What do a giant peach, magic potion, friendly insects and an ocean trip have to do with each other?
Mayo Middle School students will clear up the mystery when they present their annual musical …
The Shiloh student council attended the Kickapoo District Association of Student Councils (KDASC) district convention on Saturday, March 23.
KDASC exists to facilitate growth among its member …
What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school?
Jude Cunningham, 8th grade, Crestwood Elementary School.
What …
HUME— Hands and streets in the village of Hume are looking and feeling better than they were last week, thanks to Shiloh High School’s first annual “community days.”
On …
Jami Wilson started her teaching career in 1993 at Altamont High School, where she taught for three years, then moved to Casey Westfielf Jr. High/High School where she taught for another three years.
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Josie Armstrong, 12th grade, Shiloh High School
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that …
For the first time in six years the Chrisman Police Department, along with volunteer firefighters and Neal EMS, staged a crash reenactment for the Chrisman High School students.
Police chief Tom …
Three Paris FFA members dressed in their formal attire and headed to State Proficiencies on March 23. The members, all boys, worked hard at their topics and have seen great success during their time …
Student artwork has taken over all the space at the Link Art Gallery for the remainder of this month, with judge’s ribbons placed on the top winners.
The Student Art Show at the gallery …
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Madi Slaven, 8th grade, Crestwood School.
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that subject?
Social …
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Ben Sherer, 12th grade, Shiloh High school.
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that …
The Esports Club at Shiloh High School is in its first year, but has a lot of potential for students who already spend hours attached to the video game world.
Tim Carroll, the …
Mayo Middle School art teacher Millie Hamilton Arp infuses color and life lessons into her classroom every day. One of her most recent projects with her sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students has …
Tammy Pittenger started her teaching career in Marshall as a reading tutor and computer lab supervisor for North Elementary School. There she stayed for 10 years before moving to Paris High School in …
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Kaiden Cooper, Grade 12, Shiloh High School
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What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school?
My name is Savannah Vaugh and I am in Seventh grade. I attend Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School.
What is(are) …
The Paris High School ACES (Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science) team continued their season by competing at the Academic Challenge sectional at Eastern Illinois University on Wednesday, …
HUME—Shiloh Jr. Beta members participated in the Illinois Beta Convention March 5 and 6. The overnight trip was held in Springfield.
“I was very impressed by a lot of the projects …
Elementary students at Memorial received a special surprise on Wednesday, March 20. More than 750 books were donated to the school ensuring that every student got to go home with a new read.
The …
HUME—It is no secret that today’s students face an uphill battle against bullying, peer pressure, family hurts and life altering choices. Leadership at Shiloh School is doing all they can …
What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school?
Brody Stults, 8th grade, Crestwood School
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that …
What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school?
Rachel Neal I am in 8th grade and attend Chrisman Scotland Jr High School.
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HUME—Shiloh Junior High students hosted an array of interactive activities for younger students Wednesday, March 13, in a Science Night Extravaganza. The two hour event was filled with chances …
Sixth Grade
Zaylee Barczy
Gigi Bradley
Easton Brewer
Gwen Brinkerhoff
Hallie Brinkerhoff
Vivian Brown
Wesley Burns
Charleigh Cook
Fender Davis
Will …
Taylor Birchfield has been Paris High Schools Girls Physical Education teacher since 2019. She has also been coaching the girls Track and Field team since she started at Paris High School.
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Eighth-grade students at Crestwood recently took a field trip to Terre Haute to visit the Candles Museum.
The museum was created in 1995 by holocaust survivor and Terre Haute resident Eva Mozes …
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Bryan Woolum, 8th Grade, Crestwood School.
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Mara Bosch, Senior, Shiloh High School
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I love …
Students in Ms. Holly’s House Elementary classroom recently finished creating cuckoo clocks as part of an art project.
“(The) wall design and ornate, detailed clocks with real pine …
Natalie Scherle knew she wanted a side job outside of teaching and was browsing around for something that was available.
Scherle has been a junior high math teacher for 17 years.
She …
Paris High School opened its doors to the future class of 2028, by hosting an Activities Fair and chili supper for incoming freshmen and their parents.
Tables lined the gym, each offering …
The 2024 Great American Eclipse will appear in Paris on April 8, at 2:02 p.m. The next total eclipse of the sun for the United States will occur in 2045.
