Cornell Grade School

Congratulations to our very own Superintendent, Randy Vincent, on winning the Grand Prize Illinois Homegrown Hero Award! He was presented this award by the St. Louis District Dair...

Owen Hart During Owen's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: 4-H since 2nd grade. Showing cows, he won many awards but his best award was winning the Grundy Coun...

Emma Jenkins During Emma's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball in 6th for a whole year but it was fun just not her thing Garden Club in 7th grade...

Elizabeth Severins During Elizabeth's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball in 6th - 8th grade Garden club in 7th grade Cheerleading in 7th & 8t...

Rylan Bohm During Rylan's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: Basketball for 4 years, He won a 100 rebound club award in 7th grade. He played t-ball in kinde...

Marshal Anderson Marshal enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and listening to music. His hidden talent is being a writer. Some of his favorite things include the color...

Abigail Rients During Abigail's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball for 5 years, won regionals in 8th grade. Participated in volleyball camps usuall...

Brianna Schumm During Brianna's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Garden Club in 7th Grade Cheerleading 6th grade - 8th grade Volleyball since 4th Grad...

Leah Hansen During Leah's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: 4-H for 8 years and has received many champions, she has gone to the state fair 5 times. Tra...

Kennedy Fortner During Kennedy's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball in 6th and 7th grade Kennedy enjoys creating art and has done so for the ...

Donovan McDonald During Donovan's Cornell Grade School Career, he participated in: "Almost half a year of basketball in 7th Grade" - Donovan Donovan enjoys drawing, pla...

Payton Pelletier During Payton's Cornell Grade School Career, she participated in: Volleyball: played for 5 years. Her team has won many trophies from the championships and ...

Please take the time to visit our website for more information about our employment opportunities. All applications/resumes and letters of intent can be emailed to Elisa Palmer at...

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...

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...