Galva CUSD 224

Tonight at 6:30pm, 7th and 8th grade members of the Galva Junior High Band will be performing as part of the LTC Junior High Band Festival at Cambridge HS! The concert begins at 6:30pm and is free to attend.

The Jr. High Girls track team had a great showing at Wethersfield yesterday evening! The ladies running the 200m all had great races! Ellory Glaser finished 4th overall for 8th grade and set a new personal best of 32.59! Ceci Appell set a new season's best time of 35.36. She also set a seasons best in 100 m, finishing in 16.86! Iris Mosley set a new personal best of 40.34! The girls 4×100 ran their 2nd best time of the season finishing in 1:05.58 with a team of Ceci Appell/Ellory Glaser/Sam Fox/Lola Leaf. Sam Fox proved she had speed stepping in at the last minute for a teammate! Our 7th grade throwers had a big night! Chloe Anderson set a new personal best at shot, throwing 5.03 m! Elsie Fox set a personal best at disc, throwing 14.82 m and finishing 2nd! Finally Ellie Sellers had a great evening! She finished first in the 100 m, hurdles, and high jump! Her time in hurdles was just shy of her personal best time at 18.47! She also set a new personal best at high jump, clearing 1.37 m! We'll be back in action on Thursday at home!

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Today is Carnival Day! Local food truck, Holey Donuts, will be set up out front of the High School. You won't want to miss this fun evening! You just might see a sighting of a couple friendly clowns!

WOW!! What a night for the junior high boys track team! The track team made up of FIVE 7th grade boys and FOUR 6th grade boys finished 3rd overall out of 9 teams last night. every athlete set a personal record in every they participated in with the exception of one event. Top five finishers were: Jayden Barnes 1st in shot with a state qualifying throw of 10.03m, and 4th in Discus, Reazin Brose Finished 2nd in shot, and 1st in the 100, D'Montray Rush 2nd in High Jump and 5th in the 100, Jax WIlliams 1st in the hurdles,and 2nd in the 200. The boys 4x100 realy team of Jax Williams, Kellan Hardy, D'Montray Rush, and Reazin Brose also finished 2nd with a state qualifying time of 56.5 seconds. WHAT A NIGHT BOYS!

We had a gorgeous night for the Dale Collis invitational! We had several out of town schools in attendance from Putnam County to Peoria Notre Dame. Galva represented well finishing in the top 3 for both Girls and Boys.

The Galva varsity baseball pulled out a hard fought victory over the Knoxville Blue Bullets tonight 5-4 in 11 innings. Great pitching by JP Sloan, Gage Simoneaux, and Cyrus Hurd as the three pitchers combined for 9 strikeouts and 4 runs over 11 innings. Offensively the Cats had 17 hits led by MJ Louck who was 5-5, Cyrus Hurd 3-5, Braxton Hulstrom 3-6, Ty Keup 2-6, Gage Simoneaux 2-5. Alex Davis worked the count with bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th and drew the walk to walk it off. Nice win!

⭐ Up next… more seniors! ⭐
We’re proud to continue recognizing the Class of 2026! 🎓✨

The Freshmen class is doing a fundraiser with Texas Roadhouse! For $10 you can get a bag of peanuts and a coupon for a free appetizer with the purchase of a meal! Coupons are only valid and the Davenport restaurant location. See a freshmen class member to purchase!

🚨🤡The Elementary Carnival, sponsored by PSO, is tomorrow night! Please join us for an evening of festivities and fun! The Elementary Carnival will run from 5:00-7:00 PM at Galva Junior-Senior High School.

Congratulations to Mrs. Sellers and Mrs. Dynes for earning a Wildcat Pride Award at the April Board of Education Meeting! Thank you to you both for all that you do for our students, staff, and school community!

⭐ Up next… more seniors! ⭐
We’re proud to continue recognizing the Class of 2026! 🎓✨

Galva Art Students placed 2nd overall at Henry/Stark Art Festival and received 19 ribbons!

Individual awards were:

Allison Nordstrom - 2nd in pencil drawing-portrait & figure, 2nd -chalk pastel, 2nd - Painting-Still life, Honorable Mention-Painting/portrait & Mixed Media.

Niya Roman - 1st & 2nd place in pencil drawing landscape/animals/nature, 1st-chalk pastel, 3rd -Ink/Markers, Honorable Mention- Sculpture & Painting-Still Life, 1st in Printmaking.

Hallie Anderson - Honorable Mention for colored pencil, 1st-Oil pastel.

Makayla Blair-honorable mention-Painting Portrait.

Jurnie Owens - 2nd in Photography.

Shelby Charlet-Honorable mention-Watercolor.

Tobi Wilson - Honorable Mention-Painting portrait.

Galva Athletics for April 20, 2026: Baseball and Softball will travel to Princeville for a 4 PM start for a DH. JH Scholastic Bowl will attend the LTC Conference meet at Woodhull with a 4 PM start time. GO CATS!

Hello Elementary Families,

Please click the link below to access this week's Galva Elementary Weekly Wildcat Newsletter for 4-19-26:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TywX-qZus5QhMnxp45Xm4Ch_4vuKB5d6/view?usp=drive_link

Mrs. Mersman & I were so proud to see Ms. Emily Dulla receive her 2026 Those Who Excel award Saturday night! #GalvaProud

Congratulations to our Kindergarteners for winning the Attendance Challenge last week! They really rocked it. this was one of the closest weeks we have had. All grade levels were in the high 90% range. Let's continue to finish strong in the final weeks of our school year! #AttendanceMatters

The K-Kids used some of their meeting time this week to practice on some teambuilding activities. The stinky shoe challenge was definitely a hit. We felt bad for Mrs. Wangelin who had to be the judge to measure their tower of stinky shoes!

Second grade was busy this week with Kristine Anderson from the State Bank of Toulon presented her lesson for Junior Achievement. She was talking about different jobs in the community. The kids broke into groups to practice making paper pizzas by reading the recipe and getting the order ready to be picked up by the customer. We appreciate the State Bank of Toulon allowing her to come and spend part of the afternoon with us each week.