Celebrating over 60 Years of Educational Excellence! | Winter 2015 Edition

Inside this issue:

Term 2 News, Page 2

Scholarships, Page 9

Upcoming Events , Page 10

Athletics, Page 14

Limestone Community High School

Preparing Today’s Students For Tomorrow’s Challenges

College Scholarships!

Class of 2016 and Parents/Guardians

Attention - Local scholarship information is available on page 9!

State Testing Changes for the 2015-2016 School Year

As many of you are aware, last spring Illinois students partici-

pated in a new state assessment called the Partnership for As-

sessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) ex-

am, in English language arts and math. The PARCC assess-

ment replaced the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT)

and the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE) and marks a

significant change from these previous assessments.

This year Limestone High School students will take the PARCC

Assessment within the testing window of April 11, 2016 – May

20, 2016. Any student taking English III or Algebra II will take

the PARCC.

The PARCC exam asks students to demonstrate and apply their knowledge and skills, rather than recite facts.

The test is aligned to the updated Illinois Learning Standards and measures students’ problem-solving abilities,

critical thinking, and writing skills, which are abilities all students need to stay on track for college and career

readiness after high school.

The new test also signals a change in how student performance will be reported. The PARCC exam score reports

will show how each child performed on each portion of the test. It will also reveal their overall score, which will fall

within one of five performance levels. Students whose scores fall within levels 1 or 2 require greater supports to

understand content. Students receiving a 3 are approaching expectations, but may need additional assistance

mastering content. Those who receive a 4 or 5 have shown a thorough understanding of grade-level content and

are on track to be ready for college-level coursework. The reports will also allow parents to compare how thier

student is doing compared to others in his/her school, district, or state.

Additional information about the PARCC Assessment and Limestone’s procedures will be disseminated as the

testing window gets closer. For more information about the PARCC assessment and the latest updates on

statewide assessments, visit www.isbe.net/parcc-place/default.htm or www.isbe.net/hot-topics.htm. Please feel

free to contact the LCHS Guidance Department at 309-697-6271 with any questions or concerns.

School Board and Administration

PAGE 2 School Information/Term 2 News

LCHS Offices

Board of Education

Mike Vollmer, President

Larry Winkler, Vice-President

Jim Bainter, Secretary

William Bessler Sara Callear

Mike Bredernitz Bob Neal

Administration

Allan Gresham, Superintendent

Denise Ryder, Assistant Superintendent

Jill Warren, Principal

Jeri Look, Assistant Principal

Jon Hill, Director of Guidance

Greg Robinson, Dean of Students

Charlie Zimmerman, Dean of Students

Jim Corpus, Athletic Director

Rusty Russell, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds

Mandy Reiley, Public Relations Coordinator/

Rocket Review Editor

Business Office

P: 309.697.6271 Ext. 431

F: 309.697.9635

Principal’s Office

P: 309.697.6271 Ext. 455

F: 309.697.5049

Deans’ Office

P: 309.697.6271 Ext. 419

F: 309.697.5139

Guidance Office

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Visit the URL above or scan the QR code

to visit our Facebook page

Career and Technical Education—Students of the Month

The Career and Technical Edu-cation (CTE) Student of the Month for September, selected by the Business Department is Jeren Stewart. Pictured above is Jeren with Principal Jill Warren.

The Career and Technical Educa-tion (CTE) Student of the Month for November was selected by the Industrial Technology depart-ment and is Andrew Eichhorn, who is pictured above with Princi-pal Jill Warren.

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student of the Month for October was selected by the Family and Consumer Science depart-ment and is Madyson Kondrat. Madyson is pictured above with Principal Jill Warren.

All three students were awarded a $25 VISA gift card and a certificate of achievement.

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Veterans are Honored at Annual Assembly

This year, the Social Issues class had some help in putting on the Veterans Assembly. The class had determined that the theme for this year's assembly needed to be about helping our veter-ans, but they were unsure how, exactly, to go about the task. Fortunately, a local business owner was willing to join forces with Limestone to help area veterans. Limestone alumni Dean Harris, who owns Dirty Dean's Motorcycle Shop in Bartonville, had already planned to host a food drive for local veterans. He was working with the Wolfhounds, a motorcycle club consisting of vet-erans, to find local veterans and their families who were in need of some help. Everything was

working on their end: they had families of veterans lined up for needing food, but they weren't sure how to launch the food drive itself.

