Local Elks essay winners honored in Illinois contest
In Wabash County grades 5-8 competed in the Americanism Essay Contest The First Amendment finalists were chosen by Mount Carmel Elks Lodge 715 and district and state panels The Mount Carmel winners were Carli Meritt Gage Kennard Lexi Slane for Division I while Madi Meritt Madeline Goldman Ashton Stine and Boyd Holt tied for third in Division II First place winners Carli Meritt and Madi Meritt received certificates and $50 prizes.
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Illinois Elks Association
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Springfield
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Elks Lodge
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Gage Kennard
Lexi Slane
Madi Meritt
Madeline Goldman
Ashton Stine
Boyd Holt
Elks Americanism
MCMS
Steve Holt
N.I.C.E
Chris Taylor
St Mary's Fourth Quarter Honor Roll Highlights
St Mary's announces fourth quarter honors across grades with High Honors for eighth grader Josephine Cross Addison Crone and seventh grader Max Zimmerman and sixth grader Gehrig Jones. Honors list includes Evan Acree Allyson Armstrong Aden Gill and many others, reflecting strong student achievement across the school.
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Addison Crone
Max Zimmerman
Gehrig Jones
Olivia Stinson
Evan Acree
Allyson Armstrong
Aden Gill
Max Hedge
Cade Henson
Dustan Jones
Jonas Martin
Madie McIntire
Gavin Swain
Faith Witsman
Mary Wonzik
Faith Fuller
Elliott Gill
Eva Hocking
Chase Keepes
Sarah Kieffer
Taya York
Maleah Armstrong
Margaret Harness
William Mayberry
District moves away from letter grades prompts parent backlash
In Downers Grove District 58, letter grades are being replaced with progress guides in science for seventh and eighth grade and math for preK to sixth, triggering parent surveys and potential reinstatement of grades by 2017 18. The plan aims to expand to middle school, with officials calling it a work in progress while noting other districts use numerical scales.
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