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March 5, 2014
Greetings,
It is my pleasure to inform you that out of nearly three hundred nationwide nominations, the Indian Creek
CUSD #425 Board of Education has been selected as one of five first place recipients of a 2014 MAGNA
Award for school districts with fewer than 5000 students. An independent panel of school board
members, administrators, and other educators served to select the award winners. The 20th annual
MAGNA Awards program is sponsored by the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) American
School Board Journal (ASBJ) with the generous support of Sodexo. These awards recognize school
boards across the country for outstanding programs that advance student learning and encourage
community development in schools. ASBJ initiated the Magna Awards in 1995 to recognize school boards
for taking bold and innovative steps to improve their educational programs.
The Indian Creek Board is being honored for their service and leadership in the creation of the “DeKalb
County R-E-S-P-E-C-T Initiative”. The purpose of this program is to promote healthy lifestyle choices
and behaviors pertaining to respect for diversity and oneself, and bullying and suicide prevention for all
K-12 students in DeKalb County, as well as educating adults. The program consists of 3 DVDs with age
appropriate tracks and guides that focus on teaching: Respect for all, Esteem for self, Suicide Prevention
Education, and Civility Training. All schools in DeKalb County will receive a copy of the program.
When the idea was presented for the creation of this program, the Indian Creek Board immediately saw it
as a natural extension of our social and emotional learning curriculum and while there was no cost to the
district as it was grant funded, the Board provided support and leadership in various ways and allowed the
use of district buildings and grounds for both auditions and one week of filming. Student and adult actors
from all over DeKalb County participated in this project. It is through the Board’s ability to visualize and
support this program with its potential to positively impact the learning, lifestyles, and choices of over
16,500 students, 1400 teachers and administrators countywide that it came to fruition.
The 2014 MAGNA Award winners are highlighted in a special section in the March/April issue of ASBJ
and they will be formally recognized on Saturday, April 5, at the “Best Practices for School Leaders
Luncheon”, which is part of the National School Board Association’s 74th Annual Conference. In addition
to a listing in the ASBJ special March/April section, the district’s winning entry will be added to the
Magna Awards’ searchable best practices database. Both can be found at www.asbj.com/magna as of 1:00
p.m. on March 5, 2014. To see a preview of the “R-E-S-P-E-C-T Initiative”, go to
www.indiancreekschools.org and press “play” on the YouTube video found on the front page.
Sincerely,
Pamela R. Rockwood
Pamela R. Rockwood, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Indian Creek CommunityConcern forChildren
Helping Our Students and Our Schools
31st ANNUAL
PEOPLE-FOR-PEOPLE AUCTION
SUNDAY, MARCH 9th, 2014
12:30 P.M.
Indian Creek Middle School (small gym); 425 S Elm in Waterman
Lunch by the Music Boosters will be served starting at Noon!
Auctioneer Services by Steve & Andrew Almburg and Josh Hickey
Items donated include:
Christine J.
Johnson, DeKalb County
Treasurer
Drendel & Paul Dreska
Amanda's Spa & Beauty
Greenacre Cleaners Inc
Hueber LLC
Five night stay in their home in Kissimmee, Florida
Massanutten Resort stay from 6/6/14 - 6/13/14 in a 2
bedroom unit with a full kitchen. Max. 6 people.
