CHANGE OF GAME SCHEDULE!!!!
The 6th, 7th, & 8th girls basketball games for tomorrow have been canceled.
The high school boys basketball games for tomorrow have been rescheduled for Friday, 2/17, with JV starting at 6:00 and Varsity to follow. Senior night festivities will take place immediately following the JV game.
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Congratulations to Cailin & Grace as they earned a spot on Sauk Valley Community College's President List. To earn a spot on the part-time president's list, students must complete 6+ college credit hours and earn a 3.75 GPA or higher. Cailin & Grace both completed Dual Credit college courses this past fall here at AFC and online through SVCC. We are proud of you both and your dedication to learning!
Raider of the Week 2/15/23: Congratulations to Alexis Schwarz for being named this week's Raider of the Week for Basketball. Alexis had 15 points and 11 rebounds in the Regional victory over Indian Creek on 2/11/23. Alexis is the daughter of Heather Settles.
We thank our sponsors AFC Athletic Boosters, Huddle Cafe & Mimini's Grocery Store, Ralphie & Lu Lu's, Rev on 38, Rooney's, and tmg designs for helping the Raider of the Week continue!
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The Raiders will host Indian Creek on Saturday at 1:00 in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Regionals. Being that it is an IHSA event, admission will be $5 a person. No passes are allowed.
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⭐️Congratulations to our Students of the Month⭐️
The Horticulture class has been working on food preservation by using the new freeze dryer. They have tested multiple products in the freeze dryer and then acted as quality control to taste them and see which products they liked. Salt water taffy, Skittles, and Jolly Ranchers were big hits. Fruit slice candy, Little Debbie cakes, and cheesecake sounded good but didn't work out too well. Apples and pears are in the next batch - we shall see how it goes!
The AFC Jr/Sr High School NHS students assisted students (Elementary, Junior High and High School) this week in making our community a little bit brighter. Students made and decorated Valentines for the residents at The Meadows in Franklin Grove. Pictured: AFC NHS Vice President, Carson Rueff as he dropped the Valentine messages off at The Meadows.
Tomorrow's (2/15) 7/8 grade girls basketball game against Kings begins at 4:30 rather than the usual 4:00.
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Officiating Opportunity!!!
We are looking for some new faces to join the ranks of volleyball officiating - a great opportunity for high school students, college students, former players, coaches, or anyone with an interest in being involved in sporting events. The IVVOA (Illinois Valley Volleyball Officiating Association) is offering a Level 1 and Level 2 Officials clinic with special emphasis on Beginners as well. The clinic will be held on Sunday, February 26th at Mendota High School, Mendota, IL from 12-4 pm. The clinic will satisfy the required IHSA 4-hour training. Cost is $25 for non-members, $20 for members and includes your association dues for the 2023-24 season. For individuals who are not already registered with the IHSA but would like to learn more, the cost is $10.
The IHSA will waive the first year fee of $70 to the IHSA for those brand new high school students age 16 and older.
We will be selling some equipment. Light refreshments will be served.
Any questions, please contact Patti Blumhorst at pblumhorst@yahoo.com or (815) 303-3178.
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Sign up by Friday for our $100 discount and to qualify for EF’s risk-free enrollment period for our 2025 trip to Ireland! Don’t miss out!
Visit my info page here: www.eftours.com/2614363je to enroll.
As a reminder, once you enroll with your $95 deposit, you will have access to your individual fundraising page and be able to apply for EF’s Global Citizen Scholarship.
Change in Time!!
Tomorrow's JV boys basketball game at Fulton will now start at 6:00 rather than at 5:30. The Varsity will follow the JV.
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Three AFC FFA members attended the Illinois Meats Judging Series at Eickman's today. Allie Prior and Austin Waters placed 6th in the High School Division for Section 2 FFA. Kate Viall was top individual in the Section 2 FFA Middle school division and took home a banner for 2nd overall individual in the Junior Division of the judging series. In the contest, members identify different retail cuts of beef, pork, and lamb, quality and yield grade carcasses and place classes. #AFCFFA
Anatomy students dissecting a cow eye.
Biology students studying fermentation.
Round 2 of the Stateline Quiz Bowl is airing this weekend! Tune in to see AFC compete against Belvidere. Team members included: Colin, Ethan, Zayne, Ayden, Lauren, and Loki. The episode can be watched Saturday at 6:30 PM on WTVO 17, Sunday at 8:30 AM on MyNetwork, and approximately 11:10 PM on Fox 39 (later than usual because of the Super Bowl).
Spots are filling up fast for the 2025 Ireland trip! Contact Mrs. Viall kviall@afcschools.net if you would like to enroll. #AFCFFA
Registration for high school softball and baseball is now open on the AFC website. If your high school daughter or son plans on participating in softball or baseball this spring, please visit afcschools.net, athletics, registration. This will not work on a phone. It has to be done on a computer.
Also, this is not for summer softball and baseball for the younger students. Those registration sheets are available in both school offices.
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Gittleson at tgittleson@afcschools.net
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Just a reminder that the Varsity Girls Basketball team will be hosting Indian Creek tomorrow at 1:00 in a quarterfinal regional game. Being that it is an IHSA postseason event, there will be a $5 admission charge per person and passes will not be allowed. Hope to see a great crowd to see our Lady Raiders in postseason action!
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If you want to see an amazing group of kids, you are looking right at them! These FFA members made AFC proud by representing at the Section 2 Proficiency Judging. Fourteen FFA members in 19 different areas competed with their recordbooks at Stillman Valley High School. Of these members, 7 won their areas and will moving on to Districts in March!
Zayne Becker Vet Science
Andrea Buhrow Section 2 Star in Agribusiness Moving on the Districts
Andrea Buhrow Ag Processing 1st:Moving on to Districts
Andrea Buhrow Specialty Crop 1st
Brooke Burger Beef Production - Entrepreneurship
Jack Delhotal Turf Grass Management 1st :Moving on to Districts
Audree Dorn Ag Sales - Placement
Mallory Henert Food Science
Lane Koning Ag Mechanics - Design & Fabrication 1st:Moving on to Districts
Abby Milligan Equine Science - Entrepreneurship
Zane Murphy Ag Mechanics - Repair & Maintenance 1st:Moving on to Districts
Logan O'Brien Swine Production - Placement 1st:Moving on to Districts
Ian Untz Beef Production - Placement
Ian Untz Diversified Ag
Ian Untz Diversified Crop
Ian Untz FIber/Oil Crop
Ian Untz Grain Production
Kate Viall Section 2 Star Discovery- Placement Moving on to Districts
Jacob Warrenfeltz Small Animal Care & Production
Cameryn Winterland Safety 1st:Moving on to Districts
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Attention AFCES Families! We have a handful of friendly reminders we would like to share with you.
If you have an incoming Kindergarten student, please return the Kindergarten packet that was sent to you to Mrs. Pitzer in the AFCES main office by on or before February 20th. If you have not yet received a Kindergarten packet and have a student who will be entering Kindergarten during the 2023-2024 school year, please contact Mrs. Pitzer so she can get that mailed out to you.
Baseball/Softball forms are due to the office by March 17th.
There is a menu change for Friday, February 10th. Instead of cheese beef quesadilla, we will be serving cheese quesadillas.