Agriculture Scholarship Program  
Application Deadline:  Tuesday, February 28, 2023


Program Details 
Thirty $2,500 scholarships are available to high school seniors with agricultural career aspirations planning to enroll in an agriculture-based college curriculum next fall. Two student applicants of color will be recognized as Diversity in Agriculture Scholars. Selection criteria includes academic achievement, participation and leadership within school and community organizations, and a commitment to pursuing an agriculture-related career. Recipients must reside – or their family must farm – in one of the 60 central and southern Illinois counties served by Farm Credit Illinois. Recipients receive $1,250 of the scholarship for the Fall 2023 semester and the remaining $1,250 will be available to students who continue pursuing an agricultural degree during the Fall 2025 semester.

Lincoln Land Community College Scholarship Match
Lincoln Land Community College’s agriculture program provides a $1,250 scholarship match to Farm Credit Illinois Agriculture Scholars enrolling fulltime in agriculture in the Fall 2023 semester. More information is available from Lincoln Land agriculture staff.

Contact FCI with scholarship questions at ask@farmcredititIL.com or 217-590-2200.

Click Here Visit Farm Credit Illinois Website 
 

How to Apply

All applicants should complete the Application and share the Academic Verification Form link with a school official to submit. The application deadline is February 28, 2023. Contact FCI with scholarship questions at ask@farmcreditIL.com or 217-590-2200.

ROE 40 schools have been invited to attend.   Please share with any interested student!

The Collinsville Area Vocational Center’s Criminal Justice program is hosting a Criminal Justice Jamboree. The event is for any high school student who is considering the criminal justice field as a career. There will be dozens of interactive and hands-on stations for students to circulate through and learn about all of the different aspects of this field.  The link below the image is to a form where you can register and indicate approximately how many students you intend to bring. 

Attention all students: are you interested in a criminal justice career? Would you like to learn more and meet state, local,  federal criminal justice employees? Then come join us for the first-ever Collinsville High School Criminal Justice Jamboree.  
 
When: Friday, March 17, 2023
Time: 9: 00 AM to 2:00 PM 
Location: Caseyville Community Center 
                 909 S Main St,
                 Caseyville, IL 62232

To register please complete the form at the link below.
 
https://forms.gle/nsS3chX9UTGvG2kr8

Illinois Valley Economic Development Corporation
CSBG SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 
Gillespie, IL -Stephanie Stahlhut, Executive Director for Illinois Valley Economic Development  Corporation has announced that its Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, will award scholarships to up to five income-eligible residents of Macoupin, Jersey, Greene, and Calhoun Counties.
The CSBG scholarships are open to income-eligible residents, who desire to further their education at an Illinois-accredited two-year community college, or four-year college or university. All applicants must be enrolled, or intend to enroll, as a full-time student taking 12 hours or more for the fall 2023 semester. This is a competitive scholarship and is not based solely on economic need.
Anyone interested in applying for the CSBG Scholarships should contact the IVEDC Office in their county. Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2023. Applications and further information are available from your county CSBG Outreach Staff.
In Macoupin County, please call 217-839-4431, Jersey County 618-498-9521,
Greene County 217-942-6824, and Calhoun County 618-276-2218.

The Calhoun, Jersey, and Macoupin County Fair Associations, announce the  2023 Scholarship Program.
Under the Program scholarships will be awarded to seniors attending a high school in the three counties. These scholarships are designated for those students attending a vocational, trade, or technical school and will be awarded directly to the institution of the students choice. Program Guidelines & Priorities:  Seeking graduating seniors with a record of volunteerism in the community in non-school sponsored activities and participation in extracurricular school activities.  Applicants must plan to attend a vocational, trade, or technical school.  Scholarship funds will be paid in July 2023 directly to the college and not to the student. It will be the student’s responsibility to submit student ID number and higher learning institution  information to the scholarship program.  Application deadline is May 1, 2023 by 4:00 p.m . Late applications are not accepted. Email one copy of a completed typed application package to: brandonmoxley83@gmail.com The applications will be reviewed, and recipients selected by a committee consisting of judges that are not from the area. The scholarships will be awarded in July 2023. 