"Red Tractors 1958-2013 Guide to International
Harvestors & Case IH"
$25 Gift Certificate
$30 Gift Certificate
$30 Gift Certificate
Casey's General Store
$50 Gift Card and 3 coupons for a free large pizza
Hulthen Photography
1 Family Certificate: Session & 2 gift prints; 1
Senior Year Certificate: Session & 2 gift prints
Indian Creek Junior Class
1 prom ticket with 4 reserved front row seats at the grand
march
Ken Spears Construction
Steve
Stephanie
Don
Nancy
Flewellin Memorial Library in
Shabbona
KishHealth Family &
Specialty Care in Waterman
Hinckley Family Chiropractic
& Wellness
Willrett Farms Precision
Planting Equipment
Willrett Pioneer
Johnson
Indian Oaks Country Club
Sports of All Sorts
1 year Rural Family Library card (eligible to anyone who
lives in the 60550 area that is outside the Village borders,
also anyone within the 60530 zip code area) and the book
"Around Shabbona" written by Nancy Fleming Pardridge
1/2 hour massage
1/2 hour massage x2
15 lb. Ground Beef Certificate
15 lb. Ground Beef Certificate
16" x 24" Country Chicken Picture
18 holes of golf with a cart for 2 people
2 - $20 Gift Certificates
Hy-Vee
Dairy Joy
Kauffman Turkey Farms
Honey Hill Orchard
Jonamac Orchard
Chicago White Sox
Arnie & Nancy
Bob
Jenny
Jan
Lisa
Johanningsmeier
Pritchard - State
Representative, 70th District
Scitech Hands on Museum
Kaus
Kuntz
Johnson
Chicago Wolves
2 - $25 Gift Cards
2 - $5 Gift Certificate
2 - Whole Turkey Gift Certificates and 2 Turkey Product
Baskets
2 Apple Pies and 2 gallons of frozen Cider
2 Certificates for $25 and Certificate for Four Free
Admissions to the Corn/Haunted Maze
2 Coupons Redeemable for Free Upper Reserved Tickets
2 Cubs Tickets for the May 17 game vs. Milwaukee at
1:30 pm.
2 Fabulous Pies from Mary (One Apple, One Cherry)
2 Family Passes
2 Handmade Purses, made out of burlap coffee bags
2 Platters of Homemade Scotcheroos
2 Strawberry Pies
2 Tickets for any game during the Chicago Wolves 201314 regular season
Shabbona Lions
Indian Creek Education
Foundation
Hinckley Floral Inc
Orstead
Kauffman Family
Brian's Pizza
2 Tickets for the Pork Chop BBQ on July 4th 2014
Betty J.
Eugene & Elsie
Mann
Drake
Houlahan's Tavern & Grill
3 Certificates for 6 Classes of Zumba Fitness
Sara
McAllister
Ollie's Frozen Custard of
Sycamore
4 - $25 Avon Gift Certificates; 2 Stressedesserts Baskets
Matt
Mrs. Kennedy
Tammy
2 tickets to ICEF golf outing on June 7, 2014
2- $15 Gift Certificates with candy
20" x 30" Basketball Picture
25th Anniversary Longaberger Flag Basket (1998)
3 - $10 Gift Certificates
3 Piece Luggage Set
3- $20 Gift Certificates
ICHS Drama Club
4 - $5 Gift Certificates
4 Tickets to the ICHS Spring Play "Cinderella or the
Story of Bigfoot" (Tues. April 15 at 7 pm)
Espe Ag Services
6 bags of P28T33 round up soybeans and 2 bags of
P0496AMX RR/triple stack corn(single bag refuge)
Waterman Elementary School
6 Front Row Seats to the 2014 WES Christmas Program
Chicago Bears
8 x 10 Limited-edition photo and laser autographs of
Charles Tillman, Julius Peppers, Matt Forte, Jay Cutler,
Brandon Marshall, Lance Briggs and Devin Hester.
Indian Creek Middle School
Johnson
Mae's Fine Designs
8th Grade Graduation Package (Front row seating &
Reserved Parking)
Bird Feeder with food
Black Glamour Nite Shoe Ring Holder; Pink Ballet Shoe
Ring Holder and Jewelry Organizer; 14k Yellow "Madi
K" Baby cultured Pearl Set; Burgundy Croc Wine Carrier
and Handbag; Watch Battery & Installment; Jewelry
Cleaning and Inspection; $25 Certificate for Jewelry
Repair
Bunny Bookcase
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Butch & Amy
Anonymous
Arends
Bend Insurance
Boehne Farms of Shabbona,
LLC
Boehne Farms Trucking, LLC
Boesche
Boughton Farms, Inc.
