Here is what happened on the IVC scene this past April…

The Illini Prairie Conference held its Fine Arts Festival on Monday, April 14th, at St. Thomas More High School in Champaign. Nine IVC choir students joined with other students in the conference to put on an amazing performance directed by Andrew Bruhn, the Director of Choral Activities at Illinois State University. Art students displayed their work in a show, and IVC took home 9 awards, including three first-place trophies: Color Drawing: Lee Harp; Photography: Rae Krause; and Digital Art: Lidia Gallego.

This year, IVC chemistry teacher, Chantel Rinkel, organized a team of students to participate in ACES (Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science). The Academic Challenge event is a series of high school competitions organized by The School of Extended Learning at Eastern Illinois University. The team competed in the many academic areas. At the regional level, IVC earned first place in the 700 Division. IVC’s team advanced to the sectional competition and earned 2nd place, and qualified to advance to the state competition. At the state level, the IVC ACES team earned 11th place out of 42 teams. This was an exciting first competition for the IVC Academic Challenge Team!

Here is what is happening on the IVC scene this May…
As the school year comes to an end, we would like to congratulate the Class of 2025 Sterling Merit Award recipients! Thank you to the Chillicothe Rotary Club for sponsoring IVC’s participation in the program. The Sterling Merit Award is presented to students who are in the top 8% of the graduating class (based on the students’ cumulative GPA after seven semesters of high school). 13 IVC students will be recognized at the Sterling Merit Awards Banquet on May 6th at the Peoria Civic Center.

Coming up rapidly will be the last day of school on Thursday, May 22, 2025. For those who are anxiously awaiting the start of the 2025-2026 school year, IVC High School Back to School Night will be held on Thursday, August 7th, 2025 from 6-7:30pm. The first day of school for students will be Monday, August 11, 2025. 

Once again, IVCHS thanks our Chillicothe community for your continued support of our sports and activities. We look forward to seeing you at our baseball, softball, soccer, and track events!  To access schedules for sporting events and activities, please see the IVC district website: www.ivcschools.com and select your student’s school and calendar to view the many events that are scheduled. To view sporting events, click the “More” button in the upper right corner of the IVCHS webpage and then click the “Athletics” button to view the calendar of daily and upcoming competitions. Go Ghosts!  

Important Upcoming Dates:

Fri, May 2: IVC’s Cystic Fibrosis Lunch Auction and Assembly.

Sun, May 4: IVC Band Spring Concert and Awards at 3pm in the auditorium.

Mon, May 5, Tues, May 6, Thu, May 8: IVC Dance Team Clinic.

Wed, May 7: Early Release for School Improvement Planning, IVCHS students are released at 10:45am,   IVC Booster Club College Signing Day at 3:15pm in the Commons, IVC Choir Concert at 7pm in the auditorium.

Thu, May 8: Senior Check-Out Day from 8:30 -11:00 a.m.

Fri, May 9: IVC Dance Team Tryouts

Wed, May 14: Last Day for IVC Preschool, Class of 2025 Senior Honors Night at 6:30pm in the auditorium.

Thu, May 15: IVC Senior Breakfast, Graduation Practice, and “Senior Walk” starting at 8:30am.

Sat, May 17: IVC Class of 2025 Graduation at 5pm at Taylor Field.

Thu, May 22: Early Release of Students for Summer Break at 10:45am.

Fri, May 23: First Day of Summer Break