First grade enjoyed their Valentine's Day parties with fun games and snacks.

Last presentations: making strawberry lemonade and an origami tutorial for all.

More "How-to" essay presentations. Fantastic job sixth graders!

Sixth grade students had fun presenting their "How-to" essays in class.

Congratulations Emma Lenkaitis for being named the Section 2 Star Farmer!

Senior Spotlight - Emma Hundertmark

1. What do you look forward to the most during your senior year?
I look forward to going to sporting events and spending some of my last times in high school
with my friends.

2. What activities/athletics are you involved with at FHS?
I am involved in basketball, softball, National Honor Society, Servant Leadership, student council, and I am also a football manager.

3. What are your post-Forreston plans?
I plan to attend a four-year university to major in nursing on the pre-med track.

4. What advice would you give an incoming freshman?
Spend every moment like it's your last and go to all the events you can. You will regret it later when you realize you only have a few left, and you will always remember the memories you made.

Make sure to get your orders in for yummy FFA strawberries!!!!

Congratulations to our FJSHS January Students of the Month. 6th Grade – Liam Gallagher 7th Grade – Giselle Marinez-Santos 8th Grade – Tylar Groth Freshman – Adalyn Bocker Sophomore – Brynn Gill Junior- Alivia Harson Senior- Gavin Fox

Third graders had fun learning about fractions while playing with Play-Doh!

Last week, 15 FFA members went to the Section 2 Proficiencies to compete with their record books! Out of the 15, we have 8 members moving on to the district level! We are so proud of each of our members who put in the work to compete. Congratulations to the following members for winning in their respective categories: Cadan Hoffman- SOE Human and Public Services Kyla Lamm- Sheep Production Hunter Miller- Food Service Levi Bocker- Grain Production Zak Glick- Safety Cylee Kirchner- Beef Production Placement Emma Lenkaitis- Dairy Entrepreneurship Charlie Lindquist- Beef Production Entrepreneurship

Name: Kayden Loomis

1. What do you look forward to the most during your senior year?
My last homecoming

2. What activities/athletics are you involved with at FHS?
Football

3. What are your post-Forreston plans?
I want to attend college and get my doctorate and also play football for whatever university I attend.

4. What advice would you give an incoming freshman?
Take it all in the next 4 years; it goes by quickly.

Forreston hosted the OCEC All-Stars and the Hoopsters of Krieger in yet another memorable game Friday, February 6th! Thank you to all our friends at OCEC.

2026 CLASS 1A IHSA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL REGIONAL @ FULTON

Bracket and Schedule

On Friday 2/6/26 our FFA Horse Judging team placed 4th in the state in non-reasons horse judging!!!! To top that our very own Adalyn Bocker tied for 1st and after a tie breaker placed 2nd at the STATE contest!!!! This team did a great job and they have so many more years ahead of them!

Students in Consumer Ed and Ag Business met with Becky and Amanda from Solutions Bank to talk about how to spot fraud. Thanks for coming to help us learn!

Kindergarten has been hard at work learning all about addition. We have been using number bonds to help us write our addition sentences.

The first grade classes made cards and pictures for the bus drivers to celebrate Bus Driver Appreciation week.

Learning through play in 5th grade! 🕹️🌙 From managing money with decimals in The Game of Life, to writing hilarious captions, to exploring moon phases with Oreos—National Play Day was full of fun and meaningful learning!

Tonight, we honored our 2026 Illinois State Scholars at the high school basketball game versus Orangeville. Congratulations on this prestigious honor!