Browder Trucking
Harvell Farms
Indian Creek Education
Association
Kennedy
Larson/Davis Electric
Lintereur
Martz
Mid-Air Consulting
North
O'Donnell & Betsy Shapiro
Olson & Associates Physical
Therapy, L.L.C.
Overby
Allan & Marlene
Prestegaard
Cash Donation
Dr. Robert & Lois
Purdy
Route 30 Self Storage
Rueff
Shabbona Pioneers 4-H Club
Turner Electric
Wrigley's Garage
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Sawyer Trucking
Martenson Turf Products, Inc
Confectionary of
DeKalb/Sycamore
Certificate for 1 Load of Grain hauled to the River
Certificate for 50# lb. of Fertilizer (x2)
Mike & Ann
Kimberly
Slade
Paula
Doc & Alice
Mike & Lynn
Tony
Bob
Verle & Sandy
David
Kevin
Bob & Marge
Fay's Pork Chop Bar-B-Que
Lovell's Discount Tire
McDonald
Robert & Jodi
Boston
Stine Seed Company
Kevin
Waterman EPC
Drendel
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Cash Donation
Certificate for one pound box of Sea Monsters
Certificate good for 2 Meals at any public event at
which Fay's is serving (x10)
Certificates for Free Tire Rotation x6
Cheesecake
Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet: 2 Tickets to Saturday,
July 19, 2014 ARCA and Nationwide Series; 2 Tickets to
Friday, Sept 12, 2014 Camping World Truck Series; 2
Tickets to Saturday, Sept 13, 2014 Nationwide Series and
2 Tickets to Sunday, Sept 14, 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series. The Chase for the Cup Starts Here!
Child's John Deere 7020 4-Wheel Drive Pedal Tractor
CJ Brown Print "Aberdeen Patchwork" & 2 yearbooks &
Market Day Basket
Conair Pro Equine Fx Livestock Trimmer
Shabbona EPC
Jacobson Funeral Home
Waterman Elementary Faculty
& Staff
Funway Entertainment Center
Me & My Sister
Indian Creek HS Agriculture
Department
Scott & Cindy
Tom
Emily
Tom
Barnes
Shabbona Elementary
ICHS Staff
Demmer - State
Representative, 90th District
Anderson, Admin. Assistant at
ICMS
Ekle Heating Inc.
Ozzie's Greenhouse
Pizza Villa
Cozy Comfy Basket(incl. Nook, Blanket, $20 GC to
Barnes & Noble, Candle Warmer & Wax plus more)
Cuisinart Juicer
Educational Basket
Family Skate Pass (x2)
Floral Arrangement
Flower Boxes with Annuals
Framed Calendar & Basket of Stamping Up Stamps
Front Row Seating for Holiday Concert 2014 & 2 prime
seating/parking for Grandparents Day in March 2014
Get Fit Basket (includes a Fitbit)
Gift basket from the Reagan Home
Penny & Drew
Sheldon
Winterton
Rueff
Sharon
Shawna & Aaron
Berg
Bennett
Vickie
Monsanto Company
Drendel
Gift Card Basket
Gift Certificate
Gift Certificate
Gift Certificate
Gift Certificate for One Wine Tasting and One Bottle of
Wine
Gift Certificates for Value Meals, Kids Meals and
Medium Concrete Mixers
Handmade Bird Planter(welded old tools to make the
bird)
Handmade Computer Desk
Handmade Crochet Items(2 blankets, 3 hats& booties, 3
headband & scarf)
Handmade Growth Chart
Hats(4), Coat(XL), Blanket, Highway Kit & Metal
Signs(6)
Homemade Caramels
Slade & Ginger
Browder
Homemade Fudge (x2)
Waterman Winery
Culver's
Christi
Mrs. Montgomery
Kevin & Karin
Coulter
Indian Creek Middle School
Exploratory Teachers
Homemade Laundry soap, body scrub, bath salts and
soap
IC Bags Game
Indian Creek High School
ICHS Premier Graduation Package (Incl. Front Row
Seats and Reserved Parking Place)
ICHS, Mrs. Amy Malm &
Class of 2016
ICHS Timberwolves Quilt (quilt blocks made entirely by
