Come and join in on the fun!
🎒✏️ TEN DAYS and counting...
We can hear the lockers clinking, the pencils sharpening, and the first day outfits being planned already! 👟📚
In just 10 days, these halls will be filled with laughter, learning, and the unmistakable sound of students trying to remember their locker combinations. 😅
We’ve missed the energy, the questions, the high-fives, and yes—even the hallway traffic jams. 🚦
Let the countdown begin...
📅 Day 10: The comeback is near.
#BackToSchoolCountdown #10DaysToGo #HallwayHomecoming #WeMissedYou
We can hear the lockers clinking, the pencils sharpening, and the first day outfits being planned already! 👟📚
In just 10 days, these halls will be filled with laughter, learning, and the unmistakable sound of students trying to remember their locker combinations. 😅
We’ve missed the energy, the questions, the high-fives, and yes—even the hallway traffic jams. 🚦
Let the countdown begin...
📅 Day 10: The comeback is near.
#BackToSchoolCountdown #10DaysToGo #HallwayHomecoming #WeMissedYou
Grade School Cross Country Information:
Any Boy / Girl grades 6-8 interested in running Cross Country (Coop with ALIS)
Practice Schedule:
Mon, August 4, 7:30am - 8:45am, Ballard Nature Center
Tue, August 5, 7:30am - 8:45am, AGS Track
Wed, August 6, 7:30am - 8:45am, AGS Track
Thu, August 7, 7:30am - 8:45am, Ballard Nature Center
Fri, August 8, 7:30am - 9:00am, Ballard Nature Center
Contact Trent Deadmond ~ alisseventh@alisrockets.com with questions
Any Boy / Girl grades 6-8 interested in running Cross Country (Coop with ALIS)
Practice Schedule:
Mon, August 4, 7:30am - 8:45am, Ballard Nature Center
Tue, August 5, 7:30am - 8:45am, AGS Track
Wed, August 6, 7:30am - 8:45am, AGS Track
Thu, August 7, 7:30am - 8:45am, Ballard Nature Center
Fri, August 8, 7:30am - 9:00am, Ballard Nature Center
Contact Trent Deadmond ~ alisseventh@alisrockets.com with questions
🚨 Reminder for all parents and guardians! Time is running out to get your students registered online! 🕒 If you need help navigating the process, don’t hesitate to call the office and make an appointment.
Important Announcement for Parents
Thank you for your patience regarding the recent online registration issues!
Thankfully online payments are once again available through TeacherEase. The issue with the fees portion of registration has been resolved by them. Once you complete online registration, you can access student fees from the parent homepage.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the AGS Office or the ACHS Office. Additionally, you can still drop off payments at any district office.
Thank you for your patience regarding the recent online registration issues!
Thankfully online payments are once again available through TeacherEase. The issue with the fees portion of registration has been resolved by them. Once you complete online registration, you can access student fees from the parent homepage.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the AGS Office or the ACHS Office. Additionally, you can still drop off payments at any district office.
Subject: Update on Online Registration
Dear Parents & Guardians,
The district has decided to re-open online registration despite the fact the fee issue with TeacherEase has not been fixed yet. We don't want you to have to wait any longer to register your student. At this time, all payments will need to be paid in person at any district office. Online registration is for all returning students. A reminder that new students to the district need to come in person to register so paperwork can be completed. Please reach out to either the ACHS Office or the AGS Office if you have any questions. If we hear from TeacherEase that anything with registration changes, we will communicate it as soon as possible.
We appreciate your understanding regarding the delay this has caused, but it was completely out of our hands. Thank you so much, and enjoy the rest of your summer!
Please follow website / social media for more specific updates!
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We wanted to provide an update regarding online registration. At this time, registration is still unavailable due to a system bug within the fees portion of the process on TeacherEase. This issue is not limited to Altamont; several other districts are also being affected.
TeacherEase has informed us that they are in the final testing phase of a fix and hope to have it released either today or tomorrow. As soon as we receive confirmation that the system is functioning correctly and the student fees are accurate, we will notify you immediately.
We understand that this delay is both inconvenient and frustrating, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this.
We wanted to provide an update regarding online registration. At this time, registration is still unavailable due to a system bug within the fees portion of the process on TeacherEase. This issue is not limited to Altamont; several other districts are also being affected.
TeacherEase has informed us that they are in the final testing phase of a fix and hope to have it released either today or tomorrow. As soon as we receive confirmation that the system is functioning correctly and the student fees are accurate, we will notify you immediately.
We understand that this delay is both inconvenient and frustrating, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this.
Check out this FREE opportunity for students K-6, this Thursday!
