View from the Valley

Spoon River Valley Elementary earned an Exemplary status from the state’s designation system. This places us in the top 10% of all schools in the state.

More information in the video: https://youtu.be/37ib0SmBJbI

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The Illinois Consolidated Election on April 1st is a very important election. This will be the time when school districts will select school board members to help guide their local school districts. Spoon River Valley will have 3 positions up for election. These positions will be four year terms. Petitions are due to the county clerk’s office between November 12 and 18, 2024. If you have any questions about the elections or need a petition packet, those can all be directed to the Fulton County Clerk’s office in Lewistown as they are responsible for the election. The timelines have been revised so please pay attention to updated timelines if you are planning to be a candidate. If you have any questions on the responsibilities of a school board member, feel free to talk to any current board member or Mr. Janssen. Due to the fact we have three current board members from the Fairview township, we can not have anyone elected this election that lives in the Fairview township as state law limits school board members to a maximum of three per township.

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Right now most of us are focused on the mid-term elections coming up next week. However, the Illinois Consolidated Election on April 4th is a very important election as well. This will be the time when school districts will select school board members to help guide their local school districts. Spoon River Valley will have 5 positions up for election. One position will be a partial two year term, and 4 positions will be full four year terms. When candidates submit their petitions they will need to declare if they want on the ballot for the two year term or a four year term. Petitions are due to the county clerk’s office between December 12 and 19, 2022. If you have any questions about the elections or need a petition packet, those can all be directed to the Fulton County Clerk’s office in Lewistown as they are responsible for the election.

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Gym Update April 1, 2022

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Many of you probably remember Mrs. McKinley-Miller (Mrs. M & M) who was a librarian in our district for number of years.

Mrs. M&M, has been awarded the 2021 AISLE Lifetime Membership Award for her contributions to the Association of Illinois School Library Educators and school librarianship as a whole. As the winner of the award, Mrs. M&M was invited to attend a banquet in her honor at the AISLE Fall conference in Champaign. At the banquet she was officially present with her award,. Congratulations Mrs. M&M.

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What will school look like this fall?

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Many things going on this time of year. Today we’ve got vaccine clinic interest survey, Grand March and Prom, Graduation and Snow Storm.

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Update on remote learning, rapid COVID testing and spectators at athletic events!

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