Lexington FFA members represented our chapter at this morning's McLean County Chamber of Commerce Ag Awareness Breakfast. Thank you to Tyler Atkins, Payton Wiltz, Klayton Botkin, Connor Feit, Jordan Reimer, and Tanner Laesch for waking up extra early to attend the event!
WGCY All-Star Basketball Games - Saturday, March 19 - 5pm & 7pm
Watch the best of the HOIC and Illini Prairie Conference go head-to-head! Come cheer on Faith Keagle, Jayalia Therien, Carter Coffman, and Ben Peacock as they play in the 26th annual WGCY Senior All-Star basketball games this Saturday at GCMS High School.
5:00 pm – Girls Game
6:30 pm – Dunk Contest
7:00pm – Boys Game
Lexington is looking for an amazing foreign language teacher to join our family! If you are interested, or know someone who would be awesome in this role, please complete the application located under the Quick Link tab.
If you are unable to attend tonight's Spring Concert, there will be a livestream available at this link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/lexington-high-school-lexington-il/evta0aaa3b0e0
**Please note that we have no control over the audio quality of this device. We hope all are able to attend in person this evening.
We are all looking forward to our spring concert that will be taking place tomorrow night starting at 7 PM in the High School gym. We can't wait to let the 5th-12th grade students showcase their progress with all of you. We ask that students dress in formal attire similar to that of the winter concert.
In order to facilitate warm-ups and placement, students should arrive at the following times and places:
HS Band @ 6:30 PM (Music Room)
HS Choir @ 6:40 PM (Small Gym)
JH Band @ 6:45 PM (Music Room)
JH Choir @ 6:50 PM (Small Gym)
Beginning Band @ 6:50 PM (Music Room)
This concert is free and open to the public, so invite all your friends!
JH Lunch Check-out for week ending 3/18
https://forms.gle/f3QZovCD1fE8Yzxv7
Congratulations to the Lexington math team on winning their regional and advancing the entire team to the State Finals for the 31st year in row! The team, coached by Rita Grunloh and Kyle Gogoel, will compete at the State Finals on Saturday April 30.
The following teams and individuals earned awards:
1st Place Oral presentation (Logarithms)-Carter Coffman and Claire Peacock
1st place Geoemtry – Travis Stanfield
1st place Pre Calculus– Carter Coffman (new school record of 32 points – previously held by Elaine Croft (2000) 30 points)
2nd place Algebra 1- Nate Steffen
2nd place Geometry- Kyle Bradford
3rd place Geometry tie – Claire Peacock and Michael Olson
3rd place Algebra 2 tie – Reagan Haase and Issy Bennett
1st place Algebra 1 Team - (Nate Steffen, Cori Pearce, Hannah Heuer, Allison Epley, Grace Grimsley, Preston Wiltz)
1st Place Geometry Team – (Travis Stanfield, Claire Peacock, Michael Olson, Kyle Bradford, Cal Thomas)
1st place Pre Calculus Team – (Carter Coffman, Rachel Olson, Cole McCue, Emma Boyd, Ben Peacock)
1st place Calculator Team --(Carter Coffman, Issy Bennett, Wilson Pearce, Travis Stanfield, Cori Pearce)
2nd place Fresh-Soph 8 person Team (Travis Stanfield, Claire Peacock, Michael Olson, Kyle Bradford, Allison Epley, Cori Pearce, Hannah Heuer, Nate Steffen)
Way to Go Minutemen! #LEXGO
Willy Wonka is coming to LHS this Friday and Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 4 PM. Tickets are $5 each, and we hope to see you there!
Lexington School District Developmental Screenings will be held on Monday, April 11th and Tuesday, April 12th at the Lexington Community Center for children ages 3, 4, and 5 years old. If you would like your child to be considered for the PreK program, he/she must be screened. Please call Lexington Elementary School at (309) 365-2741 to schedule your child's screening.
Lexington CUSD #7 Parents - Please join us for Love and Logic on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM. Love and Logic is all about helping you to raise kids that are self-confident and motivated. We will meet in the school library and will have sandwiches available for you. Babysitting will be available for children age 3 and up. Please RSVP to wbachman@lexington.k12.il.us l by Wednesday, March 9 with the number of adults attending the presentation as well as the number of children needing childcare.
What Is Love and Logic All About?
The Love and Logic Institute is dedicated to making parenting and teaching fun and rewarding, instead of stressful and chaotic. We provide practical tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children. All of our work is based on psychologically sound parenting and teaching, whole-child philosophy called Love and Logic.
