Announcements
Booster Club's Fundraiser
The ISVI Booster Club is selling Football Cards for the NFL season. Each week we're guaranteed at least 1 WINNER from our allotment of tickets we're selling. Your 1 Ticket gives you two chances to Win each week in the NFL season. Once again, to allow us the time to promote and sell tickets - all tickets are for the 2nd half of the NFL season. Over the past 3 seasons - from our stack of tickets to sell - we've had 65 people Win $$$ Purchase yours Today! The Booster Club works with ISVI to offset the costs of each sport as well as the cost of using outside facilities such as JHS, MAC, IC, & The Bowl Inn. Each year, the Booster Club purchases team-shirts, Warm-ups, Uniforms, some equipment, and works with the school to offset costs using outside facilities. Fundraisers like this one, help make all these things happen. This is an exciting game based on professional football. NO&nbs
More About Booster Club's FundraiserPep Rally is Set - Oct. 31
On Thursday, October 31 ISVI will have a Pep Rally for our Goalball Teams as they prepare to travel to St. Louis for the NCASB Conference Championships.The Pep Rally will take place in our Auditorium at 3 pm. Bring all your Enthusiasm and Motivation and let's get 'em Pumped Up!
More About Pep Rally is Set - Oct. 31Halloween : Oct. 31
Halloween or Hallowe'en, less commonly known as All-Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.
More About Halloween : Oct. 31American Indian Heritage Month : November
November is designated as National Native American Heritage Month. This observance commemorates the history, heritage, and culture of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. It is during this month we acknowledge the vast achievements of America’s original indigenous people. What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the contributions of the many intertribal cultures, as well as to educate everyone about the rich history, heritage, art, and traditions of the original American peoples made to the establishment and growth of the United States, has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. In 1914, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians; he was also known as Red Fox Skiuhushu. In December of the following year, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House, however, there is no record of such a national day being proc
More About American Indian Heritage Month : NovemberWelcome / Multiple Video's & Tour of ISVI
Welcome to our Virtual Tour of ISVI!Thank you for visiting our web site! Below are 7 links to separate Videos. The first two are about ISVI while 4 are news reports from Channel 20 out of Springfield on two of the several sports we participate in - Goalball and Track. At the end there's yet another Video of our Opening Doors Program. This website's goal is to be an added resource as to all the great opportunities that are happening for the students at ISVI. For more detailed school information click on ISVI's State website. You can also find links taking you directly to other local schools in Jacksonville such as ISD, Routt, & JHS. We are fortunate in that both Routt & JHS work directly with both ISD & ISVI. We are also proud to be a Leader in Me School. We're still a work in progress as we continue to include what's happening at our sister schools in town. It's a family
More About Welcome / Multiple Video's & Tour of ISVIDaylight Savings Time : Nov. 3
Daylight saving time, also known as daylight savings time or daylight time, and summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
More About Daylight Savings Time : Nov. 3Support our Students / School
We are very thankful of all the organizations and business' that support our students, school, and activities. The donations, advertisements, and sponsors obviously help us by their financial donations, but equally important: they help us to build stronger connections between the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired and the community. As with every school, budgets are tight and the cost of activities and sports continue to rise. ISVI is a residential school in which our students are from all over the state. Unlike our local public schools, the vast majority of our students are not local. At the same time, our students are integrated throughout Jacksonville and as a result, Jacksonville becomes their 2nd home. From their first day of attendance, our students learn to advocate for themselves and become as independent as possible. We’re fortunate in that this community embraces all the schools. This is evident by the local busi
More About Support our Students / SchoolElection Day : Nov. 5
In the United States the day on which elections for national public office are held, occurring annually on the first Tuesday after 1 November.
More About Election Day : Nov. 5Wrestling begins 11/6
Wrestling Season begins November 6th
More About Wrestling begins 11/6PTO Zoom Meeting - November 6 @ 6:00 pm
We will have a Zoom PTO Meeting - November 6 at 6:00 pm CST. Parents, Faculty, Students, Please plan on joining us. The zoom link is listed below. Future PTO Meetings are:November 6 - * usually the 1st Wednesday of each Month ISVI’s PTO Zoom MeetingTime: Wednesday, November 6 at 6:00 pm Join our PTO Meeting Meetinghttps://www.zoomgov.com/j/1602864353?pwd=HienIiapYLM6RXOP1ztVrNmZ13h6n5.1 Meeting ID: 160 286 4353PASSCODE: 187431Help us spread the word. Thank you! All Zoom Meetings are at 6:00 pm
More About PTO Zoom Meeting - November 6 @ 6:00 pmVeteran's Day : Nov. 11
Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day.”
More About Veteran's Day : Nov. 11