Volume Issue 4
Belleville West High School Jilg
Jobs for Illinois Graduates
Leadership Development Conference Fun for All
By Alicia Harrison
On October 1st
& 2nd the Belleville West
Career Association officers
attended the Leadership De-
velopment Conference held
at the Oilbelt Church Camp
in Flora, Illinois. Approxi-
mately 100 Jobs for Illinois
Graduates students attended
the conference to help de-
velop their leadership abili-
ties. At LDC a lot of our
skills were tested. We were
matched with Jilg students
from 16 other schools all
around central and southern
Illinois. We were taught to
trust each other through
numerous team building
exercises. Putting trust in
people who we had just met
an hour ago seemed to be
the most complicated part.
However, different organ-
ized group activities, like
getting through a jump rope
October 2008
together, or walking a tight
rope seemed to knock us for
a loop. With teamwork and
trust we were able to con-
quer the challenges easily.
After a tiring day of outdoor
challenges we all came to-
gether to listen to a guest West students, Vincent
speaker we would never Manuel, Andrea Piat, Brittney
Smith, Alicia Harrison, De-
forget. Ted Wiese played
siree Mitchell and Shay May-
team building games with us weather bonding at the LDC.
and got his important mes-
sage across. His message
where our own, Shay May-
was that in order for us to
weather, won the Out-
be successful we had to
standing Camper Award.
work with people to be a
She was also one of the
true leader. This is a mes-
President’s that gave a
sage I will always remem-
speech, which was empow-
ber. Also, that evening we
ering and inspiring to all.
got to teach Mrs. Dinga the
Shortly after that it was time
Cupid Shuffle, which she
for us to head home, which
did surprisingly well. But
was sadly depressing. On
after all the commotion we
the way home we talked
went to bed easily for a
about the great time we had
good nights sleep.
and all of the friends we
Waking up at the crack
made.
of dawn we got ready to
start our awards ceremony,
 Jobs for Illinois Graduates

My Favorite Halloween
By Chelsea Ewing
My favorite
Halloween so
far was my senior year at
Belleville West. I woke
up feeling happy. I got to
school and my Jilg teacher,
Mrs. Dinga, brought in
cupcakes for the class and
we played some team
building games. After
school I went out with my
friends to Six Flags where
we had a blast. The people
that worked at Six Flags
were very scary, they were
chasing you around the
park. It was sooooo much
fun! After I left Six Flags
I went out with friends
Trick or Treating. We
went in a neighborhood
where everybody knew us
so we would not get in any
trouble. We had a great
day from start to finish,
and that’s how my Hal-
loween was my senior
year.

What is your Favorite Halloween Memory ?

My favorite memory of My favorite memory of Hal- My favorite Halloween

Halloween was going trick
or treating in my blue
Power Ranger Costume.
My friends were the Red
and Black Power Rangers.
We got lots of candy,
some people even gave out
soda and food. The people
in the neighborhood were
really nice and we had a
great time.
Dameon L.
loween would be last year
when I took my nephew
Neo trick or treating. He
was six years old and he was
Ninja Turtle. Neo and I got
a lot of candy and we sat
down and went through allof
it. My favorite costume was
when I was a fairy. It was
bright green and very cute.
Christina M.
memory was coming home
after trick or treating and
dumping my candy on the
floor and counting it. I
loved those days. I had to
put and end to it when I
turned fourteen. Now I
work everyday and on
Halloween. I like to see
the kids come in now and
have the same fun I had.
Michael J.

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CancerCare for Kids—Cupcakes for a Cause
Our first service learning
project involved raising
money for the CancerCare
for Kids Foundation. This
is an organization that
raises money to helps the
patients and families deal
with the emotional side of
cancer. It allows patients
to have more counseling
and support to get through
this difficult time. The
Belleville West Jilg stu-
dents decided to be a part
of CancerCares Cupcakes
for a Cause fundraiser.
Seniors Enjoy Last Homecoming at West
Jilg seniors had fun with
the “senior citizen” dress
up day.
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This is a national fund-
raiser that is held in Octo-
ber each year. This year
the fundraiser was spon-
sored by Duncan Hines.
We decided to solicit some
donations, but also to
make our own cupcakes
for the sale. With the help
of the West Culinary Arts
students we baked and
iced over 250 cupcakes for
the sale. The Cupcakery
in St. Louis donated some
extra special cupcakes for
the sale. Cupcake liners
This year the homecoming
theme for Belleville West
was Super Heroes. Each
class chose their own su-
per hero and created ban-
ners and t-shirts with the
theme. The senior super
hero was Batman. The
students also had fun on
dress up days. This is es-
were donated by Toot’s
Cake Decorating, and
Shop N Save donated a
$25.00 give card which we
raffled off as part of the
fundraiser. Our efforts Andrea, Jessie, Jarvis and
Jessica show off some of
raised over $230.00 for the
the 250 cupcakes they
CancerCare foundation. helped create for Cancer-
For more information on Care for kids.
this fundraiser you can go
to www.CancerCare.org ,
or www.Duncanhines.com
pecially fun because we
have a dress code at Belle-
ville West. The seniors
really got into the “Senior
Citizen” dress up day. Jilg
seniors Eddie Lacey, Shay
Mayweather, and Jalicia
Brown all participated in
the homecoming assembly.
It was a fun last homecom-
ing the seniors.
 Belleville West High School Jilg
October Guest Speakers
During the month of October we have
had three great guest speakers come
to our Jilg classes.
Our first speaker was Emily Wester-
heide from Hickey College. Emily
gave a presentation on Time Manage-
ment. She stressed the importance of
being organized and managing your
time while you are in college. In col-
lege you have more free time and
often times students don’t plan. Be-
cause they don’t plan they end up
missing assignments or are not ready
for tests because they did not manage
their time wisely.
Colleen Thomas from ITT Tech
talks to students about the advance-
ments in technology.
NEVER BE AFRAID TO TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
REMEMBER AMATEURS BUILT THE
ARK AND PROFESSIONALS
BUILT THE TITANIC.
Our second guest speaker of the
month was Colleen Thomas from
ITT Tech. Mrs. Thomas gave a pres-
entation on the changes in technology
and about the opportunities that are
available at ITT Tech. One of the
programs offered is the PIE program.
This program allows students to take
classes at ITT tech for free if they
qualify under the program guidelines.
The students loved talking and learn-
SSgt James Clausell and Sgt E.J.
Dilbeck from the U.S Marines visit
the Belleville West Jilg classes
ing about technology and many were
interested in ITT Tech for their fu-
tures.
We were also lucky enough to have
the U.S. Marines in our class. Staff
Sgt. James Clausell and Sgt E.J. Dil-
beck spoke to the students about the
many opportunities offered in the
military in general and then specifi-
cally the Marines. The students loved
hearing about famous people who
were in the Marines, especially rap-
per, Nate Dogg. They told the stu-
dents about the pride they have in
themselves for being a part of this
Former Jilg student, Brett Lemay,
and East graduate Kendall Jackson
pay a visit to Mrs. Dinga
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