Tonight, the Max Wenzel Trust Community Event will be kicking off at 6pm at the Forreston Junior Senior High School. All Juniors & Seniors along with their parents are invited. Representatives from Eastern Illinois University, Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Illinois Springfield and Western Illinois University will be here to discuss and provide information on their universities.
The event will also include an overview of the Max Wenzel Scholarship and fun prizes as we unwrap this amazing gift.
We will see you tonight.
https://www.fvdistrict221.org/o/fvcusd/page/max-wenzel-educational-scholarship
The event will also include an overview of the Max Wenzel Scholarship and fun prizes as we unwrap this amazing gift.
We will see you tonight.
https://www.fvdistrict221.org/o/fvcusd/page/max-wenzel-educational-scholarship
Little Cardinals Preschool students worked on writing their names with shaving cream!
Rainy day? No problem! Our 5th graders made indoor recess a total win with games, hoops, chess, and creativity.
Great start to the Season!
Lady Cards kickoff their season tonight against South Beloit at Home!
Come out and cheer them on!!!
Varsity at 5:30 with a JV scrimmage after.
GO BIRDS!!!
More about the Lady Cardinals can be found HERE!!!
The kindergarteners had fun making turkeys for the upcoming holiday!
Seniors in Consumer Ed spoke with Matt from State Farm about all things insurance. They even had a surprise visit from Jake!
First grade is learning about synonyms and antonyms with a fun coloring worksheet.
The Forreston Girls Basketball store is now open at the link below. It closes on November 23rd.
https://forrestongirlsbball2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
https://forrestongirlsbball2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Congrats to our October Students of Month winners!
6th grade = Kate Byers
7th grade = Isabella Baal
8th grade = Owen Ingersoll
Freshman = Joseph Haller
Sophomore = Lucy Bawinkel
Junior = Drue Behrends
Senior = Collin Bismark
Congratulations to Makenna Jordison and Drue Behrends for being named to one of the NUIC All-Conference teams! Makenna was chosen as a 2nd Team All-conference selection and Drue made honorable mention. Great job this season ladies!
8th graders in each US History class participated in Socratic Seminars today where they held a dialogue discussion for over 30 minutes about whether Civil War statues and monuments should be removed. They discussed their own opinions, made connections to historical events & people, and above all kept an open mind throughout. Well done 8th graders!!!
Reminder: Juniors & Seniors along with their parents are invited to the Max Wenzel Trust Community Event Nov 19th at 6:00 pm at FJSHS.
FJSHS welcomed our veterans this morning for the annual Veterans Day breakfast! Students ranging from 6th grade to Juniors addressed the veterans giving them thanks, a slideshow recognizing our veterans from the community, and the band playing the songs of each branch of our armed forces. Great job by our social studies department and our students for showing the respect these veterans very much deserve. On behalf of FJSHS, thank you to all who have served and helped keep this great country safe.
Today our FFA test plot committee was OUTSTANDING in their Field! Literally! Today was our test plot harvest day. Students learned about harvesting, collecting data and running our plot like a true science experiment. Thank you to everyone involved! Come to the plot dinner on Monday, November 17, 2025 for full test results!
Kindergarten has been learning about our five senses this week! In Miss Hicks' class we used every sense:
- Touch 🤲
- Taste 👅
- Smell👃
- Hear👂
- See 👀
We used our senses to investigate a pickle🥒!
Some friends already knew they liked pickles, some found out they liked pickles, and others found out they might not eat a pickle again. Whatever the outcome is, it's always fun to try something new!
Eighth graders dressed up as Greasers and Socs to "rumble". Classes outlined each of the "gangs" characteristics and compared them to each other only to end up realizing they all watched the same sunset🌅✨
Math battles in Mrs. Korf's class today!
Advanced animal science finally got to do their pregnant uterus dissection today, which ends their reproductive unit!
Forreston Grade School practiced our Alice Drill yesterday morning. The first grade classes all barricaded ourselves in our classrooms. The children did a great job staying quiet and following our directions!