Breaking news from the National FFA Organization... Justin Myers has been named one of the 4 finalists in the nation!

Make sure you get your sports physicals done before the first practice this fall. Don't wait until it's too late. See the information on how to get one done and who needs what type of physical. Go birds!!!

This year Summer program at the Library is Plant your Seed. The Art department stepped up and planted a seed with adorable references to sunflowers and Farmland in support of the program.

If you have not gone to the library this summer yet, stop by and check out some books and check out the skills of our students! Thank you to Zoe Menke, Aliva Harson, Maxx Wiltfang, Sofia Pacheco, Drue Behrends, Jillian Moore, Jackie Hernandez, Joleen Colbert, Jared Merkel and Thomas Smith for taking time out of your summer for others.

4 Forreston FFA members received their Illinois State FFA Degrees today! This is the highest award that an FFA member can earn in the state! Fun fact: less than 2% of Illinois FFA members earn this prestigious award!

Congratulations to Justin Myers for being recognized at the 98th Illinois FFA state convention as the American star Farmer candidate for the state of Illinois! We will wait to hear later this summer if he is one of the top four national finalist!

With our school and communities' help we were able to be the section 2 FFA Harvest for All winners! Harvest for all is a program put on by the Illinois Farm Bureau that encourages FFA chapters to focus on food insecurity in their homes and communities! Through multiple fundraisers, the Forreston FFA was able to donate funds to our local food pantry!

Emma Lenkaitis took part in the 98th Illinois FFA State convention by carrying the flag into the first general session! She received this honor by being named a gold chapter reporter and being an FFA in the USA reporter!

Congratulations to Makenna Jordison on an outstanding performance in the NWIL All-Star game tonight!

Softball camp today (Monday) is rescheduled for Friday due to the rain. Camp will run Tuesday-Friday this week.

Shout out to Forreston Fire Department for watering the baseball field for the sectionals today! The field looks great and so does some of Forreston's finest!

Boys arrived home! Congrats on 2nd and 3rd place finishes at state!

2nd Place in the 4x400!!! Another school record 3:22.91 Way to go Forreston/Polo Track!

Congrats to boys track state finish! 4x200 places 3rd at State! School record time of 1:28.83.Hayden Vinnedge, Jonathan Milnes, Mercer Mumford, Brody Schwartz. 4x400 to run later today! Keep it up Cardinals!

Wishing our FFA Trap Team best of luck at the state shoot today!

REGIONAL CHAMPS!! The Birds fly high with a 22-2 victory over the South Beloit Sobos. On to Sectionals!! Way to go Cards!!

Congratulations to Olivia Johnson, winner of the Newcomer of the Year Award.

Congratulations to our retirees. Cheers to your retirement. Thank you for all your hard work over the years—now go enjoy this next wonderful chapter.

Pictured left to right, Becky McCoy, Kelli Joy, Lucia Heitter.

Not pictured, Donna Strautz, Laura Hillman and Wendy Sager

Bree Schneiderman finished 7th in the 100m dash and 5th overall in state for both the 200m and 400m runs. Congrats and so proud of her!

A huge thank you to past graduate Dausyn Heslop and Heslop Excavating for the new rock around our greenhouse! You see rock around a greenhouse is more than just aesthetic… It helps with maintenance around the greenhouse, helps with weed pressure and bug pressure and keeping a distance between those and our greenhouse plants!