The Effingham County Health Department will be holding a "Back to School" shot clinic on Thursday, March 28th, 2024.
These are pictures of our "growing" lost and found. Please have your child look thru and claim any items belonging to them. Any items that are not claimed by the end of the school year, will be donated to a non-profit organization.
Please label your child's clothing, jackets, lunch boxes, etc.
Thank you!
Our Kindergartener's have been busy this week preparing for Easter, show and tell, and reading to their friends in class!
Need Community Service Hours? Or maybe you just want to have fun volunteering at the Eclipse events?
The sign-up genius is online at the following link: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.signupgenius.com%2Fgo%2F10C0F4DAEAE29A3F9CF8-48421725-party%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2frbKkvX-o-xUT49TiWkemMcKdst8X5ATsBkepH8jVb2T9SqZe83eX-5M&h=AT1wrZcF-T7vwOtVTcRGGk5QA8dLHpgxNSeuXE7gY4kCM4kNYd2Lfv7jMjoUoVOVK1xSquG6PfziW07DwItLsUWfajrLpXHELiCaQvi8XetW0uedG9OFBWPeRX8tZHB96Q&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT27iyCqt1OvkjzSxkfRcOPvF0r-o8RRISa2716LfXxZJOMR02aVLZJR2AWgvkyS26EorG6-CRQz0bDDEXKXdEGFUWu6HftyqjJs-m7B-DUMpvDQa6WagC0vjj8z3Kd817qpNvQ2KzxyojfVIo_KYGJhjR32yirPTeJ52kl1i65Qt3T0WU_CoSXbWqm6am5Z7yE6GIv5XeJU
On Tuesday, members of the 40 and 8 visited first graders and presented them each with a flag. They discussed the meaning of each of the colors on the flag, respect for the flag, and retiring old flags.
Rod McWhorter's bus is running late this morning, Thursday March 21st. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Due to mechanical issues, Rod McWhorter's bus is running late this evening, Monday, March 18th. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Mr. McManaway’s reading students were reading Where the Red Fern Grows with whisper phones during study hall without interrupting those completing other studies.
The Baseball game with Shelbyville for 3/18 has been cancelled. There is not practice.
The Softball game at St. Elmo for 3/18 has been cancelled. There will be practice after school.
Due to the threat of impending weather later in the evening, the HS Baseball game at Paris tonight has been moved to a 4:00 PM start time.
Congratulations to Ryan Rich for placing first overall in Computer Science today at the Sectional competition of the ACES Academic Challenge! Ryan now moves on to the State competition at Eastern Illinois University on April 9th.
Tonight we had the pleasure of recognizing three of our outstanding students at Dieterich Unit #30 during the Illinois Principal’s Association student recognition banquet in Newton. Congratulations to Chase Uthell, Josephine Jansen, and Eva Meinhart for all of your hard work and for being selected!
Preschool exploring a Dr. Seuss theme lately. The classes balanced objects on one’s head like in the book The Cat In The Hat. The students had a great Dr. Seuss Fun Day and also dressed up differently like Dr. Seuss’s creations!
Hello! The DHS Dance Team is growing! We are doing an "April Palooza" fundraiser to help us purchase new costumes for our dances next year. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we will have a drawing. Money Mondays will have cash prizes, Win-it Wednesdays will have a Zip Code raffle ticket prize, and Fun Day Fridays will have gift cards. Attached are the drawing dates and prizes. Tickets are $20 and that gets you in all 13 drawings!
If you don't know what the zip code raffle is, here is some info:
Dieterich is hosting a "Zip Code Party" on 6/24/24. They are selling 1000 raffle tickets for $100 each. The winning ticket wins $62,424! They also have smaller prizes in their raffle too. We will be giving away 4 of these tickets throughout April!
Tickets can be purchased from a Dance Team member or in the high school office. If you prefer to send your money in, please include the name and phone number you want on the ticket and we will text you a picture of your ticket.
The 2024-2025 Dance team members are:
Marli Michl, Mallory Bierman, Amber Brummer, Abby Niebrugge, Kinley Will, Haezel Niemeyer, Abby Heuerman, Grace Jackson, Maddie Brown, Kynzly Douthit, Bailey Meinhart, Addisyn Bill, Ava Ohnesorge, Frances Verdeyen, Riley Strohl, Addie Cutright, Alizabeth Beck, Macy McWhorter, Maren Grontuedt, Coraline Homann, Pantera Homann, Aliza Garner
Thank you for supporting the Dieterich Maroonettes!!!
REMINDER: No school on Monday March 4th for Casimir Pulaski Day.
You can learn more about General Pulaski here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day
The Dieterich Community Education Foundation’s (DCEF) St. Patrick’s Day Trivia Night is right around the corner on March 16, 2024. Please see the attached flyer for details and start getting your teams ready!
DCEF uses fundraising efforts to support scholarships for graduating seniors of Dieterich High School pursuing continued higher education. To date, the Foundation has provided over $100,000 in scholarships to 246 graduates. These scholarships would not be possible without the continued support of the community! In addition to the upcoming Trivia Night, the Foundation will be sponsoring the below upcoming events and hope that you can join us.
2024 Events:
March 16,2024- St. Patrick’s Day Trivia Night (Flyer Attached)
June 8, 2024- Annual Golf Outing
July 4, 2024- Firecracker 5K and Fun Run/Walk
November 28, 2024- Turkey Trot 5K and Fun Run/Walk
Find the Dieterich Community Education Foundation on Facebook for more information!
1st graders asked the 5th graders to join them today in writing Leap Day Letters. The students wrote letters to themselves to be opened at the next Leap Day in 2028. At that time, the current 1st graders will be in 5th grade and hopefully will continue the tradition by writing helping those 1st graders write letters
The Northpoint school bus route is running behind but the bus is running the route. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to our fellow NTC school, Altamont, for advancing to the IHSA Girls 1A Final Four!
Best of luck at State!
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 1A Farmer City Blue Ridge Super-Sectional
Altamont 52, Cissna Park Co-op 44
(Altamont will take on Glasford Thursday at 9:30 am)
Due to the use of an Emergency Day on January 22nd, the last day of student attendance will be Friday, May 17th.
DHS Graduation will be Saturday, May 11th at 2pm.