
SIC Scholarship Application is now available - Deadline date is February 28, 2024
https://sic.edu/financial-aid/scholarships-and-grants/sic-scholarships/

Seniors and Parents and Guardians of Seniors- Students that plan on attending Southeastern Illinois College (SIC) in the fall, the SIC Scholarship Application is now available, A link for the application can be found of Mr. Cruson's Google Classroom and at the link below:
https://sic.edu/financial-aid/scholarships-and-grants/sic-scholarships/
SIC has a lot of FREE MONEY to give away, if you take the time to fill this application out.
Deadline is 2/28/2024

Tomorrow, November 21st, 2023 Egyptian Health Department will be hosting their Annual Health Fair for our Jr High Students in grades 5th-8th. Topics presented on tomorrow will include Internet Safety, Healthy Relationships, and Personal Hygiene for boys and girls. We will have tables set up in the gym also for students to check out regarding physical activity, positive mental health, and coping skills. Students will have the opportunity to register for some great giveaways as well.

Seniors & Parents/Guardians- IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS- TONIGHT
Applying for Financial Aid: Updates and Changes for the 2024-25 FAFSA
If you’re the parent of a high school senior and/or college student, please join ISAC on November 16th, from 6:30-7:00 pm via YouTube Live at https://www.youtube.com/@ISACvid. Our parent outreach coordinator, Claudia Aly, will review the upcoming FAFSA changes and answer some of the questions you may have.

Applying for Financial Aid: Updates and Changes for the 2024-25 FAFSA
Seniors & Parents/Guardians - IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCIAL AID
If you’re the parent of a high school senior and/or college student, please join ISAC on November 16th, from 6:30-7:00 pm via YouTube Live at https://www.youtube.com/@ISACvid. Our parent outreach coordinator, Claudia Aly, will review the upcoming FAFSA changes and answer some of the questions you may have.

The FAFSA, (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is something that all graduating Seniors need to fill out if they plan on attending a College, University or Trade School next year. In addition, the FAFSA completion or the completion of State Non-Participation form must be done to meet an Illinois Graduation Requirement.
Currently, there is no date for the FAFSA to become available, however when it is announced, we will be planning a FAFSA completion night here at the high school. To prepare for that, I have begun meeting with students to help them get ID's in order to complete the FAFSA process. Both students and parents will need there ID's and I have will be posting the link to the information you will need in order to create those ID's. These ID's must be made and verified several days ahead of actually completing the FAFSA forms.
https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/how-to-create-fsa-id-username-password
Again we will have a FAFSA completion night here at the school, but that date will be announced later.

Seniors and Parents,It is that time or year when more scholarships began to appear and with that, some new scholarship opportunities have been placed in Mr. Cruson's Google Classroom including:
The Foundation for Rural Service - which Shawnee Communications is our local sponsor for this scholarship program
and
The James L. Bass Legal Scholarship
Linnks:
https://www.frs.org/programs/youth-programs/scholarships
https://www.frs.org/programs/james-l-bass-legal-scholarship
Both have a Deadline of 2/16/2024
You can contact Mr. C with any questions

We hope to see you all at our Veterans Day Program Thursday, November 9 at 1:00.



It is that time of year again; the FFA Alumni will sell Boston Butts cooked by Pat Koester for $40. each. The meat will be shredded and sold in 5lb vacuum-sealed bags. Veterans who order will receive a 5-dollar discount for each Boston Butt purchased. Thank you Veterans for your service to our country. To order Call or Text 618 313-0783 or 618 663-5480. Orders can be picked up on Friday, November 10th, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Gallatin County School Ag Shop. The final day to place an order will be on November 6th. Thank you for supporting our FFA Programs, it is greatly appreciated.

3rd and 4th grade 1st quarter Honor Roll



listen and watch gallatin county boys state game , matt martin and jeff herman commentating. download gamechanger app free version
look for gallatin county jr high boys starting now

CONGRATULATIONS to the Junior High Hawks Baseball Team on their 6-1 win over Christopher today in Round 1 of STATE FINALS. The team will advance to Round 2 in the STATE FINALS playing Trico on Tuesday at Pinckneyville at 1:00 p.m. On Thursday the team will play Round 3 (game time to be announced). We will have two half-day student attendance days on Tuesday and Thursday this week; student dismissal will be at 11:00. This will allow our families, students, employees and faculty members travel time to attend and support our team at STATE. Goodluck to Coach Josh Goebel and Jarod Smith and the Junior High Hawks Baseball Boys! Go Hawks!

Seniors and Parents:
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The FAFSA is an application that both students and parents will need to fill out in order to do a number of things:
1. It is a state graduation requirement
2. it must be filled for many schools to accept an application or to be eligible for scholarships.
3. it must be filled to see what financial assistance you are eligible to receieve.
The FAFSA is opening in December this year, I will be providing information concerning the FAFSA for students and parents in the upcoming weeks.
Mr. Cruson

Just a reminder that Wednesday, September 20th is a half day for students. As always, elementary will begin dismissing students for pick up at 10:45. This is always posted on our school calendar, the school website, listed on the lunch menu, and on the teacher's weekly planners that are sent home.

Illinois State Representative Patrick Windhorst visited this group of outstanding readers today. They all completed his Summer Reading Club by reading at least 8 books over the summer. They received a certificate, a coupon for free custard at Culver's, and a coupon for donuts from Krispy Kreme. We always enjoy when he comes to talk to our kids and recognize their achievements. The students who participated include: Dallas Glaser, Evelyn Mann, Logan Martin, Hazel Dobyns, Haidyn Dobyns, Jameson Drone, Jackson Drone, Asher Pierce, Jason Wollard, and Mason Wollard.




We are proud of these kids! Great work!


Mark your calendars, September 14th is picture day!


Did someone say they wanted a picture of the entire elementary? Challenge accepted! Getting 288 kids into one space long enough to get a picture was definitely that, but we did it! Happy Hawk Pride Friday from the elementary students and staff! I do think I have way more staff than what is in this picture. Don’t worry though, I will get them when they least expect it. 😉



Mrs. Jackson’s class ended our special color days with Favorite Color Day today! They made crayon crowns and a Favorite Color graph. Blue won!



Our 4th graders had a field trip today to the Ridgway Park for the conservation fair day. A big thanks to everyone that puts this event on! The kids always have a great time.