Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 is a unified school district located in the Cass County, Illinois city of its namesake: Beardstown. While the majority of the students in the district are white, almost 35% of the ethnicity of the Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 is Hispanic. This is also evident in the bilingual text of the school district's website There are four schools located within this district. Grand Avenue School serves the district's preschoolers; Brick Elementary School has students in grades between first and fourth; Gard Elementary School, serves a broader range of students than Brick, including grades K-5; lastly, Beardstown Middle/High School, alternatively known as Beardstown Junior Senior High School, serves grades 6-12. The superintendent as of July 2011 is Reggie Clinton. The principals of each of the respective schools are Terri Olsen of Grand Avenue School; Cheryl Summers of Gard Elementary School; and a principal named Scott Riddle governs over Beardstown Middle/High School. Superintendent Roberts also serves as principal of Brick Elementary School. The mascot of all schools in the district is the tiger.
The middle/high school of the district runs numerous athletics programs that differ based on the season. For example; football, golf, cheerleading, and cross country all meet in the fall; Basketball, wrestling, and volleyball meet in the winter; lastly: baseball, track, and softball meet in the spring. Beardstown Middle/High School has a school anthem sung to the University of Notre Dame's "Victory March" song.
In May 2008, the school district was placed on lockdown due to the presence of a dangerous criminal. One woman was assaulted and wounded.
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