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10/7/19 vs. Cumberland 7th Grade – 40-20 Camryn Martin – 13 points; 5 steals and 3 assists. Addyson O’Dell – 7 points; 3 rebounds and 2 assists. 8th Grade – 37-27 Brooke Schafer – 10 points and 3 steals. Emma Nadler – 4 points and 8 rebounds. Macy Barthelemy 4
Veteran’s Day flags need to be at the American Legion in Newton or at the Ste. Marie Bank by November 4. The Legion is open from 2 pm to 8 pm Monday through Saturday and the bank during normal business hours. Be sure to provide your name and phone number
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!!
When we emailed over questions about her grand opening and her floral shop, Debra Whitehurst answered them so eloquently, we chose to simply allow her to tell you about her new business, Dibbie Dabbles. “I have always dreamed of starting my own flower shop. I feel my business will add
Leroy Schackmann, age 65 Leroy Schackmann, age 65, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 10:30 AM – Sunday, October 20, 2019, at home, surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM – Thursday, October 24, 2019, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic
Thank you Jackie Schackmann for the photo! Newton Boys Results 17. 10 Nick Zwilling 16:17.2 Newton 67. 9 Owen Mahaffey 17:17.2 Newton Newton Girls Results 20. 12 Abby Stone 19:27.7 Newton 43. – Rylea Borgic 20:25.5 Newton
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