Baseball and Softball updates:
Saturday 5/1 - BB vs Brimfield will now be a varsity contest followed by JV. Varsity game starts at 11:00 with JV to follow.
Monday 5/3 - BB/SB vs Henry will now start at 4:45.
JV BB 5/14 vs Mercer County has been moved to 6/1 at Mercer County. 2 5-inning games starting at 4:00.
High School Volleyball All-Conference
1st Team - Ella Manuel
2nd Team - Kaylee Celus and Cassidy Miller
Honorable Mention - Emily Miller
All-Conference Academic
Ella Manuel
Abby Rusk
Emily Miller
Ally Celus
Cassidy Miller
Caitlyn Baele
Leah Park
Sophia Roldan
Kennadi Rico
Jaydn Wise
Kaylee Celus
Olivia Goodley
Elaina Manuel
Softball at Knoxville today (4/29) has been cancelled.
The Annawan School District has two openings for the Annawan School Board. The district had three outgoing board members and Terry DeMay was the only candidate for the April 6th election. Congratulations to Terry as he was seated as a new member at last night's meeting.
If you are interested in one of the two board member seats, please email or send a letter of interest to Superintendent Matt Nordstrom by Monday, May 10th. The 5 current board members will conduct interviews if needed with the intent to seat the two new members at the May 19th Board Meeting. Township requirements will still be required during the selection of these two new members.
ANNAWAN AND A/W SPRING SPORTS: Tickets are not required to attend outdoor spring sporting events (track, baseball, and softball). Fans are required to wear masks while in attendance, and social distancing away from other fans who are not part of your household is required. Concession stand with a limited menu will be available at most spring contests.
Tonight's HS Music Concert and the National Honor Society Induction Ceremony will all be livestreamed. Please visit our school site and click on LIVESTREAM under the menu, or use the link below to visit our YouTube page.
We are planning to start the livestream around 5:45-5:50pm to be ready for the concert at 6pm and the NHS Ceremony immediately following the concert.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-jWTBDTwMQ1Kv9ozE33nA/live
JH Track - For the meets at Wethersfield and Galva, spectators are allowed and no tickets are needed for entry at this time. Spectators will need to wear a mask and practice social distancing.
JH Track Tonight (4/26) @ Bureau Valley
Please see message from BV for the track meet tonight:
Bureau Valley is allowing home spectators only, no away spectators will be allowed. We ask that away spectators do not stand outside of the fence either. We will not be livestreaming our track meets. Please encourage your athletes to bring their own water/food as concessions and water fountains will not be available.
Just a reminder that no spectators are allowed from visiting schools for the JH track meets this season. The track team is heading to BV tonight and will need to make sure they have snacks and drinks because there will not be any concession stand available.
Good Luck!
Junior High Track - April 22 - Annawan Junior High is hosting a JH track meet at Wethersfield starting at 4:00. Each member of the track team will receive 3 tickets that will be used for admission into the meet. A ticket will be needed to attend the meet.
Annawan Homecoming Week 2021 (April 19-23)
Monday-April 19th: High School Girls’ Volleyball Game at Home vs. ROWVA at 6pm (10 students will be able to attend the volleyball game in a student section)
Fresh-Soph Football Game vs. Mercer County will be at Wethersfield High School beginning at 6pm
Thursday-April 22nd: Annawan High School Spring Concert at 6pm in the High School Gym
Friday-April 23rd: Homecoming Parade at 12:45pm
In order to help meet IDPH Covid guidelines, this year’s parade will be a walking parade around the block of the Football Field starting near the high school student parking lot heading north on South Henry Street (then West on W. Second St, South on S. West St. and then back to the Football Field from W. South St.) There will be no floats in this year's parade.
Homecoming Court will be in Convertibles and introduced during the Pep Rally/Coronation. All students (K-12) will be allowed to view the parade and pep rally as they remain socially distanced around the football field.
Friday-April 23rd: Pep Rally and Coronation at 1:00pm
Congratulations again to this year’s Homecoming Court. Queen Candidates: Courtney Baele, Ella Manuel, Cali McKibbon, Emily Miller. King Candidates: Reece Gripp, Rhett Hulick, Kashev Jaswal, Zach Kulisek. Crown bearers: Harper Hasbrook and Madon Huber.
