Cambridge first grade students enjoyed their own Super Bowl™ party Friday, Feb. 3, at the elementary school. The students had to answer questions about Penguins. If they had the correct answer, they were given a treat and got to move their football down the field. First grade teacher Christi Reed was one of the referees. First grade teacher Nikki Ernst passed out the treats. Competing against each other were Rachel Stropes and Brooklyn Johnson. Friday was also pajama day in the two classrooms.
Five area high-school students have been named “Good Citizens” by the Geneseo Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The students will be honored Sunday, Feb. 12, at a 1 p.m. Youth Awards Day ceremony at the Geneseo Community Center.
First and second grade classes held a sticker contest Friday, Jan. 27, at the Cambridge Elementary School. Students from each class had to put 100 stickers on their teacher the fastest. Chad Hamerlinck’s class won the contest between the four classes.
Some Cambridge students will take part in an Illinois Youth Survey, Cambridge High School principal Robert Reagan told the school board.
The statewide survey will help better understand youth risks and protective behaviors as they relate to student problems and academic success.
Tom Akers, Cambridge superintendent of schools, hopes farmers nominate the district to receive “America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education” grants of up to $10,000 from Monsanto.
Two students have been honored by the Cambridge Rotary Club as students of the quarter this year. These students have achieved academic excellence, demonstrated exceptional character or promoted school spirit.
The last four months of 2011 were eventful in Cambridge.
School board members approved the 2011 levy Thursday, Dec. 15, prior to the Cambridge School Board meeting. During the meeting, the levy was adopted. It includes a tentative tax rate of $4.784 per $100 assessed valuation, unchanged from last year according to Tom Akers, Cambridge School District superintendent.
How long does Santa have to deliver all those toys on Christmas Eve? The answer might surprise you. During the offseason, Santa Claus lives in an undisclosed location in rural Henry County, where of our reporters interviewed him in front of witnesses on Sunday, Dec. 4, before he left for his official home on Santa Claus Lane at the North Pole.
County Seat employees and friends of the community rallied to raise over $1,800 for kids in Cambridge. Caring Hearts has big wishes to fill, and County Seat's fundraiser will help make dreams come true.
Mary Hammer of Cambridge won Freedom House's annual poster contest urging people to take a public stand against domestic violence.
Caring Hearts is looking for those caring Cambridge community members wanting to help a child to believe in Santa and kind souls.
The Cambridge School Board approved a tentative tax rate of $4.784 per $100 assessed valuation, unchanged from last year, during their monthly meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Cambridge Elementary School.
Cambridge American Legion Post 417 honored Tom Akers as Camridge Firefighter of the Year.
Christi Reed’s first grade class at the Cambridge Elementary School wanted to give residents some help with cooking their turkeys this year for Thanksgiving. Here are some recipes to try.
Tyler English and Mary Hammer were recognized as Students of the Quarter at the weekly Cambridge Rotary meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26.
Invenergy, which is planning to build 266 turbines in its Bishop Hill Wind Project – basically between Woodhull and Galva – has the lowest section of its first wind turbine and placed it onto a concrete pad two and a half miles northwest of Bishop Hill. The farm is owned by Clarence and Hettie Green, who do not reside in this area.
The Cambridge School Board accepted the new school improvement plan explained by both Cambridge principals, Shelly Logston and Robert Reagan. “We did not meet last year’s target but we have a plan to meet it this year,” Reagan said. “Our focus is reading and math.”
