Athletics Update 11/26/23 for the past 2 weeks
The HS girls bowling team finished 1st in the Silver Division in the Triad Bowling Tournament, great job girls and coaches!
The HS boys basketball team got their 1st win of the season at the Mulberry Grove Tournament in the 7th place game with a 63-40 win over Mt. Olive! Good job boys and coaches!
The HS Girls Basketball Co-op team with Wesclin competed this week in the tough Nashville Invitational Tournament. Nashville won the tournament beating Okawville in the Championship
HS Soccer team has several post season awards given to players:
All-Conference: Robert Zimmerman, Ian Cappello, Kyle Noud, Deion Washington, Blake Goetter, Lincoln Hamm
Also several won Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association Awards:
All-Sectional- Robert Zimmerman
All-Sectional Honorable Mention- Ian Cappello
All-Sectional Sportsmanship- Tyler Hohrein
All-Sectional All- Academic- Robert Zimmerman
JH Boys and GIrls Basketball will finish their conference play this week and will each enter into the Clinton County Conference Tournament over the next 2 weeks.
Also this is Homecoming week! Come to the HS Boys Basketball Homecoming game on Saturday morning at 11:00 am vs Dupo to support your Greyhounds and see the Homecoming activities!
Here's a link to the YouTube video from the 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools Recognition Ceremony if you missed the livestream on Friday. 🏅https://www.youtube.com/live/dHw6t3RVXA8?si=0N543vpFXA0gtP67&t=13214
Reminder: Thanksgiving break is right around the corner next week!
These three educators are in Washington, D.C. today to receive the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award on behalf of our students, staff, and communities.
Dental Safari is coming to District 9! See flyer for the details.....
Santa is visiting LES!! LHS National Honor Society Santa Breakfast Details!
The American Legion essay and oratorical scholarship contests are available at jschorfheide.weebly.com or in Google Classroom for high school students. Seventh and eighth grade students can ask their social studies or English teachers about the essay contest.
November 15 is School Board Members Day! We would like to say THANK YOU to our school board members for their leadership and commitment to creating the best schools possible for our students here at LCUSD #9.
Big Future's next Real Talk is for Black high school students who may want to play college and professional sports. Here is the link for information.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/communities-events/real-talk?SFMC_cid=EM1069961-&rid=47059995
Terrific Tuesday Everyone! Here are a couple of free College Board college and career planning links for all students 9-12.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/checklist/9th-grade - this has tabs for each high school grade level.
The 6th graders enjoyed some butterscotch krimpets last week to go along with the book Maniac Magee!
CORRECTED LINK BELOW, sorry for the confusion. The basketball apparel shop will close at midnight tomorrow night, so if you would like to order anything please go to the website below to order. Thank you for your support.
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/HhpHDmgMBH
Athletic Update for 11/11
First we would like to thank all of our Veterans for their service here on Veterans Day.
This Wednesday-Nov 15th is our Fall Sports Recognition Night at the high school at 6:30, if you have not sent your rsvp in for the Booster Club please do so asap, or you can email me at ccruthis@lcusd9.org and let me know how many will attend.
Winter Sports are up and running.
JH Girls Basketball started in October and they have been working hard and winning some games. They placed 2nd in the St. Libory Tournnament and they have now started conference play so if you have a chance to come catch a game the athletes would appreciate it.
JH Boys Basketball also started in October and have also been working hard. They don't have a lot of experience back from their successful season last year but the boys are working hard for our coaches. They have also started conference games and they also would love to see more people come out to see them play.
JH cheerleading has started and they have been performing at all home games (boys and girls).
HS girls basketball started Oct 31st with the new co-op with Wesclin and they will play their first game at home(Wesclin Gym) on Tuesday Nov 14th, JV at 6:00 and Varsity at 7:30 vs Staunton
HS Boys basketball started practice this week and currently have 14 boys out for the season. They will open up on Tuesday Nov 21st at the Mulberry Grove Tournament.
HS Boys Bowling has started and is participating in the Collinsville Tournament today, good luck! HS girls bowling will start practice this Monday Nov 13th. Both teams will have their home matches at St Clair Bowl again and they will start at 3:00 so if you can stop by and catch a match they would appreciate it.
HS Cheerleading has started and is working hard, we have 7 girls our working hard everyday after school.
Good luck this winter Greyhounds!
Attention Fall Sports Parents! The Fall Athletic Banquet is this Wednesday, November 15th @ 6:30 pm in the High School Gym. The Athletic Boosters are providing snacks and drinks. Please RSVP by Monday so the boosters will have enough for everyone. RSVP to Erin Nordmann via email: enordmann10@gmail.com or via text 618-520-7730.
So happy to celebrate Dictionary Day! This event is made possible thanks to the Lebanon Rotary Club, Mary Renfro's family and the Delta Kappa Gamma teacher's sorority. They have been presenting dictionaries to each of our third graders for many years.
Noah was the winner of the Mrs. Field's cookie dough fundraiser. He earned lunch with his favorite teacher and friend. Good job Noah!
Tomorrow we have a few areas we are celebrating. We are asking elementary students to wear red, white and blue to celebrate our Veterans. Our jr high and high school students we are asking to wear pink to celebrate kindness day. We also want to remind families that tomorrow is cookie dough pick-up day at the elementary school(please see previous message for times) and we will be celebrating Veteran’s Day district wide with no school on Friday. We truly appreciate all of our families and the support you have for our district.
Congratulations Lebanon High School on receiving the Illinois Student Assistance Commission Platinum Award for FAFSA Completion. Illinois requires seniors to complete the FAFSA for graduation and the Platinum Award is given to schools that have 95% or higher completion. Great job Class of 2023!
Parents/Guardians of high school Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors: your students have their preregistration forms for next year. Please review them with your student(s), sign and return them by December 1. They also have a Google Form to complete in their class's Google Class of (insert graduation year) to provide specific information. If you have any questions or would like to set up a meeting please contact Mrs. Schorfheide at jschorfheide@lcusd9.org.
REMINDER: Cookie dough fundraiser pick-up is TOMORROW, Nov. 9th! Please make arrangements to gather your items from LES (Lebanon Elementary) between 2:45pm -5:30pm.