St Elmo CUSD #202

Check Your Front Doors! St Elmo FFA members have been out today preparing for the Annual St Elmo FFA Trick or Can Event! If able, please fill bags with non-perishable food items that will be donated to the St. Elmo Food Pantry as we start to get into the holiday season. Place filled bags back on the porch/front door on Monday, October 27, 2025 by 4:00 pm. St. Elmo FFA members will be there to pick up between the hours of 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm on the 27th. Thank you for supporting the 5th Annual St. Elmo FFA Trick or Can event.

Jayce Gillespie & Dodge Willms both earned 2nd Team All-NTC honors for the Fall Baseball season.

Pictured are the H.S. Fall Baseball Award winners.
Calvin Voelker (Coaches Award);
Jayce Gillespie (Cy Young Award);
Dodge Willms (Silver Slugger Award);
Zayden Gillespie (Gold Glove Award);
Lucas Powell (Gold Glove Award)

Congratulations to the St Elmo FFA for their Superior Placing in the Illinois State FFA Land Use CDE which was held in Bradford, IL on October 15,2025. The team finished 6th Place Overall with team members Calvin Voelker and Wade Stine placing in the Top 10 as Superior Individuals. This is the third consecutive year the FFA has finished as a Superior Team in the State Land Use CDE. Other members of the team were Caden Stewart and Cami Haslett.

The St. Elmo FFA is holding their 5th Annual St. Elmo FFA Trick or Can event. FFA members will deliver plastic bags throughout the St. Elmo community on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm so please be on the lookout as they will be placed on the porch/front door of homes. If able, please fill bags with non-perishable food items that will be donated to the St. Elmo Food Pantry as we start to get into the holiday season. Place filled bags back on the porch/front door on Monday, October 27, 2025 by 4:00 pm.

St. Elmo FFA members will be there to pick up between the hours of 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm on the 27th.

Thank you for supporting the 5th Annual St. Elmo FFA Trick or Can event.

Congratulations to Parker Haslett (JH Girls Basketball) & to Presley Williams (HS Volleyball) for being chosen as the September Athletes of the Month!

The tradition continues as the St Elmo FFA wins first place in the Section 19 FFA Land Use CDE. The team included Wade Stine, Calvin Voelker, Caden Stewart, Jack Wilhour, Dayana Haslett, Cami Haslett, and Callie Ledbetter. Stine, Voelker, Stewart and D. Haslett all earned Top 10 Individual honors. The team will now advance to the state level competition at Black Hawk College in Galva, IL.

Ghostly Grams

Family Movie Night

The St Elmo Jr High FFA is on FIRE! Another win this week by 74 points as they take a 1st Place finish at the Section 19 FFA Horse Judging CDE. Team members include Klara Bartels, Kinley Walker, Maebry Lash, Mia Totten and Miles Somodi. All team members placed in the top 10 as individuals; Klara Bartels (1st Place Individual), Mia Totten (2nd Place Individual), Kinley Walker (3rd Place Individual), Maebry Lash (4th Place Individual) and Miles Somodi (10th Place Individual)! The team will now advance to State Horse Judging on February 6th at Black Hawk College.

Congratulations to Luke Loy & Sam Wilhour as they were named St Elmo FFA Members of the Month for the High School & Junior High Programs!

Congratulations to the St Elmo FFA Varsity Forestry Team for their 3rd Place Overall finish at the Section 19 Forestry CDE. Team members had to take a written exam, identify trees, identify tools, and complete practicums in map ready and timber cruising. Team members included Wade Stine, Luke Loy, Caden Stewart, Dayana Haslett, Callie Ledbetter, Alexis Holliday, Brooklyn Landrus, Jayse Logue, and Cami Haslett. Wade Stine finished 2nd Place Overall Individually.

Congratulations to the St Elmo FFA Jr High FFA Forestry Team for their 1st Place Overall finish at the Section 19 Forestry CDE. Team members had to take a written exam, identify trees, identify tools, and complete practicums in map ready and timber cruising. The team won by over 350 points with Dawson Engeljohn being named 1st Place Overall Individual, Mia Totten as 2nd Place Overall Individual, Paxton Childress as 3rd Place Overall Individual, and Sam Wilhour as 4th Place Individual.

Exciting Assembly Tomorrow at the Elementary! 🎉

We are thrilled to welcome NED’s Resiliency Ride to our school tomorrow! This engaging character education program focuses on three powerful life lessons:

Never give up

Encourage others

Do your best

Through storytelling, magic, humor, and yo-yo tricks, students will learn the importance of resilience and how these skills can make a lasting impact in their lives.

You may have seen the order form for purchasing yo-yos—this is directly connected to the assembly. Students who purchase a yo-yo will have the chance to practice the tricks they learn from NED during the school day.

📌 Reminder: Tomorrow is also an early dismissal day at 11:15 a.m. and lunch will not be served.

We’re excited for this fun and meaningful experience for our students!

School will be back in session tomorrow, Wednesday, September 17, 2025.

A utility company in town hit a water main this morning, and we currently do not have water. We are planning to dismiss the elementary students at 11:15, and the high school students at 11:20. If you have transportation changes please call the office.

All T-Shirt orders are due this Friday!! Popular items being ordered are S1 and V1. All proceeds go towards student incentives, field trips, classroom activities, teacher items, and school wide initiatives.

We appreciate you and your support!

The St Elmo FFA was presented with a check and back packs by Rod Stoll of Farm Credit Illinois for their win at the Illinois Farm Progress Show Land Use Contest. Not pictured Alexis Holliday & Callie Ledbetter.

Deadline Approaching................The St Elmo FFA would like to announce the continuation of the St Elmo FFA Jacket Sponsor Program! Last year there were enough jackets sponsored for every member freshman through junior to receive their very own personalized FFA jacket! Check out the information below to learn more about the St. Elmo FFA Jacket Sponsor Program and how you can sponsor a jacket! Each sponsor will be honored at our annual banquet held in the spring. Thank you all so much for your support of this program!

Deadline - October 15, 2025