We are proud to introduce a new cafeteria program at Dieterich Unit #30. Dieterich Schools has partnered with Opaa! food management to bring positive changes to the food program. Some of the many changes include and entirely new menu, more choices, more scratch cooking and fresh fruit and vegetable bar. Check out our new menu on our website by clicking the Opaa! log...
A big weekend for the Dieterich High School Trap Shooting Team as they participated in the National High School Trap Tournament.
The tournament was held Friday through Sunday in Mason, Michigan. Each event was a two-day competition with a qualifying round the first day and the championship round on Sunday. Each round involved 100 targets. For the individual competiti...
What a week for Riley Baxter!
The Montrose resident competed at the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle, Washington this past week. The Dieterich school student was honored for her achievements with a parade Sunday down Main Street in Dieterich, including a ride in a fire truck.
The Special Olympics USA Games were held July 1-6. More than 4,000 Special Olympics ath...
On Dec. 14, 2017, life changed for the Higgs family. However, the whole family didn’t know it right away.
It was at that point, Tyler Higgs, a recent Dieterich High School graduate, found out he was going to be trading in his rural Midwestern lifestyle of working on his family farm in Dieterich to a more complex city lifestyle at one of America’s most prestigious univ...
Dieterich Community Memorial Day Commemoration
Monday, May 28, 2018
10:00 a.m. - Liberty ParkMaster of Ceremony - Mayor Brad Hardiek
Guest Speaker – Dr. LeRoy Tucker
Invocation – Jeff White
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"Effingham County CEO is preparing the next generation of strong effective leaders and being proactive in building our future economic growth through a transformational entrepreneurship program called CEO. Our community is seeking an innovative educator to facilitate the class - someone who believes that education extends beyond the classroom. The CEO Facilitator will ...
Dieterich Schools was well represented at this year's Illinois Special Olympics Region I Spring Games at Eastern Illinois University. Several students competed and earned medals. Congratulations, and thank you for representing Dieterich Schools!!Riley BaxterGold- 400 M RunGold- 800 M RunGold- Long JumpLanden CowgerGold- Softball Throw5th- 50 M RunHunter IffertGold- ...
Thursday, May 17th, is the last day of school. School will dismiss at regular time on this day. All Kindergarten through 6th grade students need to bring a lunch to school with them that day. PTO will be providing drinks.
Report cards will not be mailed or sent home with students. Report cards can be picked up in the elementary office starting Wednesday, M...
Kip Johnson is among a special class of teachers that, he says, is dwindling.
Johnson teaches a woodworking shop class at Dieterich High School.
“This is a craft that is disappearing,” Johnson said. “Schools are going to loose this program soon if they are not careful.”
Johnson said there aren’t as many trained teachers who can teach the craft of cabinetmaking and w...
DIETERICH — Ahead of prom, Dieterich students were reminded Tuesday of the risks of driving while drunk or distracted. Officials staged a mock accident to demonstrate the deadly consequences of bad choices.
The scene was set as students arrived, with members of the drama club playing the roles.
It was arranged so that Seth Bohnhoff, a junior, was driving drunk ...
The Dieterich Community Education Foundation will be hosting its 11th annual golf outing at Meadowview Golf Course on Saturday June 2nd. Registration will begin at 12:00pm with a 1:00pm shotgun start. A $50.00 entry fee includes green fees, cart, refreshments, dinner and more! All proceeds from the event will help provide college tuition to graduating students from ...
Julie Wollerman, Regional Superintendent of Schools, in conjunction with the technology specialists andintegrationists of 20 school districts in the region are pleased to announce two “Tech Nights” for areastudents. These events are geared towards helping students and parents pick the right technologyneeds for beyond high school. Area colleges will be speaking on the t...
The Dieterich Schools will present "Murder at the Orient Express" at Dieterich High School. Performances are Friday, April 13th at 7:00p.m. and Saturday, April 14th at 3:00p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students/seniors and will be available at the door.
Cast members pictured left to right: (back row) Hunter Kinnison, Madison Westendorf, Seth Bohnhoff, Tyle...
Five hundred and thirty-one students from 26 Illinois high school teams are participating in the Illinois State High School Clay Target League's (ILSHSCTL) 2018 spring trap shooting season, which begins April 22. Last year there were 257 students on 12 teams.
“Clay target shooting as an activity for Illinois high school athletes continues to grow by leaps and bounds,”...