Illinois students in Grades 1 - 12 are invited to participate in this project. The Alpha Tau Chapter (Macoupin County) of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is encouraging you to have your students participate in our Student Literacy Project where students' writings will be displayed at our annual DKGILSO convention to be held in Oakbrook, Illinois April 21-23, 2023. The topics chosen for this year and directions for participating are below. Some suggestions are listed as starters, but you may have your own suggestions for the students on the topics:
 
Grades 1-4 Kindness (One page handwritten)

• Tell about a time someone showed you kindness.How did that feel?
• Tell about ways you can show kindness to your family or a friend.
• Tell about people who have taught you about kindness. Why is that important?

 
 
Grades 5-8 Bullying (2 pages handwritten or 1 page computer generated and double-spaced)

• Tell about a time you or a friend were bullied. How did that feel?
• Tell about a time you and a friend bullied someone. What might you have done instead?
• What do you know about online bullying? What is a good way to handle online bullying?

 
 
Grades 9-12 Gun Safety (2 pages typed and double-spaced)

• What is the difference between what our founding fathers were probably thinking about having guns and owning guns today?
• What do you think about the sale of AR 15 weaponry? What kinds of laws do you think are necessary to ensure public safety? What would you say in a letter to your congressman about these issues?
• How do recent school and/or other public shootings make you feel? What thoughts do you have each day as you go to school? What safety steps should be taken to make students feel safe?

Students must handwrite or computer generate their original work in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher. Computer Font and size suggested are TACOMA, ROCKWELL OR ARIEL using l2 or 14 Font. It is important to note that this is not a competition, rather an invitation to participate in personal writing. All classrooms participating will receive a letter of appreciation from the Literacy Committee following the convention.
Students whose work is selected for display at the convention will receive a Certificate of Recognition. Students may also expect that teachers attending the convention may provide feedback by making encouraging comments to be included when the projects are returned to the classroom teacher.
 
 
Teachers are encouraged to display student work in their classrooms after the projects are returned.
Teachers are also asked to provide a list of every student who completed the writing task so that these students may be congratulated for participating.
 
 
As a participating teacher, you are asked to select no more than three (3) literacy works per classroom to submit for display during the convention. You may wish to ask a colleague to assist you in this selection. You will need to attach a parent permission form to each submission. A chapter representative will bring the works to the convention and also be responsible for picking up the works at the conclusion of the convention to be returned to the students. The time element is short for this project. The submissions must be to the chapter representative by February l 0, 2023.
The contact person for this project:
Mary Ann Pollitt
1307 S. Plum St.
Carlinville, IL 62626
217-971-6703

Each month the LTC creates a tech tip video to provide to the ROE's of Illinois.

We are here to help you and your staff become superstars at educational technology with bite-sized tips to make lives easier.
In this month's tech tip, Emily Pool demonstrates one of her favorite tips it'll make you look like a pro when you share your files. By simply changing a few words in the URL (web address) your files share in some very useful formats. First, we’ll learn to do it manually and then you may want to check out a handy dandy extension if you are able to add extensions.

Enjoy!

LTC Communications

Cultivating Awareness and Empathy Through Art-Making  
Monday, August 1, 2022; form 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. 
@ The Gateway Center Collinsville, IL


Registration: 8:30-9 a.m.
Workshop: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Visual art explorations can drive the development of critical social emotional skills including awareness and empathy. Join Jonathan Juravich as we explore resources and creative hands-on approaches that bring these critical skills to the center of an art curriculum. Attendees will take time to reflect on their current practices, dream up new possibilities, and we will most certainly do some art-making while we are at it. 


Jonathan Juravich is the art teacher at Liberty Tree Elementary School with the Olentangy Local Schools outside of Columbus, Ohio. At Liberty Tree, he serves as a leader of the school's Culture and Environment. He is the 2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year and was one of four finalists for 2018 National Teacher of the Year. His personal and professional focus is on the importance of Social and Emotional Learning in our daily lives. This is the topic of his presentations, including his TED Talk “How Do We Teach Empathy,” his limited series podcast "The Art of SEL," and his Emmy award winning digital drawing program "Drawing with Mr. J."

This workshop is free thanks to the ISBE SEL Hub grant and co-sponsored by the Area 5 ROEs (ROE 3, 40, 41, 45, 50) Any questions, please contact: Ryan Wamser rwamser@roe40.com


Registration: https://forms.gle/NG85gtQsgmuTYU1w7