FFA field trip to Fair Oaks Farm in Indiana Wednesday. Fair Oaks Farm is the home to 35,000 cows. Many of our FFA students were able to witness the live birth of a calf in the birthing room.
Driver’s ed students learning about rural driving and farm safety. Thanks to the Douglas County Farm Bureau-Young Leaders for coming out!
Mr. Reel & his Current Events Class @ the Illinois Supreme Court hearing today at the Krannert Center in Champaign.What a great opportunity!
Baseball and softball both drop their season openers to Monitcello today. Softball 9-4
Baseball 17-1
Congratulations to the following students for having their artwork accepted to the 9th annual Eric Show: Sara Hartman, Shelby Hall, Crystal Cabrera, Molly Dawson, Alexis Guajardo, Clayton Leach, Dahlyla Pena, and Quincy Miller.
The Eric Show will be on display until March 31st at the Illini Union Art Gallery.
AHS was lucky to have Gabe Watson talk to our students about his experience in Afghanistan.
Congratulations to Nick Vaughn for placing 5th at the State Tournament in the Three-point Showdown!
The HS Boys Banquet will be Saturday, March 17th at 5:00pm at the cafeteria. Please bring a dish to share!
Softball game is cancelled today due to wind chill. There will be practice after school.
Please come see the drama club spring play! The AHS Drama Club proudly presents "Check Please," a hilarious comedy about all the things that could possibly go wrong on a blind date.
Saturday, March 24 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Vandeveer help the 8th Grade students register for career crusing in preparation for the upcoming 8th grade career conference.
One last day in NYC - American Museum of Natural History, another walk through Central Park for one last group picture, a walk down 5th Avenue, and a stop at the bakery.
Thanks to Mrs. McGarvey’s son-in-law for providing us with free admission to the American Museum of Natural History!
American Museum of Natural History
Great time tonight at the Big Ten Tournament with the AFS kids. Exciting game!
A big shout out to the Libman Company of Arcola as sponsors at the Big Ten Tournament!
Woo-hoo! We have flights and a hotel for tonight, and a plan! Life is good!
Our plan: - Tonight we'll take the kids to dinner and then to the Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Gardens. - Tomorrow, Natural History Museum and Central Park. We'll head to the Newark airport tomorrow around 2:30pm after lunch. Then, fingers crossed, we're home tomorrow night in Arcola by 10:30-11pm. Whew! The kids have learned a lot this trip, just ask them!
Dinner at Carmines
Wall Street
Parent update #2,
I just got off the phone with Southwest Airlines. As of now, our flight is on time as scheduled.
To clarify the weather conditions we're looking at for NYC & Newark tomorrow:
- Precipitation 1-2", mainly rain
- Temps in the 30s and 40s
- Winds around 25mph with gusts 40-50mph
The precipitation forecast is not the issue; it's the wind gusts that might cause cancellations.
The Southwest agent suggested we wait until the morning and call back to see how the flights are looking. She did not seem to think cancellations were imminent. If the weather looks like it might lead to cancellations, we will try to get an earlier flight.
The main thing for you to know is that we are south of where the Nor'easter is going to cause the most problems, like in Boston.
I will update you in the morning. I am optimistic that we will be able to stick to our schedule.
Meanwhile, we are getting ready to head to dinner in Times Square at Carmine's (Italian, family style dining). The kids have mentioned more than once they are loving the food here!
- Miss Coombe