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Middle & high school students were excited to try the new strawberry smoothie with mango boba, that was featured as a breakfast special this week. They were a huge hit! The elementary students will get their chance to try the smoothies next week.

With a perfect guess of 1,111 bookmarks, 1st grader Emberly is the winner of the Bookmark Guessing Game. She won a variety of prizes from the book fair. Thank you to all who attend the Scholastic Book Fair and for supporting our SES library!

Who’s waiting for kids at the Scholastic Book Fair? Their favorite characters! Plus, new bestsellers from dozens of publishers—and books they won’t find anywhere else. TODAY! 3:00-7:00 SES Gym

Book Fair! Thursday, Sept. 12th 3:00 -7:00 SES Gym Come experience the excitement all over again with your kids. Remember, what starts at the Book Fair stays with you forever. Every purchase benefits our school.

Good afternoon Sullivan Parents & Guardians This message is to clarify the email you may have received from skyward. There is absolutely no charge for breakfast and lunch for grades K-8. The email you received is an automated message for students with a balance lower than $5. K-5 parents, the email does not mean you owe anything and you may opt out of receiving them in your skyward account. Grades 6-12 please check your students balances, Ala cart items are available for purchase at the MS/HS cafe. We never deny student a meal, we will however deny the purchase chips, cookies, anything outside of a complete meal, etc with a negative balance. Have a great weekend Jessica Keith Food Service Director

We encourage all K-8 grade students to take advantage of eating both breakfast & lunch everyday at school for NO COST to parents!!

The start of the football game has been delayed until at least 7:35.

🖤❤️ TONIGHT is the PTO Informational meeting! 🖤❤️ Have you ever wondered what PTO does? Have you ever thought about joining PTO but you weren’t sure what that commitment entailed? Have you ever wondered how you can help the SES staff? Have you ever had a desire to help plan fun events for the school? Have you ever wanted to volunteer at one of the SES fundraising events but didn’t know how? All of us who are currently members have had those exact thoughts! And the great news is, WE HAVE ANSWERS to all your questions! No commitment required by showing up and learning more. We can’t wait to talk with you about all that PTO has to offer and to answer all your questions!

Sullivan Athletic Boosters are selling wall calendars for the 24-25 school year! These include all athletic events 5-12th grades plus all important school dates for grades K-12! Online order through the link: https://forms.gle/ZPiH6mx3r6jv6gk5A and pay through the paypal link OR submit the paper copy w/ payment to the ES office https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YCSWR22ASMZWJ

We're so excited to be back to school, providing our students healthy school meals, so they are ready to learn. K-8th grade can now eat both breakfast and lunch at no charge!!

Today started two NEW exciting programs at Sullivan Elementary. K-8 breakfast and lunch are at absolutely NO cost to families, $0. Please take full advantage of this program. We are encouraging students to dine in our Cafe's for both meals. Offer vs. Serve is new for our K-5 students. This means our students get to choose everything they eat! They choose their entree, fruits, veggies and whether they'd like a milk.

The family and friends of Aaron Jones will be gathering to celebrate his life on Sunday, August 11 at 2pm on Victory Field, and they’d be honored if you’d join them. Mr. Jones graduated from Sullivan High School in 2016, where he participated in the band program and earned the title of Drum Major for the Marching Redskins. Mr. Jones continued his education at EIU where he pursued music and once again earned the title of Drum Major. Mr. Jones returned to his hometown when he was hired as the Band Director and Music Teacher at Sullivan High School in 2022. He showed a passion for music and a love for working with the students. He displayed tremendous pride in his community and in being a part of Sullivan Schools. We are fortunate to have had Mr. Jones as part of the Sullivan Schools family. The family requests casual dress; if you are able, please wear apparel supporting Sullivan High School, Eastern Illinois University, or the SHS band program. If you would like more details on Mr. Jones service, a link to the full obituary is included below. https://www.reedfuneralhome.net/obituary/aaron-jones

In case you missed out on getting a sports physical yesterday at Sarah Bush, you have another chance in Decatur tomorrow through SIU Family Medicine! All MS & HS athletes need an updated physical on file with the school before they can practice any sport!

Sarah Bush Clinic will be hosting their final date of Sports Physicals on 7/31 - all athletes planning to play sports this fall need to make sure they have an updated physical on file with the office before the first day of practice! Be sure to call and make an appointment!

Welcome to the 2024 -2025 School Year! Online Registration will be available starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 18th. Please complete the online registration for all of your students. This year we have migrated from our older version of Skyward to a new version. You will be receiving an email with your username for family access and a link to setup or change a password or to login with your current password if you remember it. That email will come a little later today. The links on our school website have been updated to the new Skyward so those will take you to the correct login screen as well. If you want to update your Skyward Mobile App you will need to delete your credentials in the app, search for Sullivan CUSD to get the new version, and then log in to the app again. Once you have done that you will have access through the app. When completing online registration it is better to do it on at least a tablet, but preferably a laptop or desktop machine as it is extremely hard to scroll through everything to make sure that you have fully completed the registration forms. Here is a link to a quick video that explains the online registration process: https://youtu.be/6l5Oxo9RysY?si=O8EIvv8Ultc_FFp9 If you have any questions please call your child's school.

Want to work with young people? Have a schedule which matches your child's during the school year? Want to be a part of an amazing team of educators? Explore the opportunity to become a paraprofessional in the Sullivan School District.

Boys basketball camp is coming up - make sure to get your registration sent in ASAP to guarantee a camp shirt! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CfLl_kKjUeU-NVR32FKga0CfgEOhnm7V-_mnWWW-25o/edit

A reminder for MS & HS athletes, Sarah Bush Clinic in Sullivan is doing sports physicals this Wednesday (6/12), 8-12 and 1-3:30 An appointment is required - call 217-728-8441 and get this done for the upcoming school year!

The Sullivan High School Student Tech Service Center is happy to present our May 2024 eNewsletter. Please click the link to view the document. https://5il.co/2o0d3

Summer Meal Delivery Routes have changed! Thank you for your overwhelming support of the Summer Food Service Program. We have found it necessary to expand our routes and change delivery days. Starting Monday, June 3, deliveries will be as follows: MONDAY - Families living east of Route 32 TUESDAY - Families living west of Route 32 WEDNESDAY - Rural Routes west of Route 32 THURSDAY - Rural Routes east of Route 32 We will be running more than one delivery bus on Mondays and Tuesdays so your delivery times will not be the same as they were the first week. As always, if you are not going to be home on your delivery day, please leave a cooler for our driver and make sure your pets are secured. Thank you again for your support!