Union School

💚5th grade fun at Union Field Day💚

Union Eagles weren't going to let the rain cancel Field Day altogether! Today we had a great day! Field Day 2024 looked a little different, but we were glad we could do it as a school! Thank you to all the staff who helped set up, run the stations, and help clean up! Without you, this day doesn't happen for our students. Here's to a great last week of school! 💙🦅💛

Union Eagles don't forget to wear your grade level color tomorrow for the Union Elementary Fun Field Day! Looking forward to a morning of fun to kick off our last week of school! Kindergarten-red 1st Grade-pink 2nd Grade-purple 3rd Grade- blue 4th Grade-yellow 5th Grade-green 6th Grade-black Let the most spirited grade level win! 💙🦅💛

FREE Mobile Market is the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Congratulations to our May Students of the Month! They are: 5th grader: Elgin C. 6th grader: Arrie I. Congrats boys and thank you for showing your peers the Eagle way! 💙🦅💛

Due to impending weather in our area, all after school activities for Belleville District #118 are canceled. Latchkey services will continue as scheduled.

Check out 5th Grade's Trash Monsters! The students were challenged for Earth Day to make a trash monster made of only recyclable materials. They did a great job!

Staff Appreciation Week is here! Show the staff at Union how much you appreciate them every day! 💙🍎📚💐💛

Congratulations to our April winners of Pizza with the Principal! Thank you friends for showing good character throughout the month of April! 🍕

THANK YOU to the District 118 Jazz Band and Choir for performing for us this morning! They did an AMAZING job! 🎶 🥁🎷🎺🎸🎤

Congratulations to Union School's Illinois Principal Association's Student Recognition winner, Sixth Grader, Premyere Robinson! Premyere is an outstanding student who shows great work ethic and a positive attitude every day! Congratulations Premyere! 💙🦅💛

Last night our Girls on the Run program ran their practice 5K. Thank you to those staff members that gave up their time to make sure our girls were prepared for race day!! To see the girls encourage each other was inspiring! What is Girls on the Run? Girls on the Run has fun, evidence-based programs that inspire participants to recognize their inner strength, increase their level of physical activity, imagine their possibilities, and confidently stand up for themselves and others. Thank you to Coach Baltz and Coach Kaiser for inspiring these young ladies to be the best versions of themselves! 💙🏃🏽‍♀️💛

Second grade had a special guest player for four square yesterday! Thank you Dr. B for stopping by! But the real question is, who won? 4️⃣🟦

Union Elementary would like to give a huge THANK YOU to the ladies that run the school! Thank you Ms. Robin, Ms. Rhonda, and Nurse Lisa for all you do! We are lucky to have the best! 💙🦅💛

Hello, My class is in a video contest with Pet's in the Classroom. I had three wonderful students put together their own song for the contest about our love for our class pet, Stanley. Please click on the link below and vote for us!!! -if at first it does not load or it won't let you scroll to the bottom just refresh your page. https://woobox.com/rzv38x/gallery/qmvxIjv5pEY Thank you! -from Ms. Kaiser's 5th grade class

Thank you to our awesome third grade friends for cleaning up our playground on 🌎 day!

Friday we had our STEAM day! Students enjoyed building and exploring simple machines all day! A huge THANK YOU to our STEAM committee for putting so much time into such a great day! 💙🦅💛

5K really enjoyed using their STEAM skills to build Ferris Wheels today!!

STEAM DAY activities in third grade!!

Belleville AmeriCorps at Southwestern Illinois College is seeking new AmeriCorps Members to serve as Summer Camp Counselors & Tutors for elementary-aged children this summer for Belleville Public School Districts #118 & #175. Counselors & Tutors will be supervised by, and work closely with, veteran educators throughout the summer. The primary responsibilities include tutoring; lesson planning; assisting the teachers in the organization of positive recreational and enrichment activities; organizing activities; and enforcing camp policies and procedures including the discipline policy for the children. AmeriCorps Members gain national service credentials, experience, and professional development, in addition to nearly $7,000 in cash & college money for their two months of service. The application deadline is April 23, 2024.