United Junior Senior High School

United Parents and Guardians, Information regarding the 5 Essentials Survey is located on your school's webpage in Documents > 5 Essentials Survey. You will have access to two documents, an information letter and an Opt-Out letter. Students in grades PK-3 do not participate. Parents may take the Parent Survey at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

State of Illinois Health Requirements for the 2024-2025 School Year All Illinois students in 9th grade are required by the Illinois State Board of Education to have a dental examination on file by May 15, 2025. School dental examinations must have been completed within 18 months prior to the May 15th deadline. A Dental Examination form or a Dental Examination Waiver form must be submitted to the school by May 15, 2025. Please contact the school office with questions.

Congratulations to UHS English Teacher Darrin Ross who has recently been awarded by the Illinois State Board of Education with the Award of Excellence for Early Career Educator. Mr. Ross was one of only 10 recipients of this award in the State of Illinois.

United High School’s Students of the Month for January are Senior, Mae; Junior, Elly; Sophomore, Brooklyn and Freshman, Jozlin. Mae was nominated by Mrs. Carter in recognition of her hard work and determination to achieve her goals. She says that Mae represents the UHS Core Values of “Empathy, Integrity, Commitment, and Family.” Elly was nominated by Ms. Wood due to her exemplification of the UHS Core Values of “Pride, Integrity, Commitment, and Family." She says that Elly is an excellent musician, a responsible student and a delightful person. Brooklyn was nominated by Mrs. Burgess because she constantly works hard to do her absolute best in art class and is eager to assist in the classroom. The UHS Core Values that Brooklyn best represents are “Family, Pride, and Commitment.” Jozlin was nominated by Mrs. Menge in recognition of her impressive work ethic and positive attitude. Jozlin represents the "Empathy, Commitment and Integrity" Core Values for UHS. Congratulations to these students! Each student will receive a gift certificate good for 1 drink at Dame Fine Coffee! Thank you Dame Fine Coffee for sponsoring this program!

This is a reminder to all UJSHS families that all pre-arranged absences must be approved by the building principal at least five school days prior to the student’s first day of the absence. Parents must provide a written request or contact the school office by phone detailing the dates their student will be gone and a brief reason as to why they’ll be gone. Students will receive a pre-arranged absence form to complete with each of their teachers and return the completed form to the office before leaving for the missed day(s). Please see the student handbook for further details.

The United Junior-Senior High School is actively looking to fill both 1st and 2nd shift custodial positions. Interested candidates may send their letter of interest and credentials to: Mr. Thomas Hawkins 1905 100th St. Monmouth, IL 61462 or email: thomas.hawkins@u304.org

Remember that tonight @ 7PM in the junior high cafeteria is the informational meeting on the 2026 Costa Rica Trip. This is for all interested sophomores, juniors and their parents to attend.

United FFA Week Update: Due to the anticipated much colder temperatures forecasted for this week and some of the key scheduled activities taking place outside, most FFA Week activities will be postponed until next week. The FFA trip scheduled for tomorrow is still a go.

Mrs. Pedigo and members of the UHS Chamber Choir took time on their day off this past Friday to perform and show off their talents at a group luncheon in Aledo.

All United 304 schools will be closed Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

On Tuesday, February 18th, at 7:00pm, there will be an informational meeting in the junior high cafeteria for the proposed 2026 Costa Rica Trip. This meeting will be for interested students that are currently sophomores and juniors at UHS and their parents. Please see the attached flyer for further information.

The HS Girls' Basketball Games that were postponed last night will be played this evening at Bureau Valley High School starting at 5:30.

We are still planning to play the JH Girls' Volleyball Games scheduled for this evening at UJH vs. Costa starting at 5:30.

United Families, Due to hazardous road conditions, all United CUSD 304 Schools will be closed on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Thank you.

Due to the possibility of hazardous road conditions later this afternoon, all United CUSD 304 schools will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, February 5th.

More great news from the Illinois Music Education Conference this past week in Peoria. UJH students Abby Green and Natalie Grant, under the direction of UJSHS Teacher Mrs. Katie Pedigo, were selected to be part of the first ever Junior High All State Choir that performed at the conference. These two earned this distinction to be part of a choir of 150 participants that were selected from thousands of students across the state that had rehearsed for one of the 150 spots.

UHS Band's tremendous talents were on display yesterday with their performance at the Illinois Music Education Conference at the Civic Center in Peoria. Under the direction of Madeline Wood and Student Teacher Sydney Hollis, the band performed a clinic demonstration focused on Flex-Band for a large audience of conference attendees and United music supporters. This demonstration included the world premiere of a portion of United's own commissioned work, Horizon's First Light, by Composer Timothy Corpus. This commissioned work was courtesy of a grant received earlier this year from the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation. Other highlights of the conference include: recognition for the third year in a row for Junior Elly Hinton as All-State on Contra-Alto Clarinet and recent United Student Teacher, Garrett Sprinkle, receiving the Outstanding Student Teacher Award.

The 3rd annual UHS Poetry Out Loud contest was held yesterday. We had 15 high school students in the competition. Congratulations to 🥇Camryn Payne for placing first, 🥈Neveah Bickerton for placing second, and 🥉Kenny Brown for placing third in the contest. Camryn and Neveah will travel to the regional competition on February 13th at Black Hawk College. Thank you to all of the students who participated or spectated yesterday. #BeUnited #WeAreProudofU #poetryoutloud

Information for upcoming United Future Red Storm Basketball Cheerleader Camp.

🖤❤️CONGRATULATIONS ❤️🖤to the United Girls Varsity 🏀Basketball Team for getting the school RECORD for MOST WINS in a season!! Today marked WIN #21!!! We are so Proud of U!!