Entries by mmitchell

Saturday Basketball and FFA Poinsettia Sale Update

Due to Friday night’s severe storms that resulted in power outages throughout Edwardsville, including at the High School, two scheduled events for Saturday have been canceled, including: The Scott Credit Union Shootout hosted by the boys and girls basketball teams. The FFA poinsettia sale scheduled for Saturday morning. This will try and be rescheduled for another […]

86 EHS Students Named Illinois State Scholars

Edwardsville High School Principal Dr. Steve Stuart has announced that 86 students from the EHS graduating class of 2022 have been designated as Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (IASC) based on their exceptional academic achievement. The Illinois State Scholar program is awarded to high school seniors based on ACT or SAT […]

Vaccination Clinic Scheduled for December 13

District #7 will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Monday, December 13, 2021. The clinic will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the EHS Media Center with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered.    There is no cost for the vaccination and the clinic is for any student ages 5 or older.   All children ages 5-17 must be accompanied […]

EHS 9th Grader Earns Bronze Medal

While most people spent Thanksgiving weekend eating turkey, shopping or relaxing, Edwardsville High School 9th grader Micah Miner was winning a bronze medal. The world class gymnast finished third in the 13-14 men’s age group of the double mini trampoline at the World Age Group Competition of the Tumbling and Trampoline World Championships held November […]

Creative Hearts Art Club is Newest Club at EHS

Edwardsville High School has a new after school club and they are already making an impact. EHS Creative Hearts Art Club was started by art teacher Cassie Flynn as way to give students an outlet for art. Flynn, an EHS alumnus, never played sports or participated in band. And although she has several students who […]

Inclement Weather Plan

November 10, 2021  Dear District #7 Families:  Winter is fast approaching, and along with it comes the potential for weather and travel concerns. If inclement weather prompts District #7 to cancel school or alter bus schedules, we will notify parents and staff as soon as possible using a variety of communication tools. Please note, extreme weather […]

COVID-19 & SHIELD Testing Update

November 4, 2021  Dear District #7 Families:   As we enter another month of the school year, I wanted to provide our District #7 families and community with an update on COVID-19 and SHIELD Testing.   Throughout this school year, District #7 has done an excellent job in keeping case counts of COVID-19 low. Last week, there were nine known positive cases among students, the lowest weekly total since […]

Announcement of IAR Parent Portal

District #7 is pleased to inform parents/guardians of a new and innovative method for presenting their student’s Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test results. IAR Parent Portal – Introducing https://il-results.pearsonaccessnext.com, where you can access individual student results and resources to support everything you need to know about your child’s performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness […]

Parent-Teacher Conferences Pick-A-Time

Read a PDF of the letter below or watch the video.  Dear District #7 Community:    The District will again use Pick-A-Time to schedule PreK-12 parent-teacher conferences to be held via Zoom on Thursday, October 28, 2021, from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Friday, October 29, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. As in prior years, Pick-A-Time will allow parents to schedule their children’s parent-teacher conferences through the internet using the account from […]