![Groundbreaking ceremony held for Career and Technical Education Center at GHS](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_08f729f7-1d4b-4a7c-bce1-2ed3a3edbdc3.jpg)
October 3, 2022
Geneseo Community Unit School District #228 on Monday hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Career and Technical Education Center at Geneseo High School.
Construction ...
![Geneseo’s academic achievement exceeding pre-COVID levels](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_15fa65f0-1e55-48cb-a3b7-f2d2ccceeca1.jpg)
September 29, 2022
When Geneseo schools opened the doors to its five buildings for the first day of classes on August 17, students and staff throughout the district enjoyed refreshingly normal and t...
![Students enter GHS](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_2684bedd-53ff-40e3-a1c5-ef37a8f19ae6.jpg)
September 23, 2022
Get to know and help us welcome our new employees as we begin a new school year.
Added September 12:
We are excited to welcome Tyann Hintgen to Southwest Elementary, where s...
![GeneseoSchools.org launches new design and mobile app](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_f4c094a0-7ad1-4e3a-9061-5b9a0e10e75e.png)
September 23, 2022
Geneseo Community Unit School District #228 on Friday launched a redesigned website and introduced a new mobile app to improve how students, parents, staff and others in the commu...
![GHS Principal Tom Ryerson at his desk](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_26a363f9-bf58-4f5b-8b66-53ff0e560222.jpg)
September 23, 2022
Each morning at Geneseo High School, a period of 24 minutes is scheduled for all students to WIN.
It’s a new approach that was created by the school’s new principal, Tom Ryerso...
![Mackey family](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_494f77ce-ba90-427c-9530-1b7f59e4bb56.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
After 33 years of working as a teacher, coach, athletic director and most recently, principal, Geneseo’s Travis Mackey is stepping down from his role as a full-time educator.
T...
![GMS Chess Club](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_d0785152-6bbf-401f-a7ed-7a31e41336ed.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Eighteen Geneseo Middle School students competed in the IESA State Chess Tournament at the Peoria Civic Center on Feb. 25-26, and four individuals recorded three or more victories...
![Geneseo School District 228 Office](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_a71a749e-5db6-4a9f-8234-2e212ac83608.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
The following letter was shared on February 24, 2022:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Our Board of Education (BOE) on Feb. 10 voted to immediately return to a mask-optional pl...
![Geneseo High School’s next principal, Tom Ryerson, and his wife, Anne, have three children: Nate, a junior, Nile, a freshman, and Novak, in 5th grade.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_4cfb9ef2-d5e7-415a-812a-e44a123df41d.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Geneseo High School will have a new principal this fall.
Tom Ryerson will return to the district and take on the role at GHS, a hire that was made official with Board of Educat...
![Nikki Smith, Beth Carton and Sue Keegan form the team that oversees 29 daily bus routes across the Geneseo school district’s 260 square miles.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_a9f00a6b-05dd-411d-9ed1-88fcec301d3a.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
It was in the spring of 1946—seven and a half months after the Allies emerged victorious in World War II—when George Pinks of Geneseo was considering his professional options.
...
![Murray a model of sustained success and longevity](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_24b9494c-7cd0-4d25-bf99-a95ca8327f9f.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Jon Murray, head coach of the high school wrestling team, has left Geneseo before.
Twice in fact, once after his freshman year of high school and another after serving as an as...
![Rendering of the Career and Technical Education Center](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_c6d4ea21-7613-4972-b29b-9c1b2088b1bc.jpg)
September 8, 2022
Updated plans and a new rendering for a vocational center that will reside across the street from Geneseo High School were presented at the Board of Education's December meeting. ...
![Pajama Program turns good nights into good days](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_c7f9111b-b2ea-44dc-a71e-ef7f6a13256b.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Getting a good night’s sleep comes with many benefits, and most health experts agree it is as important as a healthy diet and regular exercise.
For students, a comfortable and ...
![DePauw Theatre dedication honors](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_ba350681-6769-49cf-92ed-a39fe9533d87.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
When Geneseo High School theatre students prepared to perform a portion of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” several years ago, director Joe DePauw knew the group was capable of somet...
![Coach Harlacher on the bench](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_7a7e4311-08bb-4f80-9164-56cc5594e057.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Geneseo boys’ basketball head coach Mike Kiss was sitting in solitude.
He and his team were on the bus heading to United Township’s Panther Den, where a sectional championship ...
![“We don’t get many new socks, so we were very much in need of them,” said Nicole Friedhoff, Assistant Director of the Geneseo-Atkinson Food Pantry. “There is a big need for a lot of items right now, and this really helps our cause.”](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_d3936f5e-5346-4dac-a313-a6c7b56ee87b.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
With colder weather on the way, families are beginning to dig through their closets for warmer clothing.
However, not all families have everything they need, and when it comes ...
![Keith Kennett was an honorary captain when Geneseo hosted United Township on September 10, 2021.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_950bb8cc-db19-4f04-bc91-41edfafbc87d.jpeg)
September 8, 2022
Among the many disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was to the sports world when athletes of all ages were forced to the sideline in the spring of 2020.
Leagues around t...
![2022-23 Health and Illness Guidelines](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_ab59490d-9256-480e-967c-6eaef6a97e21.jpg)
September 6, 2022
For the 2022-23 school year, it is our intent to build off how we finished the 2021-22 school year and continue to work towards offering the least restrictive learning environment...
![Summer school students learn about STEM fundamentals](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_1b9ff512-78d2-403b-af43-784aff11bcb5.jpg)
September 6, 2022
The fifth graders participating in a mini-golf design challenge had four simple rules: Be creative, use only materials provided, make and record a plan, and use kind words and com...
![GHS students and staff dedicate a day to the community](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/geneseo_cusd_228_ar/article/image/large_a39c409b-70e1-44e4-9e0d-31b00471ee02.jpg)
July 22, 2022
As the school year comes to an end, students and staff at Geneseo High School took a break from their regular routines and dedicated a morning to the local community.
On May 12...