Ryan Ketchum

Husband | Father of 3 | Superintendent of Breese Elementary School District #12 | Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

[Breese Central Baseball @C3NTRALBASEBALL]

On Saturday we hosted the Breese District 12 Bobcats and the Aviston Eagles on beautiful Warnecke Field! The players took on field batting practice and played a game with Aviston victorious. Hope the future Cougars had a great experience!

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

As we close out another great week in Breese ESD #12, it was exciting to celebrate our August Students of the Month at both Breese and Beckemeyer Elementary Schools! Congratulations, Bobcats! #bobcatpride

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

The first week of school in Breese ESD #12 was awesome! Our students and staff at both Breese Elementary and Beckemeyer Elementary showed up for the 22-23 school year full of pride, positivity, and optimism! As a new superintendent, I am so excited to be in the Bobcat Family!

[Dustin Foutch @DustinFoutch]

Huge congrats goes out to Mrs. Gina Benhoff for being recognized this evening by the Illinois State Board of Education for her outstanding work as a special education teacher at Central!! A much deserved honor for an EXCELLENT educator!! #imaginegreatness

[Jeremy @Chawgo]

Aviston is the Illinios State Senior Legion Champions with a 4-1 win over Moline. Kyle Athmer the complete game with 9 strikeouts. Easton Rakers with a solo shot. Rakers and Dalton Boruff the MVPs of the Tournament.

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

Lauren Wolter competed this week in extemporaneous public speaking at the FFA State Convention and won 1st Place with her speech, "Using Pharmaceuticals from Agriculture!" Lauren will now advance to speak at the National FFA Convention in Oct.! Congrats, Lauren! #imaginegreatness

[Matt Wilson @mwilson_Banner]

Congrats to recent Central graduate Carly Smothers for signing to continue her cheerleading career at Lindenwood University.

[Breese Central Baseball @C3NTRALBASEBALL]

A huge congratulations goes out to Landon Geragosian @lgosian21 for being selected to IHSBCA 2022 All-State Team. Tremendous accomplishment from a great young man! Cougar Nation is proud of you!

[Central Cougars Softball @c3entralsb]

Huge Congratulations to Adi Foutch and Avery Budde for earning All-State recognition in softball!! Both of these girls are 2X All-State Award winners!! #imaginegreatness

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

Congratulations to Central High School Class of 2022 Graduate Myles Kampwerth who signed this week to continue his golf career at Lewis and Clark Community College! #imaginegreatness #classof2022

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

Congrats to Central High School Class of 2022 Graduates Logan Attaway and Nolan Winkeler who will be joining the United States Army National Guard in the coming weeks! We are so proud of these gentlemen and their willingness to serve our Country! #imaginegreatness #classof2022

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

Although we didn't match our Sectional performance, these 4 young men still represented our school very well! 12th place is a great accomplishment! @CougarNation4 @Chawgo @mwilson_Banner @TheCrewInThePit @cougbarstool618

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

A new school record and PR was not enough to make finals, but we are very proud of Marcus for going out with his best performance! 11th place! @CougarNation4 @mwilson_Banner @Chawgo @TheCrewInThePit @cougbarstool618

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

Congrats to Morgan on a great overall track career, esp. in the high jump. 3X Cahokia Conference Champ (COVID Cancelled Soph. YR), Sectional Champion & went out yesterday & PR'd @ the state meet. Morgan is a great athlete, but more importantly, a standout student & human. @Chawgo

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

Great start! Big day tomorrow! @Chawgo @mwilson_Banner @cougbarstool618 @CougarNation4 @TheCrewInThePit

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

What a night for this kid! PR'd by 6 feet in discus & 2 feet in shot to come out of nowhere and break the school record. Zach was a two-time all conference DE & decided to help out his school & come out for track this year! #camaraderie @Chawgo @mwilson_Banner @CougarNation4

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

School Record and Sectional Champs! All 4 are also all-conference in another sport! #camaraderie #competition @Chawgo @cougbarstool618 @CougarNation4 @mwilson_Banner @TheCrewInThePit

[Brian Short @Cougscoach]

Dual sport standout Marcus Price is a state qualifier and has a new school record! @Chawgo @mwilson_Banner @cougbarstool618 @TheCrewInThePit @CougarNation4

[Ryan Ketchum @RyanKetchumD12]

Congratulations to Central High School Senior Ethan Brown who will be joining the United States Army following graduation! Ethan, we sincerely appreciate your willingness to serve our Country! #imaginegreatness #classof2022