Lake County Gazette

Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 is inviting community members to nominate service members and veterans to receive a Quilt of Valor at the upcoming Veteran’s Day Assembly, which will be hosted by Somonauk High School on Veteran’s Day.

A Quilt of Valor is described as "a quality, handmade quilt that is machine or hand quilted. It is awarded to a Service Member or Veteran who has been touched by war. The Quilt says unequivocally, 'Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.'"

The district emphasized that “to use the term Quilt of Valor, Quilts of Valor or QOV, the quilt must be a specific size, must have a label with required information, it must be awarded (it is not a gift) and it must be recorded.”

To nominate someone for this recognition, paper applications are available at James R. Wood Elementary School, Somonauk Middle School, or Somonauk High School offices. Applications should be submitted by Friday, October 17th, 2025 to Bryan McMahan at Somonauk High School.

Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 serves DeKalb and LaSalle counties and includes James R. Wood Elementary School, Somonauk Middle School, and Somonauk High School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 56 teachers with an average salary of $55,173; most are women (77.1 percent), while men make up 22.9 percent. No teacher in the district has more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Demographically, the student population in the district is predominantly White (87.5 percent), with Hispanic students making up nearly 10 percent; Black students account for just over one percent and Asian students less than one percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of spending, the district spent $18,843 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $15,187,087 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).