Big shoutout to Coach Gogoel and the Scholastic Bowl team who ended a very successful season tonight at Bishop McNamara, defeating Iroquois West & Tri-Point, and falling to Chicago Parker in the regional championship. They ended the regular season as HOIC Champions! #LexGoPurp
It wasn’t the outcome we hoped for but we couldn’t be more proud of the Varsity Boys 🏀 team and the coaches. Huge thanks to everyone who came out and supported the Minutemen in the Elite 8. #LexGoPurp
"Elite 8" t-shirts will be available in the Jr. / Sr. High Office after today's pep assembly. You can pickup your shirts in the office from 3:00-4:00. Any shirts not picked up that have been paid for, will be available at the game tonight near section 113 from Mr. Steidinger.
Super-Sectional Ticket Information Update (12:00 pm)
- Will we be able to buy tickets at the door? Yes, but expect long lines. ISU is short staffed and is strongly encouraging everyone to buy tickets digitally to speed up the process. If you need to buy a ticket you can use the North ticket window or Eastside entrance.
- Who needs to buy a ticket? Everyone 2 years and older must have a ticket to get in the arena.
- Is there a "clear bag policy"? No, but all bags are subject to search. ISU staff strong discourages anyone bringing a bag into the arena. Large backpacks will not be allowed. No outside food or drink.
- Will the game be streamed? Currently, we have been told that NFHS will be broadcasting the game but there is not a link available at this time. Please watch for updates on the NFHS website throughout the day.
**Please keep an eye on the school website and Facebook for more information throughout the day.
Varsity Boys Basketball Ticket Information:
Please click on the following link to purchase your tickets for tomorrow night's Super-sectional game at Redbird Arena: https://goredbirds.evenue.net/cgi
bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AISU%3AIBB22%3AIBA1%3A&linkID =illinoisst&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=IHSAB&cgc=&dataAc cId=798&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_illinoisst
Lexington will be the Visiting Team - fans will be seated on the West side of the
arena (Sections 111-116). *Section 113/114 will be our designated student section.
All tickets are general admission, first come, first serve.
Doors open at 5:00PM.
Good Afternoon -
For the first time since 1999, Lexington High School's Boys Basketball team is Sectional Champions! Congratulations to Coach Doug Yoder and the Minutemen on a truly special regular season and postseason run.
The road continues on Monday night, March 7, @ Redbird Arena (Illinois State University)!
Game Information
Opponent: Yorkville Christian
Date: Monday March 7
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Redbird Arena
Admission: $10 (there is a 4A super sectional game following Lexington's game that fans can stay to watch)
Please keep an eye on the school website for more digital ticketing information as IHSA, ISU, and GoFan have not released ticket information at this time.
Pep Assembly
We will have an all school pep assembly on Monday @ 2:30 pm in Gym 1. Parents are welcome to attend.
"Elite 8" T-shirt Order
Please click on the following link to order a Lexington "Elite 8" t-shirt:
https://forms.gle/XENeuwoWmf76jTj4A
The form needs to be completed by Sunday at 6:30 PM in order to receive your shirt by Monday March 7.
We have slightly modified this form from the last one to hopefully make the process smoother. You can submit multiple sizes under the same submission on this form.
Please send payment to the JH / HS office on Monday in order to receive your shirts Monday afternoon.
Checks should be made payable to "Lexington School District"
Cost per shirt is $15
Shirts can be picked up in the JH / HS Office on Monday March 7. Please keep an eye on the website for when they are available.
The crowd and community support this year has been amazing, and I hope that continues on Monday night at Redbird Arena! Good luck as the boys compete for a chance in the Final 4 in Champaign!!
#LexGoPurp
Winners!! Varsity Boys 🏀 defeat Decatur St. Teresa 43-36 to advance to Elite 8 and Super-sectional game on Monday @ ISU. More information to come tomorrow. #LexGoPurp
JH Lunch Check-out- Week Ending 3/11
https://forms.gle/A9Kb7QDQXNFN2dv37
Attention anyone who ordered Sweet 16 shirts: they are available in the high school office until 3:45 pm today. Any shirts not picked up will be available from Mr. Steidinger at the game in Watseka. Any shirts not picked up today will be available in the high school office on Monday! We hope to see everyone at the game tonight!! #LexGoPurp
Congratulations to the newest inductees into the BACC Technical Honor Society: Cole McCue, Addis Coffman, Sawyer Hilt, and Klayton Botkin (Ellana Tobin, not pictured). These juniors and seniors were among 77 students from 17 area schools who participated in the Technical Honor Society ceremony last night at Bloomington High School.