Enter Limestone!

The Social Issues class decided to launch the food drive at our annual Veterans Assembly. The Social Issues class went shopping to buy food to kickstart our collection, and Dean Harris and his friends wanted to come speak to the student body personally. The merging of these two groups was about to become very real.

On Tuesday, November 10, the student body of Limestone High School converged in the gymnasium. The JROTC Honor Guard posted the colors, and, after Senior Meghan Thomson sang the National Anthem, Sen-iors Alynciea Boyce and Jeren Stewart gave the opening speech. Miss Tinnon then introduced our guests, and then something happened that none of us had ever seen before: 26 motorcyclists, led by "Dirty Dean" Harris himself, rode their bikes into the gymnasium. Among the bikers were veterans, family members of veterans, and other business owners who were taking part in the food drive.

The rumble of that many motorcycles could be felt, and the Limestone student body applauded their appear-ance for nearly five minutes.

Dean Harris, in his speech, double-dog dared our student body to bring in non-perishables for our local veter-ans. The assembly also included Senior Ashley Tillman reading the names of Limestone's alumni who were killed in active duty, and a rose for each was placed on an empty desk, signifying their absence, and Senior Heather Yepson played a beautifully haunting version of Taps. Seniors Kyle Barger and Austin Jowers fin-ished the assembly with a charge to the student body and the food drive officially began.

Limestone didn't disappoint: Dean and his friends needed a trailer to haul away all of the food Limestone col-lected, and we suc-cessfully contribut-ed to the families of local veterans who are strug-gling. Once again, it's a great day to be a Rocket!

Term 2 News-Continued PAGE 4

Each year, Limestone students join forces with the Bar-tonville VFW Post #3883 and the Ladies Auxiliary to write and submit essays for the annual Voice of Democracy writing contest. Each year, the national VFW post choos-es a theme, and students have the opportunity to write an essay, record it, and the VFW will submit the entries at the local, district, regional, state, and national levels.

This year, the essay written and recorded by senior Ant-wan Flowers was judged to be the local first place winner, earning Antwan a plaque and a $200 check, presented by VFW Quartermaster R A Coon, Sr, Commander Chris Blacet, Junior Vice Commander Mike Graham, and the President of the VFW Auxiliary Lynn Bankard. Senior Robert Osborne wrote and recorded the second place essay, which earned him a plaque and $100. Each of their essays were passed on to the district competition, and placed 2nd and 6th, respectively.

It is an honor for Limestone to work with our veterans, and the VFW offers us an opportunity to collaborate with them each year. This is just another way that Limestone instills civic pride in our students!

VFW Awards Voice of Democracy

Student Council Delivers Thanksgiving Baskets

Student Council collected and distributed 122 Thanksgiving baskets to families in the LCHS school district. The basket included a turkey and all of the trimmings. Monetary donations were collected from LCHS students and staff and area businesses. Monroe, Limestone-Walters, and Bartonville Grade schools aided in the canned food drive. The baskets were delivered by Student Council representatives, AFJROTC students, and Stu-dent Council alumni.

Term 2 News—Continued PAGE 5

Limestone Hosts 42nd Annual Senior Citizen’s Holiday Luncheon

Limestone hosted its 42nd

annual Senior Citizen Holiday Luncheon on November 19 for senior citizens living in our district. LCHS students and staff joined forces to serve senior citizens in the community and provide them with a wonderful holiday experience. Over 350 community mem-bers showed up for the event which included entertainment, a slide show of photographs from last year’s luncheon, a turkey dinner, and door prizes.

