
May 27, 2025
The Byron music and theater departments have presented their spring awards. The Shining Star Award is given to a top choir student, this year’s award winner is Leeo Rising and ...

May 23, 2025
Byron CUSD 226 Finance and Tax Bill Update The Byron School District would like to take an opportunity to address any concerns taxpayers may have about the changes to the way th...
April 24, 2025
Byron earned 25 ribbons at the BNC Art & Design Competition this year, among which was Delaney McKinney who won 2D best of show and Emma Franchi who won 3D best of sho...

April 17, 2025
Congratulations to the Byron High School Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science (ACES) Team for placing fifth in the Illinois State Championship this week at Eastern Illin...

March 21, 2025
Caleigh Rybicki, a Creative Writing student, earned publication in Unsolved – Perplexing Prose with her 100-word crime story, A Double Homicide. She dedicated weeks to perfectin...

March 10, 2025
We competed in the IHSA solo and ensemble contest in Class B. The students prepared solos, ensembles, and small choirs and from the ratings from those groups they were given po...

March 10, 2025
The BHS ACES won the NIU Sectional Championship! Andrew Payne (Bio Champ) George Sober (Chem & Math Champ) August Martz (English Champ) Sadie Stoll (Physics Champ) Z...

March 10, 2025
State Landscape Design: Hand-drawn State Champion: Amaya Gooden, 2 nd Jaidra Poe, 3 rd Cailey Coyne. CAD: State Champion Braydon Knoll, 2 nd Elisabeth Lewis, 3 rd D...

March 6, 2025
As part of our mental health parent university series, we will be presenting information about different mental health conditions that may impact you, your child, or someone else ...

March 4, 2025
As part of our mental health parent university series, we will be presenting information about different mental health conditions that may impact you, your child, or someone else ...


February 28, 2025
As part of our mental health parent university series, we will be presenting information about different mental health conditions that may impact you, your child, or someone else ...

February 26, 2025
Please join me in congratulating Mike Vajgrt for being recognized for a 2025 ISBE Those Who Excel award in the Student Support Personnel category! As you know, Mike is ...

February 24, 2025
The BHS ACES Team captured another Regional Championship! The following students were individual place winners: Andrew Payne = 1st Place Bio (42) Gianna Franchi = (tied) 2n...

February 10, 2025
As part of our mental health parent university series, during the month of February, we will be presenting information about different mental health conditions that may impact you...

January 17, 2025
Senior Parents: a mailer was sent earlier this week for senior ads for the 2024-2025 yearbook. If you are interested, send Mr.Gura an email at agura@byron226.org including p...

January 9, 2025
During the fall of 2024, over 10,000 students from elementary, junior high and high schools around Illinois participated in a virtual audition process and of those auditions, more ...

December 18, 2024
Byron CUSD is hosting a free dental clinic on January 15, 2025. Illinois requires all students in kindergarten, 2 nd , 6 th and 9th grades to have a dental exam performed by a lic...

December 13, 2024
BYRON - Byron Middle School’s band instructor, Matt Maurizio, was just named the 2025 Mary Hoffman Award of Excellence recipient through the Illinois Music Education Association...

December 2, 2024
The Byron School District and Byron Park District have recently collaborated in effort to keep the community bike path safe and accessible. “We appreciate the support from our ne...