Edwards County Community Unit School District 1

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students = 1,019 (as of 07-08 school year)
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Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 is a unified school district headquartered and almost completely located within the city lines in Albion, the county seat of the county the district chiefly serves, Edwards County. The district also serves small portions of several adjacent counties, such as Wayne County, Wabash County, and White County, Illinois. Albion is located in the state of Illinois. Serving a student body of approximately 1,000, the district is associated with three schools: two are grade schools, and one is a senior high school.

Albion Grade School is one of those two grade schools, located in the city for which it is named and serving approximately half of the district's students ranging from prekindergarten though grade eight under principal Marilyn Turner. [ [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/AGSstaff.html AGS Staff Listing] , retrieved 2008-6-16] A second grade school is located in the northern reaches of the county, and is known as West Salem Grade School, the smaller of the two grade schools. As its name suggests, it is located in the village of West Salem. Likewise, West Salem Grade School tutors students from prekindergarten to grade eight under supervision of principal Dale Schmittler. [ [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/WSstaff.html WSGS Staff Listing] , retrieved 2008-6-16]

Graduates of both grade schools move towards Edwards County High School for the last branch of their education; as implied, the high school educates those in grades nine though twelve. The high school is governed by principal Stanley Struckmeyer; [ [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/Administration/Struckmeyer/Struckmeyer.htm Mr. Stan Struckmeyer's Page] , retrieved 2008-6-16] the district superintendent is Robert Brutcher. [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/Administration/Brutcher/brutcher.html Robert Brutcher's Page] , retrieved 2008-6-16] The lion is the mascot of all schools in the unified school district.

Edwards County High School sports basketball, cheerleading, football, volleyball, and softball teams; it also sports two Scholastic Bowl teams. However, one of those two Scholastic Bowl teams includes an added twist; it is played entirely in Spanish. The district grade schools sport baseball, basketball, softball, and volleyball teams, alongside a cheerleading squad and a junior varsity Scholastic Bowl team. Each school also sports a strong music program. recently the West Salem Grade School band earned a division 1 rating at the state competition. Both grade schools have a school song based on actual state songs: West Salem Grade School and Edwards County High Schools' school songs are based on actual state songs. [ [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/sports.html Edwards School District Sports] , retrieved 2008-6-16]

As for clubs, both grade schools have a student council. Albion Grade School, however, also sports a club centered around Christianity. In the high school, there is a much broader variety of clubs to choose from: member clubs include various clubs centered around creative arts, career advancement, and academic classes, although there is also a National Honor Society, a local chapter of the FFA, a student council, and a weight lifting club. [ [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/clubs.html District Club Listing] , retrieved 2008-6-16]

As of the 2006-07 school year results of ISAT testing, the grade average of students in grades three though eight and grade eleven generally hovered around the state average.

External links

* [http://www.echs.edwrds.k12.il.us/index.html District website]

References

* [http://www.greatschools.net/schools.page?district=425&state=IL&lc=m GreatSchools.net Information on Edwards County Cusd 1 Schools] , retrieved 2008-6-16