Rebel Reporter

Connecting our school and our communities Stark county C.U.S.D. #100 Newsletter
October 22, 2009 • Volume IX - Issue 3

A Super Homecoming! In this

edition...
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• Super Star Students
• Big Money, Big Smiles
• Ag in the Classroom
• Fire PreventionWeek

PAGE 3
• IMEA District Festivals
student participants
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• Golf Sectionals
Back: Honorary attendant Korby Kummer; Honorary escort • Art Club News
Joseph Groter; Honorary escort Jon Heaton; Escort Dillon Kelly; • Christmas Green Sales
Freshman attendant Daniel Berchtold; Sophomore attendant
Bryce Paxson; Junior attendent Jake Gerst; Senior attendants • Accounting I
Cole Rumbold and Tanner Ewing; 2008 Homecoming King Greg • Trivia Night
Daum; 2008 Homecoming Queen Elissa Hatfield; Senior atten-
dants Jolene Kieser and Robin Gray; Junior attendant Elizabeth
Groter; Sophomore attendant Shelbie Musselman; Freshman
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attendant Cydney Goodell, Honorary attendants Sally Lee; • Students of the Month
and Honorary escort Justine Ryan. Front: Crown bearer James • “Beauty and the Beast”
Groter, 2009 Homecoming King Andy Kieser, 2009 Homecom-
ing Queen Holly Serpette and Crown bearer Savannah Potter.
• Salute to Veterans
November 12

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• Breakfast & Lunch Menus
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• Letter from Principal
Photo at left: Bill Loane, government instructor at SCHS, and • Parents right-to-know
Kyle Milroy, a sophomore at SCHS. Kyle chose to depict Mr.
Loane as his ‘superhero’ during homecoming week at SCHS.
• Salute to Veterans

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• Calendar

Superintendent’s Office
Photo at bottom: Kiersten Rosebeck, Taylor Wilkinson, Marissa Superintendent: Jerry Klooster
Gray and Jozie Allen, all juniors at Stark County, are shown Secretary: Barbara Loane
dressed up as ‘superheros’ during Homecoming week. Kiersten Bookkeeper: Mary Streitmatter
was dressed as a Power Puff character, Taylor was Barnacle 300 Van Buren
Boy, Marissa chose to dress up as Batman, and Jozie was one Wyoming, IL 61491
of the Incredibles. (309) 695-6123
email: jklooster@stark100.com

High School Office

Principal: Mike Domico
Athletic Director: Scott Paxson
Guidance: Glenn Buchert
Secretary: Mary Horsley
418 S. Franklin
Toulon, IL 61483
(309) 286-4451 or 286-4531
Fax (309) 286-3321
email: mikedomico@yahoo.com

Junior High School

Principal: Mike Domico
Secretary: Debbie Meinders
402 S. Franklin St.
Toulon, IL 61483
(309) 286-3451
email: mikedomico@yahoo.com

Stark County Elementary

Principal: Renee Wallace
Secretary: Cindy Spears
Stark County C.U.S.D. #100 Mission Statement 300 Van Buren
Wyoming, IL 61491
Stark County C.U.S.D. #100’s mission is to address equally the educational needs of all students, within a safe nurturing environment, with
(309) 695-5181
parental and community involvement, while promoting thinking skills, self-esteem and self-motivation for lifelong learning to become positive
members of society. email: rwallace@stark100.com
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Fire Prevention Week Super Star Students

