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**(Information typed inside of parenthesis and bolded is not part of the abbreviated summary and is instead derived from the recording of the meeting) Following is a summary of minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Education of Jasper County Community Unit School District No. 1 held in the
Mindy Street was appointed to the Jasper County Community Unit 1 Board of Education to fill the seat of her husband, the late Rob Street.
The Newton Elementary PTO would like to thank everyone who participated, helped with, or donated toward our Eagle Challenge Color Run. We appreciate all of your continued support of our children and our schools!!
The Newton Marching Eagles performed their show in Class 4A competition at the Effingham Marching Hearts Competition. They won Outstanding Percussion, Outstanding Colorguard, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Visual, Outstanding General Effect, and 1st Place in Class 4A.
**Pictures provided by Newton Elementary. Thank you to the staff and administration! Students at Newton Elementary dressed up Homecoming week with themes similar to the high school and junior high.
Students in 3rd grade decided to do a service project this year to collect plastic caps and recycle them into benches for the school. So far they have collected enough caps to have 2 benches made! One bench will be located near the playground area and the other will be
Thank you Lisa Meyer for the wonderful pictures of this field trip! The Am and PM St Thomas preschool classes visited the Wade Fire Protection District Station and learned from Ron and John about fire safety, explored the firehouse and tried their speed on the fire safety course. They
The Jasper County 5th through 8th grade bands will be having a porkburger and bratwurst fundraiser at the EAGLES on Saturday, October 19th from 10-1. Swing by and get some sandwiches to take to the fields or just convenience of not having to cook. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
The R.E.A.D. team visited Newton Elementary, Ste. Marie Elementary, and St. Thomas to present the first through third grade classes with a new book for each student. Ginger Robins, with the help of her Reading Excites All Dreams team, Coco Lin, Justin Zumbahlen, Kenneth Hartke, Connie Hemrich, and Madison Phillips,