Congratulations to Dylan Dial & Sydney Stine for being awarded the Outstanding Junior award at the St. Elmo FFA Banquet held on Wednesday, May 11th at the High School Gymnasium. Dial was also inducted as the 2022-2023 St. Elmo FFA President & Stine as the 2022-2023 St. Elmo FFA Secretary.
Congratulations to Collin Hannagan & Jack Kimberlin for being awarded the St. Elmo FFA Outstanding Service Award for their outstanding service to the FFA over the past year.
Congratulations to the following students on their prestigious awards for their outstanding achievements in the St. Elmo FFA:
Lane Goodwin - FFA Pride Award
Brodie Casey - Blue & Gold Award
Chad Ledbetter - Most Improved
Dylan Dial - Most Active
Congratulations to the St. Elmo FFA members for their outstanding achievements this year! They have had a tremendous year of growth and success! Pictured are members that were honored at the St. Elmo FFA Banquet on Wednesday, May 11th at the St. Elmo High School Gymnasium.
Congratulations to Addie McWhorter for advancing to State in the High Jump at the May 11 Sectional Meet in Altamont.
Congratulations to Sydney Stine for being elected to serve as the 2022-2023 Section 19 FFA Vice President.
Congratulations to the 8th grade Boys Track team for winning the JHNTC Track meet at Altamont on May 10.
Congratulations to the 8th grade Girls Track team for winning the JHNTC Track meet at Altamont on May 10.
At the H.S. Track meet in Altamont on May 9 a few school records were broken:
Addie McWhorter broke the high jump record when she cleared 5' 3" (1.60 meters). The previous record was 5' 2.5" set in 1983. The 4x100M relay team of Cordelia Lytle, Julia Perri, Addie McWhorter, and Laney Baldrige set the new school record when they finished in 54.84 seconds breaking the old record from 1978 which was 55.2. The 4x200M relay team of Cordelia Lytle, Julia Perri, Addie McWhorter, and Laney Baldrige broke the record that was established last week at the NTC meet. These ladies finished with a time of 1:56.4. The previous record was 1:59.2. (The record setting relay team is pictured here)
Congratulations to the following St. Elmo & Brownstown Jr. High students for qualifying for the State Track meet! The State meet is May 13-14 at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria. Ryan Powell, Hunter Poe, Keelan Speagle, Gabe Ashe, Lucas Powell, Wade Stine, DeMario Ledbetter, Benji Lowe, Calvin Voelker, Drake Morris, Dodge Willms, Leslie Felmlee, Presley Williams, Dayana Haslett, Danika Ramsey, Chloe Austin-Counts, Stella Stonecipher.
The St. Elmo FFA Greenhouse will be open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of this week from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. All annual flowers and vegetables are $1.00 each. Hanging baskets are $10.00 each. We have beef steak and cherry tomato plants still available in our vegetable section. And in the annual flowers section we have vinca, hypoestes, celosia, marigolds and coleus still available. Thank you so much to all that came out and supported our opening day sale! We had tremendous success with the sale and the students were so glad to see everyone show their support for the FFA!
Congratulations to Gavyn Smith for finishing 4th Place Overall at the Illinois State FFA Ag Mechanics CDE - Welding Division!
At the N.T.C. Track meet in Altamont on May 3rd the H.S. girls team finished in 2nd place. There was also a school record broken as the girls 4x200 meter relay team finished with a time of 1:59.2 breaking the old record of 2:02.87. The ladies who broke the record are Cordelia Lytle, Julia Perri, Emma McNabb & Laney Baldrige.
Congratulations!
St. Elmo FFA Plant Sale - Wednesday - Doors Open at 3:30 pm
Hope to See You There!
Congratulations to 2022 Prom King and Queen!
Michael Riley and Audrey Wilhour 👑
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.
