Congratulations to Payton Gieseke for being selected as one of the top three OVERALL WINNERS of the Design An Ad Contest, at the end of last school year!

Good Afternoon Winchester Families! Winchester, Bluffs, and Athletic Director Mr. DeWitt met with Coach Fuhler for the junior high boy's baseball team to discuss needs for this upcoming season. It was determined due to numbers, we are reaching out to sixth grade students for the 2026-2027 season that are interested in joining the junior high team. Players and parents are asked to come to a Coaches Meeting on August 4th at the WGS cafeteria at 6 pm.

Marching Band Fundraiser
Car Wash
8/7/26 11am - 1pm
WHS In front of the Bus Barn

Student Registration is now open.

The WGS/WHS Offices is open. We will be back in the offices till Aug. 13th; from 8am till 12:30pm. (Offices are closed on Fridays); starting August 17th we are back to normal hours.

Online Registration is through your TeacherEase Account (Link on Website). If you have any issues or are unable to login please reach out to Ms. Tonya Sanders at tsanders@winchesterschools.net or call your child offices.

WC Athletes (HS) - please remember if you are participating in a fall sport you will have to be registered and all medical forms uptodate. WC Football starts 8/5/26, with WC Volleyball, Golf and Cross Country starting 8/10/26. You can bring new medical forms to the office or you can email them to tsanders@winchesterschools.net.

***WGS Office staff is temporarily located in the HS Builiding; but they can still answer their phones if you call the office number.

New Student Registration Link is on the front page of the website and is for Kindergarten through 12th Grade only. If you have already started that progress we will accept them when we return in August. If you have a Preschool Student please email Mrs. Karen Rueter at krueter@winchesterschools.net and she will be in touch with the information.

WGS (K-8th) will have in person registration for new students to the district on Wednesday, August 5th in the WGS Office; from 8am till noon. WHS New to District please stop by the WHS office during office hours.
PLEASE watch Facebook for an annoucement regarding WGS New Student Registration if this gets changed to a different location.

Medical and Health Forms; School Supply List; Residency Forms; School Calendar etc... can be found on the school website.

Voluntary Student Insurance - https://www.1stagency.com/illinois/winchestercusd-1/?SchoolId=440

Any questions please don't hesitate to email tsanders@winchesterschools.net or call your students office in August.

The First Day of school for Students will be 8/19/26 with a 2:15pm Dismissal.

There will be a High School Cross Country meeting on Thursday July 30th @ 6:00PM in the Winchester High School Commons Area. This meeting is for any high school student interested in participating in cross country this fall. As a reminder, all students must have a valid physical on file before they will be allowed to practice. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please send Coach Devlin a message @ 217-473-5404.

Hello Winchester Families! We are thrilled to share our theme and accompanying shirt design for the 2026/2027 school year! Because this community is truly the heart of everything we do, we wanted these shirts to for both our staff and for our community too. We would love to see our neighbors, families, and friends wearing these alongside us as we continue to push our students to thrive, and strengthen the bonds that make our community amazing! https://turboinkprinting.com/WCStrong_26/shop/home

We're thrilled to announce the new app for Winchester
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