Staff vs. students in Bloomington Junior High charity game

Posted on March 12, 2017
The Bloomington Junior High staff vs. students charity game is scheduled for March 15 at 5 p.m. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – Students and teachers should never be adversaries, unless they are raising money for a good cause.

Bloomington Junior High School is hosting its annual staff vs. students charity basketball game on Wednesday.

The event will raise money for Special Olympics Illinois.

“We want to teach our students to give back to the community in using their abilities and getting to know different organizations and how they help other people in our community,” assistant principal Lynn Shook said. She added the students scrimmaged against a SOAR (Special Opportunities Available in Recreation) team that’s preapring for the upcoming spring games.

Many of the student players have also volunteered their time with Special Olympics.

The students’ team will be comprised of members of the eighth grade boys and girls basketball teams.

Admission to the game costs $3, children in preschool and younger get in free. Students will be able to buy wristbands before school in the cafeteria during the week of the game or can pay at the door. T-shirts will also be sold to students and staff prior to the event.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…