Happy Principals’ Week to our principals! The National Honor Society ordered flowers, and Ms. Ennis’s Floral Design class delivered.
On Saturday, October 14, the US will be experiencing an Annular Solar Eclipse. We are not in the path of totality, but we should be able to see a partial (~50%) eclipse. The time frame is from 10:33 am to 1:23 pm with the maximum being around 11:55am. It is very important that you NOT look directly at the sun during this event (or anytime). Junior High students were sent home with a pair of Eclipse glasses so they could view the phenomenon tomorrow. Be sure to save the glasses for the Eclipse in April! They can also make a pinhole camera or watch the ground for shadows. It is supposed to be cloudy tomorrow, so looking at the ground for shadows may be the best option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1ttQxXt5s
Here is a video with more information on what will be happening. It also talks about the Total Solar Eclipse that will happen on April 8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHO68zSjSbo
The end of the 1st quarter is October 20th. The week of October 16th will be the last opportunity for students to turn in missing/late work for full credit. After next week, all zeros will remain zeros for the quarter. Our staff and students have been working tirelessly to get all homework and practice assignments completed with effort. We have seen great success!
Saturday, October 21st, we will hold tutoring at school for any students who need last minute help. We also have tutoring available Wednesdays from 2:10 to 3:10 for any student with missing assignments. Students who attend Wednesdays can ride the shuttle bus home. If you are interested in having your students come on Wednesdays, please just let us know.
By now, you should be receiving text messages and emails every time your student has a missing/late assignment. You should also be receiving weekly emails with a list of missing assignments. We send this on Fridays so you can utilize the weekend in helping your student get their late work completed. These text messages and emails are a way for us to ask for your help in getting late work completed and turned in.
We just about have our 1st quarter of The Power of ICU completed. We have learned quite a bit, but still have quite a bit of learning and improving to do. We will continue to make adjustments to the program. One of those adjustments will be to start assigning tutoring after school, on Wednesdays, and Saturdays on top of working lunches. All students can avoid any of these sessions by completing their work with effort on time. Students also have time during study hall, guided study hall, and at home to make sure their assignments and practice are completed with effort.
If you are not receiving text or email notifications, please contact Bill Myers at myersb@shiloh1.org or call (217)531-1850 ext. 4003, and your contact information will be updated.
8th grader Kaylynn is featured this week on the October 13 "Shiloh Shout Out!"
https://anchor.fm/bill-myers28
Bus Schedule 10_16 to 10_21
There is a correction to the bus schedule on October 16th for the JH Girls Basketball game. The start time for the first game is 5:30pm so the bus will leave Shiloh at 4:30pm. We are sorry for the confusion.
HS Volleyball will play on Monday, October 23 at Casey vs Casey at 6 pm for the Regional. Oakland will drive. Oakland: 3:45 pm Shiloh: 4:15 pm Kansas: 4:45 pm
Hello Shiloh families! We want to apologize for the craziness with the automated calls some of you received last night. We all got them too, and it was terrible! We contacted our service provider this morning and our client manager quickly responded with this message:
"I've been going back and forth with our tech team here about this, and they let me know that this same issue happened to other schools yesterday/last night too. Our provider confirmed that they ran into an issue that caused errant and excessive calls. They told us they resolved it earlier this morning, so we've been testing it repeatedly to make sure it's truly fixed and won't happen again. So far, no other issues. I know that made for a super frustrating evening, and I'm sorry."
We will not be able to send text messages for a day or two. As we tried everything possible to resolve the issue late last night into this morning we deleted all of our call lists so we will have to rebuild those. Please be sure to watch the website, Facebook, and your Teacherease emails for any school messages for the rest of today and tomorrow.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding!
Join us this week as we sit down with sophomore Clay Kibler on October 6's "Shiloh Shout Out!"
https://anchor.fm/bill-myers28
There will be a meeting at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 10th, in the main gym for the parents of any boy grades 5th-8th who will be playing JH basketball this year. We will discuss practices, schedules, expectations, and guidelines and introduce our coaching staff. Also, there will be no open gym on Monday, October 9th. - Coach Zack Werkheiser -
You can reach Coach Werkheiser at werkheiserz@shiloh1.org with any questions.
Upcoming community service events:
*Hume Pancake Breakfast on October 14
*Brocton Community Service Day on October 14
*Hume Community Service Day on November 4
Please see Mrs. Megan Evans to sign up and get your community service hours for the semester done.
Prairie Stewardship Day is another community service opportunity. On Sunday, October 15, from 2-5 pm, we will be removing unwanted plants from the Shiloh Prairie. See Mrs. Saddoris if you're interested.
https://www.shiloh1.org/page/community-service
A reminder that today is Wednesday and every Wednesday this year is a 2:05 dismissal. Please make arrangements for early pick-ups and bus arrivals.
The HS Volleyball team will play Wednesday, 10/4 at Argenta vs Sullivan at 6 pm.
Bus details will be sent out as soon as I have them.
Here is the updated bracket from last nights games.
The National Honor Society organized recognition for our custodial staff today. They snuck in this weekend to decorate and asked all grade levels to leave kind and appreciative words on each custodian's work area.
Thank you Jayme, Lonnie, Ross, and Donna for all you do!
JUNIOR HIGH families, please check your email in the next couple days (or Email Logs on TeacherEase) for a link to set up Parent-Teacher Conferences.
If you would like to have a conference, use this link to pick the available appointment that works best for you. Please sign up by Sunday, October 22.
Junior high teachers are going to be scheduled in one room for conferences so that you can meet with everyone available at once.
If possible, please bring your JH student with for his/her conference. Conferences will be from 4:00-7:30 pm on October 25 & 26.
We look forward to seeing you!
Please be aware that a few cases of Pink Eye have been discovered at Shiloh. If you notice that your child has red, irritated, or green/yellow colored drainage coming from their eyes, please make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible. DO NOT send them to school with symptoms of pink eye. If your child is found to have symptoms of this infection, they will be sent home from school promptly.
There has been a change to the Junior High Girls Basketball games on Thursday October 5th. We have added a 5th/6th grade game that will begin at 5pm. The 7th and 8th grade games will follow as normal.
Science teacher and SEA President Pam Evans is the guest on September 29's "Shiloh Shout Out!"
https://anchor.fm/bill-myers28
Parents,
We will start to let out our elementary and JH students who have permission to leave early for homecoming festivities shortly after noon. Please park in the front circle drive just as you do when picking up after school. Please be patient, we have several elementary students leaving and will bring them out all at once.
Bus Schedule Oct 2 to Oct 7