Super Star Students Noah Beamer - 2 Lily Robinson - PK
Marc Lena Becker- 1 Kylee Frisby - PK
Magnussen - PK Elana Haffner - 1 Makenna Placher - K
Tristan Gerber -K Tyson Price - 1 Ian Waddle - K
Ethan Unhold - K Phillip Adams - 3 Keegan Gerard - 3
Makenzie Snyder - 4 Grace Hicks - 4 Alex Brewster - K
Shawna Cox - 2 Mackenzie Wages - 4 Chase Down - 5
Makala Bowen - 2 Drew Ford - 4 Delaney Windover - 1
Emma Webster - 3 Ashley Orrick - K Kylie Davis - 3
Noah Gibson -3 Blake Orwig - K Luke Rewerts - PK
Olivia Frail - 2 Mike Steelman - 5 Lindley Johnston - PK
Charles Slightom - 1 Teresa Heuermann - 5 Hope Bays- 5
Rilley Bowen - K Maddie Wilson - 2 Josey Fink - 2
Tori Donovan - 4 Hayley Gillam - K Frank Gillam - 2
Clayton Howard - 3 Kaitlyn Orrick - K Matthew Shipp - K
Emily Orrick - K Jack Meinders - K Colby Carroll - 1
Hunter Gibler - K Paige Rewerts - PK Keegan Harmon - 1
Daphne Plotner - 3 Alivia Fritz - PK Kelsey Berchtold -1
Kylie Salisbury - 1 John Hyde - 3 Hailey Bennett-
Joshua Kraklow - 1 Andy Hurst - PK Gurnsey - 1
Lauren West - PK Jack Colgan - Pk Riley Down - 3
Christian Koehl - 3 McKinna Molln - 5 Leah Bantz - 2
Jacob Robinder - 5 Grace Klooster - 5 Schuyler Melton - 2
John Interial - 2 Yosita Panichsawat - 5 Chris Piester - 2
Rachael Miller - 5 Connor Gage Fogelsonger - 2
Donovan Ford - 2 Wagenbach- PK Lauren Jones - 2
Local firefighters (Ed Foglesonger, Ryan Kelly, Jason Musselman, Joe Redi-
Courtney Ouart - 5 Brenden Gibler- 1 Katrina
ger, Larry Hollis & Brian Down) visited SCES on Wednesday, October 7 for Fire Kaylee Berg -5 Emily Sulaski-1 Demetreon - 2
Prevention Week. They gave tours of the trucks, handed out fire hats, discussed Kaitlyn Gibson - K John Groter-5 Vicky Coats - 5
fire prevention, ate lunch with students. Pictured with the firemen is the PM PK Cierra Taylor - 3 Isaac Melton - K Raidon Bowen - K
class wearing their new fire hats. Trinity Burns - 3 Jared Rouse- 2 Logan Cantwell - PK
Jack Wilson - 3 James Groter - K Blair Snyder - PK

Big Money, Big Smiles... Anissia Rucker - PK

Parker Sornberger - K
Samantha Joseph - 2
Patti Joos- K
Myles Spring- K
Nathan Adams - 2
Colton Hockett - 3

Star Staff

Five Dollar Fridays Continue at SCES

Kalliou Dahl - 2 Michael Wiechen - 2 Mrs. Miller
Addie Coats - 2 Brooke Rennick - 4 Mrs. Helms
Nathan Menken - K Taytum Tyree - 4 Mrs. Woodford-
Hyatt Abby Dennison - 4 Storey
Longabaugh - PK Olivia Hopp - 1 Mrs. Snyder
Good Behavior Christian Dawson Dyken - 3 Mrs. George
Winners Demetreon - 1 Payton Browning - 3 Mrs. Gale
Marissa Dupoy - 1 Kennidey Dahl - 5 Mrs. Smith
Kalleigh Keane - K Austin Brone - 1 Mrs. Bennett
Lily Sauer Alex Welch - K Dane Williams - 3 Mrs. Gilles
Mackenzie Kylee Lindley - 3 Logan Engstrom - 3 Mrs. Daniel
Brown Cole Regan - K Renee Rose - 2 Mrs. Kelly
Isabella Adams - 4 Brianna Gehrig - 3 Mrs. Paxson
Seth King Chandler Colgan - K Tyler Willage - 3 Mr. Henry
Shawna Cox Deagan Porter - 3 Zeke Ryan - K
Chris Dyken Robbie Robinson - 2 Hannah Rumbold - 5
Brenden Rose - 3 Nolan Snider - PK
Delaney Jacob Butcher - PK Ethan Buss - PK
Windover
Jessica Joos
Riley Down
(pictured at
right)
Ag in the Classroom

