Lewistown Community Unit School District #97

August menu

See the attached link for our district parent-student handbook for the 2025-2026 school year. We hope everyone has a great year! Please reference the handbook for rules, procedures, and guidance. https://tinyurl.com/LCUSD-97-Handbook-25-25

Now accepting Parade Registrations for the LVC Homecoming Parade on September 19, 2025 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10h6OuMxLuxsXCeyNlkf77PwY5plIHyYwfptuzdUk1XQ/edit

Lewistown Schools welcome you to Meet The Teacher Night! District-wide tonight from 6:00 to 7:00pm.

2025 Homecoming T-shirt Order Link is now live! https://midstateapparel.com/product/2025-lvc-homecoming-shirt/ Orders due September 2

If you were on the road to Peoria yesterday you may have seen many different groups running for St. Jude. We are proud that District 97 was well represented. We had many staff members and current/former student athletes logging miles for the kids and families of St. Jude. The Lewistown team raised $54,000! Staff members included-
Teachers /Admin/Board Members
Mrs. Row
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Reed
Ms. Miller
Mr. McLaughlin
Mr. Bull
Mr. Shaeffer

Students-
Aidan Reed
Mylie Sours
Alexis Parker
John Barclay
Blake Mason---Blake ran the entire way to Peoria!!

Fall Preschool Screening is happening next week! Students who were screened in the spring do not need to attend unless a rescreen was determined at the last appointment. Screenings will be in the elementary gym by appointment only. Students who have already been screened or attended pre-K or early childhood do not need to be screened again. Students in Head Start only can be screened if you are interested in dual enrollment. You may leave a detailed voicemail to request a time slot now. The office staff returns to work on Friday, Aug. 1. We will return your call as soon as possible.

Is your student going to be entering pre-K, kindergarten, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 9th grade, or 12th grade in 2025-2026? It's time to schedule appointments for mandatory school exams. Please refer to the picture for what is required of each grade. If you have any questions, always feel free to contact me. Adowning@lewistown97.net. Thank you!

Please see this posting for an employment opportunity with Lewistown Schools. Please open document for links to work.
https://5il.co/3krmr

Here is the Lewistown CUSD 97 supply list and upcoming important dates for the 2025-2026 school year. Aug. 4 - Registration @ Central Cafeteria 12:00-6:00pm Aug. 5 - Registration @ Central Cafeteria 10:00am-4:00pm Aug. 7 - PreK Screening @ Elementary Gym 8:30am-2:30pm Aug. 14 - Meet the Teacher 6:00-7:00pm (bring school supplies) Aug. 18 - 1st Day of Student Attendance

Check out some exciting news for our HS Boys and Girls Basketball teams!

Congratulations to the following baseball and softball players for their selections to the Prairieland and/or ICAC All Conference teams, as well as the GPBCA All Star game. Baseball- Kolby Cleer- 1st Team Unanimous Prairieland and ICAC, GPBCA All-Star Brody Thum- 1st Team Prairieland, 2nd Team ICAC, GPBCA All-Star Carter Sours- 2nd Team ICAC, Special Mention Prairieland, GPBCA All-Star John Barclay- 2nd Team ICAC Softball- Kacie White- 1st Team ICAC-Unanimous, 1st Team Prairieland Sam Thum -1st Team ICAC- Unanimous, 2nd Team Prairieland, GPBCA All-Star Abbie Johnson- 1st team ICAC, 1st Team Prairieland- Unanimous, GPBCA All-Star Emma Probyn- 2nd Team ICAC, 2nd Team Prairieland, GPBCA All-Star Joley McLaughlin- 2nd Team ICAC Emery Thrasher- 2nd Team Prairieland Morgan Patterson- Special Mention Prairieland

Congratulations to Bryson Ferguson on his 8th place finish at State today! That is some nice new neckware!

Check out a great opportunity for football players and families to get to know the staff and the game.

Good luck to Cooper Leonard as he heads off to the IHSA Track and Field State Finals in Charleston! Your team, school, and community are so proud of you! You have had an amazing season! Cooper will compete in the 110m Hurdles tomorrow afternoon. https://youtube.com/shorts/dIvYbXyXTVY

Good luck to Bryson Ferguson as he heads off to the IHSA Track and Field State Finals in Charleston! Your team, school, and community are so proud of you! You have had a tremendous season! Bryson will compete in the triple jump tomorrow morning. https://youtube.com/shorts/p74BxTxHQ-g

Today we celebrated our May Indian Chief nominees. These kiddos have worked hard all year. We are very proud of them! Elena Kearney is our new May Indian Chief! Congratulations Emmalynn Allen, Coltin Armstrong, Joslyn Webb, Elena Kearney, Harper Taylor, Olivia Bills, and Keegan Boo!

Today's Regional softball game has been postponed.

Good luck to Carsyn Braun as she heads off to the IHSA Track and Field State Finals in Charleston! Your team, school, and community is so proud of you! You have had an amazing season! Carsyn will compete in the 400m dash tomorrow afternoon. https://youtube.com/shorts/_90LhKNc5yU?feature=share