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Congratulations to our elementary spelling bee participants! Fourth graders Addie Bennett and Gabe Biehl took first and second place today.
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Congratulations to Kaden Farrell & Peyton Larson on finishing 3rd at IHSA Bass Fishing Sectional. They advance to state in 2 weeks! Big thanks to our boat captain Billy DuBois and Coach Mike Steffa (not pictured). #LexGoPurp
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Thank you to the PTO for sponsoring our spring incentive! Today we celebrated our students by treating them to an afternoon break with Kona Ice.
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Softball vs. GCMS has been rescheduled for Friday May 6. This game will now be played @ Lexington - 4:30 start.
The JV game vs. Olympia is still tentatively scheduled for 6:00 pm on Friday.
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Baseball vs. GCMS will be rescheduled for Friday May 6 @ 4:30. With this change, the game vs. Blue Ridge will be cancelled.
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Fine Art's Festival Schedule of Events for Thursday, May 5th.
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The varsity baseball game that was postponed vs. Heyworth will be played on Monday May 9 @ Lexington. 4:30 first pitch.
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Our kindergarten class got a tour and a taste at Theo's Microcreamery in Uptown Normal as part of their field trip.
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Today’s baseball game at Heyworth has been postponed. A makeup date will be announced early next week.
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Tomorrow’s softball game at Sacred Heart Griffin has been canceled. This game will not be rescheduled.
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Congratulations to the Lexington Bass Fishing Team and anglers Kaden Farrell & Peyton Larson and boat captain Billy DuBois. They are HOIC Champions weighing in at 15.91 lbs! Farrell also brought home big bass honors at 6.03 lbs. #LexGoPurp
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We are thankful for the opportunity for these students to be able to take part in State Senator Jason Barickman's Youth Advisory Council today.
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We are excited to share that the advanced art students will be having an exhibition of all of their work at the Lexington Public Library (3rd floor) from May 9th-13th. We would like to invite everyone to check out their body of work and join us for the exhibition reception on May 10th from 5:30-6:30pm. During the reception, the students will be giving artist lectures detailing their portfolio of work from this year. Please see attached show card for more information!
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Fourth Grade Field Trip Fun!
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It's roller skating week! We loved having our high school Key Club students assisting our kindergarten class today.
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Thankful to have field trips returning to our school year! Our third graders enjoyed the day at ISU attending the Gamma Phi Circus and having a private recess on the Hancock Stadium turf.
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Kindergarten Orientation is this evening (4/21/22) at 6:00pm. The event will be held in the kindergarten classrooms so those attending, please feel free to enter through Door #14 on Cherry St. We are excited to meet you!
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Our second and third graders enjoyed getting up close to the action during our Mad Science assembly on Tuesday, April 19th.
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Today’s baseball & softball games vs. DeeMack have been postponed.
Softball will play tomorrow (4/21) @ DeeMack.
Baseball will play on Wednesday May 4, location and time TBD.
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Today's Baseball & Softball games vs. Fisher have been POSTPONED.
Baseball will play on Thursday April 21st @ 4:00 PM (pending umpires).
Softball will play on Wednesday May 4th @ 4:30 PM (pending umpires).