Dieterich Senior Ryan Radloff has been named 1A All-State Honorable Mention by the Associated Press. Congratulations Ryan!The Associated Press has released its IHSA Boys Basketball All-State Teams for the 2017-18 season. The Class 1A and Class 2A Teams were released on March 8, 2018, by the AP the and Class 3A and Class 4A teams will follow on March 15, 2018.CLASS 1A ...
The All-National Trail Conference Boys Basketball Teams were named.
Dieterich and Effingham St. Anthony tied atop the regular season standings with 7-1 records followed by Altamont 6-2, St. Elmo/Brownstown 4-4, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 4-4, Neoga 3-6, North Clay (Louisville) 3-6, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 1-7 and South Central 1-7.
Named to the First Team were ...
Congratulations to Callaway Campton for joining the very elite 1000 Point Club! Campton was able to surpass the 1000 point barrier during the Movin' Maroons 66-51 win over the North Clay Cardinals in the opening round of the 1A Patoka Regional. Way to go Callaway!...
Just a reminder to schedule appointments now for school year 2018-19! See our health requirements on the documents page under HEALTH.
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The National Trail All-Conference girls basketball teams were named by NTC coaches.
Leah Mayhaus of Altamont was named to the First Team and also claimed the Most Valuable Player award.
Other members of the First Team include Claire Wilhour (Brownstown/St. Elmo), Megan Schlechte (Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg), Clare McHugh (St. Anthony), Maddie Craig (North Clay) and...
Dieterich Elementary ranks #58 in English/Language Arts scores! This places our school in the top 8%. Coupled with a top 3% (#21) ranking in Math scores places our elementary school as one of the very best in the state!!Congratulations to all of our hardworking students, teachers and parents!https://prairiestatewire.com/s......
Dieterich Elementary School ranks #21 in the state of Illinois in math scores. Grade school districts in Lake, Cook and Clinton counties ranked the highest in Illinois for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
As part of the annual Partnership For Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers ("PARCC") examination, Illinois public schoo...
Dieterich High School came back strong from National Trail Conference Tournament play by banging home 73 points in a rout of St. Elmo/Brownstown, 73-48 in boys action Tuesday.
The Movin' Maroons stepped out to a 17-7 opening quarter lead as Ryan Radloff connected on three baskets. Radloff, a 6-foot senior, then really went to work in the second period. He nailed three...
Congratulations to Blaine Niebrugge for being selected to participated in IMEA All-State Chorus. Great job Blaine!For more information on IMEA All-State, visit https://www.ilmea.org/...
The St. Anthony Bulldogs captured the National Trail Conference Boys Basketball Tournament for the second straight season Saturday defeating the Dieterich Movin Maroons 53-48. All 14 tournament games were live video and audio streamed on www.979xfm.com and heard on 979XFM.
The Neoga Indians won the third place game, defeating Windsor/Stew-Stras 56-48, Altamont went o...
It'll be #1 vs #2 in the championship game of the 83rd Annual National Trail Conference Boys Basketball Tournament.
Dieterich, the #2 seed, punched their ticket Friday night with a 67-48 win over the Windsor/Stew-Stras Hatchets.
In the earlier game Friday, St. Elmo/Brownstown downed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 66-40.
Both games were heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.c...
Dieterich and Windsor/Stew-Stras were the Wednesday winners at the 83rd Annual National Trail Conference Tournament. The Movin Maroons downed South Central 59-50, while WSS beat St. Elmo/Brownstown 46-30. Both games were heard on 979XFM and video and audio streamed live on www.979xfm.com.
DIETERICH 59, SOUTH CENTRAL 50
The third quarter was big in this game. Dieteri...
The weather outside may be frightful, but several area schools have a slice of eternal summer within their greenhouses. The projects are a sign of an expansion of the agricultural science field.
One of the newer projects is the reactivation of the Altamont greenhouse, a former pool shed converted into a working space. It was active for some time, then stopped function...
No. 8 seed Dieterich gained early control en route to a 45-15 first-round win over No. 9 seed South Central on Monday.
The Movin’ Maroons led 17-1 through 8 minutes before winning the second quarter 9-6 to build a 26-7 halftime lead.
Anna Shadle took advantage of 8 of 10 shooting at the free-throw line to lead Dieterich with 12 points. Gracie Britton added 10 points ...
DIETERICH — Calloway Campton carried Dieterich during a pivotal third quarter in a 75-68 National Trail Conference victory against South Central on Saturday.
