Congratulations to Sam Eaton for qualifying to compete at State for Academic Challenge today! Way to represent Galena High School Sam!
GO PIRATES!
Please join us on Wednesday, April 19th at Adobos Mexican Grill for our first Share night. A percentage of the profits will go to the GHS Trap shooting Team. Adobos will be open from 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM for the share night. Come on out for dinner to support a great local restaurant and a great GHS team! Hope to see you there!
Due to the cold and windy weather the Prom Grand March has been moved the GHS gym. The March will begin at 5:00PM. Hope to see you all there!
Congratulations to Sumr Al-Hamdani for being named GHS March Artist of the Month! Check out her incredible work as well as all of our March nominees here: https://5il.co/1r03o
STATE BOUND!
Last night Chase, Nick, Cooper & Summer interviewed at the district level in their proficiency areas. THREE are advancing to the Final Five at the state level!
Chase Dittmar STATE BOUND in Agricultural Communications
Nick Handfelt STATE BOUND in Agricultural Processing
Cooper Einsweiler STATE BOUND in Safety
Summer Belken represented our chapter and Section well in Agricultural Education!
We are so proud of this crew and wish them luck as they prepare to compete on March 25!!
Good Luck to our GHS Scholastic Bowl Team who will be competing in Regionals today. Regionals are being hosted at GHS starting at 4:30pm. If you are able to come cheer our Pirates on please join us!
GO PIRATES!
Due to the weather we will be postponing our Solo Ensemble showcase at the Galena Center for the Arts that was scheduled for this evening, 2/23. We are working with the Galena Center for the Arts to reschedule and will send out the new date and times as soon as we have them. We apologize for the inconvenience and are excited to watch these talented musicians soon.
Galena School District will be on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, Thursday, February 23rd with no morning pre-K. We are so sorry for the inconvenience this causes but are not confident rural roads will be safe for school bus travel in the morning.
Due to the Ice Storm Warning, Galena Unit School District will be holding an e-learning day tomorrow, 2-22-23. Stay safe!
Congratulations to Emma Blaum who has finished the preliminary rounds of competition at the IHSA State Speech Tournament in Peoria. Now we wait for finals posting.
Congratulations to Macy Schulz for being named GHS February Artist of the month! Please check out her artwork, as well as, all of our nominees here: https://5il.co/1pcji
Due to the forecasted weather and Winter Storm Warning for tomorrow the Galena School District will be participating in an e-learning day tomorrow, February 16th, 2023. The Galena Middle School girls' basketball game vs. Shullsburg has been rescheduled to Friday (tomorrow) at 4pm and there will be no practices at GMS. GHS Athletic Director Mr. Freed or the basketball coaches will be in contact about tomorrow's activities and potential dates for rescheduling.
Finally, thank you for your participation during e-learning last Thursday as we had over 95% student attendance.
Be Safe!
Good Luck to the Girls Basketball team this week at Regionals! We are so proud of this incredible group of students! Regionals are being hosted at GHS so please come cheer on our Pirates!
Regionals: Monday, 2/13 at 6PM
Regional Championship: Friday, 2/17 at 7PM
GO PIRATES!!!!
We are so proud our our Galena Pirates- Connor Glasgow and Gracie Furlong. Both of these incredible students hit their 1,000 point during this Basketball Season! Congratulations!
Congratulations to the Galena High School Girls Basketball team on their incredible season and being Conference Champions!!
Congratulations to Emma Blaum and Julia Dominiak, both are advancing to Speech Sectionals! Emma placed 1st place in both of her events at Regionals and Julia placed 3rd at Regionals. We are so proud of their achievement and can not wait to cheer them on at Sectionals this Saturday.
Congrats to Ayden Wells our GHS January Artist of the month. Check out all the great artwork and nominees here! https://5il.co/1o09a
A group of our seniors traveled to SouthWest Technical College this week as they prepare for life after GHS. So excited to see all the great things our Seniors will do next year!
Please stop by the Galena Center for the Arts on February 2 from 5-6pm to check out the art show: Collective Memory.
This is a collaborative art show between our students and 5 other high schools in the area. The GHS students that will have work in the show are our NAHS Officers: Emma Furlong, Reagan Simpson, Chloe Roland, Charlie Duncan, Emma Blaum, and Mafe Lopez.
This event is free and family friendly. Hope to see you all there!
Beginning January 24, parents, students and teachers across Illinois will have an opportunity to participate in the annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.
To take the survey please visit http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/ and select the appropriate survey to begin.
Thank you in advance!