the students, Mrs. Malm finished the quilt)
Indian Creek District 425
Leadership Team
Gordon
Holland & Sons John Deere
Farm & Fleet
Indian Creek Sports Package(incl. 2014-15 Family
Season Pass to all High School Home VB & BB
Games & $10 Gift Certificate for Concession Stand)
Iron Trellis x3
John Deere Boys Recliner
Ladder Toss Game & Mini Rubbermaid Water Bottle
Shabbona Girls on the Run
Audra
Betty
Boehne
Thuestad
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
J & D Door Sales Inc
First State Bank
ICHS English Department
Gloria
Indian Creek CCC
Tyler
Country Cakes & Crafts
Johnson Tractor
Q Salon
Longaberger Basket filled with gift cards, games, money
jar and more
Longaberger Glass Trifle bowl with a paprika pottery
stand; a Longaberger fabric handbag; and a 2010 Red and
Black Small Berry Basket
Mary Kay Gift
Misc. Books & Items
Model 3265 Liftmaster 1/2 hp Garage Door Opener
for up to 8' tall door with 2 remotes & 1 keypad.
Money Jar
Necklace from Ireland v(St. Patrick's Cathedral)
One Night Stay in a Family Suite at Great Wolf Lodge in
Wisconsin Dells, includes Waterpark passes for each
registered guest and a $200 Gift Card
Painted Box
Personalized Decorated Cake to Serve 20
Waterman State Bank
Red Tractor Book 1958-2013
Redken Nature's Resource Hair System
Rolling Duffle Bag; Insulated Bag, Laptop Bag; 2 Fleece
Blankets
Brad & Jennifer
C & H Plumbing, Inc.
Russell & Family
Single Handle Brushed Chrome Moen Lavatory Faucet
Soccer Fan Basket
Christina
Bystry-Busch
Special Selection of cookies and cookie cutters
Spring Gardening Basket & Welcome to the Middle
School basket
Kristen
Kevin & Kim
ICMS Teachers
Hickey
Twin Acres
Vines
Einsele Real Estate
Ideal Industries
Indian Creek High School
Kane County Cougars
Melinda
Chaney
COUNTRY Financial
Indian Creek Sports Boosters
Indian Creek Yearbook
Steer Cake & Platter
Table
Three Baker's Dozen Homemade Turtles
Timberwolf Sports Wear
Tool Kit
Volleyball Camp Basket
Voucher for Two Reserved Seat Tickets for any home
game during the 2014 regular season
White Knit Baby Blanket & Crochet Jewel Tone Baby
Blanket
Winter Framed Picture
Wolf Wear: Sweatpants, sweatshirts, t-shirt & coffee
travel mug
Yearbook (either 2013-14 or 2014-15)
A special thanks to Stephanie Crutcher and her class for updating the listing on the
website.
http://indiancreekschools.org
THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR TORNADO RELIEF DRIVE FOR NEW BOOKS
A GREAT SUCCESS! In January’s newsletter we published notification that Waterman
Elementary, working in cooperation with statewide educational agencies, had agreed to
serve as a local depository for new books to assist the K-12 schoolchildren who have
been homeless since the devastating tornadoes of last November.
The vast majority of these children and their families are located in the central Illinois
town of Washington and nearby communities in Tazewell County. Your response to our
request was overwhelming. Families, faculty/staff and community members continued to
bring in dozens upon dozens of beautiful new paperback and hardcover books throughout
the first two weeks of January. On Monday, January 20, Mr. and Mrs. Witzig were able
to personally deliver 9 boxes of nearly 300 books to the Tazewell County Regional Office
of Education in Pekin, which is serving as the distribution coordinator for this project.
