Ben-Gil Tiger Boosters

We will be doing the craft at the Civic Center tomorrow from 9-12 at the Gillespie Holiday Sparkle. Come see us to make an ornament for your Christmas tree! We could use some help facilitating if anyone is available.

We love helping our town and being able to get the kids involved! 🎅🏻
Don’t forget - tree lighting ceremony tonight at 6:00. Kids should be there by 5:45 to check in with their teachers at the UCB parking lot! 🎄

Big shout out to these kiddos and the other volunteers from Ben-Gil Tiger Boosters and the Girl Scouts who helped decorate the gazebo! We appreciate your help!

Wanting to help bring Christmas cheer to town? Here’s your chance! We’re so excited to partner with the Gillespie Holiday Sparkle to make our town merry and bright!

Sign up to be a part of the Boosters!

Ben-Gil Tiger Boosters Registration Tiger Boosters was organized in 2018 as a group of parents and teachers working together to provide funds and opportunities for Ben-Gil Elementary students and teachers. Unfortunately due to COVID, our organization and fundraising efforts were put on hold for the past several years. We are back and....

WE'RE BACK!!!!!
Tiger Boosters is excited to be back and ready to hit the ground running! Please use the QR code below or https://qr.page/g/3kmARQBTUDr to register to join! Even if you have been a part of this group before, please register again as we are creating new contact lists and groups!
We will only meet a handful of times and will not overwhelm you with emails and texts!
Please reach out on here or at [email protected] with any questions!

🍂So many great activities!! 🍁 🎃

Gillespie Mustangs Football is selling yard signs to raise money for some upcoming needs next season. The signs are specifically designed to support all Gillespie teams, regardless of age, school or season and will arrive just in time to decorate the town for Homecoming 2023!!
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Support Gillespie JFL with a yard sign purchase! Show your Gillespie Pride with this custom printed yard sign.

Back to school! 🎉

Next week!!!

We need some more help this weekend! Please sign-up to work a shift!

Holiday Sparkle Volunteer Sign-Up Ben-Gil Tiger Boosters will be helping kids put together bags of Reindeer Food at the Holiday Sparkle December 17th. We are looking for volunteers to oversee the tables and help kids if they need it. We will be in the Civic Center from 9-12, so please sign up for any and all shifts you would like to...

We are very excited to be joining alongside the Gillespie Holiday Sparkle committee to create a fun experience for the children in our community this month. We will be helping kids create "Reindeer Food" to spread for Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve.
Our booth will be open from 9 AM - 12 PM on December 17th and we would love to have parents volunteer to help us run it. If you are able to help, please follow the link below and get registered so we can get a schedule down. If you have any questions, please let us know!
Holiday Sparkle Volunteer Sign-Up:

Holiday Sparkle Volunteer Sign-Up Ben-Gil Tiger Boosters will be helping kids put together bags of Reindeer Food at the Holiday Sparkle December 17th. We are looking for volunteers to oversee the tables and help kids if they need it. We will be in the Civic Center from 9-12, so please sign up for any and all shifts you would like to...

We are excited to be teaming up with the organizers of the Holiday Sparkle to create a fun experience for the children of Gillespie! Be on the lookout for a sign-up link soon if you are able to help run the craft table. The more the merrier!
The committee has put a lot of work into bringing back a successful holiday event, please take a minute to go ”like” the page to stay up-to-date with what’s happening!

Gillespie Holiday Sparkle An annual Christmas season tradition in downtown Gillespie, IL.

‼️Pick-up Update‼️

A great way to keep your kids active this summer!

Tiger Running Club Information 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Dress Up days for the week of 5/9-13. On Play Day, 5/13, please make sure to send your child to school in socks & tennis shoes and sunscreen. Send a water bottle, too!

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Copied from a Litchfield group, but very good perspective to what our District is experiencing as well. Be kind to our teachers and faculty.

“I’m going to get on my education soapbox for a moment. If you’re not currently working in the world of education there’s no way that you can understand what is going on in schools right now. You may hear it, but you cannot truly understand.

Yesterday, while I watched our secretary and assistant principal try to figure out how to get every class covered and every kid in a room, somewhere, this thought crossed my mind- probably 95% of parents drop their kid off, no matter the age, and don’t even think about what’s going on in there to make it all work right now. They have no idea that teachers are giving up their conference periods to watch other teacher’s classes because they are out sick and there are VERY FEW subs. The librarian, teacher aids, anyone who is available may be put in a classroom because there is no one else. They have no idea that when there is no way to get a class covered, another teacher volunteers to take on a whole other class of kids in their room, while they are still trying to teach their subject area to their current class. Teachers are still teaching their content and preparing their kids for the STAAR test even though things are crazy right now. They may teach biology, but they may have a class of theater kids in their room while trying to do so. The school nurses are inundated with kids and calls. This isn’t just what my campus looks like, this is what every campus looks like right now.

Teachers are exhausted and wiped out. The education world is tired. It’s just the truth. But we all keep showing up and pulling together to make our school keep going and take care of our kids. Teachers are freaking rockstars. The administrators at your kid’s school are too. 

Things will calm down at some point, but we are going on three years of this mess that we never thought we would still be in. Send your child’s teacher an email, or a note, or a gift card. They deserve it.”