THS Fellowship of Christian Athlete's Weekly Verse 19! Join us on Wednesday mornings at 7:45 for breakfast and a devotional! Photograph by Lauren Metcalf
TOMORROW IS THE NIGHT!! -- April 9th -- Tickets are still available online or at the door.
Our Technology Team and STEM groups are excited to be involved in the 8th Annual Central Illinois STEM Fair. We will be proudly displaying some of our work on Wednesday, April 9th from 5:30-8PM @ the Rochester High School Athletic Complex.
We would love for you to make the trip over to see us and explore some of the other STEM projects that are happening in our area. They are expecting around 90 exhibitors and there will be fun for all ages.
Head over to https://www.eventbrite.com/.../2025-central-illinois-stem... to grab your free tickets!
STEM sudents made models of DNA molecules out of licorice and colored marshmallows in Mrs. Wagner's class. Each marshmallow represented a specific nitrogen base. The students then had to add the appropriate marshmallows to complete the base pairs. Once finished the models were able to replicate the twisted ladder structure of DNA. Their models were also edible which added to the fun!
Elementary students: join us at North School this Thursday for Reading Night!
In Mrs. Vaira's room at THS , after our unit on circles, we celebrated Pi Day on 3/14. We calculated perimeter, circumference, and area of the boxes, breakfast pizzas, and pies.
Please see the attached information about Operation Loaded Bookbag for the 2025-2026 school year.
Ms. Anderson's STEM classes were visited by two employees from Memorial Hospital Lab Department. They spoke to the classes about how to become certified to work in the lab, and what it is like to work in the lab. Their positions relate directly to the upcoming Medical Detective Unit that the students will begin in a few weeks.
"This month, our class participated in our annual project with Christian County Animal Control! Each student received information about cats and dogs currently available for adoption at their facility. Using what we learned, we wrote adoption letters, highlighting each animal’s unique personality and why they would make a wonderful addition to a loving home.
Today, we had the privilege of welcoming Dwanna and Sam from CCAC into our classroom! They reviewed our adoption flyers, answered our questions, and shared more about the important work they do for animals in need. We’re so proud of the students for using their writing skills to help these pets find their FURever homes!"
Today we celebrate the incredible school librarians who foster a love of reading, guide us through research, and create safe spaces for learning. Your dedication makes a world of difference!
#SchoolLibrarianDay #ThankYou
Thank you to all our Memorial families and friends for making our Spring Family Night a huge success!
This month's TJHS character trait is "responsible". Fifth grade SEL classes with Ms. Whitehead watched some of "The Lion King" while completing a worksheet and having class discussion about the various ways they saw responsibilities displayed in the movie.
THE RESULTS ARE IN! In the 2025 Poetry March Madness Championship, both of Ms. Cummins’ 3rd and 6th hour classes chose the same winner! After 2 weeks of intense matchups and BIG upsets, Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball” took first place! This poem about dedication, dreams and saying goodbye to the game he loved resonated deeply with the 7th graders, making Kobe the ultimate winner in our poetry bracket. Huge shoutout to all of the amazing poems that competed. It was a tough battle, but in the end, that Mamba Mentality reigned supreme!
The wheels of creativity were turning in Mrs. Klingler’s second-grade classroom as students used LEGO kits borrowed from the ROE. Students built and coded vehicles, successfully completing exciting classroom missions and showing off their coding skills!
Ms. West’s class has been checking out the live feed of the eagle’s nest at Big Bear Valley. The Eagles names are Shadow and Jackie. The baby eagles are called Eaglets but have not been named yet.
THS Fellowship of Christian Athlete's Weekly Verse 18! Join us on Wednesday mornings at 7:45 for breakfast and a devotional! Photograph by Marley DIvely
In Mrs. Phares’s second-grade class, students built more than LEGO vehicles—they built confidence in coding! Using LEGO kits provided by the ROE, they programmed their vehicles to complete creative challenges, bringing STEM to life.
LEGO bricks met coding in Mrs. Hooper’s second-grade room! With LEGO kits from the ROE, students constructed vehicles, then programmed them to move through specific tasks—turning learning into an engaging, hands-on adventure.
Mrs. Vickers’s second graders experienced hands-on STEM learning by building and coding LEGO vehicles. Using borrowed kits from the ROE, students proudly watched their creations navigate obstacles and complete tasks around the classroom.
Creativity was in high gear in Mrs. Cope’s second-grade classroom as students tackled LEGO building challenges. Thanks to the ROE's LEGO kits, students programmed their vehicles to move and perform special missions!
Second graders in Miss Bortmess’s class became engineers for the day, constructing LEGO vehicles using kits borrowed from the ROE. They took their skills one step further by coding their vehicles to move and complete exciting tasks!