They expressed a great amount of appreciation for our efforts. Education occurs in many
ways. Thank you for helping WES to live and teach the lesson of caring for and assisting
others who are in need.
W.Y.S.E. TEAM NEWS: The 2014 WYSE team represented ICHS very well Tuesday,
February 4 as they won second place overall in the regional competition at Kishwaukee
College. Among individual winners were the following:
Biology – Cory Bradford – third place
Chemistry – Rebekkah Boehne – second place
Chemistry – Cody Suddeth – second place
Engineering Graphics – Cody Suddeth – second place
Engineering Graphics – Gabbie Cultra – third place
English – Kayla Kauffman – third place
The team competed in the sectionals at N.I.U. on March 6 with the winners of the
regional competition. Results will be given in the next newsbrief. Congratulations to all
participants!
Ron Jefcik, Advisor
F.F.A. NEWS: March activities for the Indian Creek F.F.A. Chapter are as follows:
March 4 - Ag Mechanics CDE and rescheduled job interview CDE in DeKalb
March 4 - WES After School Ag
March 5 - SES After School Ag
S.E.S. GRANDPARENTS DAY: Shabbona Elementary will be having Grandparents’
Day for grandparents of kindergarten through fifth grade students on Friday, March 21.
Grandparents are invited to visit the classrooms as well as enjoy a music performance by
the entire school. Please mark your calendars. More information will follow in
Shabbona Elementary School’s weekly news.
2014 PROM: CLASSIQUE MAGNIFIQUE: Tickets for the 2014 Prom are on sale
through March 19 for $45 a person. “Classique Magnifique” will be held at the Carl
Sandburg Auditorium at N.I.U. on Saturday, May 3. The grand march begins at 6:00
p.m. The public is invited to attend the grand march.
I.V.V.C. STUDENT OF THE MONTH: The Indian Valley Vocational Center student of
the month for February is Nicholas Baldwin in sports medicine/management.
Congratuations to Nick!
F.F.A. NEWS: The Indian Creek High School F.F.A. has been busy recently. On
Saturday, February 18 the annual dodgeball tournament was held in the high school gym.
Our chapter took first place. F.F.A. week was February 17-21. February 18 was truck
day and students drove trucks to school to honor ag. The appreciation breakfast was on
February 19 and the members made breakfast for parents, sponsors, staff, and alumni.
The petting zoo was held on February 20 and members brought in animals and taught
elementary students about animals. Ag Olympics was held on February 21. Members
had the following games for students to compete: straw bale toss, milking contest, roping
contest, and whipped cream pie eating contest.
Gabbie Cultra, Reporter
SES AND WES KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP: Kindergarten Roundup will be held
from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Shabbona Elementary and Thursday, April 3,
2014 at Waterman Elementary. Parents need to bring their incoming kindergartner with
them to pick up their registration packet and listen to presentations from each building’s
principal and kindergarten teacher(s).
We hope to see all parents and incoming kindergartners there. Children need to be
prepared to listen carefully and quietly about how to succeed in kindergarten. Girls and
boys who will turn 5 prior to September 1, 2014, are eligible to attend kindergarten for
the 2014-2015 school year.
This is the only kindergarten registration that will occur. If you cannot attend, please
contact your child’s school office prior to the night of the roundup: SES (815)824-2122
or WES (815)264-3351.
S.E.S. E.P.C. NEWS: Thank you to the families who have been turning in Box Tops and
Labels for Education sheets so far this year. We are on our way to earning things for our
school. Reminder: a new drop off location is outside the library with empty sheets and a
drop off bin. At the end of the year we will be having a class party for who has turned in
the most. March 19 there will be a science assembly at the school. April 26 is the spring
clothing sale. There will be a spelling bee on Friday evening, May 2, 2014. We are
looking for volunteers to help with set up, clean up, judges, sign in, and such. Anyone
interested should contact Kim Jordal. We are still looking for a Book Fair coordinator
starting the 2014-15 school year. In May will be elections for president and secretary.