Good Attendance
Winners

Alex Brewster
Christian Hoover
Myles Spring
Tommy Perrine
Shelby Gibson
Tara Adams
Cassidy Strom
Ashley Orrick
(pictured at left)

Mr. Anderson, Stark County Farm Bureau, in the classroom talking about pump-
kins. He read a book and then the kids did an art project that showed how the
pumpkin starts out as a seed and ends up as a bright orange pumpkin.
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Stark County students qualify
for IMEA District Festivals
Thirty-four chorus stu-
dents from Stark County
have been chosen to par-
ticipate in upcoming Illinois
Music Educators Associa-
tion festivals.
Thirteen sixth grade
chorus members from Stark
County volunteered for the
IMEA District II elementary
festival to be held at Dunlap
High School on Saturday,
November 7th. They will re-
hearse during the day with
other 5th & 6th grade students
from our part of the state in a
mass choir. That afternoon,
they will sing at a concert at
3:00 in the main gym at Dun-
lap High School, which will
include a performance by
the IMEA junior high festival
jazz band. Admission for the
concert is $2.00 for students
and $3.00 for adults. Par-
ticipating Stark County stu-
dents are: Samantha Adams,
Char Austin, Tasji Bachman,
Misty Berchtold, Penny
Coats, Jamie Joos, Kailey
Kunzle, Brina Lynch, Payton
Nowlan, Sydney Pearson,
Trace Tuthill, Nicole Wagen-
bach and Helena Wyant.
Twenty-three Stark
County students in 7th
through 12th grade audi-
tioned for the IMEA cho-
ruses which will rehearse
and perform on Saturday,
November 14th. In order to
prepare for their audition,
these students worked on
music and tonal skills with
Mrs. Roark in weekly lessons
Sixth grade IMEA participants: Back row - Samantha Adams, Helena Wyant and
Char Austin. 3rd row - Payton Nowlan, Kailey Kunzle, Syndey Pearson and Tasji
Bachman. 2nd row - Jamie Joos, Penny Coats and Trace Tuthill. Front row - Ni-
cole Wagenbach, Brina Lynch and Misty Berchtold.
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leading up to their October
3rd audition. Twenty-one
of the twenty-three students
who auditioned were select-
ed for festival choirs.
The following 7th grade
students were selected to
represent Stark County in
the District II Junior Treble
Chorus: Alexis Ames, Sar-
ah Appleton, Korin Austin,
Stephanie Cathey, Madelyn
Cozad, Kara Downing, Vic-
toria Harmon, Payton Letko
and Emily Swearingen. Seth
Draminski, also a 7th grader,
was selected for the Junior
Mixed Chorus. Other Ju-
nior Mixed selectees are 8th
graders Katrina Crowley, Sa-
mantha Henry, Jade Molln
and Ashley Phillips; and 9th
graders Katy Chandler, Kylie
Ferman and Lacey Leezer.
These students will perform
at a 4 p.m. concert on No-
vember 14th at Carver Arena,
Augustana College, Rock Is-
land.
Selected for the District
II Senior Chorus from Stark
County were Wes Deibner,
Brittany Serpette, Taylor
Wilkinson and Jasmine
Wyant. These senior-level
students will perform at
Augustana College on No-
vember 14th at a 6:30 p.m.
concert. Admission fees of
$3 per student and $4 per
adult are charged for both
concerts.
Congratulations to all of High School IMEA Participants: Front row: 9th grade - Lacey Leezer, Katie Chandler and Kylie Ferman.
these students on their out- Back Row: High School (10, 11 and 12th grade) - Wes Deibner, Brittany Serpette, Taylor Wilkinson and
standing achievements! Jasmine Wyant.
Seventh and Eighth grade IMEA participants: Back row - Jade Molln, Samantha Henry,
Ashley Phillips and Katrina Crowley. 3rd row - Victoria Harmon, Madelyn Cozad and
Korin Austin. 2nd row - Kara Downing, Payton Letko and Emily Swearingen. Front row
- Sarah Appleton, Seth Draminski and Stephanie Cathey. NOT PICTURED: Alexis Ames
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Rowen, Klooster SC Art Club News

make Golf Sectionals The art club will hold
their annual Pumpkin Raf-
fle in the cafeteria during
The spooktacular de-
signs will be on display soon
for 50 cents a chance.
cieved many compliments.

