Purple ticket winners!

Junior high math student spotlight!

This is reminder that today is a SIP day, and all SPGS students will be dismissed at 11:15. Have a great weekend Tornadoes!

Just a quick note regarding our new procedure for junior high parent teacher conferences. Parents wanting to meet with their students' teachers should sign up for a conference with each teacher they wish to meet with. For example, a 7th grade parent who wants to meet with each of his or her student's teachers should sign up for a conference with Mr. Koster (Social Studies), Mrs. Clow (Math), Miss Hallam (Science), and Ms. Hellemann (ELA). Mr. Bo (P.E.) and Mrs. Wrigley (Music) will be available in the Music classroom for drop in conferences, and there is no need to sign up to meet with them. The links below will take you to each teacher's sign up. As always, please contact the office if you have any questions.

Miss Hallam
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460702-miss#/

Mrs. Clow
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66453622-mrs#/

Ms. Hellemann
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460619-mshellemanns#/

Mr. Koster
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460537-mrkosters#/

Celebrating at Dairy Queen after a win!

Fall parent teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, October 15th from 2:00-7:00. Conferences with elementary teachers will be the same as they have been in the past, and we will once again use Sign Up Genius for parents to select a conference time. Conferences with junior high teachers will no longer be held in the gym. Rather, they will be held in each teacher's classroom, and parents will use Sign Up Genius to select times to have individual meetings with the junior high teachers. All the Sign Up Genius sheets can be accessed by clicking on the links below. Please note that all conferences are "first come first serve" so it is important for parents to sign up as soon as possible. As always, please contact the office if you have any questions.

Mrs. Lowe
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A82DA5FBCF8-66473657-mrs

Miss Miller
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FAEAC2DA1FECF8-66449759-miss

Mrs. Corry
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A9AB2EA1F4C61-66444258-mrs#/

Mrs. Richard
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A9AB2EA0F4C07-66441981-mrs#/

Miss Rockhold
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848ACA82EA3F8C16-66449417-miss

Mrs. Begner
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FACA828ABFBC70-66451882-copy

Mrs. Hoffman
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0544ACAE23A3F9CE9-62707297-miss#/

Mrs. Farquhar
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AA8A72AA2FDC43-66496547-mrs

Miss Hallam
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460702-miss#/

Mrs. Clow
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66453622-mrs#/

Ms. Hellemann
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460619-mshellemanns#/

Mr. Koster
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0849A5A62DA1F8CF8-66460537-mrkosters#/

5th grade student spotlight!

Friday, October 2nd
Weekly Newsletter


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Elementary had their first monthly purple ticket winners! These students were picked for the month of September and got to get ice cream with Mr. Mingus! 🍦

Purple ticket winners! 💜

Good Morning Tornadoes! The Illinois Elementary School Association and Dick's Sporting Goods are teaming up to offer 20% off all purchases from October 9th-12. Please click on the link below to take advantage of the offer.

https://cmm.dickssportinggoods.com/api/v1/coupons?offer_entity_code=O241FZDL&token=AIBKfHFp8JrbBHrm2Ey0wiwK5M089wLR-q7bWF5x7U2eXhRWtHAHQ1vUNfJ5LPNgsJog2mVIQ0FHUmyWLW9w2

I am excited to report that we had 90 students earn an ice cream sandwich by having perfect attendance during the month of September! This is an awesome start to the school year, and I hope that the trend of positive school attendance continues. The focus for the month of October is going to be arriving to school on time. Students who arrive on time start the day on a positive note and do not miss important beginning of the school day routines and instruction. With that being said, students who do not receive any tardies (excused or unexcused) during the month of October will earn a movie and popcorn day. We look forward to another great month!

Friday, September 25th
Weekly Newsletter

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4th grade student spotlight! 🌟

The school carnival will be held inside due to the potential of rain. There will still be games, inflatables, Kona Ice, and a food truck. We hope to see all of our families there!

The link below will take you to a news story about last night's informational meeting about the proposed Facility Sales Tax. Please take a minute to click on it and see what was presented.

https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2026/09/25/tazewell-county-voters-decide-1-school-facility-sales-tax-nov3-ballot/

Elementary purple ticket winners 🏆

This is a reminder that today is a SIP day, and all SPGS students will be dismissed at 11:15. This is also a reminder that the school carnival is tonight from 4:30-6:30. Have a great weekend Tornadoes!

Just a reminder that Black Sheep Coffee will be here tomorrow morning for staff, students, parents, and members of the community to purchase coffee and other drinks!

Fall Carnival Information
Friday, September 25th
4:30pm - 6:30pm