2023 AFC Graduate, Andrea Buhrow, joined the "Off-Farm Income" podcast. "Learning and Growing in the Flower Business | FFA SAE Edition" aired this week.
Andrea shares about The Flower Patch and how her SAE project grew into not just a business but a passion. Proud of our graduates! #AFCFFA #RaiderWay #RaiderPride
Tune in to hear Andrea's interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-farm-income/id952577100?i=1000618584683
Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School has (4) openings for the 2023-2024 school year.
AFC FFA members attended the 95th Illinois State FFA Convention this week. FFA members Andrea Buhrow and Mallory Henert received their State Degrees. Lane Koning received the Bronze Chapter President award. The chapter was the Harvest for All section winner and also received Bronze for the National Chapter Award. #AFCFFA
Come out to the Area All-Star Game at SVCC this Thursday, June 15th. Carson Rueff, Jordan Harris, Lane Koning, and Kaleb Goldman will be representing AFC. AFC's Coach Mike Messer will be coaching our area team!
The All-Star game is put on by Shaw Media (Dixon Telegraph and Sterling Gazette). The boy's game begins at 7:00pm with a 3-point shoot out and dunk contest at halftime. Admissions is $5.
Let's pack the place with AFC Raider pride! 💛🖤
Please review the flyer below for a list of open positions at AFC Elementary School.
AFC Elementary & Jr/Sr High Schools have openings for Paraprofessionals. Visit the district website for information on certifications and how to apply.
Retirees, Debbie Hart, Traci Gittleson and Kim Toole (for a second go at retirement 😉) will be greatly missed. Over 90 years of experience, AFC is a better place because of educators like these.
Yard games, water balloons, and delicious Back Alley BBQ to end the year! Thank you student council for putting on the End of School Bash! Thank you Back Alley BBQ for coming out! Congrats on a great year, AFC students and staff! See you all August 16th!
7th graders enjoying their bowling field trip to celebrate a great year!
"Mrs. Penick, we shrunk (or blew up) the classroom!”
Seventh graders constructed scale models in math.
Congratulations to all of the 2023 softball award winners!
Captains: Andrea Buhrow & Greta Horner
Most Improved: Emma Maronde
Best Batting Avg., .406: Claire Freeman
Slugging %, .727: Alexis Schwarz
On Base %, .611: Alexis Schwarz
Most Coachable: Nadia Near
Most Runs: Reese Polk
Player of the Year: Alexis Schwarz
NUIC All-Conference 2nd Team: Alexis Schwarz & Claire Freeman
Way to persevere this season girls!
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Congratulations to the Baseball All-Conference Winners:
1st Team: Griffin Bushman, Jordan Harris, & Carson Rueff
2nd Team: Brock Lehman
Honorable Mention: Michael Cochrane & Aaron Lester
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Congratulations to the Varsity Baseball Award Winners!
Varsity Winners:
Speed: Carson Rueff
Contact: Griffin Bushman
Power: Brock Lehman
Fielding: Jordan Harris
Starting Pitching: Michael Cochrane
Relief Pitching: Caleb Thomas
Growth: Griffin Bushman
Raiders of the Year: Jordan Harris & Carson Rueff
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Congratulations to the 2023 JV Baseball award winners!
JV Winners:
Pitcher's Award: Chase Hayes-Near
Hitter's Award: Logan O'Brien
Fielder's Award: Ben Rockwood
#LiveLikeCal: Ryan Garcia
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The horticulture class grafted Whitney crabapple scions to rootstock in class. Big thanks to Adam Viall for helping the students practice their grafting techniques.
Please join us at the Elementary School on Tuesday, May 30th from 10:30 - 11:00 AM. Our 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade students will perform a few songs to show off some of things they have learned in music class. Second graders will be bucket drumming, third graders will play the recorder, and fourth graders will play the ukulele. The program will be held in the gymnasium. We hope to see you there!
NHS hosted a study night to prepare for finals today. Finals begin Friday! Thank you NHS for leading in this way.
We are proud of you, Zane! Way to represent AFC 💛🖤 If you would like more information on attending Thursday and Saturday's track meets to support Zane and his team, check out the IHSA website or contact the AFC office.
https://www.ihsa.org/Sports-Activities/Boys-Track-Field
Congratulations to Zane Murphy for qualifying for the IHSA State Track Meet. Zane is a part of the qualifying 4 x 400 Relay Team. His team will compete in the prelims on Thursday at Eastern Illinois University at approximately 2:30! If the team qualifies for finals, they will compete on Saturday. Awesome job Zane and good luck to you at the State Meet!
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NHS is hosting a study night in preparation for finals this Tuesday.
