St. Elmo High School Prom is this evening at The Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham! Doors open at 6:30 P.M. with Coronation to follow at 7:00 P.M.The dance ends at 10:00 P.M. The public is welcome to attend coronation! You may enter TKC this evening thru the Holiday Inn Entrance for easier access to our room! Please email Mrs. Cox or Ms. Raver with any additional questions! Happy Prom!!!
Congratulations to Anna Stine for placing in the top 10 as an individual at the Illinois State FFA Livestock Judging CDE. Anna placed 8th overall out of 484 competitors! The team of Lane Stine, Lowell Wilhour, Kinley Carson, Anna Stine and Lane Goodwin finished 20th overall as a team out of 104 teams! The team judged beef cattle, swine, sheep, and goats.
The BSE H.S. Baseball team will be playing at GCS Ballpark (Home of the Gateway Grizzlies) on Monday, May 9. The J.V. team will play at 4:30pm with the Varsity game scheduled for approx. 6:30pm. The tickets are $4 each and can be purchased through any HS baseball player or Coach.
Congratulations to Gavyn Smith as he finished 1st Place Overall at the Section 19 FFA Ag Mechanics CDE in the Welding Division. Gavyn will now advance to the State Ag Mechanics CDE on May 5th at Illinois Central College in East Peoria.
The St. Elmo FFA Officer Team & Members would like to invite all FFA members and their family to the Annual FFA Banquet, which will be held on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 6:30 pm in the High School Gymnasium. There will be a catered meal provided. Doors will open at 6:00. There will be the St. Elmo FFA Work & Silent Auction and Alumni Pie Auction held at the end of the evening! If you will not be attendance and would like to place a bid, please contact Mrs. Totten at mtotten@stelmo.org.
At the April 12 Track Meet in Teutopolis Laney Baldrige broke the school record for the 100M dash. Her time was 12.7 seconds and the record that was broken was 13.1 seconds set in 1987 by Eva Becker.
Here is the St. Elmo FFA Plant List for the Greenhouse Sale. Please contact Mandy Totten at mtotten@stelmo.org if you have any questions!
Plant List Price
Vegetables
Tomatoes (Beef Steak) $1.50 per plant
Tomatoes (Big Boy) $1.50 per plant
Tomatoes (Husky Cherry Red) $1.50 per plant
Peppers (Yolo Wonder) $1.50 per plant
Lettuce (Buttercrunch) $1.50 per plant
Okra $1.50 per plant
Cucumber (Straight Eight) $1.50 per plant
Annuals
Celosia $1.50 per plant
Coleus $1.50 per plant
Dianthus $1.50 per plant
Hypoestes $1.50 per plant
Marigolds $1.50 per plant
Portulaca (Moss Rose) $1.50 per plant
Vinca $1.50 per plant
Wave Petunias $2.50 per plant
Calibrachoa $4.00 per plant
Lantana $4.00 per plant
Sweet Potato Vine (Sweetheart Jet Black) $4.00 per plant
Vinca Vine $4.00 per plant
Annual Grasses $10.00 per plant
Perennials
Purple Coneflowers $7.00 per plant
Blanket Flower $7.00 per plant
Coreopsis (Tickseed) $7.00 per plant
Karl Forester Grass $10.00 per plant
Miscanthus Gold Breeze (Grass) $10.00 per plant
Festuca Beyond Blue (Grass) $10.00 per plant
Succulents
Hens and Chicks $5.00 per plant
Hanging Baskets $15.00 - $18.00
Congratulations to the following St. Elmo FFA members for receiving the Illinois State FFA Degree, which is the highest award bestowed upon FFA members at the state level. They will be honored on stage at the Illinois State FFA Convention in June. Audrey Wilhour, Nate Miller, Collin Hannagan, Dylan Dial, and Sydney Stine.
Members of the “Beauty and the Beast” cast visited the grade school to promote their show! Come out and see the show yourself tomorrow and Saturday, at 7:30pm in the SEHS gym. ($5 Admission)
Congratulations to the St. Elmo FFA in the Envirothon competition held at Ballard Nature Center. There were local schools from Shelby County, Fayette County, Effingham County and Cumberland County competing throughout the day in the areas of soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife and Waste to Resources. St. Elmo FFA won Top Team Score in the Soils Division and finished 3rd Place Overall in the Team competition. Members included Anna Stine, Lowell Wilhour, Lane Stine, Kinley Carson and Sydney Stine.
St. Elmo FFA State Dairy Judging Team! Anna Stine, Gabrielle Shelton, Lane Stine, Wyatt Stine, and Lowell Wilhour pictured with Josiah Cruikshank, National FFA Western Region Vice President.
On Friday April 8th and Saturday April 9th, the St. Elmo Jr/Sr Drama department will be performing Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Doors will open at 7pm both nights, with the show starting at 7:30pm. Ticket's will be $5 and they can be purchased at the door.
The St. Elmo FFA had an exciting day as they got to spend the afternoon with the National FFA Western Region Vice President, Josiah Cruikshank and the Illinois State FFA President, Adam Loker! They connected with the members and began the discussion on what the road map to achieve premier leadership, personal growth, and career success could look like for them as a FFA member!
Congratulations to Collin Hannagan for being named FFA Member of the Month!
Congratulations to the St. Elmo FFA as they competed in the Dairy Judging CDE on Wednesday, March 30th where they finished in the top ten. Anna Stine, Lane Stine, Wyatt Stine, Gabrielle Shelton, and Lowell Wilhour will now advance to the state level competition at Kaskaskia College. Lane Stine also finished in the top 10 individually!
Mark Your Calendars! St. Elmo FFA Plant Sale will be held on Wednesday, May 4th! Annuals, Perennials, Vegetables, and Hanging Baskets! More Specific Plant List & Details Coming Soon!
Pictures are needed for the yearbook & senior slide show!!!
Below is a list of pictures that need to be submitted to Mrs. Metzger before April 14, 2022
These images will be used for the yearbook, senior slideshow, and the graduate section in area newspapers
Electronic versions of the images are preferred
1. Senior Portrait (this should be in portrait orientation (taller than wide)
2. JH picture
3. Elementary school picture
4. Toddler picture
5. Baby picture
6. Group pictures for the senior slide show
If you are submitting hard copies of photos, please have them labeled with your name and in an envelope so I can ensure that they are returned to the correct person!
Please submit electronic images to my school email: mmetzger@stelmo.org
SEB Jr. High Cheerleading Tryouts -
Clinic Dates: 4/4 and 4/6 from 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Tryout Date: 4/8 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: SE Elementary Gym
** You must attend at least one clinic to tryout.**
If you have any questions or concerns, email Coach Brittani Durbin at bdurbin@stelmo.org
The JH Girls Basketball Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, April 6th at 6:00 in the Brownstown Elementary Cafeteria.
Ready for Spring! The St. Elmo High School Agriculture Department's Ag Mechanics class is designing and building customized Hanging Basket Plant Stands for their spring project. The customized stands are $35.00 each (plant not included). Customers can chose between the two stain options (Special Walnut or Dark Walnut) as pictured as well as the two sign designs (Welcome/Name Personalization) as pictured. If interested, please contact Mrs. Totten for your customized order at mtotten@stelmo.org.
