Nice article in the News-Gazette Prep Sports with Colin Likas on the VGH Blue Devils Girls Basketball season during COVID. Senior night tonight at VG vs Arcola. Prep basketball extra: Q&A with Villa Grove/Heritage girls' coach Dan Sappenfield: bit.ly/3bKbjYe
2021 Homer Youth League Baseball/Softball/T-ball Signups
There will not be any in-person sign ups this year. Here are your registration options:
Online Registration: www.leaguelineup.com/homeryouthleague (additional $3 processing fee)
Download & Print registration form from our Homer Youth League Facebook page
Send email to homeryouthleague@gmail.com requesting a form be emailed to you.
**Options 2 and 3 require you to mail forms back along with payment.
All forms and payments must be received by 3/1/2021
Prices: $65 for baseball and softball $45 for T-ball
Heritage HS National FFA Week Feb. 20 – 27, 2021 - Dress Up Days Schedule pdf download: https://5il.co/prd9
Heritage HS- National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive from 8 a.m to noon March 10 to give back to the community.— Anna Sanders
2020-21 News-Gazette High School Confidential: Week 20
http://bit.ly/2NfMA5Q
Heritage Schools K-12 & Spectrum Pre-K students will have a snow day Tuesday, February 16, 2021. JH Games scheduled for tomorrow night ar cancelled. Determination for Heritage School Board meeting for in-person or all virtual for Tuesday night will be made tomorrow afternoon.
JH Boys Basketball for tonight 2/15 at Salt Fork has been cancelled due to weather. Any decisions for school day Tuesday 2/16 will be made later and we will utilize our Apptegy app, phone, and text message platforms to notify everyone.
Heritage Schools has had 110 Days of In-person Instruction Consecutively today! It has been a monumental undertaking and thanks to our parents, students, teachers, staff, and Heritage community members, we have made it against the odds with COVID still a major concern for all schools and everyone in our country.
Thankfully for teachers and staff, vaccination efforts in our county have been comprehensive and numbers continue to drop in the county and around the US, but things aren't over yet. Some reminders as we enter a Valentine's Day 3-Day weekend with President's Day Holiday on Monday. We will see everyone back on Tuesday, February 16!
- Wear masks at all time while on school grounds and for school day and at all school events
- Follow spectator guidelines for sports and activities. Available here: Heritage Spectator Guidelines 2021
- Continue to do morning check of your student(s) and have them turn in self-certification forms when arriving. Available here: Heritage Self-Certification Form 2020-2021
- Respond to Public Health Department outreach calls especially for actual COVID cases or for quarantine timelines and protocols they prescribe
- If your child has any symptoms, call the school and have child stay home and we can advise on next steps
- Contact our school nurse DiAnne Boyd at 896-2421 ext 121 for any health questions or concerns, she stays in direct contact with the public health departments for guidance, reporting, etc
VGH & Heritage COVID Sports Schedules, Spectator Guidelines, & HS Game Streaming Info. Also the latest updates including streaming address for VGH Freshman Basketball vs Sullivan & JH Boys Basketball opponent change due to COVID protocols:
http://bit.ly/3q0k2eJ
Heritage Spectrum Parents, No School these dates at St. Joe RCCSEC Pre-K:
1. Friday, February 12 Institute Day
2. Monday, February 15 President's Day
3. Thursday, February 25 Parent & Teacher Conferences
4. Friday, February 26 Parent & Teacher Conferences
VGH & Heritage Updated COVID Sports Schedules, Spectator Guidelines, & HS Game Streaming Information
https://www.heritage8.org/article/390238
News-Gazette HS Confidential January 29
Malani Smithenry works on her original board game project for a leadership unit in Brooke Mohr’s Ag communications & leadership class. Students are designing games to present and play with the class in the coming days.— Anna Sanders
Heritage Parents: With winter weather forecast soon, you can send any updated phone numbers to heritage8@gmail.com for phone list. You can also download our Heritage "Appetgy" app available for Apple & Android phones, search "Heritage Schools" & click red Hawks logo to download
Heritage K-8 will have a Remote Planning Afternoon Thursday January 14, 2021. The Homer School site has scheduled transition to new Frontier fiber optic line with ICN so connectivity will be effected.
Reminder that Monday, January 18, 2021 will be No School - Illinois K-12 School Holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Heritage Back to School Mask Reminder & Daily Health Check Form
Heritage Schools
JAN 04, 2021
Heritage Self-Certification Form: https://5il.co/lt0q
The self certification daily sheets and masks are required on buses, in school buildings, & a safe choice anywhere on school grounds as flu & strep throat join COVID as concerns as we return to in-person learning Tuesday, January 5, 2021 8am-12pm.
Heritage Student Body,
What an amazing job with the food and toy drive this year! You have been so successful in reaching and breaking our giving goals over the past month and a half. Countless families and individuals have been blessed with your generous donations. These families and individuals are from our local community. We are proud of your efforts and want you to know that your kindness has not gone unnoticed. We may never know who our donations go to, but know this: it is making a difference in someone's life today!
"It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving." Mother Teresa
We are so proud of our Hawk family!
Have a great and wonderful holiday! Stay safe and well!
Heritage FFA, FCCLA, Student Council, & NHS
Heritage K-12 Winter Program 2020 Youtube Videos
Heritage Schools Justin Lee
DEC 17, 2020
Heritage K-12 Winter Program 2020-Click Link Below
http://bit.ly/3nsxPt2
Heritage HS- AP English class conducted a mock trial to go along with The Crucible by Arthur Miller. After completing the book, students were split into teams and asked to prepare evidence and witnesses for the stand. Pictured: Brodie Meneely is seen questioning witness Konner Pearman. English teacher Christine Campos was presiding judge and kept the court in order. Seniors were asked to serve on the jury and come up with a verdict.— Anna Sanders for News-Gazette HS Confidential
Heritage Parent Letter In-person/Remote Learning Information 2nd Semester 2021 : https://www.heritage8.org/article/362876
