Tomorrow night is our final celebration of the school year with the Fine Arts Festival. We hope that you can come out and enjoy some wonderful sights and sounds from all grade levels of our students. In addition to the music and artwork, we will be offering folks a chance to get a sneak peak inside our new gym as it nears the final weeks of completion. If you have not attended our fine arts festival in the past, this evening is more informal that our concerts and allows for attendees to come and go from gym to gym, performance to performance as they please. Here is the schedule for tomorrow night's festivities:
5:30: 5th Grade (Big Gym)
5:45: Kindergarten/1st Grade (Big Gym)
6:00: Beginning Band (Small Gym)
6:15: 2nd and 3rd Grade (Big Gym)
6:30: JH Band (Small Gym)
6:45: 4th Grade (Big Gym)
7:00: JH Choir (Big Gym)
7:30: HS Band (Small Gym)
8:00: Chamber Choir (Big Gym)
8:10: Lexing-tones (Big Gym)
8:20: HS Concert Choir (Big Gym)
We are hiring! Looking for a kindergarten teacher to join our Minutemen family.
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"Chick It Out"! Our kindergarten classes have enjoyed learning about baby chickens through the U of I extension "Chick It Out" embryology program.
Fall Preschool Developmental Screening
Congratulations to our 2025 Lexington Elementary Spelling Bee finalists! Special shout out to fifth grader Charlotte who survived ten rounds of spelling words correctly to beat out the other seventeen contestants for the win.
May Lunch Menus
Another successful service day! Here are some additional pictures of our students in action. Thank you to our Student Council and all the additional community supporters who helped organize and participate in this worthwhile event. #LEXGO Minutemen
Congratulations to the 2025 Illinois Principals Association student recognition winners! Each year our district recognizes two seniors, two eighth graders, and two fifth graders who demonstrate excellence and/or growth in the classroom and are involved in their school community in a number of ways. The students and their families attend a breakfast ceremony held at ISU. These six Minutemen were among 64 students recognized from central Illinois. Way to go!
If you are out and about in Lexington this morning, you will likely see our high school students and staff giving back to our school and community as we celebrate our annual day of service. This year marks the tenth year anniversary of incorporating this special day into our school calendar.
Earlier this morning, a proclamation was read "proclaiming that our annual day of service shall be name Ivy Trimmer Service Day in recognition of her enduring impact and dedication to our school and community."
This day embodies the heart and soul of thriving communities and strong schools are built on. Wherever our graduates go and whatever they do, we hope that they get involved in their communities, give back, and work to bring people together.
On behalf the current and future students at Lexington #7, THANK YOU!
It was " full STEAM ahead" to start the school day for the first time in our new STEAM addition!
Election Day is Tomorrow - Please use your right and cast your ballot for all those running for mayor, school boards, municipal seats, etc. and the one cent McLean County schools facility tax.
Please help us spread the word for kindergarten parent orientation and preschool screenings!
April Lunch Menus
Our elementary coin collection for the United Way of McLean County raised $1052.76 last week! Our students filled the "pot of gold" each day to earn extra outdoor play time this week totaling 25 minutes. If you would like to learn more about the programs we raised money to support, visit www.uwmclean.org.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"
While it may not be a 1,000 miles, we are nearing 1,000 days since we started the process of creating the plans for our STEAM and GYM additions and interior renovations of our JH Science, K-12 Music, Fitness Center, and locker rooms. I am happy to report that the end is getting near!
As many of you know, we have been enjoying the completed interior renovations for a good portion of this school year and they have been such a huge blessing for the students and staff who have been using them.
The STEAM addition is in its final completion and we are hoping and planning to open the doors and to allow our K-12 Art and our Ag/Industrial Arts students to begin instruction soon after spring break. We thank the hundreds of folks who turned out for a tour of these spaces during our FFA Auction a few weeks back. For those who were not able to attend, a few pictures are included.
Lastly, our GYM addition is ready for the final push and will begin installation of the floors and then the bleachers. While we don't believe we will be able to utilize the GYM for this school year, it will be shiny, new, and ready to go for 25-26. We are planning to give tours of the GYM and the new music renovation to coincide with our Fine Arts Festival on May 8th, so mark your calendars now!
Once again, thank you for your continued patience and support as we prepare to take the final steps of this exciting journey for our district and our community! #LEXGO MINUTEMEN
Lexington CUSD #7 wants to announce that Mr. David Moore has joined our Minutemen family! Many of you might know Mr. Moore from our community and likely recognize his work as he has beautified the grounds at the Castle for the past 30 years. Mr. Moore will be working on our Custodial and Maintenance team and will be doing his best to help keep our campus safe and clean. Welcome and Congratulations Mr. Moore!
Preschool screening scheduling opens today for our April screening dates! Please call the elementary office at (309)365-2741 between the hours of 8:30-3:30 to schedule your child.
Lexington! Come welcome back our 7th Grade Volleyball Regional Champions at 6:50pm when they'll be escorted by a Firetruck. They'll be coming from West Street and will go through downtown. #LEXGO