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DAR honors five area high school students
The Carroll Jo Daviess Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has awarded its DAR Good Citizens Award to five area high school seniors. The students are: •Wil Quinn, East … more
On Friday, Feb. 17, the Rotary Club of Galena hosted its Paul Kindig Student of the Quarter luncheon for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The four students honored included Camila Moncada, Warren; Maggie Carter, Stockton; Jose Hernandez, Galena; and Derrick Distler, Scales Mound. The student of the quarter is given quarterly to a sophomore student in each of the county’s school districts who has put forward effort to improve. The student of the quarter honorees from East Dubuque and River Ridge will be honored in April.
Rotary hosts Student of the Quarter luncheon
On Saturday, Feb. 11, Galena High School students Julia Dominaik, left, and Emma Blaum competed in sectional speech competition at DeKalb. Blaum advanced to state competition.
Blaum, Dominiak compete at speech sectionals
GALENA–Emma Blaum and Julia Dominiak traveled to DeKalb for sectional speech competition on Saturday, Feb. 11. Blaum placed third in oratorical declamation and advanced to the state tournament … more
Sergeant Keith Brandel and Officer Emma Johnson visited the Galena Primary School 4th grade classes on Friday, Feb. 3 to read “Officer Buckle and Gloria.” Johnson read to Todd Birkholz’s class and answered students’ questions. From left: Evelyn Miller, Amairany Garcia-Hernandez, Gretchen Sauerberg, Harper Berning, Brinley Berning, Avery Connor and Johnson.
GPD reads to GPS
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Honor rolls Southwestern Middle School Named to the first semester honor roll, 3.00-3.49: •eighth grade: Jayden Bandy, Katie Craugh, Mercedes Hernandez, Luke Kieler, Cloey Reuter, … more
Members of the River Ridge FFA poultry team include back, from left, Ian Wachter, Arthur Horn, Izzy Haring, Avery Engle, Brook Bradbury; and front, from left, Brynn Fry, Laiken Haas, Gracie Vanderheyden, Bindi Boop and Katie Cobine.
River Ridge FFA wins Poultry CDE
HANOVER–River Ridge FFA came out on top at the Poultry Career Development Event which the club hosted on Jan. 31. FFA members from across the section learned all about egg and poultry … more
Galena Middle School Principal Ben Soat won Middle School Principal of the Year for the Northwest Region.
Principal of the Year: The Illinois Principals Association names Galena principal Ben Soat as Middle School Principal of the Year for the northwest region.
GALENA–The Illinois Principals Association recently recognized Galena Middle School Principal Ben Soat as the Middle School Principal of the Year for the northwest region. Middle school … more
NHS members (from left) Mitchel Travis, Charlie Wiegel, Amanda Withington, Anna Wentz and Anniston Werner hold up some food that the senior class donated for the Souper Bowl.
It’s time for the Souper Bowl
SCALES MOUND–Who’s ready for the Souper Bowl? Scales Mound National Honor Society (NHS) is hosting the school’s first ever Souper Bowl. No, this isn’t a sporting event … more
East Dubuque Junior High School teachers Dawn Arner-Powers and Julie Schultz talk about the many facets of Star 360 which the East Dubuque School uses to monitor student growth. This fall junior high school students showed substantial growth. Arner-Powers has been teaching at East Dubuque for 22 years and Schultz for 18 years.
Life lessons, life skills: East Dubuque School District emphasizes concepts of ‘doing your best’ and ‘success’ when testing
EAST DUBUQUE–East Dubuque School Board members recently learned about academic growth of the district’s seventh and eighth graders. Students showed significant gains in reading (English … more
East Dubuque High School senior Wil Quinn, participated in the Illinois Music Education Conference All-State Music Festival, Jan. 25-28 in Peoria. Quinn was selected to be in the Honors Chorus, which is the highest level. This gave him an opportunity to practice and perform along with the best high school musicians from around the state.
Quinn selected to Honors Chorus
Application period opens for Curtis scholarships
PLATTEVILLE–Southwest Health is accepting applications for the Lyle and Lenice Curtis Scholarship. Every year, the Southwest Health Foundation awards thousands of scholarship dollars to … more
Galena Middle School sixth graders spent Jan. 18-20 at Loredo Taft, an annual event for sixth graders. Participating in this year’s activity includes, back, from left, Joseph Hartley, Avery Leitzinger, Angely Hernandez Garcia, Porter Perry, Mason Huschik-Glasgow, Zoe Smith, Connor Higgins, Riley McCall-Franz, Chance Heard, Aiden Kurt, Riley Gutzman, Geovanni Luna Rivera, Ian Tancrell, McKenna Watson, Eli Schumacher, Sawyer Hackney, Ashton Montgomery; third row, from left, Chrissy Gansen, Blair Woodward, Ruby Nack, Adam Ward, Kaiya Weber, Karlee Knautz, Arianna Murphy, Liza Vincent, Chloe Muehleip, Olivia Schmidt, Olivia Stenberg, Sawyer Wall-Penoyer, Ethan Amaya, Chesnie Rosenthal, Alaina Heller, Beckham Marlette, Daniel Dorantes, Ciara Petitgout, Nolan Kaiser; second row, from left, Wesley Lin, Maddux Loso, Isaac Werner, Cooper Hartlep, Brian Garcia, Jose Hernandez-Garcia, Chloe Kaiser, Macie Weber, Hailey Belken, Magali Garcia, Mia Wallis, Kendall Ziegler, Alora Kellybuttel, Brycen Sincock, Jenna Nack; and front, from left, Joseph Benson, Drew Ehrler, Brody Hammerand, Nolan LuGrain, Kaden Loeffelholz, Celia VanHemert, Cora Gullone, Mackenzie Harris, Layla DeLoach, Grace Evans, Reagan Cornwell-Duddeck, Jeb Wienen. Not pictured is Lanie Kyle and Jaya Baisten. Sixteen adults accompanied the young people for this activity.
Loredo Taft welcomes sixth graders
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