The course for this eclipse will appear …
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Payton Vezina, 12th grade, Shiloh High School.
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Isabella Chandler, eighth grade, Crestwood.
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that subject?
Science, …
Brett Block started her teaching career in 1994, but she originally aspired to be a marine biologist. A burst eardrum from a scuba diving trip had her reconsidering her career choices, and she …
The Cardinal Cupboard, a small food market at the Chrisman High School, draws a cross-section of students from the area, thanks to grant funding it allows everyone to shop for free.
The market …
The Crestwood School District met twice in February, the first meeting, held on Feb. 14, was filled with discussions of student and parent involvement, and the second meeting, held on Feb. 19, …
Paris High School’s (PHS) annual career fair is Friday, March 1.
Staff members Jayne Brown and Heather Robison team up yearly to invite the community into the high school in an effort to …
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Makaylah Paceley, 12th grade, Shiloh High School.
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The Illinois Masonic Academic Bowl Sectional Tournament came to Paris Cooperative High School on Saturday, Feb. 17, featuring some of the best scholastic bowl teams in the region. Paris finished …
The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) elevates a school’s commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. Student members of Crestwood’s NJHS …
Doug Happ and Beyond the Bell students visited Paris High School in the pursuit of knowledge, knowledge in physics.
The eager learners were greeted by several high school students who took the …
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Sami McClain, 12th grade, Shiloh High School.
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Olivia Radke, senior, Chrisman High School
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Math, …
The Paris High School Board meeting Monday, Feb. 12 started with a presentation by Bob Abernathy of the ECCEL program.
ECCEL stands for Edgar Clark Career Exploration Leadership, a class for …
Crestwood School’s production for this year is “Little Mermaid Jr.,” a musical that will feature 40 students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
It “promises to be an …
Rob Boyars has taught at Paris High School since 1993.
Originally from Redmon, he attended Shiloh School from kindergarten to 12th grade. After graduation, Boyars pursued an associate’s …
What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school? Tara Wakefield. Twelfth grade. Shiloh High School.
What is(are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that subject? PE. …
What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school? Brynna Drenning, sixth grade, Chrisman Junior High.
What is (are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws you to that subject? Art, …
Beth Laborde teaches a summer sewing class for students at Lori’s Pin and Needles, on Feb. 2 she joined several Crestwood staff members and taught a handful of students basic sewing skills with …
The Paris High School ACES (Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science) team recently began their season by competing in the Academic Challenge regional Feb. 2.
Academic Challenge is a …
Shiloh Student Council hosted 70s’ Disco Winterfest Jan. 29 - Feb. 3. A “powderbuff” tournament was held for boys from each high school grade.
They played volleyball in the …
What's your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school? My name is Bonnie Drenning, I’m in grade six, and I got to school at Chrisman.
What is (are) your favorite subject(s)? What draws …
On Saturday, Jan. 27, several student members of the Mayo’s Redbird Leadership Squad volunteered to serve alongside the International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) at an event in Paris.
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What’s your name? Your grade? Where do you attend school? My name is Benton Wilson, I am an eighth grader at Mayo Middle School.
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A group of representatives from the Paris High School Pep band were sent to participate in the LIC conference basketball pep band in Richland County,
Saturday, Jan. 20. The schools involved in …
KANSAS —Seventh through 12th-grade students at Kansas CUSD3 had a special guest visit them to share his life story on Jan. 18. Carmine Azzato, a.k.a. BLAST, from the WWF tag team Demolition, …
Students at Ms. Holly’s House are creating winter snow globes in their art class to match the blustery weather in Edgar County.
“Elementary students are starting their snow …
Crestwood Students between 3rd and 8th grade participated in the Crestwood Spelling Bee on Friday, Jan 12. The students did an amazing job spelling and went for 10 rounds before two finalists were …
Students at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School have been visited by some special guests, all of whom are encouraging them to “WIG-out” and participate in a school-wide race for gold stars and …
Graduating nurses received their pins at the 2023 Lake Land College Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) Bridge program pinning ceremony. The LPN to ADN Bridge program …
Shelia Grant leads an after-school club for middle school-aged students called CAST, or Cooking and Sewing Together. Unlike many other after-school clubs and programs, the club that Grant runs does …
Casting for the Paris High School Drama Club’s production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” was announced by directors Tanner Laughlin and Agnes Laughlin just prior to Christmas …
While students excitedly welcome winter break and the time to relax, many parents and educators worry the weeks off are too much and learning might suffer.