The event was coordinated by the Family and Consumer Science Department. Mrs. Lauren Morris’ students greeted guests at the door and handed out door prizes. Meals were prepared by Mrs. Carrie Webster’s Food Service I class, along with Cafeteria Manager Mrs. Lori Fast and

her cafeteria ladies. Mrs. Kitty Belsly’s Foods I classes set tables and served the meals, and Ms. Ida Picco’s Intro to Family Consumer Science class served beverages.

AFJROTC presented the colors, and entertainment was provided by the Jazz Band and Madrigal Singers. Stu-dent Council donated 32 poinsettias and the Band Boosters donated cookbooks that were given away as door prizes. A great time was had by all.

Foods I Class Constructs Holiday Houses Speech Team Places 4th!

Pictured above is the LCHS Speech Team, which placed fourth of 17 teams at the Rich-woods Invitational Speech Tournament held Saturday, November 21. Five varsity and eleven junior-varsity competitors earned indi-vidual awards by advancing to final rounds of competition in ten of fourteen events in which the team competes.

The Carpenters of Christmas are hard at work! That’s right, the elf-students are hard at work making gin-gerbread houses from scratch! They have learned to read the recipes for the gingerbread dough and royal icing suc-cessfully! The elves in the FCS depart-ment are learning the basic and advance art of piping and how to read blue-prints to cut their patterns. The students worked in their lab teams to

complete this annual tradition in Foods I class. The Head Elves are Mrs. Kitty Belsly and Mrs. Carrie Webster.

Pictured above are Euan Johnstone

and Lindsay Steff .

Term 2 News-Continued PAGE 6

The Moms Who Care program has been an overwhelming success, thanks to the outpour-ing of donations during the holidays. Most of the donated items, including coats, hoodies, jeans, shoes, school supplies and personal items are stored in the Moms Who Care room located behind the main gymnasium. We also use a small office outside the gym as our overflow room, which is currently overflowing. As a result, we are asking our community to hold all clothing and shoe donations until after the first of the year.

So far, over 80 students have received essential items from our Moms Who Care room. To be able to serve this many students and still have so much left over is truly a testament of our staff and community’s support of this program. Gayle Carr, the MWC volunteer who has served as its leader, maintains a Facebook page, Moms Who Care – Limestone, to communicate items the students need. She will post to let us know when clothing dona-tions can resume. Other questions about the program can be directed to assistant princi-pal, Jeri Look, at 697-6271, EXT. 428.

Moms Who Care - Update

Caterpillar has started many programs to give students a chance to get hooked on technology at an early age; one of those programs includes FIRST (For In-spiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics.

FIRST is an organization that hosts annual robotics competitions around the nation. Student teams build robots together with mentors, including Caterpillar employees who volunteer to help.

In the high school competitions, the teams have six weeks to design, build and test their robots before they are put under wraps until competition season starts. The seven week competition season starts about a week after they put their robot away.

Limestone’s first competition will be the Central Illinois regional at Bradley Uni-versity, starting mid-March. They will also compete in the Midwest regional at the end of March.

While science teacher Mr. James Grant has been a mentor for the Rockets before, this will be his first year as head team mentor.

Grant said, “I expect that we will be competitive anywhere we compete, and we should have a reasonable chance to make it to the world championships again.”

The Rockets will be returning seniors Anthony Deragish and Nathan Dell.

Deragish anticipates good things, saying, “I expect that we will do well based on our experience from last year.”

The program gives students who might not otherwise have a great deal of exposure to engineering a chance to see what it's really like. It also allows students who prefer not to participate in the physical realm of competing to be in an activity with a high level of competition.

Sixth year mentor and woods teacher Mr. Shane Chandler said, “FIRST Robotics is not a nerd event; it’s a com-petition that draws as much competitiveness and varied skill sets as any other team or group.”

By last year, the area had up to 32 high school teams competing, including teams at Limestone, Tremont, Dunlap, Metamora, Peoria Notre Dame and Richwoods High Schools.

The biggest misconception is that the engineers do all the work, which simply is not true.

Some team members weld, some are in to logistics and everyone is part of design and troubleshooting, so there are various jobs that have to be done. The Caterpillar Engineers are there for guidance, but the students work as hard or harder than the adults.

