CEO introduces the class of 2022 mcdonoughvoice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcdonoughvoice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CEO hires Alison Jefferson as new facilitator
Courtesy of Holly Spangler, Prairie Farmer
Special to McDonough County Voice, USA TODAY NETWORK
MACOMB – McDonough County CEO is pleased to announce Alison Jefferson will serve as their new facilitator, providing leadership and organization for this year’s CEO students.
“I want to continue to build upon this first-class program for our participants through valuable business site-visits, inspiring speakers, and facilitating meaningful discussion and self-reflection in the classroom,” said Jefferson, a Colchester native. “I hope to learn just as much as our students.”
Prior to this position, Jefferson served as program director for the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation and has experience advising students at the collegiate level. According to McDonough CEO board chair Sarah Grant, the combination of those skills makes Jefferson uniquely qualified for the CEO facilitator position.
Bushnell/Prairie City school board approves new school schedule
Tabi Jozwick
Special to McDonough County Voice, USA TODAY NETWORK
BUSHNELL The Bushnell-Prairie City CUSD 170 Board voted to approve changes to the junior high school schedule, including the creation of a 12 period day.
Incoming junior high school principal Nathan Harrison said the changes in the schedule will allow students to participate in fine arts and agriculture electives for all three grade levels and will provide additional reading, writing and math instruction.
He said his goal of expanding reading, writing and math instruction was to help junior high students do well in all subjects, not just their language arts and math classes. Both Superintendent Kathy Dinger and school board member John Oakman said additional reading and writing instruction would help students out in their science and social studies classes. Oakman said he was not sure how the district could incorporate math in their social studies c
McDonough Telephone awards scholarships to local students
Rachel Kerns, Dir. of Marketing and PR, MTC
Special to McDonough County Voice, USA TODAY NETWORK
McDONOUGH COUNTY Over the last two weeks, McDonough Telephone Cooperative awarded four $500 scholarships to graduating seniors in surrounding communities who would have interviewed for the Youth To Washington trip.
Each year, the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives hosts Youth Day, bringing together more than 300 students in Springfield from across the state representing their local electric and telephone cooperatives. Rachel Kerns, Director of Marketing and PR for McDonough Telephone stated, “Youth Day is one of the Cooperative’s biggest youth events, recognizing exceptional local students.” The annual event brings leadership lessons, tours of historical sites, and a visit to the State Capitol to meet with senators and representatives. For a few lucky students, this day is just the beginning; interviews at th
VIRTUAL SHOW: This DuQuoin (Ill.) FFA member shows his pig at the Virtual Section 24 Livestock Fair. How hands-on ag teachers in Illinois are faring in the pandemic and how many ag teacher positions are open?
Remote learning, hybrid teaching and virtual activities are only a few of the changes made to the usual teaching style of an educator this year. Dean Dittmar and Ann Piotrowski say that Illinois agricultural instructors choose to make the most out of the adjustments made by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COORDINATOR: Dean Dittmar serves as the coordinator for the Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education unit of Illinois Agricultural Education and FFA. His role is to help boost education that is centered around agriculture. (Courtesy of Dean Dittmar)