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Madrigals provide sneak-peek of next weekend’s shows; limited tickets remain [video]

Inkspot Staff
Nov 24, 2022

Limited tickets remain for the 22nd annual Renaissance-themed holiday performance, Madrigals, after Friday, Dec. 2's concert sold out. Accompanied by a brass quintet and string ensemble, Community's Chamber Choir and Court Singers will perform various traditional and contemporary holiday songs.  Tickets...

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The Midterm elections are often overlooked, yet their impact and importance cannot be overstated.

Why the Midterms matter; Turning point in politics

Avani Rai, Editor-in-Chief
Oct 18, 2022

America’s Midterm elections are the younger sibling of U.S. politics -- forgotten, neglected, underappreciated, and overlooked.   The Midterms exist without any highly publicized conventions, clickbait-worthy debates, no elaborate merchandise lines--from beanies to flyswatters-- to capture the...

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Abby Ruebush recaps the highlights of Homecoming week 2022 in this special edition of Spot Shorts.

Homecoming News Briefs

Homecoming week recap
Abby Ruebush, Editor-in-Chief
Oct 4, 2022

Friday’s Homecoming football game and Saturday’s dance wrapped up a week of festivities. Read how Community celebrated Homecoming 2022 below.   Virtual assembly kicks off Homecoming week  The Homecoming assembly was held virtually after Sep. 23’s inclement weather forced the annual...

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News Briefs for Sep. 17 – Sep. 30

News Briefs for Sep. 17 – Sep. 30

Avani Rai, Editor-in-Chief
Sep 30, 2022

SkillsUSA National champion recognized at School Board meeting Katelyn Olson (’24) was recognized at Unit 5’s September Board meeting for earning a gold medal in the Medical Terminology event at the National SkillsUSA competition.  Olson was the one of three Illinois high school students...

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Mrs. Megan Freymann, co-Senior Class Board sponsor, sold Homecoming dance tickets during 4th hour lunch Wednesday when the alloted 700 in-person tickets to the second session sold out.

Limited second session Homecoming tickets remain

Inkspot Staff
Sep 28, 2022

Less than 20 tickets remain for the second Homecoming dance session, with online ticket sales closing Thursday at 11:59 p.m.  The Senior Class Board, said Board co-sponsor Mrs. Jennifer Kelly, decided to split Oct. 1's Homecoming dance into two sessions and cap ticket sales for each at 1000 to ease...

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Reigning Pork and Pigskin champions the A-Train, Communitys porkchop sandwich concessions trailer, advance to the competitions Savory 16 round.

Pork and Pigskin competition: A-Train advances to 2nd round

Inkspot Staff
Sep 20, 2022

Community's A-Train concessions advanced to the second round of the 2nd annual Pork and Pigskin competition, a partnership between the IHSA and the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) to determine the State's "best pork chop sandwich," on Friday, Sept. 16.   Fans from four regions, each named...

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News Briefs for Sep. 11 – Sep. 16

News Briefs for Sep. 11 – Sep. 16

Abby Ruebush, Editor-in-Chief
Sep 17, 2022

Seniors enjoy sunrise on half-day Members of the Class of 2023 gathered outside before dawn at the Senior Class Board-sponsored “Senior Sunrise” on Tuesday, eating donuts and watching the sunrise. The event, held in the staff parking lot, was a beginning-of-the-year twist on the annual...

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News Briefs for Aug. 29 – Sep. 9

News Briefs for Aug. 29 – Sep. 9

Avani Rai and Marielsie Iglesias
Sep 14, 2022

21 awarded national recognition for academic achievement 21 seniors earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for their “outstanding performance” in the classroom and on College Board assessments.  As juniors, the students posted a GPA of 3.5 or higher and...

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News Briefs for the week of April 11

News Briefs for the week of April 11

Nayonika Banerjee and Laynee Scheck
Apr 22, 2022

FFA Food Science team competes at State FFA’s Food Science team placed 3rd in the State Food Science Career Development Event (CDE) hosted at Southern Illinois - Carbondale on April 9.  The team of Drexel Douglass (’22), Evan Alvarez (’24), Juliana Bernardi (’22), and Peter Metivier (’23)...

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News briefs for March 26 – April 2

News briefs for March 26 – April 2

FFA State: Four members place in top 5 Evan Kraft (’23) won first place at the Illinois FFA State Awards Day competition Saturday, March 26, competing in the Wildlife Production and Management event. Juliana Bernardi (’22) was named runner-up in the Food Service competition, while fellow seniors...

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Student Council hosts blood drive amid blood crisis

Student Council hosts blood drive amid blood crisis

Avani Rai, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 14, 2022

As the American Red Cross battles its first-ever blood crisis, experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade, Student Council hosted its second blood drive of the year Feb. 25.   Students, staff and community members donated a combined 75 units of blood, enough to save 225 lives.  The...

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News Briefs: Week of March 7

News Briefs: Week of March 7

School Board cuts middle school foreign language The Unit 5 School Board voted to eliminate the 8th-grade foreign language program -- the result of a nearly $14 million budget deficit -- on Wednesday, March 9.  The Board removed the district’s 5th-grade instrumental music program from the list...

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Students share why they continue mask-wearing after revised CDC guidelines [video]

Victoria Wilson, Senior Staff Reporter
Mar 8, 2022

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommending universal indoor mask-wearing in K-12 schools and early education settings in low or medium COVID-19 Community Level areas, the Inkspot asked students why they opt to continue masking.

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Community advanced three team members to the State Speech tournament at Feb. 12s Sectional hosted by University High School. Community took 5th as a team.

Speech qualifies three to State; Zeman steps down

Laynee Scheck, Print Editor
Mar 7, 2022

The IHSA State Speech Competition “was just mind-blowing,” according to Junior Ciara Wallace, one of Community’s three State qualifiers. Wallace, who competed in Feb. 18’s Poetry Reading preliminary round, described the State experience as “extremely competitive.” The competition at...

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School mask mandate lifted after new CDC guidelines

School mask mandate lifted after new CDC guidelines

Victoria Wilson, Senior Staff Reporter
Mar 7, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommend universal indoor mask-wearing in K-12 schools and early education settings in low or medium COVID-19 Community Level areas, announcing the shift in COVID guidelines Friday, Feb. 25. As of Thursday, March 3, McLean County is one of...

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