Please contact Melanie Hulmes for any questions. Do not forget to check us out on
Facebook!
SAVE THE DATE: The annual high school awards night will be on Wednesday, May 14
at 6 p.m. in the high school gym. Many students will be receiving awards from Indian
Creek High School and community organizations at the Annual Awards night. This is an
all school awards night although many of the awards and scholarships have seniors as
recipients.
CLASS OF 2014 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Scholarship information is
available online at the Indian Creek High School web page under the guidance page and
scholarships. Hard copies can be found in the Scholarship Binder outside Ms.
Gunderson’s office. Many of these scholarships require that you be a senior and do NOT
specify a grade point average. Thus, all seniors are eligible – be sure to apply!
Please check the school website for updated LOCAL scholarship information. Please
read the requirements needed to be eligible for certain scholarships!
INDIAN CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: The
deadline for all ICEF scholarships is March 31, 2014. Applications for these
scholarships and their requirements can be found on the school website:
www.indiancreekschools.org Go to the high school’s page, then “click” on the
counselor’s page. Select the “scholarships” page, and then click on “local”. The
scholarships will be listed there.
PSAE: The class of 2015 will take the ACT free of charge as part of the Prairie State
Achievement Test (PSAE). The testing date for the juniors will be Wednesday, April 23
and Thursday, April 24, 2014. More details will be sent home in early April pertaining to
this state requirement for graduation.
TWO REGIONAL TITLES! Congratulations to the Indian Creek High School girls and
boys basketball teams for winning regional titles. This is the first time in Indian Creek’s
history that both the boys and girls basketball teams won regional titles in the same year.
SPELLING BEE NEWS: The I.C.M.S. spelling bee teams recently participated in two
competitions. Our sixth, seventh, and eighth grade teams met for the ICMS Bee on
February 18. Congratulations to winners Nicole Diaz and Sean Insley (co-champions), as
well as Trae Mishler (3rd), Kyla Rachas (4th), and Kayla McCormick (5th).
Sixth grade spellers included Tony Bruner, Catie Cassidy, Alaynna Grimm, Emily
Grzeca, Matt McGue, R.J. McCoy, Kyla Rachas, Jaide Salinas, and McKai Vann, as well
as seventh and eighth grade spellers Nicole Diaz, Sean Insley, Scott Jernigan, Ethan
Johanningsmeier, Hannah Johnson, Kayla McCormick, Trae Mishler, James O’Neal, and
Ray Ragan. We appreciate Mrs. Goodrich, Mrs. Korhnak, and Mrs. Metz serving as our
caller and judges. The sixth grade team is advised by Ms. Burton and Mrs. Nicklaus and
the seventh/eighth grade team is advised by Mrs. Smith and Ms. Burton. Congratulations
to all of the spellers for a job well done!
Based on their number of words correctly spelled at practices, Nicole Diaz and Sean
Insley were selected to participate at the DeKalb County Spelling Bee held at
Kishwaukee College on February 22. Because Sean had band contest the same morning,
Kayla McCormick served admirably as his alternate.
The Junior Ten Spelling Bee team is busy practicing for our final competition to be held
at Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School on March 18 at 6:30 p.m. Our I.C.M.S. team
includes Sean Insley, Ethan Johanningsmeier, Kayla McCormick, Cap. Trae Mishler, and
Ray Ragan with alternate Hannah Johnson. We wish them the best of luck as they
attempt to capture the Junior Ten Spelling Bee Champion traveling trophy, last seen in
the ICMS lobby in March of 2012!
Mrs. Carol R. Smith, Advisor
SPRING BREAK: Spring break will begin with a 2 p.m. early dismissal on Friday,
March 21. School will resume on Monday, March 31.