as the Flaming Hearts. Effingham is also home to St. Anthony High School, a private Roman Catholic High School. SAHS athletics are known as the Bulldogs. SHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of boys' baseball, girls' softball, girls' basketball (grades 4–8), boys' basketball (grades 4–8), girls' track (grades 5-8), boys' track (grades 5–8), girls' cross country (grade 5–8), boys' cross country (grades 5–8), volleyball, cheerleading, band (grades 5–8), chorus (grades 5–8), musicals, plays, student council, and scholar bowl. SAGS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of boys' baseball, girls' softball, girls' track, boys' track, girls' cross country, boys' cross country, volleyball (grades 7-8), girls' basketball (grades 6-8), boys' basketball (grades 6-8), cheerleading, student council, scholastic bowl, spring musical, art club, eco-meet, and bridge club. SAHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of soccer, boys' golf, girls' golf, girls' volleyball, girls' tennis, girls' and boys' cross country, boys' fall baseball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, cheerleading, wrestling, bellettes (dance), swimming, boys' tennis, spring baseball, girls' track, boys' track, softball, bass fishing, National Honor Society, WYSE (world youth in science and engineering), Society for Academic Achievement (SAA), scholar bowl, Spanish club, band, chorus, fall musical, spring play, drama club, book club, chemistry club, Spanish scholar bowl, and pep club. EJHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of baseball, soccer, cross country, tennis, golf, cheerleading, football, volleyball, basketball, swimming, chorus, band, theatre, and scholar bowl. EHS athletics and extra-curricular activities currently consist of boys' baseball, coed soccer, cross country, girls' and boys' tennis, boys' and girls' golf, coed wrestling, basketball cheerleading, girls' track, boys' track, football cheerleading, competition cheerleading, football, girls' softball, volleyball, girls' and boys' basketball, girls' and boys' swimming, chorus, band, marching band, theatre, student council, dance, WYSE, National Honor Society, Society for Academic Achievement (SAA), color guard, FACS club, math club, Young Heart Writers club, chemistry club, Spanish club, French club, book club, pep club, and scholar bowl. Monument A steel cross erected by the Cross Foundation is located in Effingham. The cross is made out of over 180 tons of steel and cost over $1 million. The Cross Foundation claims that the cross is the largest in the United States, standing at with a span of . While the Great Cross in St. Augustine, Florida, is believed to be the tallest freestanding cross in the western hemisphere, it is thinner than the cross in Effingham and has a narrower