What's Happening at Immanuel?

Once each semester, we try to schedule a lyceum (assembly) for the students. For 1 or 2 periods, regular classes are put on hold and the student body meets in the gym for a presentation. Our first lyceum of the school year took place last week. WI State Trooper Knutson spoke about safe driving. His topics included distracted driving, phone use while driving, seatbelt use, what to do if you are involved in an accident, etc. He shared many photos and videos to drive home his points. He engaged the students by tossing them candy as they answered his questions. Trooper Knutson's presentation was very relevant for these new drivers, but also served as a good reminder for those more experienced drivers. The presentation was recorded and is available on the ILC YouTube channel (ilcvideos).  The direct link is  Lyceum on 10-24-24 . The volume may need to be quite high to hear the audio well.

The Activities Committee outdid themselves in the planning and execution of the Fall Party this last Friday. Pictures say it all so take some time to check the photo album taken that night. The committee did a great job running the program and then cleaning up after. WTG team!

  The Immanuel Lady Lancers swept through the Regional Tournament hosted at the Immanuel gym last Thursday and Saturday in straight sets defeating Flambeau and Siren. That earned the Lady Lancers the Regional Championship plaque. This Thursday at 7:00pm, the Lady Lancers face Prairie Farm in the Sectional Semifinal at North High School. The winner will be facing the winner of the Mercer v Prentice semifinal. The Sectional Final  match will be held in Bruce, Wisconsin on Saturday, November 2 at 7:00pm.

  Messiah Lutheran Church in Eau Claire hosted the first of hopefully more Trunk or Treat  event. Here is a summary from in the Immanuel Daily Bulletin. Thank you  to all the students who volunteered to help at the Trunk or Treat event at Messiah on Sunday, October 20th. We had over 30 students help out and your help was very much appreciated! Thank you to Margaret Schaller and the volleyball and basketball teams for decorating and running a trunk. Everyone did a fantastic job of working with the younger kids either at the food, craft, or games areas. Giving of your time and talents made this event more fun for everyone. We hope to do this event again next year!

Since September 24th the Immanuel Lady Lancers have been ranked #1 in the  State Rankings  for Division 5. The team has defended that ranking by winning three tournaments this year, each of them included teams from higher divisions, including one with primarily Division 1 schools. The state tournament run begins this week, although the #1 seeded Lady Lancers received a bye in the first round and will play their first tournament match this Thursday, October 24 at Immanuel. You can follow the progress of the team on the WIAA site on their website  Division 5 Tournament Bracket . Go Lady Lancers!

 The Lord has blessed our students in many ways, academically and athletically and in a number of other ways. Here are two examples of the athletic gifts with which our students have been blessed. Cross Country Report:  Our cross-country team put in another great performance at the Dairyland Conference meet in Augusta. In spite of having 4 runners out sick, six of our Lancers set new personal bests, and  our boys managed to bring home the Dairyland Conference Champion trophy for the second year in a row!  Congratulations to our Lancers for their hard work all season long that led up to this, and especially to our all-conference athletes: Logan Thompson (1st place, conference champion), Dulton Eberhardt (6th), Simeon Schaller (8th), Caleb Eichstadt (9th), and Lydia Kloke (9th). A special THANK YOU to all the fans who came out to cheer on our Lancers! Complete results are available at  https://milesplit.live/ meets/639579 .   Volleyball Report:   CO...

We are excited that the 2024 Convention voted to continue moving forward with the gymnasium portion of the The Immanuel Long Range Expansion Committees' recommendation. You can find information about the effort here . The initial plan was to work toward both a new gym and a new fine arts center. Covid and large inflation numbers made the combined cost prohibitive and since the fine arts building can't be completed until there is a new gym to use (the site of the new fine arts center is where the current gym is located), the Convention voted to separate the projects and move forward with gymnasium portion. As can be seen from the site linked here , funding for the gym portion is at 45% of the estimated total cost. Try the codes below for a much better picture of the plans.