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St. Thomas held their annual Kindergarten through second grade Thanksgiving program where the kids performed various Thanksgiving songs, skits, and a story for their parents and grandparents.
St. Thomas School Trivia Night and Live Auction will be on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 6:30 pm. See below for details.
Andrew Tarr will portray Phil Davis in the NCHS Musical production of White Christmas on December 16-19th. Andrew is the son of Dr. Brett and Lori Tarr What musicals have you been in at NCHS and what characters/roles did you play? I was in the ensemble in Cinderella and portrayed
Elise Wright will portray Judy in the NCHS Musical production of White Christmas on December 16-19th. Elise is the daughter of Michele and Dusty Wright. What musicals have you been in at NCHS and what characters/roles did you play? I have been in Cinderella (dancer) and Joseph and the Technicolored Dreamcoat
Be sure to get your tickets before they are sold out!
7th Grade Highest Honors Alaina Coker Ava Duncan Harrison Kinkade Harley Kuhl Ashtyn Ochs Michael Shamhart Kailyn Sparling High Honors Brock Anderson Kinlee Beam Katherine Bierman Marlena Fehrenbacher Parker Harris Austynn Huddleston Zachary Johnson Carson Jones Jordyn Kocher Trenton Lacket Seth Lawhead Zoe Luthy Ajay McCann Sienna
Country Financial has a program called “Operation Helping Heroes” which donates to schools or first responders to help an aspect of their job. Country Financials chose St. Thomas because of the work Jill Bierman is doing at the school and the school’s itself is very close to their hearts. The
Congratulations to the Newton Marching Eagles on a fantastic season! Thank you to Kristin Radke for taking photos for us! Oblong Spooktacular results! Best Drum Major Best Auxiliary Best percussion 1st place in class 3A And Grand Champions!
From the City of Newton Police Department, On October 26th during the late evening hours, the City of Newton Police Department received information about a possible threat that might have concerned Newton Community High School. The information was unclear as the school listed was “Jasper County High School”. There are
Illinois Marching Band Championships Results: Class 2A Best Visual And 2nd place out of 11 bands in our class! Newton had the fifth highest score out of 20 bands in 1A-3A. For some perspective, the 2A school population range is 351-800, and we are one of the smallest schools in