Due to issues with fees being connected to Online Registration and a mishap on TeacherEase’s end, we are currently pausing online registration until Monday, July 14th. If the problem is resolved before then, we will let you know otherwise this will be the new start date for online registration. If you have any questions, please contact either the High School Office at 618-483-6193 or the Grade School Office at 618-483-5171. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Please come out and support our National Honor Students who are helping with this event. All units collected will go towards scholarhips for ACHS students! Making an appointment is greatly appreciated but not required!
Altamont Receives Illinois Farm Bureau and Illinois Press Foundation School Journalism Grant
June 25, 2025
Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Press Foundation today announce the awarding of grants to 26 high school journalism efforts throughout the state. The awards are part of the Illinois High School Journalism Grants Program offered by the Illinois Press Foundation and financially sponsored for a fourth consecutive year by Illinois Farm Bureau.
More than $35,000 total in grants will be distributed to the schools in the fall to pay for laptops, cameras, broadcasting equipment, newspaper printing costs, website hosting fees and more. The Illinois Press Foundation Board of Directors’ Education Committee approved the grant recipients. “We’re grateful to continue to have Illinois Farm Bureau as a financial partner of this valuable program again this year,” said Jeff Rogers, executive director of the Illinois Press Foundation. “The Illinois Farm Bureau’s commitment, along with an increased financial commitment this year from the Illinois Press
Foundation, has allowed us to award more grants this year than any year of our partnership. Especially today, journalism and the sharing of facts and information is more important than ever. Today’s students have so many platforms available to them, and we’re proud the grant helps support schools in every part of the state to practice journalism.”
This is the fifth year Illinois Farm Bureau has supported scholastic journalists through this grant program. “Meaningful development through education and programming is central to Illinois Farm Bureau, and
it’s incredibly rewarding to help these students grow their journalism skills at the high school level,” said Matt Wettersten, executive director of marketing and communications at Illinois Farm Bureau, as he congratulated the 2025 grant recipients. “We are awarding more applicants this year than we have in any year of our affiliation with the program. That tells us two things. The need for financial assistance is real. But also, the interest in our grant program, and in journalism at the high school level, is growing. We’re proud to help in that way.”
All schools will receive their grant checks during on-site visits in August and September. Of the 26 schools receiving grants, seven are doing so for the first time during the IPF-IFB partnership. This is Altamont's second year receiving this grant. They will use the money to purchase a camera bundle group and a telephoto style lens.
Illinois Farm Bureau is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, a national organization of farmers and ranchers. Founded in 1916, IFB is a non-profit, membership organization directed by farmers who join through their county Farm Bureau. IFB has a total membership of more than 364,452 and a farmer membership of 75,959. IFB represents three out of four Illinois farmers.
The Illinois Press Foundation is dedicated to promoting and protecting free expression through educational activities that foster the practice and respect of First Amendment principles and values, to enhance the quality of services provided by newspapers to their communities, and to support reading and literacy efforts. The IPF was established in 1982. Its news service, Capitol News Illinois, has provided daily coverage of state government for Illinois’ newspapers and broadcast outlets since it was formed in 2019. The Foundation also sponsors an annual summer journalism workshop for high school students at Eastern Illinois University, and scholarships for students in the UIS Public Affairs Reporting program. It also has collaborative reporting programs through Capitol News Illinois with the Medill Illinois News Bureau at Northwestern University and The Saluki Local Reporting Lab at Southern Illinois University.
June 25, 2025
Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Press Foundation today announce the awarding of grants to 26 high school journalism efforts throughout the state. The awards are part of the Illinois High School Journalism Grants Program offered by the Illinois Press Foundation and financially sponsored for a fourth consecutive year by Illinois Farm Bureau.
More than $35,000 total in grants will be distributed to the schools in the fall to pay for laptops, cameras, broadcasting equipment, newspaper printing costs, website hosting fees and more. The Illinois Press Foundation Board of Directors’ Education Committee approved the grant recipients. “We’re grateful to continue to have Illinois Farm Bureau as a financial partner of this valuable program again this year,” said Jeff Rogers, executive director of the Illinois Press Foundation. “The Illinois Farm Bureau’s commitment, along with an increased financial commitment this year from the Illinois Press
Foundation, has allowed us to award more grants this year than any year of our partnership. Especially today, journalism and the sharing of facts and information is more important than ever. Today’s students have so many platforms available to them, and we’re proud the grant helps support schools in every part of the state to practice journalism.”
