General Info

Beecher City School District comprises Shumway Grade School, Beecher City Grade School and Beecher City Junior Senior High School. Located in Effingham, Ill., the school district offers educational and extracurricular programs for children from grades kindergarten through 12. Its curriculum includes mathematics, English, science, foreign languages, history, geography, economics, music and arts and crafts. The school district offers a number of interscholastic options, such as girl's and boy s basketball, cheerleading, baseball, tennis, badminton, swimming, soccer and softball. It conducts a wide variety of seminars, summer youth camps and church organized retreats. The school s extracurricular activities include knowledge bowl, junior-senior banquet, senior trips, state fine arts and academic competitions, band and choir concerts and National Honor Society. Beecher City School District regularly organizes an array of social events, such as musical concerts, alumni banquet, donkey basketball game and field day.