volunteer luncheon

Thanks to the social committee of Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Schrepfer, Mrs. Rieke, and Mrs. Jackson for organizing this year's volunteer luncheon in the EHS library.  Also, a big thanks to Todd Hohulin of 2Chez restaurant for catering the event, the volunteers for helping out throughout the year, and the students for acting as receptionists!

EHS WYSE team places in top 20 at state

The EHS WYSE team placed in the top twenty yesterday at the state competition. If they would count all of the scores recorded, we would have been 11th and in the top five of the public schools. Congratulations to Thompson Zhuang, who was a medalist in the area of Chemistry.

FFA Lock-in 2011

This year’s FFA Lock-In was a blast!  The night started off with a team building activity in which the members present were split into groups, and each group duct taped one of the 5 girl officers to the wall.  Laughter and smiles filled the room as the game started; the results were humorous to say the least.  This event was the prelude to a night filled with never ending games of dodge ball and basketball, plus a bouncy and lot of scrumptious food!  75 Eureka FFA members of all ages came and enjoyed a time of fun, food, and lots of friends! 

This group decided to duct tape their officer, Larae Zimmerman, sideways!

Taylor Dawson enjoying the fun!

Anna Sophia Christ, Jacob Leman, Tommy Kempf, and Matt Hill

EHS students attending PAWAC conference

On March 26, 2011, the Peoria Area World Affairs Council (PAWAC) will be hosting their annual conference at the Par-A-Dice Hotel, in East Peoria.  This year the conference is exploring the challenges and possibilities in Latin America.  The following students were awarded scholarships to attend the conference from the Eureka Rotary and PAWAC:  Brad Brewer, Christopher Crawford, David Crowe, Emily Cuffe, Jehanne Eveno, Erica Garber, José Hidrogo, and Chase Scherer.  Thompson Zhuang was chosen for the PAWAC National Scholastic Bowl team and will travel with the team to Washington D.C.  This is the first time an EHS student scored so high; this high score was why he was chosen to participate on the national team.  EHS Social Science/Studies teacher, Deborah Bertschi, will be accompanying the students to the conference.

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.