The Lewistown High School art department was the recipient of a very generous donation from the collection of 1970 LCHS graduate, Sue Messer, who passed away on May 10, including premium pastels, watercolors, inks and other drawing supplies as well as high quality paper and reference books. Pictured are students Emily Moore, Jadyn Sheets, Jazlyn Robbins, Mallory Kotewa, Rebecca Graham, Kenna Dallefeld.
Lewistown CUSD 97 is proud to announce that the Varsity Girls Basketball Team received recognition as an All State Academic team. The girls earned 2nd Place in Division 6. Congratulations to the team! Keep up the hard work in the classroom and on the court!
Congratulations to the LVC JH Track teams on a great performance at their Sectional on Saturday. The 7th grade girls took second place n a very competitive 3A sectional meet. 9 athletes qualified for the state meet next weekend. We are proud of all our athletes this year! Go Miners!
State Qualifiers:
8th Grade
Gauge Kruzan-Long Jump
Kacie White-Discus
Grace Yaste-High Jump
7th Grade
Izzy Atchley-400, 4x400
Grace Bonney-800, 4x200
Carsyn Braun-Hurdles, 4x200, 4x400, Long Jump
Cora Connolly-4x400, High Jump
Aurora Orwig-4x200
Alivia Waughtel-4x200, 4x400
Congratultaions to the LVC HS Baseball team on winning the FM 95 Hometown Heroes of the week!! Go Miners!
https://www.fm95online.com/2023/05/11/lvc-baseball-team-wins-hometown-heroes-of-the-week/
Congratulations to Pierce Boyer!
Lewistown High School senior Pierce Boyer receives the Martin Tractor Service Tech Scholarship at a signing held Tuesday, May 9. Pierce will attend Spoon River College to pursue a degree in Diesel & Power Systems Technology.
Pictured: Front Row-Taylor Trone, Pierce Boyer, Jessica Trone. Back Row-Martin Tractor Inc. Regional Aftermarket Manager Don Taylor, Talent Acquisition Promoter Amy Nelson, Macomb Service Manager Luke Riley, Shandon Trone, Mike Trone.
The LVC Miners baseball team has been nominated as FM95 Hometown Heroes. Cast your vote at the following link: https://www.fm95online.com/hometown-heroes/
Weekly winners get a plaque and Hometown Heroes t-shirts for the entire team!
The Spring Concert Band performance for the Jr./Sr. high school is on Sunday May 7. It will be in the Shirley Shannon Auditorium beginning at 3PM. We will also perform one song combined with the 5th and 6th grade band students. Hope to see lots of people there.
Congratulation to LVC 7th and 8th grade girls track teams. Both teams are the 2023 Fulton County Champions! 8th grade boys placed 2nd, and Kacie White set a new 8th grade girls Fulton County discus record with a throw of 101'3"!
Just a reminder that today's Little Prairieland JH Track meet, originally scheduled to be held in Lewistown, will be hosted at Bushnell-Prairie City High School. The meet starts at 4pm. Thank you to B-PC for stepping up to host!
On April 30, there will be a combined Jazz Band and Rock Band concert at the High School. The concert starts at 3PM. This is the debut concert of the newly formed Rock Band. The concert is in the auditorium.
Tonight's softball game against Heights/Manual has been canceled. There will be practice after school until 5:00 pm tonight.
Promenade for Prom 2023 can be viewed LIVE at the link below. The stream will start at 5:00.
https://youtube.com/live/HPuCli72rzY
Recently our High School Foods class and FCCLA Club prepared and served a meal in Bryant for those impacted by the tornado. Photos from the event can ben seen here: https://tinyurl.com/2aat64es
We are currently planning on restarting our bus routes at 4:45pm. If you would like to pick up your student before that time you can get them at Lewistown High School.
Due to weather concerns we are rerouting buses 1 and 10 back to Lewistown High School. Once the weather clears we will transport students. If you would like to pick you student up they can be picked up at the high school.
The Lewistown Softball game at BPC has been canceled. There will not be practice today.
The LVC JH Track meet scheduled for today (Thursday, April 20) @ Havana has been CANCELLED...there will not be practice tonight.
The Lewistown High School Foods class and FCCLA members are preparing a meal for all those affected by the tornado and their helpers, Friday evening at the Bryant Village Hall.
Financial support for the meal is provided by:
Illinois Pork Producers
Prairie State Bank and Trust
Mid-America National Bank
Table Grove State Bank
Ipava Bank
Havana Bank
Compeer Financial
The LVC JH track and field meet scheduled at Lewistown High School on Thursday, 4/27, will now take place at Bushnell-Prairie City High School. The meet will still start at 4 PM. Thank you to Bushnell for offering to host this meet.
Lewistown High School has several entries for the 2023 Illinois Radon Awareness Video Contest. Last Shelby Utter won 1st place in the entire state, hopefully we can bring home another 1st place this year!
Check out all of the entries here: https://tinyurl.com/3yu4ad46