School Profile
ICS SCHOOL PROFILE 2011-2012
FACULTY
19 Full-time teachers
2 Teacher aid
6 Part-time teachers/Resource
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Total in grades K - 8: 275
Student/teacher ratio: 12/24:1
ACCREDITATION
ICS has recognition status from the Illinois State Board of Education
TYPE OF SCHOOL
Immaculate Conception School is a Catholic elementary school that was founded in 1853.
SCHOOL YEAR
176 days divided into four quarters with nine-week report periods. Our schedule also includes Meet the Teacher Night and parent/student/teacher conferences. Parents of students in grades 4-8 can view grades online using Edline.
POST GRADE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
Our graduates have attended Gibault Catholic High School, Columbia High School, St. Louis University High School, Cor Jesu Academy, DeSmet Catholic High School, Nerinx Hall High School, Christian Brothers High School, Notre Dame High School, St. Louis Priory, Rosati-Kain Catholic High School, Chaminade College Prep, Visitation Academy, Althoff Catholic High School, Waterloo High School, Valmeyer High School, Dupo High School
Accomplishments
Mix It Up Model School The Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program again honored Immaculate Conception School for its exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among students and throughout campus during the 2011-12 school year. Immaculate Conception School of Columbia is one of 77 schools from across the country receiving the honor. Last year, 5,500 schools took part in the event. Our second year in a row.
First Superior in the State Band contest
State Finalist in National Geography Bee Nick Gillan
State Chess Champions Thomas and Lucas Herrmann
State DAR Essay Contest Hillary Wessel
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDENS Power of Plants Contest:
Upper Elementary – 3rd- 5th Isabella Frasure, Delaney Lundberg, and Noble Faris
Honorable mention: Anna Adams, Kalia Jerkatis, Emily Gillan and Marie Prindiville
Early Elementary – Gr. K-2nd 1st Caroline Keefe, Autumn Ramey, Reece Ward, Jacob Whitworth, Holly Repp
Repeat as Diocesan Chess Champs
Diocesan Speech Champs: Monica Shuler, Elena Biske, Andy Loless
Regional Champion and Sectional Second in Scholastic Bowl
THIRD PLACE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM at SIUE
DAR District Essay Contest: 1st Hillary Wessel, 2nd Otto Haubrich
VFW POST 6504 AND LADIES AUXILIARY POSTER CONTEST Winners are Molly Tippen, Emily Gillan, Autumn Ramey, Caroline Keefe, Josie Thomas, Drew Schmoll, Kyle Rose, Brianne Massie, Anna Adams, Kyra Newton, Grace Barrett, Hope Pollman
American Scholastic Challenge 2012 online contest--- 100 questions in the areas of history, geography, English, mathematics, and general knowledge. The national average of the 17,000 middle school students who took this Grade 8 contest was 61. 43 of the 50 from ICS who took the contest were at or above the national average from our 6-7-8th graders!
School competition Top 10 students: 1st Nick Gillan, 2nd (tie) Drew Freyman and Ryan Hoffman, 4th (tie) Ben Schulte and Madeline Ritter , 6th (tie)Monica Shuler and Thomas Herrmann, 8th Jordan Matecki, 9th Joe Hippisley, and 10th (tie) Hayden Frierdich and Austin Murphy
grade levels:
8th grade top 5: Nick Gillan, Drew Freyman, Ryan Hoffman, Ben Schulte, Monica Shuler
7th grade top 5: Madeline Ritter, Thomas Herrmann, Jay Hollman, Madelon Belaska, Jake Heet
6th grade top 3: Elena Biske, James Haller, Jacob Hennes
Math Contests:
MATHCOUNTS TEAM 4th over-all, 1st medium school division
Team- Maddie Belaska, Hope Drennan, Owen Murphy, Drew Freyman
Individual- Jacob Hennes, Jake Heet, Thomas Herrmann, 1st 6th grade: Elena Biske
ILLINOIS MATH LEAGUE: 8-3rd, 7-3rd, 6-4th in 7 county area.
