Lisa Nobles was named Director of Human Resources at the Ball-Chatham Board of Education’s meeting on September 28, 2022 and officially began her duties on November 7. Lisa had previously served as Director of Human Resources for the State of Illinois Executive Ethics Commission. Prior to this, she worked for the Rapid City Area School District in Rapid City, South Dakota. Lisa graduated high school in 2001 from Woodland R-IV High School, Marble Hill, Missouri and was named Valedictorian of her class. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005 from Southeast Missouri State University, earning her Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Mass Communication, Advertising emphasis, and a minor in art. She went on to earn her MBA (Human Resources Management) from William Woods University in 2013. She also holds her Senior Professional certification in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP). About her profession, she says, “Human Resources is the perfect blend of data, compliance, and people. I am a total data nerd and Microsoft Excel is my best work friend. Metrics drive decision-making and work like the muscles that support compliance, the bones of HR. I am a rule-follower by trade and work very hard to ensure clarity and consistency. Of course, at the heart is people. Every decision I make, every rule I support, and every policy I enforce will in some way have an effect on someone’s life. You can’t do this job if you don’t empathize with the people you impact on a daily basis.” Lisa says she believes the challenges in her profession are also what she loves about it - the people. “Every situation is different, so applying the same set of rules to a moving target is very challenging,” she says. “Specifically in education, you have the second layer of ensuring that what you are doing is not just best for the employee, but also for the students and the organization.” She is married to Alan, and they have two sons, Avery (9) and Arnett (7) who are both students at Chatham Elementary. On her own time, she enjoys reading, cooking, swimming, knitting, and whatever her kids are interested in on any given day!

Congratulations and best wishes to our student-athletes that signed with their college or university of choice on November 9th, to continue their playing career at the next level! Congratulations also to Ali Matthews who signed on November 23rd to play soccer at Western Illinois. Best of luck, Ali!

Our three elementary schools have created video tributes to Veterans. Click the links below to access our classes' tributes!

Ball Elementary School's Kindergarten-4th grade students have created a tribute to Veterans with videos. Click the link below to access our classes tributes!

Glenwood Elementary School's 2nd-4th grade students have created a tribute to Veterans with videos. Click the link below to access our classes tributes!

Chatham Elementary 2nd-4th grade students created the following videos to honor our Veterans and active duty service members this year. You may also access them through the link below:

Congratulations to the speech team on their 4th place performance at the Waterloo SISAL Tournament the weekend of November 5! Tournament champions include: Ana Swaner in Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking and Mia Davlantis in Junior Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking. Other award winning finalists include: Stephen Allen, Olivia Clardy, Adriana Clevenger, Samuel Emrick, Braelynn Finley, Mason Flatt, Georgette Gulley, Mackenzie Jones, Maya Koeppe, Abi Montgomery, James Overman, Harshini Seenivasan, Oliver Wood-Morris, and Sukrity Wosti.

Congratulations to the GHS Frosh-Soph Scholastic Bowl team, who won the November Novice Tournament at Southwestern High School on Saturday, November 5! The Titans capped off their first place finish with an exciting overtime win in the championship match. Sophomore Aleena Govindaiah and freshman Simon Mitchell were named to the All-Tournament Team!

Read about all the great things happening at Glenwood High School! GHS November News (pdf)

Read about all the great things happening at Glenwood Elementary School! GES November News (pdf)

Read about all the great things happening at Chatham Elementary School! CES November News (pdf)

Read about all the great things happening at Ball Elementary School! BES November News (pdf)