Altamont CUSD #10

Mrs. Miller's class playing hide the number during math. Student's took turns putting an eraser on a number while their partner closed their eyes and then identified the hidden number.

🎉👏 Perfect Attendance Shout-Out! 👏🎉 We are proud to recognize 29 Altamont Community High School students who achieved perfect attendance during the fall semester! Your commitment, dedication, and consistency truly set an outstanding example. 📚✨ To celebrate this accomplishment, students were treated to a delicious lunch from Joe’s Pizza & Pasta. A huge thank you to Joe’s Pizza & Pasta and Jefferson Street Storage for generously sponsoring this reward and supporting our students’ success. 🍕❤️ Great job, Indians—keep showing up and striving for excellence! 🧡🖤

Altamont CUSD #10 is accepting sealed bids on two used school buses until 1:00 PM on January 30, 2026.

• Bus #2 — 2007 Bluebird, 65 passenger, Cummins Diesel, 143,182 miles
• Bus #9 — 2009 Thomas, 71 passenger, Cummins Diesel, 181,812 miles

If you would like to set up a time to come look at either bus, contact Mark Holland at 618-483-3108 to set up a time.

Submit sealed bids in person or by mail to: Altamont CUSD #10, attn: Ms. Casey Adam, 7 S. Ewing Street, Altamont, IL 62411.

👏 Huge shoutout to some incredible community partners! 👏 Altamont Community High School would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Kyle Willenborg (Willenborg's Detailing & Refinishing), Ellie Hanfland (The Equity), Tiffany Wasson (The Giving Plate), and Layna Bond (American Family Insurance) for taking time out of their busy schedules to speak with our Student Leadership Team and additional students who joined us for an outstanding Business Panel event. We also want to give a special shoutout to Katie Koester from the Effingham County Chamber for helping coordinate this event and making it all come together seamlessly. The panel featured an engaging question-and-answer session where students had the opportunity to hear firsthand from these local business owners about their successes, failures, lessons learned, advice they wish they had known as students, and what they would do differently as leaders. Our students were fantastic—asking thoughtful, insightful questions—and our business panelists were absolutely phenomenal. This was truly a valuable experience and a great example of how community partnerships make a difference for our students. Thank you all for investing in our kids and helping prepare them for the future! 🧡🖤

Students in Mrs. Schafer's Food classes were busy for two days preparing, shaping and cooking yeast bread recipes to finish up our bread unit. Delicious smells were wafting through the hallways of ACHS all day Friday, as students made soft pretzels, cinnamon rolls, glazed donuts and pizza from scratch. 10 students came in at 7:15 am Friday morning, just to punch down and shape their dough so it would be ready for baking and frying in class. Their hard work clearly paid off!

📈 CEO at Altamont Community High School! 📈 Altamont Community High School was excited to welcome CEO facilitators and students who came to share information about their upcoming class business, Inside the Vision: CEO Edition, and to highlight the opportunities within the CEO Program. They first spoke with ACHS student leaders in grades 9–12, giving an overview of the upcoming event on February 4th, what students can expect, and extended an invitation to our students to attend. Then, they met with ACHS students in grades 9–11 to explain the CEO Program, including how it provides real-world business experience, leadership development, and hands-on learning opportunities. This was a great opportunity for our students to learn more about entrepreneurship, innovation, and future career pathways. Thank you to our guests for inspiring the next generation of leaders! 👏✨ 🧡🖤 Go Indians! 🖤🧡

Altamont CUSD #10 would like to send a HUGE Thank You to Schumacher Orthodontics and their Smiles 4 Schools program. As a part of their program, Schumacher gives back to our district for every patient that is treated in their office. We grately appreciate their continued support of our school and community!

Student Council went to the Lutheran Care Center and created a craft with the residents.

"Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more." Kindergarten students on Grinch/green day

To wrap up the semester, Mr. Walden's Horticulture class created floral arrangements! After weeks of learning about floral design principles and practicing with artificial flowers, the students were excited to work with real flowers. They all created great designs to take home!

Spreading cheer, one drink at a time! 🎄 The Sunshine Committee surprised our teachers and staff with holiday drinks to say THANK YOU for lighting up our classrooms everyday!

🎄🎬 Today our third and fourth grade students enjoyed a special Christmas treat—a trip to the movies to see Zootopia 2! ❤️🐰🦊

Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Miller spent the afternoon spreading Christmas cheer one classroom door at a time. AGS is VERY thankful to have you two and your big hearts! ❤️💚

Today, students in Mrs. Schafer's Foods classes had the opportunity to make Christmas Sweets to share with their family and friends. They made four different recipes and each got to take a generous plate home. Happy Holidays from the FCS Department!

Last Friday, French Club held its first annual Fête de Noel in Mrs. Schafer's room. Members enjoyed festive snacks and learned how they celebrate the holidays in France. Joyeuses Fêtes!

Four ACHS seniors who have enlisted with the National Guard presented and were recognized at the December BOE meeting. Clayton Haarmann, Ben Osterholtz, Joel Bauer and Brayden Schnarre.

⚠️ Important PSA: Altamont Grade School Christmas Program Time Change ⚠️

Dear Altamont Grade School Parents,

Due to the inclement weather forecast, we are making an adjustment to the schedule for the Grades 2-3 Christmas Program.

Our top priority is the safety and well-being of all our students, families, and staff. To ensure everyone can travel safely and still enjoy the program, we are moving the start time earlier.

🎄 New Program Schedule:

Doors Open / Art Show: 4:00 PM

Grades 2-3 Christmas Program Begins: 4:30 PM

We understand that schedule changes can be challenging, but this decision has been made with the goal of keeping everyone safe while still being able to hold the program.

Please make a note of this new time. We look forward to a wonderful, safe evening celebrating the season with our students!

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Students in Mrs. Schafer's Foods and Nutrition classes had an opportunity to participate in the quick-bread lab this Thursday at ACHS. Students made banana muffins, garlic cheese biscuits, sweet cornbread and funnel cakes. They learned that quick-breads use fast acting leavening agents like baking soda and baking powder. They have had the chance to make a flatbread in a previous lab and will soon be working on the yeast bread lab to finish up the bread chapter.

We are so proud of Altamont Grade School Choir students, Landon and Bristin for their participation in the ILMEA District 5 Music Festival that took place on Saturday Nov 22, 2025 at Eastern Illinois University. In order to participate they had to complete a singing audition of assigned music judged by members of ILMEA. On festival day the Junior Choir consisted of 150 students from the surrounding 30 counties. After a full day of rehearsals they showcased what they had learned in an evening concert. The songs performed were "Sisi Ni Moja", "Nine Hundred Miles", Three Contemporary Latin Settings", Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel", and "The Chariot Spiritual".