Cornell Grade School

Ms. Elisa Palmer is excited to join the Cornell Grade School community as superintendent and principal starting July 1, 2025. Ms Palmer is currently the principal at Kingsley Ju...

The Board of Education of Cornell CCSD #426 will be holding a budget hearing at the beginning of the regular school board meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on September 18, 2024. ...

Please see attached image for a letter from our Superintendent.

Congratulations to Deb Fredrickson and Tricia Salata on receiving the Homegrown Hero award! Deb & Tricia were nominated by Kayla Lyons to receive this award for their amazing dedi...

Graduation for the Class of 2024 will be held at 7:00pm in the Gym. Graduates should arrive between 6:00pm & 6:15pm. Graduation will possibly be live streamed and can be found...

Keigan White During Keigan's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: Track: won the Hardest Worker Award Basketball Student Council His hobbies include tru...

Billie Jo Shehorn During Billie's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Basketball: 2 years, won the Falcon award both years, 7th & 8th grade Volleyball: 2 y...

Jacob Thorson During Jacob's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: Basketball: 4th grade, 6th-8th grades, 7th grade won an award for 100 rebounds and an award for...

Abbi Armstrong During Abbi's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball: played for 5 years, won most improved in 8th grade Softball: played 3 years, wo...

Jayden Ryerson During Jayden's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: Basketball: 2 awards' Baseball Won the American Legion writing competition in 8th Grade...

Maddie Freeman During Maddie's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball: played all 5 years, won the Most Improved Player award in 7th grade Speech: F...

Aaliyah Bedell During Aaliyah's Cornell Grade School Career, she has participated in: Volleyball Softball 2023 Student of the month Her hobbies include crocheting a...

Brady Hart During Brady's Cornell Grade School Career he has participated in: Basketball: Multiple awards Baseball: Multiple awards Track: Multiple Awards 4-H: Mul...

Cody Pinkerton Throughout his Cornell Grade School Career, Cody participated in: Baseball: Falcon Award, MVP Basketball: Multiple awards Track: Rookie of the year C...

Brooklyn Delheimer Throughout her Cornell Career she participated in: 4-H: many awards and is a reporter Speech: 3 first places and a Judge’s Choice Award Softball: 4 ...

Cornell CCSD #426 will be conducting a public hearing requesting a Waiver of Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 5/10-19.05. The hearing will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. at Cornell Grade...

CORNELL IMPROVES ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUMMATIVE DESIGNATION! Beginning in 2018 each Illinois school received a Summative Designation, a measure of academi...

Amy Petersen is our homegrown hero! She has dedicated her entire 33 year career to teaching 2nd and 3rd grades at Cornell Grade School, officially retiring at the end of the curr...

Check out the letter below from our new superintendent, Randy Vincent! Letter from Superintendent

We're proud to announce our new website and mobile app. We hope you find it a great resource to keep up with all of the exciting things happening in our school!