SPRING PLAY AUDITIONS!!!! #ibtigerpride
SPRING PLAY AUDITIONS!!!! #ibtigerpride
Even though it's winter outside, students in "Making the Most of Mother Nature" class are learning, planting, and preparing for warmer weather! After a few mini-lessons about ecosystems and terrariums, students not only helped design a large, closed terrarium, but also created their own mini-terrariums. Closed terrariums are perfectly balanced and self-sufficient ecosystems, and students could see for themselves how a closed terrarium is essentially a microcosm of Earth. By carefully layering gravel, charcoal, and soil, students made their own open terrariums to take home and nurture. Stay tuned for more news about fungus, canning, bird feeding, homesteading, and outdoor classrooms!
The High School girls basketball game with MWC Thursday now will have the Varsity playing at 6 pm and JV to follow.
Just a reminder that the IBHS Book Club Community Hour is collecting any and all gently used books. There will be a box in the high school commons until the end of the day Wednesday for donations. Thanks for helping us encourage literacy and a love of reading! #ibtigerpride
Due to staffing issues, Bus Route 12 will NOT run in the morning or afternoon until after Christmas Break. Our middle/elementary school routes will pick up high school students through the end of the semester. #ibtigerpride
Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Senior Citizen's Luncheon originally scheduled for this week has been cancelled. We are hoping we can bring this wonderful program back next school year!
Today the Mindful Thrifting & Book Club Community Hours took a field trip to Pekin Goodwill to practice thrifting skills and visit local non-profit bookstore TAiLS of a Bookworm, whose mission is to raise money for local animal shelters and rescues in need. Students helped purchase books for the high school library and thrifted items for an end of semester Celebration of Community event.
Students in Mrs. Schafer's PE and Community Hour classes and Ms Heinz's Book Club students packed up and delivered all of the IBHS canned food drive donations to the IB Christmas Hope organization this morning. Food will be packaged and delivered to local families in need this holiday season. Thank you to Mrs. Coulter for her efforts coordinating the high school's food colleciton! Thank you to everyone who donated and helped out this year! #ibtigerpride
Congratulations to Paul Krumpe for making ILMEA All-State. He will be playing in either the All-State or Honors Band in Peoria in January. It is a great achievement to be recognized as one of the best trombone players in the state of Illinois. Way to go, Paul! #ibtigerpride
High school students in Book Club Community Hour enjoyed going back to the elementary school library today and sharing stories with 2nd graders about the importance of kindness, helping others, and being part of a community. #ibtigerpride
Mrs. Jatkowski's Bakeshop II Community Hour has been producing some AMAZING treats this quarter, including brownies, cheesecake, cinnamon rolls, apple pie cake, and macarons. When asked what they like most about Bakeshop (besides the treats!), students say they love that the class is student-centered, always interactive, and that they have freedom to try new recipes in an atmosphere that's built on trust and a true sense of community.
We are in the home stretch for our canned food drive for IB Christmas Hope! If you have not made a donation and still want to, please contact the high school office. Also, check out a food drive promo created by one of our student teams: https://youtu.be/P8F3BY7c0JQ
What's the IBHS Canned Food Drive without a little friendly competition? Which Community Hour team CAN do the most good? Donations are starting to pile up, but we have a long way to go!
The deadline to sign up for an IB Christmas Hope food basket is November 19th. If you or someone you know is in need, visit www.ibchristmashope.com to sign up anonymously.
Monetary donations are tax deductible and can be made through the IB Christmas Hope website, by mail at PO Box 123, Glasford, IL 61533, at either Glasford State Bank location, or by supporting our students' efforts here at school.
2nd Quarter Community Hours are underway at IBHS! Mrs. Coulter and Ms. Heinz are SO EXCITED to host a room full of readers for Book Club! Students have enjoyed a "book tasting" event, crafted personalized bookmarks, created unboxing videos of our brand new books. #ibtigerpide
Community Hour students planting bulbs today. The project originated from a student presentation about the importance of bees in our ecosystem. From his issue, we created Connor's Color Crew and purchased over 2,000 pollinator bulbs to plant around the IB campus. #ibtigerpride
The cast/crew have put together a fantastic show! Last chance to see “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” tomorrow, Sunday (10/24) at 2:00 in the IBHS Theater. #ibtigerpride
To commemorate the end of our first quarter Community Hour, students participated in a gallery walk. Displays featured a variety of student creations, a Disney themed "photo booth" experience, and a chess master challenge. Students taught each other how to sign their names using ASL, learned the basics of D&D, discussed what it means to be a mindful thrifter, and the whole high school was treated to a performance by this quarter's Improv group. New Community Hour courses begin today!
Oct 24-30 is Principal Appreciation Week and Illini Bluffs #327 would like to recognize our outstanding building principals for all that they do for our students and our schools. THANK YOU Mr. Brown for your dedication to our students, staff, and IB community! #ibtigerpride
