Elmwood Community Schools

On Monday, Biology II students had the opportunity to visit Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton. Students got to speak with Mr. Hines who gave a tour of the funeral home, embalming room, and crematorium. Mr. Hines also spoke about the duties of a coroner, his former career. Students got to learn how anatomy impacts the embalming and cremation processes. Students were very excited to learn about this different career path, and most were surprised to learn how most job duties of funeral directors involve working with the living rather than the deceased!

EB girls track team placed second at the Prairieland conference meet. #thetrojanway All-Conference athletes: M. Ori - 4x8🥇 C. Walker-4x8🥇 T. Forney-4x8🥇1600🥉 B. Schmidgall- 4x8🥇 1600🥈4x4🥇 R. Kelly- 3200🥈 E. Helms- 400🥇 4x4🥇 A. Troglio- 400🥉 4x4🥇 A. Thrasher- triple jump 🥉 L. Hulslander - 4x1 🥈 A. Forney- 4x1🥈 C. Quiram- 4x1🥈4x4🥇 L. Begner LJ🥇 4x1🥈 A. Bertsch PV 🥈

Great night for the Trojans Track team. We had 30 new personal best performances at the IVC meet. One of those personal bests was also a new school record. Darwin Herman broke his own school record in the 400m dash with a time of 50.22. Congratulations to all the athletes that posted personal bests tonight.

Elmwood Center for the Humanities & Nighthawks Coffee are proud to host the 'Emerging Artists of Elmwood High School' event on Wednesday May 13th from 6pm to 8pm.
Coffee bar will be open and drinks & snacks will be provided at no charge for the event.

Location:
Elmwood Center for the Humanities & Nighthawks Coffee
120 W Main St
Elmwood, IL 61529

Facebook event link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1JvyjHp9tq/

What would happen if the moon disappeared? A beautiful day for a podcast walk with an expert. https://bleav.com/shows/found-in-space-a-science-podcast-for-kids-and-teens/episodes/what-would-happen-if-the-moon-disappeared/

The class trip to St. Louis on 5/11/2026 was memorable! Great group of kids! You'll be missed terribly at Elmwood, but we are all very excited for your next adventure! Seniors, add your pictures in the comments! 🧡🖤

⚡️ Calling All Coaches! ⚡️
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To wrap up the year, this past weekend we hosted our first annual Trojan Forge cookout and bonfire. Thank you to our seniors for all of your hard work, we will miss you! The future of the Forge, the shop and myself are better for having you running the show this past year. Your future awaits. Get to work. - Mr. Grant

The Future Trojans football camp will be held at L. Richard Whitney Athletic Field on July 17, 6-9pm. We look forward to hosting any and all interested Trojans.

Congratulations to Gavin Strom for being selected as a Top 10 Gold Illinois FFA Chapter Reporter!! He will be a flag bearer and recognized on stage at the 98th Annual Illinois FFA State Convention.

Some forensic firsts in chemistry. "Blood" spatter analysis and a virtual autopsy.

2026 Senior Class Trip to St. Louis, MO! Here we go! 🧡🖤

Good luck to all of our JH Track athletes at sectionals today! #TheYrojanWay

One of our last Discussions in Enriched III is over our most anticipated story, "Bloodchild." Great talk about colonialism, coercion, and science fiction (and joined by an alum!!). One of my favorite stories and a great group to talk about it with. #TrojanWay

Congratulations to the Jr High & High School Bands and Choirs on a phenomenal concert last night! A special congrats to our award winners! Especially Sam T for reviving the National School Choral Award and Kam S. for receiving the John Philip Sousa Award.

Elmwood Center for the Humanities & Nighthawks Coffee are proud to host the 'Emerging Artists of Elmwood High School' event on Wednesday May 13th from 6pm to 8pm.
Coffee bar will be open and drinks & snacks will be provided at no charge for the event.

Location:
Elmwood Center for the Humanities & Nighthawks Coffee
120 W Main St
Elmwood, IL 61529

Facebook event link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1JvyjHp9tq/

What a wonderful night for the Junior High and High School Spring Concert 🎵 Another great performance from our students and directors. The Seniors of the Class of 2026 will be missed, but we look forward to witnessing what they accomplish next! #TheTrojanWay

Senior Miles Addison finishes up his custom shelf as his last project here in the Elmwood Industrial Arts Shop. We would like to wish him and all the other seniors good luck! #Elmwood322 #TheTrojanWay #IndustrialArts

We are so fortunate to have an involved and caring Elmwood JH/HS Parents Club. The Club fulfilled a grant request for physical science/chemistry this year, purchasing webcams for each lab station so that we can film or take pictures of experiments.

Thank you Parents Club from Todd Hollis.

If you are interested in supporting the Club, or joining, please find them on Facebook: Elmwood JH/HS Parents Club

We recognized Students You Should Know at Elmwood Jr and Sr High School yesterday. 18 students were nominated by our staff for doing extraordinary things that make a big difference. Thank you Jr/Sr Parents Club for hosting the event.