Congratulations to our Students of the Month!
March - Zander Newberry, April - Kyra Wood and May - Gunner Varland
Frog dissection day for 8th graders!
Congratulations to Emma Mino on placing 6th at state in discus with a throw of 75’2”!
Good luck to our track state qualifiers as they compete today!
6th Grade Field Trip
Thank you to the Jackson family for hosting our 6th graders this afternoon to learn about agricultural topics at their farm. The 6th graders also traveled to Bloomington/Normal to visit the Ropp Cheese Farm.
SGS State Qualifiers are cheered on by North Campus. Good Luck to Matthew Stach, Delaney Cato, Greysen Provance and Emma Mino!
Mrs. Hamilton’s 2nd Block class had fun today finding the surface area and calculating the volume of cereal boxes.
Seneca Grade School is working with the US Postal Service for their "Stamp Out Hunger Drive" Each campus is collecting canned goods and non-perishable items that will be donated to our local food pantry. Students are welcome to bring donations until Friday May 13th. Thank you for your support!
Spring Band Concert 2022
Congratulations to our track state qualifiers … Matthew Stach, Graysen Provance, Emma Mino and Delaney Cato. Good luck at the state tournament this weekend in Peoria!
Congratulations to the SGS Excellence In Education award recipients. This year’s recipients: Mrs. McGhee, Mrs. Virgo, Mrs. Berg and Mrs. Monahan were honored by the Regional Office of Education at a May 5th open house.
Yesterday, Mrs. Marenda’s classes had a great time doing an interdisciplinary STEM activity. In science, they researched, designed and built catapults using recyclable materials. They then used them to launch marshmallows at a castle as part of their Middle Ages unit in World History.
Morning Flights …. Mr. Holman’s 1st hour 7th graders were flying paper airplanes this morning to see whose could cover the greatest distance. The students created the planes by graphing lines in slope intercept form.
2022 Spring Chorus Concert
The pickle ball unit wrapped up at the end of last week in Mr. Enervold’s PE class. Definitely one of the favorite units for our 7th and 8th graders this year.
The chicks have started hatching in Ms. Yunker’s class! They are part of her annual unit on embryology. Definitely a favorite unit for all the 6th graders. Special thank you to Trenton Powell for bringing in fertilized eggs and providing a good home to all of the hatched chicks.
Check out the 2021-2022 Kindergarten Mother Goose program that was taped this morning! Mrs. Hovious, Mrs. Sprinkel and Mrs. McDonald's students are excited to share these classic nursery rhymes and songs with everyone. Click the link and enjoy!
https://youtu.be/mYWjT6G7gmw
Mr. Bilyeu took advantage of the warm temps today to take his classes outside to learn about the metric system.
The South Campus celebrated Earth Day today by working together to create planters out of recyclable materials, making commercials and developing advertisement posters. Everyone did a great job!
Happy Earth Day!
On Wednesday, April 13th, 33 students in 5th-8th grade participated in our first in-person Solo and Ensemble Contest since 2019! All of the students prepared solos, duets, and trios during lesson times and before and after school. Their performance was judged by local music teachers who left that night very impressed with their ability and preparation. Congratulations to all who participated!