ILLINOIS MATH LEAGUE TOP FIVE:
1st: Joe Hippisley, 2nd: Owen Murphy 3rd: Nick Gillan
4th (tie): Ryan Hoffman and Daniel Massey
1st: Madelon Belaska 2nd: Jay Hollman 3rd:(tie) Jake Heet, Alejandro Perez and Maddie Ritter
1st : Elena Biske, 2nd place: Jacob Hennes 3rd place: Faustina Mulnik 4th place (tie): Dylan Altadonna and James Haller
Rosati-Kain Math Contest Team second 32 schools Madelon Belaska 3rd overall
Cor Jesu Academy Math195 girls---15 schools 3rd team problem solving
1st for 7th grade girls: Madelon Belaska 1st for 6th grade girls: Elena Biske
ALTHOFF SCIENCE OLYMPIAD 6th grade team took 1st place of 23 teams Andy Loless, Jake hennes, James Haller, Elena Biske
STATE KC SPELLING BEE Sectional Ben Schulte 1st and Lauren Schmidt 2nd
SPELLERS IN THE Bi-County Meet Nick Gillan—2nd Place Elena Biske-4th Place,
SPEECH TEAM: perfect scores this year: Monica Shuler, Seth Watters, Elena Biske, Andy Loless, Brooke Schwartz, Sophie Spurgeon, Isabella Garcia
DIOCESAN SPEECH CHAMPS: Monica Shuler, Elena Biske, Andy Loless
VFW POST 6504 AND LADIES AUXILIARY POSTER CONTEST Winners: Molly Tippen, Emily Gillan, Autumn Ramey, Caroline Keefe, Josie Thomas, Drew Schmoll, Kyle Rose, Brianne Massie, Anna Adams, Kyra Newton, Grace Barrett, Hope Pollmann
District level VFW Ladies Auxiliary Poster Contest: Anna Adams, Hope Pollmann
MONROE/RANDOLPH ART CONTEST PERFECT SCORES Sarah Lantsberger, Maddie Ritter, Emma Zika, Elena Biske, Catherine Whitworth, Isabella Garcia, Maggie Parks
GIBAULT ART CONTEST 1st Place: Jon Daniel, Hope Drennan, Sarah Lantsberger, Lauren Schmidt, Alicia Archambault, Ryan Gool, Maddie Ritter, Emma Zika, Elena Biske, Henry Babcock, Brooke Schwartz, Catherine Whitworth
SOCCER: two Diocesan seconds and two 4ths
BASKETBALL: 8th boys 4th in Diocese
TRACK: Dylan Cornwell has already broken three school records.
KC FREE THROW State - Abbie Meyer
MISSION Day over $1000 ---over $9000 donated to various charities in all activities
1000 books for St. Thea Bowman School-Gr. 1
Golf tourney-best ever
Dinner Auction-over $71,000 net
2012 MAGAZINE DRIVE $13,712.24 to date
ASSEMBLIES: Meet the Teacher Night, Service-Leadership Day, Snakes, Blue Mass, Bobby Norfolk, Simple machines, two Gibault plays, Field Day, Grandparents Day, The Cotton Patch Gospel, Book Fair, Serra Club Vocation field trip, Mix-It-Up Day, Water Pirates, The Spoon Man, BC Talent Show, May Crowning Regional Office Art Contest here, Living Stations, Family Literacy Nights, Science Fair, Open House, Farm Blessing
Over 20 field trips
Marilyn Lynn Day for over 25 years here
Three retirements
Three Sacraments
Immaculate Conception School-Columbia, Illinois
BUILDERS CLUB OFFICERS 2011-2012
President: Jackie Merkel Vice-President: Ben Schulte
Secretary: Owen Murphy Treasurer: Dorothy Vasquez Service Director: Lauren Schmidt Fund Raising Director: Abbie Meyer
Social Director: Sarah Lantsberger Talent Show Director: Josh Witges
Builders Club Wrap-up 2012
*** TASK BOOK: over 300 SERVICE HOURS
***Activities
Created a new pledge Builders Club Newspaper
Wee Deliver Graduation T-shirts
Soda Committee Safety Committee
Activity Shirt Committee Church Bulletin Board Committee
Student of the Month Committee Service hour help for the Art Show
St. Vincent DePaul Food Drive Blue Mass
St. Vincent DePaul Coat Drive Hunger Is Scary Food Drive
Mock Election from Youth Leadership Initiative Patriotic Rosary
Craft Fair Flyers distributed Funderwear drive for Day Star in Cairo 2150 items
Christmas Toys for the Griffith Center Marketing for school at the Market Place
Kids Against Hunger Builders Club Week
Talent Show Clean Out Your Desk Campaign
Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation bowl-a-thon
BUILDERS CLUB WEEK –…a week of virtues…90 students were honored for these virtues:
Patience Creativity Perseverance Compassion Positivity
Fund Raising and income
Executive Producers of The Cotton Patch Gospel $4858.46
Singing Birthday Telegrams, Dances, Penny Pinch, Ghost Suckers
Candy Cane Sales, tee shirts $2153.28
Dues: $ 138.00
Miscellaneous $ 206.53
Check book starting balance: $622.45 Ending balance: $ 481.99
Expenses: Kiwanis dues, shirts, soda for meetings, supplies,
Miscellaneous $~1469.00
Donations
$3100 With God’s Little Ones(Kids Against Hunger)
$500 to ICS to reimburse for “Animals for others”---like Heifer International
$200 to Materi Girls School---sponsoring 2 high school seniors tuition
$150 to Quest for Peace---Clean Out Your Desk Campaign---school supplies for Nicaragua
$350 to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital---
$150 Catholic Urban Programs
$600 Immaculate Conception Building Church While Building a Church
$150 Hope Food Pantry
$827.46 Sr. Thea Bowman School
$6026.60