Campton, who led all scorers with 32 points, had 12 third-quarter markers and posted 12 straight points to give the Movin’ Maroons a 10-point (54-44) lead until 7:50 remained.
Dieterich head coach Josh Kru...
Published on January 10 2018 8:21 am
Last Updated on January 10 2018 8:21 am
Written by Greg Sapp
Dieterich school board members heard this week about various successful holiday basketball tournaments at their venues.
Junior-Senior High School Principal Scott Kocher reported the girls champion was North Clay, with Dieterich placing sixth, and the boys champion...
Congratulations to Tyler Higgs for being accepted to MIT! What a great accomplishment. We are all very proud of you and are excited to see where this path takes you!MIT is often cited among the world's best universities.For more information visit http://web.mit.edu/...
The Donsbach/Meinhart Agency of COUNTRY® Financial in Effingham know that young students work hard to achieve great results both in the class room as well as at extra-curricular activities. To recognize these efforts, they have begun a Kids Have Talent campaign and today wish to congratulate their winner of the June 2017. student-musician of the month, Megan Bierman...
Five Dieterich High School students have been named Illinois State Scholars.Devin Flach, Lauren Garbe, Taylor Gephart, Tyler Higgs and Paul Thoele.Congratulations!
The State Scholar Program recognizes students attending approved high schools (typically, Illinois public high schools) for outstanding academic achievement. State scholar designation provides honorary reco...
On location episode in Effingham, IL, with the Construction Trades Education Curriculum class, CTEC. Lead facilitator Jedediah Shumaker talks about this year's class, and where the program is now in year three. Local contractors, Marty Stock of Homebuilders Plus, and Shane Frederking of Frederking Construction, talk about the role of local contractors in the CTEC cla...
http://www.illinoishomepage.ne...DIETRICH, Ill. (WCIA) -- Utility cooperatives are becoming more common. One of the fastest growing water co-ops is in Central Illinois. EJ Water was established in the 90's.
Now, the Effingham-based operation is being discussed at the White House. It started with a solution to provide drinking water to several communities at low cost a...
The Village of Dieterich is not along an interstate, nor a major highway or railway or waterway, however, the village continues to see growth and development that is the envy of a lot of communities their size.
That success was the topic at Wednesday's meeting of Effingham Noon Rotary Club.
A major portion of that success is due to a group of Dieterich residents that...
The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce has organized the annual Manufacturing Day for Effingham County to be held this coming week on Thursday, October 5th. This will be the 5th year that students from regional high schools come into Effingham to tour local manufacturing facilities to get acquainted with the jobs that are available at our modern manufacturing facili...
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DIETERICH, Ill. (WCIA) -- A community of fewer than a thousand people is seeing record class sizes.
Dieterich schools have sixty second graders this year. Just to put that into perspective, there were 24 students in last year's graduating class.
Community leaders say development is driving the growth.
Crops aren't the only thing growing in the small village of Diete...
Great News!
WCIA TV visited Dieterich Schools today, Wednesday, August 30th. They were interested in our increased enrollment and the growth in the community. The piece will air TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, AT 6PM, channel 3.
Enjoy!
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The 3rd annual Kickoff to Education Breakfast will be held Wednesday, September 6 at Keller Convention Center from 7:30 to 9 a.m. The breakfast provides an opportunity for the community to learn how Effingham County schools are aiming at putting innovation into action to provide students the greatest opportunity to be successful and next generation innovators.
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Dieterich Schools will be in session on Monday, August 21st. On that day there will be a solar eclipse taking place shortly after 1pm. The students at Dieterich School will be viewing the eclipse via the NASA live stream in their classrooms. There will also be additional classroom activities leading up to and after the eclipse.
Since we are not directly viewing the ...
Local Teen Tracks Asteroid
Tyler Higgs conducts research in Astrophysics at New Mexico Institute of Technology
Socorro, New Mexico – Over 40 intense days this summer, Tyler Higgs of Dieterich, a student at Dieterich High School, operated a research-grade telescope to take images of a near-earth asteroid, then calculated its orbital path, including the chance ...
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NEWS RELEASE
August 7, 2017
Recently the District became aware of an untrue social media post regarding Effingham County Schools.
All Effingham County Schools will be in session on Monday, August 21, 2017. Please contact your child’s school if you have additional questions. Thank you.
Effingham County School Districts:
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