Senior Spotlight: Jackson Holste
Senior Spotlight: Luke Wente
There will be an American Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, April 17th in the school cafeteria from 2:00-6:00. All units help DHS earn scholarship money.
Senior Spotlight: Makenna French
Senior Spotlight: Ruby Westendorf
Due to field conditions the following games are cancelled for today (Thursday 4/11/24)
HS Baseball....Teutopolis @ Dieterich
HS Softball......Hutsonville @ Dieterich
Rod McWhorter's afternoon route is running late today, Wednesday, April 10th. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Senior Spotlight: Cody Koester
Fourth graders learned important leadership skills from State Representative Adam Niemerg. They asked great questions about what it takes to be a government leader. Representative Niemerg shared interesting facts about his job and how he uses his job to help people.
Today the State Competition of the ACES Academic Challenge was held at Eastern Illinois University. Congratulations to Ryan Rich for placing first overall in both Computer Science and Math! We are very proud of you!
Senior Spotlight: As the school year comes to a close we would like to recognize the DHS Class of 2024. We have asked the seniors to share some information about themselves so we can honor each of them. These "Senior Spotlights" will be posted each day through the remainder of the school year. Please leave words of encouragement for each student. As a community let's recognize the DHS Class of 2024!
Our 6th graders have been performing how-to speeches this week. Today, Mrs. Faller's class learned how to tie a goat with a special guest appearance!
All of our students had the opportunity to view our solar system and a solar eclipse in the Star Lab this week! Thanks to Mrs. Field and Mrs. Niemerg for running the Star Lab! Bring on Monday and the eclipse!
Just a reminder that there will be NO SCHOOL on Monday April 8th.
Dieterich's "Party in the Path" event will take place both Sunday and Monday.
Sunday will feature food trucks at 2pm, Star Lab at Wright Family Center from 2 to 7pm, inflatables from 3 to 7pm, a Solar Panel of Experts at 4pm and 5pm at Wright Family Center featuring Channel 3 Meteorologist Seth Bohnhoff, Lake Land College Physics Instructor Daniel Allen, and Megan Candelaria from the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium, and music by "Flight 50" from 6 to 9pm.
Monday will include food trucks , music by "Hip Huggers" from 11am to 2pm, inflatables from 11am to 4pm, and the Total Eclipse at 2:02pm.
Enjoy the Eclipse!
Don’t miss out on the latest happenings at Dieterich! Download the school app today!
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3PiWA8Z
Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3yQwu6n
Today our 4th grade students dissected flowers and identified the flower parts. Thanks to Burkland's for the flowers!
Due to the cold temperatures/wind chill, tonight’s baseball and softball games have been canceled. Below are the rescheduled dates:
Baseball – Dieterich @ Effingham 4/5/24 at 5:00pm
Softball – South Central @ Dieterich 4/19/24 at 4:30pm
Fourth graders wrote letters at the beginning of the year to convince Mr. Benefiel and their teachers to add their favorite topics to our school day. Some students wanted hunting to be added to our day. Today, Kyle Heuerman with Team Radical came to talk to the students about aspects of his career. The students learned about different animals and safety gear.
The 5th graders were able to go outside before Easter break for a tug-of-way activity that simulated the American Revoution. By the end of the simulation, the 5th grade Patriots along with their allies were able to defeat the strong British army!
Due to wet field conditions the HS Softball game at Oblong for tonight has been canceled. The HS Baseball game at Oblong is still on but has been pushed back to a 5:30 start time.