Galva CUSD 224

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.

PreK will be spending the next few weeks observing our eggs in our incubator. Our hope is that we will be able to hatch some baby chicks for the Galva High School FFA program.

No baseball or softball today. Princeville will host Monday with a 4pm start for both teams.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Galva Varsity and Freshman Horticulture teams! Both teams earned 1st place at the Section III Horticulture CDE at BHE. Students competed in practicums including Plant ID, Equipment ID, Floriculture Design, Plant Judging, and a written exam. The Varsity team will advance to the state competition on Friday, April 24th at Illinois State University. Check out both the Varsity and Freshman Individual results to see how amazing our Galva FFA Members did today!

⭐ Senior Spotlights continue! ⭐
Stay tuned as we highlight more members of the Class of 2026! 🎓✨

As we approach the month of May, I wanted to remind Galva Jr/Sr High School families, about our school calendar. Unless emergency days are required, there will be no school on Fridays in May. There are no school days on May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th and offices will be closed. Please look ahead and make arrangements as necessary for your student.

Due to the impending weather, the track meet at Riverdale (Port Byron) has been canceled. The track teams will not travel tonight.

⭐ More Senior Spotlights coming your way! ⭐
Help us continue celebrating the Class of 2026!

Great time at the 10th annual "Dinner with Dale" last night. In preparation for the Dale Collis Relays, we have dinner and do a Q and A with Coach Collis. Tonight's theme was trying something different and trusting the results. We are lucky to have this living legend in our town!

Dance Coach for JH and High School- Check out the flyer and apply!

FREE Sports Physicals!!

We have wrapped up solo and ensemble season for Galva music. We are very proud of numerous students who achieved Division I and Division II ratings on their solos and ensembles between IHSA and IESA in choir and band. We also had four Best of the Day award winners! Brielle Jeffrey. Deirdre Light, Fiona Light, and Madelyn McCurdy all received Best of the Day in their respective performance rooms! Congratulations to all!

Orion softball game update. The game on April 14 at Orion is postponed to TBA.

The presale for the carnival wristbands ends this Friday the 17th! If you need another form, please contact the office.