NCOE News — The Villagers Voice

FCCLA Bread Week Nets 1,676 Loaves of Bread Sold

December 17, 2021 by Villagers Voice

Misty Lamp of the Cardinal Restaurant, FLCCA Vice President Hallie Roper, and FLCCA Treasurer Kirsten Cacia. Photo provided.

By Valissa Sutton, RDN LD, Family and Consumer Science
Norris City Omaha Enfield High School

If you were to ask NCOE FCCLA (Family, Career, Community Leaders of America) Alumni what their number one memory of Bread Week is, their answer might surprise you. When current students were asked, the answer was overwhelmingly “getting up and baking bread at 5:30 a.m!” [Read more...]

Morgan Pearce Signs with Rend Lake Archery

December 15, 2021 by Kathy Sands

Morgan Pearce, center, seen here with his parents, Brent and Tony, brother Riley, Coaches and Dave Marshall. Pearce will be on the Rend Lake Archery team. Photo provided.

CUSD#3 Votes to Comply with Mask Mandate, Citing Loss to Students

August 27, 2021 by Kathy Sands

The NCOE CUSD#3 school board held a special session last night to re-examine their opening school policy, which has recently placed them on “probation” status with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). A small number of parents and educators attended, along two high school students. [Read more...]

White County’s CEO Board Introduces New 2021-2022 CEO Class

August 26, 2021 by Kathy Sands

CEO class, left to right: Jace Burzynski (CWC), Kalin Black (NCOE), McKenzie Willis (NCOE), Samaria Snow (CWC), Jason Lamp (CWC), Elleigh Gray (CWC), Jevin Johnson (NCOE), Jasmine Allen (NCOE) and Riley Dagley (NCOE).

The White County CEO Board is pleased to the welcome the 2021-2022 White County CEO Class. [Read more...]

NCOE School Board Calls Special Meeting to Revisit Masking Policy

August 24, 2021 by Kathy Sands

The NCOE CUSD#3 school board will hold a special meeting on Thursday night to revisit the opening school policy. The board upheld its original mask optional policy at their last regular board meeting, but the IHSA sports association is barring any school district that is "on probation" from participating in sports if they have not complied with Illinois Governor JB Prizker's universal mask mandate in schools. [Read more...]

NCOE CUSD#3 Sticks With Original Decision to Make Masking Students Optional

August 12, 2021 by Kathy Sands

The NCOE CUSD 3# School board held a public hearing last night on the sale of $2.8 million in bonds with no comment from the public. The hearing closed and the regular meeting started at 7:04 p.m. [Read more...]

NCOE’s Madyson Barton Signs With Rend Lake Tuesday to Play Softball

August 4, 2021 by Kathy Sands

Front row, lt. to rt.: Ashlie Matheny, Madyson Barton, and Lena Tarrant. Back row: Coach Kevin Lewis, Rend Lake Head Coach Matt Knox, and Coach Becky Lewis. Photo by Kathy Sands.

2021 NCOE graduate Madyson Barton yesterday signed her letter of intent to play softball for Rend Lake in the upcoming school year. [Read more...]

School Board Announces Intent to Issue $2.8 Million in Working Cash Bonds for the District

July 21, 2021 by Kathy Sands

By Jessica Jackson, Superintendent's office, and Kathy Sands, Editor

The NCOE Unit #3 School Board accepted a resolution last Wednesday night declaring their intention to issue $2,800,000 Working Cash Bonds of Community Unit School District Number 3, White,Hamilton, and Gallatin Counties, Illinois, for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund of said School District and directing that notice of such intention will be published in the matter provided by law.* [Read more...]