Those fears might be well founded, …
The Shiloh School Board presented an audit report during a recent meeting on Dec. 20. The audit showed the school district is operating with strong balances. There were no findings and all funds show …
The elementary students at Ms. Holly’s House have collected and distributed 85 coats, 665 pairs of socks, $4,000 worth of groceries and hygiene items and 40 blankets so far this school year.
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Paris High School students are expanding their understanding of biology and forensics via a partnership with Horizon Health.
“We had a blast in forensics,” teacher Jami Wilson said.
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NEWMAN – Students at Shiloh High School used a rewards day as an opportunity to spread Christmas cheer on Monday, Dec. 11 by visiting the Newman Rehabilitation & Health Care Center (NRHCC) …
KANSAS— Kansas FFA students snuck some extra holiday spirit into the halls of their school as they conducted their annual operation; Secret Santa.
“It was a huge success again this …
Crestwood School held its annual Fall Sports Athletic Banquet on Dec.19. The banquet was an opportunity for Crestwood leaders to recognize the student-athletes in Golf, Softball, Baseball and …
The Paris High School Board met and approved the calendar for next school year, along with the first reading of board policy updates, on Monday, Dec. 11. The changes will be approved and …
Robin Trapp, owner of Betty Jane’s Kitchen, spent the afternoon with Crestwood students creating Christmas cookies. Trapp brought in an assortment of cookies, decorations and Karo syrup to the …
The Santa Shop has been a staple event at Memorial Elementary School every Christmas since 1987. Originally costing the students money, it is now an opportunity for Memorial students from preschool …
MATTOON- Shiloh family and consumer science teacher Carey Hood grew up volunteering at One Stop Community Distribution in Mattoon. The Hindsboro native was recruited to the cause by fellow Oakland …
Wednesday, Dec. 13, marked six months since the home of Paris Union School District 95 Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Larson was searched by FBI agents, kicking off a chain of audits, reports and …
The Crestwood Eagles are continuing to soar to new heights. During the Wednesday, Dec. 13 board meeting CUSD 4 Superintendent Danette Young announced Crestwood Jr. High’s newest achievement …
Carrieann Pounds’ second hour class has been working with Christina Waltz on pour ceramics. Waltz runs a shop out of her home called CW’s Country Ceramics. She offers anything from …
Elementary students at Shiloh School have welcomed not one, but two special visitors recently, and both are quite fond of each other.
“I was trying to catch who made the mess in the …
For 10 years the AP Chemistry Class has hosted Kindergarteners during school to teach them about different lab experiments.
Brett Block and Jamy Cearlock started the tradition with …
Memorial Elementary School has a long-standing tradition of providing a Santa Shop for students and although COVID-19 changed how it is done, it is still going strong.
“Before COVID hit we …
Many children today take corn for granted, believing you put a seed in the ground, and it grows through summer. In the fall, it is harvested and sent to the stores. Children are often amazed to learn …
The Crestwood National Junior Honor Society put learning on pause for a day. The school hosted a fun day for students in third through fifth grade.
Students participated in crafts and games …
Crestwood School is working hard with its students to break the stigma of brain disorders using the Perception Academy Quest (PAQ).
PAQ is a program that takes students through a series of …
Crestwood Elementary School students and staff can enter the Christmas season knowing they made the nice list, at least according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Recently released ISBE …
Paris High School is buzzing with excitement as it prepares for its upcoming drama production of “Puffs,” a whimsical and spellbinding journey into the world of wizardry.
Set to …
The Crestwood cafeteria filled with excitement during an after-school program as Kelsey Aikman, of the Aikman Wildlife Adventure, brought the outdoors inside with five different animals.
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North American Lighting (NAL) and Indiana State University (ISU) are teaming up to bring a one-of-a-kind science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experience to Edgar County Schools.
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Social Media has a strong grasp on today's youth. Everyone wants to know who is doing what and where, but how is this affecting kids?
Stacy Skelton says that around 75% of the arguments she …