Dell said, “We do everything from the design to the building of the robot. I would say that the mentors are there to help.”

To keep up with the Rockets or learn more about FIRST, visit thebluealliance.com or firstinspires.org.

Robotics Looks to Make Nationals Yet Again

The Army came to Limestone, bringing their robot along, which helped inspire members of

the Robotics team.

Article written by James Welton, Limelight staff member

Article/photo provided by Limelight

Page 7 Volume 1, Issue 1 Term 2 News—Continued PAGE 7

Rocket Scholars—Seniors Recognized for Outstanding Performance

As a result of their performance on the ACT Exam the following seniors have earned the distinction of being

named a Limestone Community High School Rocket Scholar. These students have exceeded the State's ACT

average of 20.6. Congratulations to these students!

BAILEY ALEXANDER

AMANDA AU

JACOB BANKARD

LUCAS BARNES

DANIEL BEHM

BRADY BOYD

JENNA BROWN

BETH BROYLES

AMANDA BUCHANAN

MADISON BURASH

MELANIE CAMPBELL

CLIFFTON CARMON

MATTHEW CARR

DALTON COLVIN

ALEXIS CONKLIN

KARYS CRANDELL

BRIDGET CROUCH

ALEXANDRA DAVIS

NATHAN DELL

ANTHONY DERAGISCH

BRITTANY DOWNARD-ARCHIBALD

CAITLIN FAWCETT

SARA FEHL

ANTWAN FLOWERS

TAYLOR FULLERLOVE

STEPHEN GAA

COLE GALLAGHER

THOMAS GERACI

EMILY GRAMMATICO

JAYLEE HALL

BEAU C HAMMER

LYNDSI HARTLEY

TAYLER HAUGEN

ABIGAIL HENRY

PARKER HERZ

KELSEY HIGGINS

TYLER HISEROTE

DYLAN HUDDLESTON

JAMES JENKINS

MERCEDES JERNIGAN

RILEY JEWELL

SAMUEL KOEPPEL

MADALYNN LAROSA

BLAKE MARSH

DERRICK MCGAHAGIN

CHELSEA MCTEAGUE

HOLLY MILLER

JACKSON MILLER

ALEXANDER MORSE

REBECCA NANNINGA

TERESSA NAPLES

BRYCE NEWTON

KEVIN ORI

ALYSSA OTTEN

TARIAH PAGE

GABRIELLA PARKS

CALVIN PEACOCK

TYLER PETERSON

ISAAC SIMMONS

BETHANY SLUSER

REMINGTON SMITH

JEREN STEWART

SHELBY STRUBE

SHELBY TERRELL

MEGHAN THOMSON

KHRISTA TOWLE

JORDAN VONROHR

CORWIN WALKER

JACOB WINKLE

WILLIAM WOOD

HEATHER YEPSEN

PAGE 8 Limestone Hosts 42nd Annual Senior Citizen’s Holiday Luncheon

November 19, 2015

Page 9 Volume 1, Issue 1 PAGE 9 Scholarships

CLASS OF 2016 LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The 2016 Local Scholarship Program application and instruction form will be available on the Limestone homepage and in the Guidance Office starting on Friday, January 22.

Completed applications and two teacher recommendations must be returned no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, February 22.

