Beardstown Community Unit School District 15

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Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 is a unified school district located in the Cass County city of its namesake: Beardstown, Illinois. While the grand majority of the students in the district are white, almost 35% of the ethnicity of the Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 is Hispanic. [1] This is also evident in the bilingual text of the school district's website [2] There are four schools located within this district. Grand Avenue School serves the district's preschoolers; Brick Elementary School coaches students in grades between first and fourth; Gard Elementary School, serves a broader range of students than Brick, including grades K-5; lastly, Beardstown Middle/High School, alternatively known as Beardstown Junior Senior High School [3], serves grades 6-12. The superintendent as of May 2008 is Robert Bagby. [4] The principals of each of the respective schools are Terri Olsen of Grand Avenue School; [5] Cheryl Summers of Gard Elementary School; [6], and a principal named Fitzgerald who governs over Beardstown Middle/High School. [7] Superintendent Bagby also serves as principal of Brick Elementary School. [8] The mascot of all schools in the district is the tiger.

The middle/high school of the district runs numerous athletics programs that differ based on the season. For example; football, golf, cheerleading, and cross country all meet in the fall; [9]Basketball, wrestling, and volleyball meet in the winter; [10] lastly: baseball, track, and softball meet in the spring. [11] Beardstown Middle/High School has a school anthem sung to the University of Notre Dame's "Victory March" song. [12]

Recently, the school district was placed on lockdown due to the presence of a dangerous criminal. No one was hurt, with the exception of a woman who was assaulted and wounded. [13]

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  1. ^ GreatSchools.net Ethnicity Pie Graph, retrieved 2008-5-9
  2. ^ Beardstown CUSD 15 Main Page / Inicio, retrieved 2008-5-9
  3. ^ Beardstown Junior Senior High School Information, retrieved 2008-5-9
  4. ^ Superintendent's Page, Beardstown CUSD 15, retrieved 2008-5-9
  5. ^ Grand Avenue School Newsletter: Notes from Terri Olsen, retrieved 2008-5-9
  6. ^ Page of Principal Summers: Gard Elementary School, Page Incomplete, retrieved 2008-5-9
  7. ^ From the Desk of Ms. Fitzgerald: Beardstown Middle/High School, Page Incomplete, retrieved 2008-5-9
  8. ^ Principal-Director Page: Brick Elementary School, retrieved 2008-5-9
  9. ^ Beardstown Middle/High Fall Sports, retrieved 2008-5-9
  10. ^ Beardstown Middle/High Winter Sports, retrieved 2008-5-9
  11. ^ Beardstown Middle/High Spring Sports, retrieved 2008-5-9
  12. ^ Beardstown Middle/High School: BHS School Song, retrieved 2008-5-9
  13. ^ SJ-R.com: Manhunt Locks Down Beardstown School District, May 2, 2008]