Gallatin CUSD 7

Pre-K screenings: I have had many questions regarding pre-k screenings. Beginning next week we will be making phone calls to parents that had called to make an appointment for their child to be screened. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, we will do a questionnaire over the phone for the screening instead of in person. Your child must be 3 years old already to participate in this. We do plan to have our fall screening for kids that aren’t 3 yet. If you haven’t made an appointment yet and would like to, please leave me a message on this GCES page with your name and phone number along with your child’s name and date of birth. Please try to answer next week when you receive your phone call. The teachers are working from home and will be making a trip to the school to make the phone calls. If you don’t answer, it may be the next day before they can get back to you. Thank you!

Scholarship winner- Ferrell Hospital has awarded their scholarship to Will Henson ($500) Congratulations Will!

Ms. Bobbi’s bus overheated and we are moving food to another bus and then she will be at the Ridgway stop. We think 15-20 later around 11:20 or so. It’s filled with great foods for the rest of the week! Don’t miss this delivery!!

Scholarship winners- Illinois AM Vets Ladies Auxiliary has selected Whitney Hilburn as their Worchid Memorial Scholarship Legence Bank has selected- Konner Gross for their American Farm Mortgage FFA Scholarship ($500) and Anna Watson for the Legence Bank Academic Scholarship ($500) and Southeastern Electric Coop has selected Audrey Jackson as its academic scholarship winner ($500)

Today we will be conducting our drive thru pick up and drop off of student materials. We will be here between 3pm and 5 pm. Kindergarten and 2nd grades will drop off by the prek playground at the west doors. Drop off for 6 and 7th grades junior high office entrance. Drop off for 11 and 12 grades High school door east side of building. If you missed your drop off day yesterday you are welcome to come by today we will be glad to see you and collect all items from you today. Remember to stay in the car pop your trunk and we will trade out all items. See you this afternoon!

The final delivery of the Gallatin County “Yellow Meals on Wheels” food program will be ending this Wednesday May 13th from 11-12 (as always Wednesday’s delivery will have enough meals for the rest of this week. On Monday May 18th the Ohio Valley General Baptist Churches “Hawks Lunch Bunch” will provide a summer meal Program. If you would like to volunteer to help or make a donation there is a number to call in the attached letter. Thank you to all of Gallatin County Cooks, Bus Drivers, Volunteers, and Resource Officers for all of the hard work you have done to feed the students of the district. We appreciate each and everyone of you and are so very proud to have wonderful people to take over and continue feeding our students this summer. Click for Printable Letter--> https://5il.co/g1n4 Thank you and have a great week. Judy Kaegi, Superintendent Gallatin County CUSD #7

Seniors, I sent information about registration at SIC out this morning, please make sure you check your email and email me with any questions. dcruson@gallatincusd7.com

Scholarship winner- This one came in just a little late to make the video, but Anna Martin has received a scholarship to Eastern Illinois University for around $6900 per yr for 4 yrs for a total if over $55,000!!! Great job Anna

Mr. Cruson scholarship update- post game edition- Congrats to all the seniors that won scholarships tonight. I will be sending out an email to all the students that won scholarships. In the email I will have the information on how to get your scholarship and whom to send your thank you notes. If you have questions, please feel free to send them to my email address, again congratulations to you all. dcruson@gallatincusd7.com

***Update*** Please use this new link to watch the virtual awards, the link from yesterday's post does not work. Please share the word to delete yesterday's post and share the current link. Join Gallatin County High School students as they hear the announcements of scholarships and awards for the first time. Sign in to Youtube to be able to congratulate the winners as they are announced at 7pm, May 5th. #HawkPride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOi9idMevA&feature=youtu.be

A Drivers Education Update: The tentative date for the Governor to allow the Illinois Secretary of State offices and Drivers Services facilities to open is June 2, 2020. This means that your student will not be able to obtain a Illinois Driver’s License or a white slip until this date. In regards to completing the 6 hour behind the wheel portion of Drivers Education that many students still need to complete, the Governor’s office and the Illinois State Board of Education has not released a tentative date to resume this portion of the Driver’s Education Class. Rest assured, we will get back to our behind the wheel training as soon as possible so that our students can obtain one of the things they look forward to the most about high school - their driver’s license. If there are any updates, I will let you know as quickly as I get them.

Wednesday, May 6, will be the last day to purchase a yearbook. If this is something you’d rather pay for with cash or a check, please email Ms Bean. So many things got canceled this year, but the Talon staff is still still putting together a great yearbook! Don’t miss out! Use the link to order. https://www.balfour.com/shop/yearbook?smi=97166

I just wanted to pass along some information about Parent Connect. In the past, elementary hasn’t used this tool very much. The way grading is done in the lower classes especially, made it not very useful for our age group. However, now that final grades will be available via Parent Connect, I have printed every student’s login and password information for you. It will be handed out the day that is scheduled for your child’s pick up/drop off by the teacher with their belongings. Thank you, Ms. Tami

All Sports equipment can be turned in on the same schedule as books. Currently as per the IHSA there are no summer contact days. If workout days are approved for later summer your coach will let you know.

Parent Letter: End of Year Information https://5il.co/fqyp

Just a reminder about kindergarten registration: May 7th and 8th was supposed to be our kindergarten screenings/registration. Due to the current circumstances we cannot have the actual screening at this time. However, the kindergarten teachers will be calling people on these dates to get registration information so that your child will be on the list for the fall school year. If you already had made an appointment with me when we were still at school, you will be on the list for a phone call. If you hadn’t made an appointment yet, please send me a message on this GCES page with your name, your child’s name, and your phone number and you will be added to the list to receive a call on May 7th or 8th. Thank you, Ms. Tami

Please join us as we go "LIVE" with our virtual Awards Day on Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. Mr. Cruson will be announcing scholarship winners and teachers will be giving out classroom awards. Check back next week for a link to watch along with all of our GCHS family! #hawkpride

New Early College Students, Ms. Parish is going to be sending an invitation for a virtual online meeting as an orientation for 1st time and newer early college students. Currently the meeting is set for May 6th at 1pm. You can email me if you have questions dcruson@gallatincusd7.com

Mr. C Scholarship update- reminder the Lions Club Scholarship is due to me tomorrow. Also, the SICEA Scholarship has had its deadline pushed back to May 15th. Send all apps for Lions Club to me at: dcruson@gallatincusd7.com I can also take SICEA Scholarahip apps as well.

I have had several phone calls in regards to the kindergarten screenings we were holding on May 7 and May 8. At this time, we will not be able to have people in the school to actually screen the students. However, on these days we will be having our kindergarten teachers and our school nurses calling the parents that have already signed up for appointments. They will be getting the information that we need for our registration cards to be completed. This will help us to know our numbers for this grade level. At some point if restrictions are lifted, we may still try to have a day for screening the students. If you have a child going into kindergarten and have not contacted us for an appointment, please call the school as soon as possible. We will get you on the list for the registration call! (618)272-3821 ext 1301. Thank you!