
All athletic practices are canceled for tomorrow.

The Freshman/Sophomore basketball tournament at Sandoval tomorrow has been postponed.

From Spring Garden:
The Middle School dance scheduled for tomorrow night at the elementary school is going to be postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.

All after school activities for today are canceled. No practices or games.

The kindergarten USA show will be held next Friday, February 23 at 1:00. It will be in the elementary gym.


Information for Admission to Boys Regional Quarterfinal: (Monday, February 19) IHSA sets the admission rate for all post-season contests. Cash price is $5 per spectator. Baby-in-arms are free. All other spectators, including children, students, and adults, must pay and the cost is $5. No passes are accepted for post season contests.

Is your grade school student missing any items? Have them check the lost and found in the grade school lobby.


Webber Nation, I just learned IHSA E-Tickets are not required for our first round regional game. Therefore we will conduct Admission as we always have, cash box. We will have to follow IHSA Admission Pricing however and passes of any kind are not honored.
See you all Monday when we go for that school record tying victory. Lets see how much blue we can fit in our gym. GO TROJANS!!!

JH Track conditioning will begin Feb 20-27th after school, 3:20 to 4:15 pm. This is for students in grades 5-8 who are not currently competing in another school sport.
Prospective team members should fill out necessary forms and have a current physical on file.
Try outs will be held Feb 28-March 1, 3:20-4:30. Plan to attend conditioning if you intend to try out.

2/15/24- Kids Quest is cancelled for today

Ruritan Club Breakfast!


Lunch menu change tomorrow for the grade school
Chicken Noodle Soup
Crackers
Pretzel w/cheese
Celery Sticks
Orange Slices
Milk

Pending any more emergency days, attached is the updated school calendar for the 23-24 school year.
8th Grade and High School Graduation dates will be determined at the next BOE meeting.


Friday, February 16 is a 11:30 student dismissal due to staff inservice.
On Monday, February 19, there will be no school due to the observance of Presidents’ Day.

Grade School spring picture day is Monday, February 26th. The forms will be coming home this week. This is also a sports picture day for the following grade school sports (junior high volleyball, all peewee sports, junior high bowling, junior high gifted, junior high scholar bowl and brain games). A different form will come home for sports later this week.


This coming Thursday, February 15, and Friday, February 16, students will be taking final exams. On Thursday, students will take exams for periods 4,5, and 6. On Friday, students will take exams for periods 1,2, and 3. Students who have met the attendance requirements may be exempt from exams. Friday is also an 11:30am dismissal for students. In addition, there is no school on Monday, February 19th in observance of President's Day.

Three members of our Jr. High bowling team bowled a turkey tonight (3 strikes in a row) at their meet against Spring Garden. Congratulations Ethan, Jacob, and Levi!




We're going to have open fields this week starting today through Friday 5-7pm at the Baseball field. Anyone interested in playing and not currently playing a winter sport is encouraged to attend!
This is from Coach Strain. HS BB is gearing up for Spring too. We need baseball players so come out if you can.

HS SB is just around the corner, burrrr. To that end there is a sign up/ open field day planned for Tuesday Feb. 13, from 3:15-5:00 at our SB Field. All girls interested in playing should plan to attend and dress warm.

The 5Essentials Parent Survey is now available! We need to reach 50% participation (or more) for each of our schools. This data is helpful to improve our schools!
Please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ to take the parent survey.
If you have a student in both buildings, you can take it for both, just select the correct school each time.