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March Students of the Month

March Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, co-Editor-in-Cheif April 25, 2025

 The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SoTM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SoTM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous courses,...

February Students of the Month

February Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, co-Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

 The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SotM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SotM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous courses,...

January Students of the Month

January Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, co-Editor-in-Cheif February 18, 2025

The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SotM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SotM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous courses,...

December Students of the Month

December Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 16, 2025

  The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SotM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SotM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous courses,...

November Students of the Month

November Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, co-Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2024

    The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SotM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SotM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous...

S.H.S. pom team takes a picture at team dinner. These are the uniforms that the team is getting more pieces for as well as brand new dresses.

Poms receives funding for new uniforms

Addison Andrews and Lillian Reaver November 21, 2024

  On November 6, 2024, at the Booster Club meeting, the poms team presented a proposal to get new uniforms and the proposal was accepted. They will be getting dresses, more tops, more pants, and possibly...

September Students of the Month

September Students of the Month

Addison Andrews, co-Editor-in-Chief October 30, 2024

 The S.H.S. Student of the Month (SoTM) is the highest level of academic and extracurricular recognition for S.H.S. seniors. SoTM winners are students who have challenged themselves with rigorous courses,...

S.H.S. freshmen attend leadership summit

S.H.S. freshmen attend leadership summit

Addison Andrews, Design Editor April 16, 2024

 On Friday, March 15, 2024, the S.H.S. freshmen received the opportunity to attend the Student Leadership Summit that took place at the McCormick Event Center in Rock Falls. The summit was available...

The poms competition team poses with their first place plaque from the Kewanee invitational. The team reclaimed first place after falling short to Feildcrest during the 22-23 season.

Another season down for competition poms

Addison Andrews, Design Editor February 1, 2024

  The S.H.S. poms team competes in yet another season. This year the team went to one new competition in Evergreen and repeated two of the same they went to last year. This year the team competed a lyrical/contemporary...

SHS 2023 Editorial Staff

1st row (l-r): Maddie Malooly, Peyton McCafferty, Audrey Crisp, Addison Andrews, Mirabella Pyron, Alivia Ruffin, Adylynn Crandall, Makenzi Borton, and Olivia Melcher

2nd Row: Victoria Nguyen, Carlee Hawkins, Gavin Fischer, Miles Nawrocki, Yamaan Alkhalaf, Laney Zuithoff, Abby Fuller, Maggie Wittenaur, and Marley Sechrest

3rd Row: Kendyll Anderson, Jubraan Alkhalaf, Emma Sinn, Maddison Wickham, Kadielynn Nelson,and Yana Ibarra

Not Pictured: Michelle Henderson Bellows

SHS Publications welcomes 2023 editorial staff

Addison Andrews, Design Editor October 13, 2023

  Creating the yearbook and newspaper for Sterling High School is a complicated and time-consuming process. In order to help guide the process, Sterling High School’s publications class starts out the...

S.H.S. welcomes new elective class

Addison Andrews, News Reporter September 8, 2023

  S.H.S. welcomed a new elective class during the new school year. The class also known as film & lit is now an elective class for students to take during the school year.   The class film and...

The S.H.S. GI team poses with their first place plaque after winning sectionals. This was the teams second consecutive win.

S.H.S. GI team qualifies for state

Addison Andrews, Design Editor April 21, 2023

 Sterling High School’s Group Interpretation, also known as GI, attended IHSA State for the 27th year in a row. This year, the S.H.S. theater department chose to do “8-Bit Christmas” as their GI...

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