Today's spirit day, the teachers dressed up like students and the students like teachers!!
Hello Raiders,
As I mentioned last week, I want to provide you some information on some of the bills being run through Springfield. Below are two bills I'm concerned about. As a parent, I personally wouldn't want a teacher talking to my children about sex education and providing their viewpoint on the topic. As a school leader, I don't think it's the job of the district to educate students on this topic to this extent. Naturally we touch on sex education in our health classes; however, these bills will put us in positions to provide much more intense education on the topic. I would encourage you all to reach out to your senator and representative to explain your displeasure with these bills. If you're unsure who to reach here is a link to search for both your senator and representative.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/maps/
HB 1736 Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Northlake)
HB 3071 Rep. Camille Lilly (D-Chicago)
We grouped these bills together because both focus on sex education curriculum.
HB 1736 mandates that a comprehensive, standards-based sex education course be taught in Preschool through 12th grade, including school disclosure, parental requests and notice of program. The bill allows school districts to collaborate with public health departments to identify a point of contact for inquiries and comments about course instruction and materials.
HB 3071 provides that school districts providing sex education are required to deliver a standards-based evidence-informed curriculum.
Best,
Dr. Todd Hellrigel
It's time for Preschool Screenings!
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Hello Raiders,
Midwest Central stands to receive over two million dollars in stimulus money. The use of the money is for addressing learning loss, addressing social emotional health, and improving indoor air quality. We plan to use the money to hire some additional personnel next school year to help meet the needs of our students as well as improving indoor air quality. We were fortunate to have a project lined up for this summer at our primary school, and a portion of the money will be used for that. We also will be hiring some additional aides and/or teachers to help individual students, and we also hope to hire an additional counselor to help with emotional issues that many students currently face.
Our villages and counties also will be receiving large amounts of stimulus money. Here are the approximate amounts:
Village of Manito $183,000,
Village of Forest City $27,000
Village of Green Valley $79,000
Village of Topeka $8,000
Mason County $2.6 million
Tazewell County $25.5 million
If you'd like to look at other states or areas, here is a link to an easy to use option.
https://wirepoints.org/how-much-is-your-community-getting-under-the-american-recovery-plan-searchable-database-for-the-nation-is-here-wirepoints/
Best,
Dr. Todd Hellrigel
The Girls Basketball game at Peoria Christian tonight was cancelled.
The Girls Basketball team will travel to Edison tonight for a 4:30 PM game. Good luck Lady Raiders!
If you would like to follow along virtually, we received the following instructions from Edison:
www.pekin.net
Go to schools and click Edison from the drop down menu to get to our website
The link will be posted under quick links 15 minutes prior to the game starting
Student Council is hosting a Spirit Week April 19 – April 23.
Monday – Support your favorite team with your fan gear
Tuesday – Dress like a teacher day and teachers dress like a student day
Wednesday – Nerd Day
Thursday – Career Day – Dress like what you want to be when you grow up
Friday – Class Color Day – 6th/Green; 7th/Red; 8th/Blue
A reminder that due to our shortened schedule today, there won’t be track practice today.
The Scholastic Bowl team will host a meet tonight against South Pekin starting at 3:30 PM. Good luck!!
Congrats to the winners of the coloring contest!!
Third place: Rylee Miles
Second place: Carly DeSutter
First place: Remi Kraft
Reminder - Tomorrow will be a 1/2 day for students.
The 7th grade Lady Raiders beat Illini Central 27-13. Leading scores Emma Junkin with 11 and Cally DeSutter and Amelia Meeker with 6.
Track tonight has been changed to the MS due to the weather.
Parents are you looking for an inexpensive, super fun summer activity to do with your kids?
The Peoria Academy of Science and the Peoria Riverfront Museum are proud sponsors of the 31st Annual Science Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt is a combination of family adventure and scavenger hunt focusing on science and technology facilities and resources in the tri-county area for students between 1st grade and 8th grade on April 16, 2021.
For more information, visit the website: https://sciencetreasurehunt.org/
The Lady Raiders basketball team will host Illini Central starting tonight at 6:00 PM. Good luck!!!
If you would like to follow along in the live feed, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/uUTLeNSM-9Q
Students - Student Council will be hosting an Art Contest. It will be held April 7-22. You can make any type of art like paint, sculpt, draw, photography, ect. You can work with a partner. It has to be school appropriate. It has to be spring themed. 1st place: $30 gift card of choice 2nd place: $20 gift card of choice 3rd place: $10 gift card of choice Please make sure to turn them in on April 22nd. Your first and last name need to be on it somewhere.
Good luck!
Great job to our Raider track team last night! There were some personal records were met! Way to go!! Please note that practice is tonight at the Middle School.
The track team braved the cold and did a great job at Olympia last Thursday.
The team also has a home meet today against Washington St. Pats starting at 4:15 PM. Athletes, please be at the track at 3:30 PM for warm ups. Thank you!
Wishing you nothing but smiles, sunshine, and lots of sweet treats this Easter day.