GRADE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS Must have attended the grade school for three years and be a graduate Bartonville........................................................................... $500 Hollis ................................................................................... 2 @ $250 Limestone Walters ............................................................. 2 @ $750 (1 boy and 1 girl) Monroe ............................................................................... $500 Monroe Boosters (Nikki Jones Memorial) .......................... $250 Norwood (Charlie Mathis Memorial)................................... 1 @ $500 or 2 @ $250 Oak Grove .......................................................................... $500 Pleasant Hill ....................................................................... $400 Pleasant Valley .................................................................. $500 Pleasant Valley Boosters ................................................... 2 @ $250 (Must have participated in sports at LCHS) MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS Terry M. Endsley Memorial ................................................ $1500 (must be an athlete and academic scholar, additional criteria and essay required) Leanne Bonifas Memorial .................................................. $1000 ($500 first semester, $500 second semester if 2.0 GPA maintained) – A SEPARATE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED Ingram Family Memorial (in honor of wife and mother Doris Ingram)………….……$1000 (female, graduate of Monroe Grade School, majoring in education) Lynn Hohenbery Memorial ................................................. approx. $750 (varies from year to year) (Must be involved in community service) Joe Bryne Memorial ........................................................... $500 (Leader in athletics – football, wrestling and/or fishing team) Gloria Mooberry Schmidt Memorial.................................... $1000 (Must have distinguished self academically and in community service, preference to student enrolled in Engineering, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Education, Business, Mathematics) Home Builder’s Association of Greater Peoria Roger Bailey Memorial ....................................................... $1000 (Must be entering the field of construction) Charles “Corky” Luthy Memorial ........................................ $1000 (Applied to ICC, Athlete, financial need) Nikki Jones Memorial ......................................................... $300 (Must have participated in Dance Team/Color Guard) Bryan Maser Memorial ....................................................... Tuition and books for one year at ICC – A SEPARATE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED Nancy Barth Memorial ........................................................ $500 (Must be majoring in the medical field) Steven Segler Memorial ..................................................... $500 (Must be entering the field of Art or Special Education) Arthur VonBehren Memorial ............................................... $500 (Male student majoring in elementary education) Glen Aldrich Memorial ........................................................ $500 Sam Gibson Memorial ........................................................ $500 Adeline Rosenbohm Memorial ........................................... $250 Bobby Schmitt Memorial .................................................... $250 (Must have been a member of Limestone Youth Baseball Assoc and four year member of LCHS baseball – will receive scholarship after completing 1st sem of college) COMMUNITY/LCHS ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIPS Cecil Wyman Family .......................................................... $3000 J. Michael Morris Choral .................................................... TBA (4 year choral program participant attending ICC) Bartonville Lions Club ........................................................ $1500 (divided $750 each 1st and 2nd semester of college) Femmes Unir ...................................................................... $750 Limestone Federation of Teachers .................................... $500 Kiddie Kampus Preschool Child Development .................. Amount varies from year to year (Given to a student pursuing a degree in Early

Childhood Education, Child Development, or Elementary Education) LGSA .................................................................................. $500 (Must have been a LGSA member four years and played in league between junior and senior year) – A SEPARATE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED Pepsi .................................................................................. $500 Scholarships and scholarship amounts are subject to change throughout the year and new scholarship opportunities may be available each year.

Updated 12/3/2015

Upcoming Events PAGE 10

Gear up for Easter Seals 2016!

Date Event Time Place Who

Feb 16 Opening Assembly 10am Main Gym Students & Community

Feb 17 Student Faculty Basketball Game 7pm Main Gym Students & Community

Feb 19 Food Fair Lunch Café Students

Feb 20 Peacock’s Pub Breakfast 7-10am Peacock’s Pub Students & Community

Feb 21 Dodgeball Tournament 12pm Auxiliary Gym Students & Community

Feb 23 Rocket Man 7pm Auditorium Students & Community

Feb 26 White/Out and Silent Auction 6:30pm Main Gym Students & Community

Feb 27 Vice Versa Dance 8-11pm Auxiliary Gym Students

Feb 28 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament 12pm Auxiliary Gym Students & Community

March 1 Closing Assembly 10am Main Gym Students & Community

Limestone will be engaging in our annual Easter Seals fund raising events in Feb-

ruary. All students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to par-

ticipate and support this great cause. Student Council is anticipating an event-

filled two weeks, and they are ready to help raise money and spirits. If you have

ideas, donations, or would like to volunteer, contact Tara Stout or Stacey Seals at

the school.

Spring Parent/Teacher

Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will

be held on February 11, 2016,

from 4 PM until 8 PM and Febru-

ary 12, from 9 AM until noon. We

encourage all parents to attend.

College

Applications

All college bound seniors should

have sent their college applications

by this time. If they have not done

so, they need to see their guidance

counselor immediately!

