Gallatin CUSD 7

Reminder no tutoring today January 18th

All Gallatin County students and staff will be in attendance tomorrow, Thursday, January 18, 2024. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather warning that Gallatin County is on the Northwest edge of possible freezing rain or freezing drizzle that could begin around 2-3 p.m. tomorrow. Freezing rain or drizzle will cause immediately hazardous roads and create dangerous travel conditions for us to get students and drivers home safely. We will watch the forecast and only dismiss school if necessary for everyone's safety; we need you to prepare for the worst. So please make arrangements should we need to send students home early due to this freezing weather front coming into our area. The after-school program will be canceled tomorrow. Also, any extra-curricular games will be canceled. Thank you for your patience and understanding. NOTE: Students please dress warm and wear your coats. Come on, Spring!

Seniors and Parents/Guardians - the following scholarships have been added to Mr. Cruson's google classroom and are now open: Illinois Farm Credit Scholarships (Due 2/28/24) https://www.farmcreditil.com/About/community-engagement/Scholarships Gallatin-Saline Retired Teacher's Association Scholarship (Due 3/15/24) Scholarship app is on google classroom or in Mr. C's office SIU Credit Union Scholarships (Due 3/29/24) www.siucu.org/scholarship Gallatin-Saline Farm Bureau Schoalrships (Due 3/29/24) https://form.jotform.com/Salgalfbmanager/gallatin-county-aitcfoundation-scho and https://form.jotform.com/Salgalfbmanager/gallatin-county-farm-bureau-scholar also the SIC Scholarship application is open until 2/28/24 application is on Mr. C's google classroom Foundation for Rural Service Scholarship program (Shawnee Communications sponsered) is open until 2/16/24 https://www.frs.org/programs/youth-programs/scholarships Make sure you are filling out schoalrships- as always contact Mr. Cruson for more information.

No tutoring today January 4th

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Seniors and Parents and Guardians of Seniors- While you have a little time left on your break, it would be a great time to work on a scholarship applications that are on the google classroom, including those for 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 And remember there are other scholarships listed there including the Foundation for Rural Service Scholarship - which Shawnee Communications in Equality is our local Sponsor, as well as those scholarships that can be found at: studentscholarships.org New Scholarships will be added as they are received and many of those will be after the first of the new year, so check back often.

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.

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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.