Congratulations to the Cheerleaders from Red Hill High School for winning this year's Holiday Tournament Cheerleading Award!
Day 2 results from the Girls Holiday Tournament and the schedule for Wednesday.


Day 2 results from the Boys Holiday Tournament and the schedule for Wednesday.


A big thank you to the sponsors of this year's Dieterich Holiday Tournaments!
Results from Day 1 of the Boys and Girls Holiday Tournaments.


A big thank you to the sponsors of this year's Dieterich Holiday Tournaments!
Our 6th grade students read Christmas stories to our 1st grade students this week! Thank you to our staff for doing this activity for the students!




More pictures of our 5th grade Four Sphere science projects!


More pictures of our 5th grade students Four Spheres science project!




Our 5th grade students created their own Four Spheres models in science class! What a fun project!




REMINDER: No school Dec. 22nd through Jan. 2nd. Student attendance resumes Jan. 3rd.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Ms. Doan, Mrs. Egan and our preschool students put on an awesome Christmas program yesterday! They all did a great job!


All practices/extra curricular activities are canceled on Friday, December 23rd.
Thank you Rod McWhorter for coming to fourth grade to teach the students about how to shoe a horse. Our horse loving students really enjoyed the lesson!




Attention Dieterich Community! The High School Boys Basketball game at Altamont on January 6th will be a fundraiser game to help two families fighting cancer. One of the families is a Dieterich native. There is a tshirt fundraiser, there will be an auction and other activities at this game to help raise money. Information from Altamont is listed below as well as the link to order shirts. If you would like to donate to the auction contact Grace Nelson at 618-483-6193. Shirt orders are through an online store at https://ballinforacure2023.ite morder.com/shop/home/
and are due by Friday 12/23. Please help make this game/event a success.
From Altamont:
January 6th varsity Friday Jan. 6, 2023 Dieterich and Altamont communities will be "Ballin for a Cure" to help support two ACHS families!
Shaylyn Thompson is battling a rare one in 2 million cancer. She is the loving mother of Jarrett (senior) and Katrian (sophomore).
Heather Hodge Davis, a Dieterich graduate, is battling stage 4 colon cancer. She is the loving mother of Kaden (junior), Kale (6th grade), Keaton (3rd grade), Kyson (Kindergarten).
Free will admission donation, silent auction raffle, and more to help these two Altamont Indian families as they navigate their journeys.
First graders started a fun project with the help of the high school ag students. Students were measured and created snowmen at their height. Each year, they can take the snowman out and see how much they grew!



Thank you to Seth Bohnhoff from WCIA Channel 3 News for coming to talk to Mrs. Worman and Mrs. Koester’s class about how he went from a fourth grader at Dieterich to a meteorologist on TV!




Thank you to our awesome group of mentors! Today, they had a Christmas party with their student and were able to have lunch and spend time together! If anyone is interested in becoming a mentor at Dieterich Elementary please contact Lauren Fowler at 217-925-5248. Not pictured are Laura Koester and Hanna Brummer.

Ms. Funneman’s STEAM class was challenged to design & build a gingerbread building this week.
If you could help us out, please comment which # is your favorite!
Hoping to award some lucky students with a Christmas treat!
How awesome are these kiddos?!?!




Girls and Boys Holiday Tournament shirts are on sale now, below are the links for the online stores. Both stores close on December 18th.
https://runionclothing.com/collections/dieterich-girls-holiday-tournament
https://runionclothing.com/collections/dieterich-holiday-tournament