This is the fifth year Illinois Farm Bureau has supported scholastic journalists through this grant program. “Meaningful development through education and programming is central to Illinois Farm Bureau, and
it’s incredibly rewarding to help these students grow their journalism skills at the high school level,” said Matt Wettersten, executive director of marketing and communications at Illinois Farm Bureau, as he congratulated the 2025 grant recipients. “We are awarding more applicants this year than we have in any year of our affiliation with the program. That tells us two things. The need for financial assistance is real. But also, the interest in our grant program, and in journalism at the high school level, is growing. We’re proud to help in that way.”
All schools will receive their grant checks during on-site visits in August and September. Of the 26 schools receiving grants, seven are doing so for the first time during the IPF-IFB partnership. This is Altamont's second year receiving this grant. They will use the money to purchase a camera bundle group and a telephoto style lens.
Illinois Farm Bureau is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, a national organization of farmers and ranchers. Founded in 1916, IFB is a non-profit, membership organization directed by farmers who join through their county Farm Bureau. IFB has a total membership of more than 364,452 and a farmer membership of 75,959. IFB represents three out of four Illinois farmers.
The Illinois Press Foundation is dedicated to promoting and protecting free expression through educational activities that foster the practice and respect of First Amendment principles and values, to enhance the quality of services provided by newspapers to their communities, and to support reading and literacy efforts. The IPF was established in 1982. Its news service, Capitol News Illinois, has provided daily coverage of state government for Illinois’ newspapers and broadcast outlets since it was formed in 2019. The Foundation also sponsors an annual summer journalism workshop for high school students at Eastern Illinois University, and scholarships for students in the UIS Public Affairs Reporting program. It also has collaborative reporting programs through Capitol News Illinois with the Medill Illinois News Bureau at Northwestern University and The Saluki Local Reporting Lab at Southern Illinois University.
Senior Softball Players were celebrated after last night's 3-2 win against Oblong. Pictured are Grace Lemke, Sophia Pearcy, and Madison Tonn
Junior High softball is right around the corner! Below is all the information you need if you are interested in playing! 🧡🥎🖤
Help Support the Nation Honor Society by giving blood on Wednesday, July 9th.
Come join our team!
We are hiring! See our website for a full job description and application.
🎉🔥 What a season for Grace Lemke! 🔥🎉
A HUGE congratulations to ACHS standout Grace Lemke on an incredible year and career in the circle! 🥎🖤🧡
🏆 2025 NTC Co-MVP
🏆 2024 NTC MVP
🏅 Class 1A 1st Team All-State Selection
💥 1,165 Career Strikeouts
➡️ #15 All-Time on the IHSA Top 20 list!
💥 416 Strikeouts this Season
➡️ #20 on the IHSA Top 20 list!
➡️ #3 on MaxPreps National Softball Stat Leaders!
🔥 0.57 ERA — #3 in Illinois for the Class of 2025!
📣 ACHS Record Book Highlights:
🥇 1st - Season ERA (0.57)
🥈 2nd - Career ERA (1.92)
🥇 1st - Career Strikeouts (1,165)
🥇 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 15th - Season Strikeouts (416, 339, 287, 123)
🏅 5th - Season Wins (18)
🏅 5th - Career Wins (43)
🏅 4th - Season Shutouts
🏅 5th - Career Shutouts
Grace has not only made history at ACHS but has also left her mark on the state and national stage! 💪🖤🧡
Way to represent, Grace — the best is still to come! 🙌🥎
🚨⚾ Now Hiring: ACHS Head Boys Baseball Coach! ⚾🚨
Altamont Community High School is seeking a Head Coach for our Boys Baseball Program, overseeing both Fall and Spring seasons.
We are looking for a motivated leader who is passionate about developing athletes on and off the field, building a strong team culture, and continuing the proud tradition of ACHS Baseball.
📅 Position Open Until Filled
📍 Altamont Community High School
Interested candidates should send a letter of interest to Jeni Aldrich at jaldrich@altamontschools.org.
🚨🔥 HISTORY MADE!! 🔥🚨
What. A. Day. At the IHSA Class 1A State Track Meet, the Altamont Indians made their mark in epic fashion! 🧡🖤
💥 BEN ROEDL put on a performance for the ages:
🥉 3rd in Long Jump
🥈 2nd in High Jump
🥇 1st in Triple Jump — STATE CHAMPION!!
This makes Ben’s showing the best single performance by a male athlete in Altamont history — and with it, he surpasses 1,000 career points. 🔥👏
🏃♂️ HAYDEN SUMMERS brought the heat in the 300m Hurdles, finishing 6th in the state! 💪
🎖️ Both are officially ALL-STATE ATHLETES!
To top it all off...
🏆 The team finished 5th overall — the highest finish ever for Altamont boys track (to our knowledge)!
These young men represented Altamont with pride, heart, and history-making talent. Let’s hear it for them! 🙌🙌