Also, the closed Lafay-

lunches Oct 26th-30th. The
winners will take home
their prize jack-o-lanterns
after school that Friday.
The original designs are
carved by members of the
art club.
The art club has worked
on two projects this fall. The
Rebel Mascot at Gary John-
son Field recieved a new
coat of paint and has re-
ette grade school has two
more murals on the build-
ing, thanks to the creativ-
ity of the art club. This on-
going project is expected
to continue throughout the
year.

TRIVIA NIGHT
sponsored by
Stark County Education
Foundation

Saturday, October 24
at the Lake Calhoun Clubhouse
Telephone Judy Taylor at 286-4451 if you
Sam Klooster (left) and Hannah Rowen (right) qualified for Golf Sectionals wish to sign up.
recenlty. Coach Jim Langdon (center) is proud of their achievement. Neither
progressed to the next round, but Rowen missed the cut by one stroke.

Christmas Greens Sales by Stark County Fine Arts Network

The Stark County Fine Arts Network will be selling Christmas Greens again.
Prices are as follows:
Wreaths $17.00
available with a red bow with white pine cones
OR
red plaid bow with natural pine cones
Hanging Basket $17.00
Door Charm $13.00
Poinsettia $13.00
Students in grades 6-12 will be taking orders October 16 through November 2nd.
If you are interested in placing an order and have not been asked, you may call
Melanie Boudreau (286-7320) or Barb Loane (695-6610) to place your order. Delivery will be December 1st.

Accounting I learns steps to the accounting cycle

Students enrolled in
Mrs. Patty Wilkinson’s Ac-
counting I class recently fin-
ished learning the steps in
the accounting cycle:
(1) Analyzing transac-
tions, (2) journalizing and
(3) posting of transactions,
(4) preparing a worksheet
(to determine net income or
loss), (5) preparing financial
statements (income state-
ments and balance sheets),
(6) journalizing and (7 )post-
ing of adjusting and closing
entries, and then, finally,
(8) preparing a post-closing
trial balance sheet.
Since the students have
learned the accounting ba-
sics, they were treated to a
day of playing board games.
Students had the option of
playing Monopoly or Life.
Students were required to
journalize their transactions
while playing the game.
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SC Jr High Students of the Month Salute to Veterans

November 12
Once again, this year’s
Stark County High School
American History classes
will give a ‘Salute to Veter-
an’s” by hosting a program
and dinner at the high
school on November 12.
The program will begin at
6:30, followed by a dinner,
but everyone is welcome
to come early (6:00) for
punch, cookies and social-
izing.
We will set up a mem-
orabilia table once again
this year, and hope there
are any pictures, medals
and many other items. If
you would like to bring
anything to share you can
either bring them that
night, or get them to the
high school ahead of time
and we will display them
for you. If you let us know
something about your
item(s), we will be sure and
have that information on
the table that night. You
can take the items home
with you when you leave.
We would also like to
add to the slide program
that we have shown in the
past. If you or someone
you know is not in our slide
show, please bring a photo
to the high school and we
will try to add it in.
Everyone is invited to
come. If you are a veteran,
or currently serving, or if
you have ever loved a vet-
eran or someone currently
serving, or you just want
to honor those who have
protected our freedom,
please join us.
See page 7 for more
information.

Pictured from Left to Right: Joni Kinsella of the State Bank of Speer; 8th grade - Victoria West - daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff West of Wyoming; 7th grade - Dylan Knobloch - son of Mr. & Mrs. Keith Knobloch of Wyo-
ming; 6th grade - Sage Pearson - son of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Pearson of Toulon and Mrs. Lynne Knobloch, State
Bank of Speer. Each student received $50 savings bonds from the State Bank of Speer.

