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.
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!
