BES, CES and GES are getting ready for our new kindergarteners. K-Camp is Wednesday, August 6, 2025. K-Camp is an opportunity to bring your kindergartener to school to have fun learning more about Kindergarten and for parents to receive some need-to-know information before school begins. If your last name begins with A-L, K-Camp is from 8:30-10:00 AM (doors open at 8:30 AM). If your last name begins with M-Z, K-Camp is from 10:30 AM - Noon (doors open at 10:30 AM). Please enter the building through the front entrance of the school that your kindergartener will be attending.

Ball-Chatham Families,  Online registration is now open for grades K-12! Registering as soon as possible will help plan bus routes, class schedules and more.  Click  here to access Skyward or visit chathamschools.org and click the Skyward picture on the right side of the home page. Once logged into Skyward, select online registration from the left toolbar.  Detailed directions for how to register online are available by clicking  here . If you don't know your login information, please call the Ball-Chatham School District Office at 217-483-2416.  If you have any questions about how to complete registration, please contact Brett Moore at bmoore@bcsd5.org . Registration will close at the end of the day on August 3, 2025.

Click the link below to access the summer assignments from the GHS English Department for students enrolled for the 2025-26 school year. 2025-26 GHS English Summer Assignments

National Honor Society Advisers, Liz Barnes and Laura Brauer are pleased to announce the Spring 2025 National Honor Society Inductees and current Senior NHS members who will be receiving their graduation cords. The NHS Induction ceremony will be Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM  in the Glenwood High School Auditorium.  National Honor Society Inductees - Spring 2025 Molly Barry* Delaney Batton  Isabella Beard* Sophia Bollman Ryan Bridal  Trinity Caldwell* Anne Chandler Ashlyn Chopra Elise Claytor Liam Cox* Maja Dey* Kamryn Douglas Kate Downing Alexandria Eddy William Ehrlich* Laiba Eram Gwenyth Foster* Tyler Gurski* Jacob Hasquin Hannah Hopper* Makenzie Johnson Lucas Jones  Mackenzie Jones Colten Knoedler Alexandra Knudson Sudeep Kanna Kokila Satheesh       Kumar  Mason Krueger Jacob Lane* Ben Loeffler Stella Lopp  Michael Lucas Jenna Lutchka Veronica MacGruder Nikash Madanagopal Gracie Maple Karigan Matthews Jolean McMillen Kiara Meyers Lauren Michael Paxton Moe  Annabel Mollerud Kelen Moomey Carter Oh  Savannah Ottino Shiv Patel  Connor Pollitt Flossie Redwood Lydia Ryherd Van Schneider Kate Schreiner Kaley Sherwood Mason Streb  Anna Su  Yejun Suh Ellie Surges Alaina Taylor* Edie Toliver Alina Vogler* Madison Yom  Addison Zettler *senior inductee  National Honor Society Senior Members - Inducted Spring 2024 Kailyn Barry Rachael Behrens Wesley Bentley Bethany Blankenbaker Elijah Bostrom Kitt Bryant* Isabella Bui* Andrew Downen Derek Dulceak Mackenzie Gerloff Cybelle Good Aleena Govindaiah* Madelyn Harris Jenna Hazard David Helm Jonathan Helm Haylie Hembrook Ava Kirk Delaney Kyes Joseph Lieber Sasha Lu Ashleigh Maender Ryan Mansfield Charlotte McCurdy Larson Nester Cecelia Nguyen Kyleigh Nguyen Skylar Patterson Kennedy Rentmeister Zubair Saeed Leah Sanderfield Harshini Seenivasan* Samantha Shankland Carter Simmons Emmeline Snyder Joseph Sutton Erin Too Erin Turk Rachel Wakelin Mia Warren Clara Wavering Sophia Whitten Camryn Wienhoff *NHS officer

Menus for the month of May are below.

See below details for this year's Titan Fuel Shrimp Boil & Barbeque . A special thank you to presenting sponsor INB .

It is time to sign up for Pre-K Screenings on May 22 and 23 or July 17 and 18 at Ball Elementary School. Email aschmidtke@bcsd5.org to make an appointment. Time slots fill quickly!

GHS Juniors and Seniors, prom ticket sales are underway.  You can access the link for the online sales here:  https://gofan.co/event/3442003?schoolId=IL15290 Tickets are $30 each. Seniors are free but will need to purchase a ticket for their date if that person is not another GHS senior. All students attending prom will receive a paper ticket as a souvenir.

Menus for the month of April are below.

Menus for the month of March are below.

Ball-Chatham School District kindergarten pre-registration for the 2025-26 school year is now open. The First Step...  If you live in the Ball-Chatham School District and have a child (or children) who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2025 please plan to  register online using this link to a Google Form . If you don't have a child about to enter kindergarten in Ball-Chatham School District, please forward this information to someone you may know who does.  Next...  Once your form is filled out and received, the District will email your Skyward login and password information within a week to 10 days. After receiving your Skyward information, parents/guardians should login and upload copies of:  ● Their child's certified birth certificate  ● A signed lease, mortgage, or most recent tax bill   ● Two other pieces of mail with name and current address listed (such as utility bills, cable bill, etc.)  ● Their child’s immunization records (due by the first day of school in August)  ● A current physical for their child (due by the first day of school in August)  Pro-tip...  Need help figuring out how to upload copies of the above-needed items into Skyward after receiving your login and password? The District is providing a  visual tutorial for uploading documents into Skyward here .  The pre-registration process will not be complete until proof of residency is confirmed (either by a copy of a lease, mortgage, or most recent tax bill along with two other pieces of mail with name and current address listed). See Residency Requirements here.  Pre-registered students and their families will be able to participate in transition activities beginning this spring at their home elementary school. The time/date/format for these events is yet to be determined.  We can’t wait to see all of our newest students who will begin their educational journey.

Menus for the month of February are below.