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St. Thomas held their annual kindergarten, first and second grade Thanksgiving program on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break. The annual performance included songs and skits and a Thanksgiving story where the entire group performs.
The Newton Marching Eagles ended their field show season with the Oblong Spooktacular. The Marching Eagles will perform both at the Veterans Day program on the square in Newton and in the Christmas Parade on December 10th (weather permitting). Photos by Kristin Radke Results: Class 3A Field Outstanding Auxiliary 2nd
The annual Halloween parade was held at St. Thomas on Friday, October 28th. Photos by Lisa Meyer.
Highest Honors Brett Bower Beth Brocious Scarlett Collins Ethan Deckard Daniel Falcioni Alexis Ghast Maddox Horner Jackson James Miley Loy Amos Mahaffey Chance Mulvey Lily Radke Noelle Sappenfield Stella Schackmann Reese Schulte Jaidyn Sparling Marlee Tarr High Honor Owen Blake Alec Bower Olivia Bright Samuel Briscoe Hayden Burnell Cylas Dickerson
Jasper County Junior High Band photos. You can see the JCJH Band perform in the Oblong Parade on Saturday.
The Newton Marching Eagles placed third overall in Class 2A at the University of Illinois Marching Band Championship. The final field show performance for the Newton Marching Eagles will be at Oblong High School at 1 pm on Saturday.
St. Thomas A Honor Roll for the 1st quarter. St. Thomas B Honor Roll for 1st Quarter
NCHS recognized their Marching Eagles, football, and cheer seniors on the final home game of the season.
BOOKS FOR BEGINNERS 2022 for all of Jasper County’s kindergarteners took place during HCE WEEK…October 10–14. Thanks to Martha Allison and Ryan Millsap for reading Trick or Treat Parakeet to each kindergarten class and giving a copy of the book to each student and classroom teacher!! Pictured is Martha Allison
Are you in need of assistance with raking leaves or shoveling snow as the weather cools? There are students at NCHS ready to assist you! For more information or to sign up contact the Jasper County Senior Center at 618-783-3660 to sign up.