2016-2017

Registration

Current students will register for

their 2016-2017 classes in Febru-

ary. Counselors will be speaking

to students in January and com-

plete information will be distribut-

ed at that time.

Upcoming Events PAGE 11

2016 SECOND SEMESTER

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 SCHOOL RESUMES – First Day of Second Semester

FRIDAY JANUARY 15 School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:15 AM

MONDAY JANUARY 18 NO SCHOOL – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:15 AM

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 Early Dismissal with Lunch - 1:45 PM

Parent/Teacher Conferences - 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Progress Report Distribution

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Parent/Teacher Conferences - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Progress Report Distribution

MONDAY FEBRUARY 15 NO SCHOOL – PRESIDENT’S DAY

MONDAY MARCH 7 SCHOOL IN SESSION - CASIMIR PULASKI DAY

THURSDAY MARCH 10 TERM 3 - ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY

Student Dismissal with Lunch - 1:30 PM

FRIDAY MARCH 11 TERM 3 - ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY

End of 3rd Nine Weeks Grading Period

School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:00 AM

FRIDAY MARCH 18 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Teachers’ Institute

FRIDAY MARCH 25 - 31 NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

FRIDAY APRIL 1 NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

MONDAY APRIL 4 SCHOOL RESUMES AFTER SPRING BREAK

FRIDAY APRIL 22 School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:15 AM

FRIDAY MAY 6 School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:15 AM

WEDNESDAY MAY 11 SENIOR ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY {tentative}

THURSDAY MAY 12 SENIOR ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY {tentative}

FRIDAY MAY 13 GRADUATION PRACTICE {tentative}

SATURDAY MAY 14 GRADUATION {tentative}

MONDAY MAY 23 TERM 4 - ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY Student Dismissal with Lunch - 1:30 PM

TUESDAY MAY 24 TERM 4 - ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DAY End of 4th Nine Weeks Grading Period School Improvement Day Student Dismissal without Lunch - 11:00 AM

Last day for Students if no emergency days are used

WEDNESDAY MAY 25-27 Emergency Day

MONDAY MAY 30 NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

TUESDAY MAY 31 & JUNE 1-3, 6-8 Emergency Day

Upcoming Events

The Limestone Speech Team is gearing up for the IHSA Regional and have cast their Performance in the Round cast to compete at the Regional Tournament at Washington High School on February 6th. The cast for 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview is:

Interviewer 1: Grace Stevens

Interviewer 2: Katelynn Koeppel

Harold: Nolan White

Kimberly: Kia Reddick

Producer/Jason: Doniven Hill-Bush

Marie/Eve: Qualaja Weaver

Brett/Ben: Creighton Peacock

Lily/Emily: Megan Giddens

Melvin: Roc Stanton

Kelly/Elizabeth: Amanda Moore

Jeff: Zach Johnson

Congratulations to the cast!

Details on the time of performances will be posted to Limestone's calendar on the LCHS homepage!

Changes to MAP Testing Start Second Semester

Limestone Community High School is in its sixth year of MAP testing.

The data from MAP testing drives decision-making for class place-

ment. In addition, this year, MAP data will be used to measure stu-

dent growth. This growth data, by law, will be a part of teacher and

principal evaluations.

As a result, Limestone will be changing MAP testing for second se-

mester. In the past, students were tested in September, January,

and May. Now, students will be tested only once during second se-

mester. All students will MAP test the last two weeks of February.

Student growth will be measured from the baseline MAP test taken in

September to the final MAP test taken the end of February.

Another exciting change to MAP testing is all students will test in the

cafeteria using the new Chromebooks. We will be testing approxi-

mately 150 students in each session. MAP testing will now be com-

pleted in eight days rather than five weeks. It is extremely important

that all students do their very best each time they take the MAP test!

