Miss Crandell's preschool class had a blast at the Peoria Planetarium! 🎉 This exciting trip was the perfect way to wrap up their space unit, giving our young explorers a fun and engaging way to learn about the wonders of space. 🌙✨ #FutureAstronauts #IBTigerPride
Great job to our terrific tiger winners this week! We are so proud of our winners!
This week our IBES students met with Mrs. Craven for their quarterly Tiger Trait Assembly, where they focused on the importance of acting responsibly and taking ownership of their actions—not just at school, but at home and in the community.
Students explored how small, responsible choices can have a big impact and learned how stepping up and taking ownership in their everyday lives helps build a stronger, more positive environment for everyone. 💪🌎
Way to go, Tigers! Keep leading with responsibility!
Check out these additional pictures from our PTO Paint Night! It was a night full of creativity, laughter, and excitement for our IBES Tigers! 🧡🖤 Everyone had a blast painting, learning about Bob Ross, and making special memories with family and friends.
A huge thank you to our incredible IBES PTO for making this fun-filled event possible!
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing IBES PTO for sponsoring a fun-filled Paint Night! 🎉 Many of our IBES students, along with their guardians and friends, had a fantastic time learning about Bob Ross and creating their own masterpieces. 🖼️✨
What a creative and memorable night for our Tigers! 🧡🖤 We appreciate our PTO for organizing such a fun event that brought our school community together.
On March 7th, IBHS will host Unplugged Day. Teachers will lead screen-free lessons; students must keep Chromebooks and phones away. Teachers will distribute tickets for participation, which students can enter for prize drawings at the end of the day.
🎶 Huge shoutout to our 6th-12th grade band students for a fantastic performance tonight! You all sounded amazing, and it was so great to see (and hear!) your hard work pay off.🎶
One of the best moments of the night? All grades playing together—such a cool way to show the strength of our band program! 🎺🥁🎼
Way to go, Tigers! 🐯🎵 #ibtigerpride
Good Luck to our girls basketball team as they compete in the Monmouth United IHSA sectional tonight at 7:30 Tickets are $8 at the door or $7 GoFan https://gofan.co/app/school/IL69399
🎉 Big shoutout to Mrs. Darci Halverson for being our Peoria Resilience Project nominee at IBMS! 🎉
She’s the kind of person who always goes the extra mile for students, making sure they feel supported, encouraged, and valued. Her kindness and positive energy help make our school a better place daily! Thank you, Mrs. Halverson, for all you do! #ibtigerpride
Jackson Carrol is the IHSA 150lb Wrestling State Champion, and Barret Speck is the IHSA 120lb 5th place medal winner! Congratulations to both wrestlers and a special congratulations to Jackson for an undefeated 53 and 0 season and back-to-back state championships. We will have a welcome reception for the wrestlers in the high school theater at 2:00 PM tomorrow with a fire truck escort starting at 1:45 PM from Glasford Firehouse. Congratulations again to the wrestlers, and go Tigers!!
🎉 Huge congrats to our newest NJHS inductees at Illini Bluffs! 🎉
Your hard work, leadership, and commitment to helping others have earned you this honor. Keep making a difference and leading by example—we’re so proud of you! #ibtigerpride 🐯 💪
Regional champions!! The girls beat Liberty 36-30 to win back-to-back regional championships! The team will play the first round of the Sectional on Tuesday, Feb. 25th, at Monmouth (United) at 7:30 p.m. Let’s go Tigers! #ibtigerpride
Congrats to our terrific tiger winners this week! The IBES staff is proud of all of our students for working hard to show the terrific tiger traits each week!
A big thanks to Ridgeside K9 for hosting our IBES preschoolers! Miss Rosenbohm's class learned how to safely approach a dog and all about dog training. What a fun way to conclude our pet unit!
IHSA State Wrestling Tournament Update: Jackson Carroll wins his first two matches by Tech Fall 22-7 and 20-5! He advances to the Semifinals! Barret Speck falls 7-1 to a tough opponent, and he'll wrestle back tomorrow morning. A special shout-out to Jackson for being on the cover of the program! #ibtigerpride
📣 Calling all 2025-26 Kindergarteners!
Join us at Illini Bluffs Elementary School on Saturday, March 1, from 9–11 AM for Kindergarten Round-Up!
👧 Your child (age 5 by September 1, 2025) will participate in a 20–30 minute screening and pre-registration.
🚨 Note: Bright Futures students will be screened at school, so no need to attend this event.
👉 Click here to complete the pre-registration form and reserve your screening time: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemkglVqIk2bfW2EA08uu28duNWgq92QOygM3uWF9N-6-jkOA/viewform
📞 Questions? Call the IBES office at 309-389-5025.
Please share this info with families of future kindergarteners—we can’t wait to meet them! 🎉
Please click the following link to learn more about the PTO Paint Night for our IBES Kindergarteners through fifth graders! Each IBES student must sign up and have a ticket for the event, which will take place on February 26th. Sign-up will close this Wednesday, February 19th.
https://5il.co/37z3q
STATEBOUND! Jackson Carroll is a 150 lb Sectional Champion, and Barrett Speck finished 3rd Place at the Clinton Sectional! They will wrestle at the IHSA State tournament in Champaign! #ibtigerpride
Come shop our IBES Book Fair! We are inviting our families and community members to come shop our Literati Book Fair in the Elementary Library tonight from 2:30-7:00pm. This is a great fundraiser for our library. You can also shop online at literati.com/store and connect to our school.