Stark County Fine Arts Network

presents “Beauty and the Beast”
The Stark County Fine
Arts Network invites you to
join us on Saturday, Febru-
ary 20 at 2 pm for the Broad-
way performance of “Beauty
and the Beast” at the Peoria
Civic Center Theater. Tick-
ets for adults are $45. Stu-
dents* of SCCU District #100
can purchase their ticket for
a discounted price of $25,
compliments of the Stark
County Fine Arts Network.
Seating will be in the first
two rows of the first balcony.
Order your tickets early by
completing the form below.
*Anyone under the age
of 16 must be accompanied
by an adult.

To request tickets for “Beauty and the Beast” Students in Mrs. Amy Milroy’s US History class
Make checks payable to “Stark County High School” held a bake sale on Thursday, October 15. Stu-
dents in Mrs. Milroy’s class brought in baked
Name _______________________________________ Phone _______________ goods to sell over the two high school lunch
periods. Over $90 was raised to help defray ex-
penses associated with the annual Veteran’s Day
Number of adult tickets ($45 ea) ________ Number of student tickets ($25 ea) ______ program.

Total amount enclosed ____________ Pictured in photo above: Brandon Shults and Nick
Stiles are shown purchasing baked goods during
Questions? Call Janet Wilkinson: 286-3451 daytime, 286-3501 evenings the bake sale.

Scholastic book fair at Stark County Jr High

A Scholastic book fair
was held at Stark County Jr.
High Sept. 21-24. Students,
teachers, and parents enjoyed
browsing through all of the
new books, posters, scented
highlighters, and fuzzy pen-
cils. This year’s favorite items
were the strawberry scented
erasers! The most popular
book and the first to sell out
was Chasing Lincoln’s Killer,
by James L. Swanson, who
was inspired to write the
book after his tenth birth-
day, when his grandmother
gave him an engraving of the
derringer pistol used by John
Wilkes Booth to assassinate
Abraham Lincoln. Students
who brought their parents and the winner was Dylan
to the book fair during Open Carter. Profits from the book
House were eligible to enter a fair benefited the Jr. High and
drawing for $50 in free books High School libraries.

