The Jr. High cross country team had a great race at Detweiller Park today! This is a flat course, but longer than most at 2.1 miles. Our athletes also compete against over 400-500 other athletes. Parker Kaiser got her second best time finishing in 17:56. Iris Mosley pushes herself to run with Parker and cut a minute off of her best time, finishing in 18:11!!! Layla Anderson had a good race finishing in 19:15. Sammy Fox got her 3rd best time this season finishing in 22:06. The boys both ran their second best times! Ryker Yelm finished in 17:25 and John Clemons finished in 17:37. Great job athletes, we can't wait to see what you do in our last couple of meets this season!
Here's our JH XC Team running at Detweiler Park in Peoria today.
Mrs. Clark has been spotlighting members of our Elementary Team! Check out the people that make our school a great place to be!
Good Luck Boys Golf at the LTC Railsplitter today @ Lake Bracken. Do well boys!
Crazy Sock Day is on Friday! Bring $1 or more to support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
📚 💙💛 Our 3rd graders joined members of the HS Interact Club for an afternoon reading session with residents at Courtyard Estates. This is an important partnership between our students and the Galva Rotary Club. They love being able to visit with our neighbors down the street over a great book!
The high school cross country team was not in the mood for a meet yesterday, but they all ran well on the hilly course at Baker Park! Randal Engels ran his 2nd best time this season, finishing in 22:35. Bryant Jeffrey finished in 20:45. The girls persevered, Charlotte Farmer finished in 29:11 and Emma Farmer finished in 30:11!
The high school team is back in action at Baker on Saturday. Come out to cheer them on and see if they can improve their times! Races start at 10:00 AM.
The phones are now working in our building.
Galva FFA Members - Sign up to help with the Jordbruksdagarna - Ag Day Festivities. GHS FFA members staff the cider press, corn husk doll, brick making, corn shelling, and sorghum press stations.
When: September 28th and 29th Noon to 4pm
Where: Behind the Bjorklund Hotel in Bishop Hill
Sign up in FFA Google Classroom
Congratulations to the Galva FFA Members who participated in the ICC Forestry Invitational. Our team of three placed 8th out of 14 teams in the competition. Cheyanne Bell was the Top Team member.
Good morning. At the moment the high school phone system is down. If you need to contact the office for attendance this morning, please email vbates@galva224.org. We hope to have the phones working shortly. Thank you.
We are currently experiencing phone difficulties. Please contact the school via Rooms or email. Thank you.
Golf Results for the boys at Lake Bracken:
9/24/2024 @ Lake Bracken
Knoxville - 201
A-Town - 220
Galva - 221
Galva scores
Braden Murphy 43
Gage Jurgenson 62
Eli West 58
Ethan Simoneaux 62
Gage Simoneaux 58
Wildcats Volleyball @ Bureau Valley
REMINDER: K-Kids will hold their 1st official meeting of the year on Wednesday 9-25-24 immediately after school
Good luck to the High School runners at the Kewanee Cross Country Meet this evening!
Good luck to our Boys Golf Team at Lake Bracken tonight!
Wildcats Volleyball will be home against Midland starting at 6:00 pm.
The Jr. High team had a great race on a tough course with cool and rainy weather! The boys had an outstanding race! John Clemons cut off another 8 seconds finishing in 16:57! Ryker Yelm cut off another 90 seconds finishing in 16:48!!!!! The ladies all had solid races! Layla Anderson finished in 18:50, Parker Kaiser finished in 18:55, Iris Mosley finishes in 22:01, and Sammy Fox finished in 23:32! Great job all!
This Saturday Sept. 28th, the Galva Marching Wildcats will be competing at the Dunlap Marching Band Competition around 5:15. See the itinerary below and here's a printable version for parents:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15JnboiDup9cWjbVdHqvxMIDUmejNSn5ZtI8iAScfE3M/edit?usp=sharing
