Arcola Community Unit School District 306
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Arcola Community Unit School District 306 is a unified school district
based in a southern Douglas County settlement named Arcola
, Illinois
. The district is composed of an elementary school and a consolidated junior senior high school. The junior senior high school, although consolidated, is still regarded as two different schools. Students enter the district as prekindergarteners or kindergarteners in Arcola Elementary School, which educates the students until sixth grade under supervision of principal Gary Philippi. Graduates of the elementary school move on to Arcola Junior High School, and will remain there until seventh grade; afterwards, students complete their precollegiate education at Arcola High School. Principal Steve Groll directs both schools; the entire faculty of either school is identical, as is the mascot, which is the Purple Rider. The district superintendent is Jean Chrostowski; she broadcasts monthly podcasts to her district.
Unified school district
A unified school district or unit school district is a school district which includes both primary school and high school under the same district control....
based in a southern Douglas County settlement named Arcola
Arcola, Illinois
Arcola is a city in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,916 at the 2010 census. The city was founded in 1855, when the Illinois Central Railroad was built through the county...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The district is composed of an elementary school and a consolidated junior senior high school. The junior senior high school, although consolidated, is still regarded as two different schools. Students enter the district as prekindergarteners or kindergarteners in Arcola Elementary School, which educates the students until sixth grade under supervision of principal Gary Philippi. Graduates of the elementary school move on to Arcola Junior High School, and will remain there until seventh grade; afterwards, students complete their precollegiate education at Arcola High School. Principal Steve Groll directs both schools; the entire faculty of either school is identical, as is the mascot, which is the Purple Rider. The district superintendent is Jean Chrostowski; she broadcasts monthly podcasts to her district.