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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
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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
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 [email protected]
*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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Questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the Rocket Review?
Contact Mandy Reiley at [email protected] or 697.6271 Ext. 427
Show dates are March 18-20
Spring musical announced!