Sixth grade girls, pick erasers? Who knew? Dylan Carter wins drawing.
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Stark County
Community Unit
School District
Superintendent
Jerry Klooster
From Superintendent Jerry Klooster
Rather than focus on
just one topic this month,
I would like to share some
information about a few
unrelated events/topics go-
ing on in the school district
about which you may or
may not already know:
Student Council Wins
Smart Board
Congratulations to
Mrs. Howard, Mr. Buchert,
Student Council members
and all the generous mem-
bers of the community who
collected and delivered over
three thousands pounds
of clothes to Goodwill in
Peoria earlier this month!
For being the winners in
this clothing collection
contest, SCHS will receive
a free, interactive Smart
Board. Thank you also to
Ann Domico for notifying
Student Council about the
contest.
Local Emergency Respond-
ers Help with Drills
On Wednesday, Sep-
tember 16, the Elementary
School had an evacuation
drill with local emergency
responders. On Mon-
day, October 5, the JH and
HS had the same type of
evacuation drill. These an-
nual evacuation drills, with
emergency responders, are
now required by law in Il-
linois. Planning meetings
with local fire, police and
ambulance personnel are
held in advance of each drill
and follow-up meetings are
held to assess performance.
The purpose of each drill
is to work in concert with
local responders to best
prepare for an actual emer-
gency. I would like to thank
all of these wonderful local
professionals and volun-
teers who give of their time
in order to ensure the safety
of our students.
Principal Mike
Domico Stark
County High
School and Stark
County Junior High
Flu Season
On the date I am writ-
ing this article – October
13, Eighty (90) elementary
students are home sick. As
of this date, District 100 has
no medically confirmed
cases of H1N1, but like most
schools, we are operating
under the assumption that
some of our sick students
may very well have the
H1N1 strain. We have three
RN’s on staff who are keep-
ing a close eye on students
and who keep in close con-
tact with the local Health
Department. We will con-
tinue to be in touch with
parents about implement-
ing strategies to reduce the
transfer of germs at home
and at school.
On the Horizon
Here is a list of items
that the District is either
currently implementing or
considering for implemen-
tation:
Implementing:
New Web Site: The new
district web site is now fully
operational. I would urge
you to visit the site at
and let me
know what you think. A link
to the SDS Student Manage-
ment and Grade Reporting
program should be opera-
tional by the end of the first
grading period. Thank you
for you patience while we
are ‘working out the bugs’.
Eventually, we hope to add
teacher web pages and ad-
ministrator podcasts.
Smart Boards Tech-
nology: Through the use
of grant monies, the district
has been able to purchase
seven (7) Smart Boards for
use in various classrooms
in all three schools. Smart
Board is the brand name of
an interactive white board
that teachers can use to
bring online research and
Parents Right-to-Know
A Notification Letter to Parents
Dear Parents: lowing: tion or degree;
Whether the teacher Whether the child is
In accordance with has met State qualifications provided services by para-
ESEA Section 1111(h) and licensing criteria for professionals, and, if so,
(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO- the grade levels and subject their qualifications.
KNOW, the Stark County areas in which the teacher If at any time your child
Community Unit School provides instruction; has been taught for four or
Principal District is notifying every Whether the teacher is more consecutive weeks by
parent of a student in a teaching under emergency a teacher not highly quali-
Renee Wallace Title I school that you have or other provisional status fied, the school will notify
Stark County the right and may request through which State quali- you.
information regarding the fication or licensing criteria If you have any ques-
Elementary professional qualifications have been waived; tions, please feel free to
of your child’s classroom The baccalaureate de- contact your district super-
teacher. This information gree major of the teacher intendent, Jerry Klooster, at
regards the professional and any other graduate cer- (309)-695-6123.
qualifications of your child’s tification or degree held by Sincerely,
learning directly to stu- classroom teachers includ- the teacher, and the field of Jerry Klooster
dents. Specifically, it’s a ing, at a minimum, the fol- discipline of the certifica- District Superintendent
large whiteboard that uses
touch technology for de-
tecting user input. A projec-
tor is used to display a com-
puter’s video output onto
the whiteboard, which then
acts as a huge touchscreen.
If you want to know more
about Smart Boards, give us
a call, or better yet, ask your
son or daughter, I’ll bet he/
she can tell you all about
them.
Considering:
Enhanced Math and
Science Curriculum: The
district is currently inves-
tigating the feasibility of
creating an enhanced math
and science program at
the high school specifically
geared for students plan-
ning careers in the math
and/or science fields. Ad-
ministrators and teachers
are just beginning to put to-
gether a preliminary sketch
of what this program might
look like.
E-Pay: This is a free
online payment system
through the Secretary of
State’s Office that would al-
low parents to pay for many
student fees by credit card.
LunchBox: This is a
breakfast and lunch soft-
ware program that would
replace the traditional way
students pay for and are
recorded for breakfast and
lunch costs.
Bus Garage: The old
bus garage next to the high
school in Toulon has a num-
ber of ongoing safety issues.
The board is looking into
possible new locations/op-
tions for storing/maintain-
ing our bus fleet.
If you would like to
comment on any of the top-
ics mentioned above, please
feel free to give me a call at
695-6123 or email me at jk-
looster@stark100.com.

Stark County CUSD #100 Addressing the

Board of Education Board
Marty Cantwell Keith I. Knobloch
President Vice President The agenda is planned well in ad-
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W. David Turner Ron “Skip” Turnbull quests to address the board must be
Secretary Term expires 2011 submitted in writing to the superinten-
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a regularly scheduled Board meeting.
Robert Groter Brian Rewerts The Board meeting is the third
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Elizabeth Rumbold Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at
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