If the weather is fit, we will do the Pep Rally and Coronation outside on the football field at 1pm. The public is invited to attend with masks and social distancing. If the weather is inclement, ticket holders will be allowed to attend the pep rally and coronation in the high school gym and the event will be Live Streamed.
Friday-April 23rd: Annawan-Wethersfield Titans will play host to Princeville at Annawan High School beginning at 7:00pm. Only ticket holders related to participants will be allowed to attend due to our state guidelines. The football game will be Live Streamed.
Dress up days will be held each day for high school students during the week. Everyone is invited to wear their A&W Titan gear on Friday to show your school spirit!
Thank you for your support as we celebrate Homecoming Week as best as possible while still meeting the IDPH-Covid guidelines for our school. We hope everyone has a safe and fun week!
JH Girl's Basketball players are ALLOWED to head back to practice on April 20th.
Their HOME game against UNITED on the 21st at 5:30 P.M. will proceed as originally planned.
Junior High Girls Basketball Game Changes:
4/14 @ Galva has been cancelled
4/19 @ Central has been cancelled
The Henry County Office of Emergency Management, Henry & Stark County Health Department, and Regional Office of Education are holding a vaccination clinic specifically for our high school students at Black Hawk College (East Campus) in the coming weeks. This is a unique opportunity to get those students who are wanting and are eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccination, during the school day, vaccinated yet this school year.
Clinical studies have shown that the Pfizer vaccination is safe and effective for individuals ages 16-18. The FDA has approved the vaccination for those ages.
Under current guidance, just as with our staff who have been vaccinated, students who are fully vaccinated will not need to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact to someone who tests positive for Covid. This will help provide consistency for our students next school year.
As with the classroom example, athletes who are fully vaccinated will not need to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact to someone who tests positive for Covid. This will help provide consistency for our teams next school year.
We will take care of transporting your child to and from Black Hawk East on the day of the vaccination clinic. The exact schedule will be released once we have a final count of students we are transporting.
A link for you to register your child for this opportunity is include and if your child is 18 years of age they should register on their own. If your child is 16-17 years old, you will need to authorize their registration as their parent. The deadline for this opportunity is noon on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
The registration link is: https://hipaa.jotform.com/210976502788163
Thank you!
Tonight's JH Scholastic Bowl Meet has been cancelled.
Thanks!
High School Volleyball changes
Tonight (4/7) vs Sherrard at home 6:00
Tomorrow (4/8) vs United at home 6:00
The junior high track team is looking forward to hosting their first meet of the season on April 22nd.
We will need help running this meet. This will be a three team, triangle, meet with Bradford and Visitation invited.
The meet begins at 4:00 and we will need approximately 15 volunteers to help make this meet run smoothly.
If you are able to assist on this day please reach out to a coach as soon as you know.
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Thank you in advance for your support,
Coaches Reakes, Chapman, and Baele
(309)935-6623
or
sreakes@annawan226.org : achapman@annwan226.org : dbaele@annawan226.org
Link to order Homecoming Shirts--Orders Due by midnight THIS THURSDAY, April 8
https://ahshoco21.itemorder.com/sale
Tonight (4/5) Live Feeds:
JHGBB vs ROWVA: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-jWTBDTwMQ1Kv9ozE33nA/live
FSFB vs Ridgewood: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/NTsWXLFY7st
Annawan Homecoming Plans
Annawan High School Student Council and administrators have worked together to design Homecoming Week festivities that fit within IDPH guidelines for schools.
First we would like to congratulate the 2020-21 Homecoming Court. Queen candidates: Courtney Baele, Ella Manuel, Cali McKibbon, Emily Miller. King candidates: Reece Gripp, Rhett Hulick, Kashev Jaswal, Zach Kulisek. Crown bearers: Harper Hasbrook and Madon Huber.
Dress up days will be held for High School students during Homecoming Week.
There will be a pep rally Friday, April 23 where the king and queen will be crowned. If the weather is fit, this pep rally will be held on the football field at 1:00 p.m. and the public will be invited to attend with masks and social distancing. If the weather is inclement, 50 ticket holders related to participants will be allowed to attend the pep rally in the gym and the event will be live streamed on YouTube.
Friday night at 7:00 the Titans will play Princeville in Annawan. Only ticket holders related to participants can be allowed to attend. The Homecoming Court will be honored at halftime. There will be no parade or school-sponsored dance this year.