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Rocket Wellness

Sponsored by the LCHS Student Prevention Team:

Friday, February 12th, 2016

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Cost is $10 and includes t-shirt

4th, 5th, and 6th graders only

Limestone Community High School

Questions? Contact Kevin Knaggs at

309.697.6271 Ext. 425 or via email at

kknaggs@limestone310.org

ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF JUNIORS

The ACT will be administered to every junior on Tuesday, April 19th free of charge. The

American College Test is a college admission exam accepted by colleges. Subjects tested on this exam include reading, English, science, and math. Students with disabilities may apply for extended time or testing accommodations through their case managers. For more information please call the LCHS Guidance Department or visit www.actstudent.org

LIMESTONE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

ACT REVIEW CLASS

All juniors will be taking the ACT at LCHS on April 19, 2016. An ACT Review Class is being offered again this year. The class

will begin on March 2, 2016 and meet one time per week for six weeks. The cost of the class will be $45.00 per student.

Each participant will receive an ACT Prep Guide Book.

Wednesday, March 2nd Wednesday, March 9th

Wednesday, March 16th Wednesday, March 23rd

Wednesday, April 6th

Wednesday, April 13th

There will be two sessions A: 3:30-5:30 and B: 6:00-8:00 and students will be required to indicate which ses-sion they would like to attend. Students should plan on attending the same session time for the duration of

the classes.

PAYMENT MUST BE MADE IN FULL BY FEBRUARY 19, 2016

NO REFUNDS AFTER FEBRUARY 26, 2016

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO LIMESTONE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.

PLEASE SEE MRS. VONROHR WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONTACT HER AT 309-697-6271 ext. 421

Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Only you can control your future. ~Dr. Seuss

Class Of 2020 LCHS Preview Night

Learn about the academic programs.

Explore school activities.

Meet staff.

Gain valuable information for a successful transition to high school.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Open House between 6:30 - 8:30 PM

For more information, contact Jayshree McKechnie at 309.697.6271 Ext. 424 or via email at jmckechnie@limestone310.org

*In the event that we must cancel Preview Night on January 27, 2016, the make-up

date is Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

Athletics PAGE 14

LCHS Mid-Illini

All Conference Selections | 2nd Team

Matt Carr

Cross Country

Meghan Thomson

Volleyball

LCHS Mid-Illini All Conference Selections | 1st Team—Fall Sports

Blake Delgadillo

Football

Brady Boyd

Football

Amanda Greenan

Girls Golf

Brittany Robinson

Volleyball

Bailee Dunne

Volleyball

James Welton

Football

Tyler Hiserote

Cross Country

Pictured: Top left to right, Par-

ker Herz - Cross Country, Mi-

chael Kerley - Soccer, Calvin

Peacock - Football.

Bottom left to right, Luke

Mathews - Football, Gabriella

Parks - Tennis, Mackenzie

Widmer - Volleyball.

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Spring Athletic Season Information

Girls’ Soccer

Girls Soccer Tryouts begin the week of Monday,

February 29, from 3-5pm. Dress warm.

We play in rain, snow, and occasionally sunshine.

Baseball

Baseball preseason workouts have been in full "swing.” The weight room has been open five days a week from 2:45-4:15pm. Players may also participate in hitting and throwing open gyms starting January 12, in the early mornings. Tryouts

this year will begin February 29. Times TBA.

Athletics

Softball 2016

TRYOUTS - Monday, February 29th Tuesday, March 1st

Please see Coach Sergent or Coach Bachman

for a Winter Workout Schedule

Congratulations to the Varsity and Sophomore girls’ basketball teams on winning the championships

of the Limestone High School Thanksgiving Tournaments.

Accomplishments

Girls Volleyball set and spiked their way to their 3rd conference championship this year. The team ended its impressive season with a record-breaking 31 wins, six losses and one tie.

Our amazing team was recognized on the collegiate level with Bail-ee Dunne being signed to Parkland CC with a full-scholarship, Mac-kenzie Widmer has a full tuition and books scholarship to play at Carl Sandburg College, Jenna Brown will be at Lewis and Clark Community College with a full tuition and book scholarship and rounding out this outstanding senior team is Meghan Thomson with full tuition, books and housing scholarships to continue her volleyball career at Santa Fe College in Gainsville, FL. We wish all the best to our Senior volleyball players and can’t wait to see what next year will hold for the Spiking Rockets.

Volleyball Mid-Illini Champs

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