Geneseo Middle School was honored on April 23rd with the IESA Divisional Sportsmanship Award. This is a huge honor, voted on by our surrounding districts, our competitors. It's an award that says GMS is a fun, safe and great place to compete. Thank you to all the student-athletes, parents, coaches, refs and fans, and to our AD Mr. Pardoe for creating this culture of excellence!
Millikin 4th graders helped clean up the garden bed in front of the elementary school in honor of Earth Day. They made light work of this challenging task. Once the weeding was finished, they spread wildflower seeds throughout the garden to help the pollinators and beautify the school grounds.
Leafs take on Rock Island Edison and Washington tonight in our final GMS regular season home track meet. 7th and 8th grade boys and girls had some incredible distances, jumps and times as each group took down the Rocks.
Geneseo High School’s Class of 2024 will graduate on Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. in a ceremony at Bob Reade Field: https://www.geneseoschools.org/article/1561580
4th Grade students at Northside are learning how to play "Net" Games. They are having a great time learning how to play pickleball and tennis.
Wow, the GMS Grounds look amazing! "If you use the walking track... give a little back." Thank you to all our servant leaders, including GPD, for coming to GMS this cold April morning and putting in 3 hours of hard work to make our school beautiful.
The Geneseo Education Foundation (GEF) hosted an open house on Thursday evening to celebrate its distribution of $4 million to Geneseo’s schools since 1990. Read the full story: https://www.geneseoschools.org/article/1559137
Congratulations to our lucky IAR drawing winners. All of our students worked extremely hard on their test this year. Good to see their hard work pay off.
Huge win for Geneseo Girls Soccer as they defeat Alleman 2-1! Alleman was 4-0 coming into WB6 play.
GMS welcomed the parents and guardians of the class of 2031 for Incoming 6th grade Parent Orientation. Our cafe was full of eager families ready for their first taste of middle school life. Please check out the GMS website for the presentation, contact info and related links.
Geneseo High School Art Exhibition. 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. April 27 is the date of Geneseo Art Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) in downtown Geneseo. https://www.kwqc.com/2024/04/15/geneseo-high-students-exhibit-art-smith-studio/#lv35euihpa3fqlurc3n
Congratulations to Mrs. Snodgrass, the most recent recipient of a Maple Leaf Medallion at Millikin! Mrs. Snodgrass goes above and beyond for the students of Millikin. Not only is she an intuitive and compassionate instructor, but she is also our "utility infielder" playing so many important roles for our building. Congratulations!!
With severe weather expected this afternoon and evening, there will be no after school activities, practices or SAFE on April 16. Thank you and stay safe!
GMS 6th grade social studies students spent time role-playing what it was like to be in the Senate during Ancient Rome. They learned about and practiced "bribing" other senate members during their simulations in order to feed their poor citizens, made plans to invade Gaul and other new or disputed territories, and debated whether they should or would build new infrastructure like aqueducts or roads.
Congratulations to the Northside Students of the Month. We are so proud of these students for their hard work, positive attitude, and kindness towards others. They truly are great leaders. We will celebrate them at our Student of the Month Breakfast on May 17th at 7:30 AM.
Geneseo Middle School principal Nate O'Dell recognized five students at Thursday's Board of Education meeting for their leadership, making a positive impact at GMS, and winning a variety of awards.
Congratulations to Jacey Gehl (IESA Scholar Award), Luca Turigliatti (DAR Award), Alivia Brown (IPA Student Leader Award), Jaxson Seals (IPA Student Leader Award) and Quinn Cherry (DAR Award), all of whom also received a Maple Leaf Medallion!
2024 GHS Prom will be held on Saturday, May 11 at the Quad City Botanical Center.
GHS Key Club and Kiwanis members were able to make 122 toiletry bags. The bags will be distributed to the social workers, Braveheart in Cambridge, and homeless shelters in the Quad Cities. Thank you to Sawyer Rahmus and Kim Anderson for coordinating the event.
A huge THANK YOU to our middle school Family-Consumer Science students for making the trip to Northside to hang out with our preschool friends. Our students definitely loved having you here with us.
Highlights of Geneseo Girls Soccer dominating 7-0 win over Sterling. Goals by Ava DeSplinter, Hanna Kreiner, Mia Kelly, Addison Espe and several assists by Katelyn Seaman helped the rout.