Farmington Central CUSD #265

🎉 Congratulations to our latest Fuel Up Friday winners at Farmington Central CUSD #265: Faith Haley and Kaleb Plattenberger! 🎉

Before you make your way over for the state playoff football game, come watch some Farmington Central Jr. High Girls basketball as they take on Havana in the FCJHS gym. The game time has been moved to 9:00 AM!

Come watch our very talented 7th grade Fulton County Runner-up as well as the 8th grade Fulton County Champions play!

The local Canton Tau Chapter of the Lambda Chi Omega Philanthropic Sorority recently received award money to help purchase supplies for our Farmers! Life Skills I teacher Beau Foiles was able to get impactful learning games and other educational materials to assist with his classroom. A big THANK YOU goes out to this organization and their support of our students and staff!

🟠UNITY DAY! 🟠

⭐FCES⭐ did not let the weather stop us from celebrating UNITY DAY! Our Farmers proudly wore orange to support kindness, acceptance, and inclusion during this bullying prevention event.

Want to learn more about Bullying Prevention? Check out: https://www.pacer.org/bullying/

Congratulations to the 8th grade girls basketball team!! Tonight, at the Fulton County Tournament, they knocked off Canton by a score of 19-12 to bring home the Championship Trophy!

Best of luck to the 8th Grade Girls Basketball team as they play in the Fulton County Tournament Championship Game against Canton. Tonight's game will be at Spoon River Valley High School and it will start at 7:00 PM. Good luck Farmers!!!

Prior to the IHSA State Football Playoff game, on Saturday, November 1st, at 12:15 PM, we will be honoring Head Football Coach, Toby Vallas, on his 100th win at Farmington. We welcome you to the stadium to help us show our appreciation for reaching this significant career milestone!

🏈💜💛 Thank you so much to Farmington Pizza Company for your incredible support of the Farmington Farmer Football team all season long! 🍕 We truly appreciate you being a dedicated part of the purple and gold family! Go Farmers! 💜💛🏈

Farmington Central Jr. High School kicked off Red Ribbon Week with a little fun!

Yesterday morning, students started the day with a game of knockout in the gym to celebrate the start of Red Ribbon Week! Yesterday's theme was to dress up in RED!

We are proud to be RED-y to live drug-free at FCJHS!

Today is Hawaiian Day, Wednesday is Neon Day, Thursday is Mismatched Day, and Friday is Halloween Costumes with a $1.00 donation toward the IAJHSC State Service project: Camp Granda!

What a fantastic morning for FCES teachers! 🌟 They dove into the best math practices with some fun, interactive activities, guided by our talented Math Interventionist, Ms. Kemple. Not only does she bring expertise from her regular sessions at the ROE #17 Math Curriculum & Collaboration, but she also inspires creativity in math teaching!

Farmington Trap Team Finishes Strong!

The Farmington Trap Team placed 5th overall in conference competition out of 109 athletes — an outstanding performance by our student-athletes!

Individual Highlights:
Male Overall Conference:
• Finn Campbell – 6th Place

Female Overall Conference:
• Jayla Lekies – 12th Place
• Katie Capitani – 15th Place

25/50 Straight Club:
• Lee Kosowski
• Finn Campbell

Congratulations to all our shooters on a great season! Your hard work, focus, and dedication continue to make the Farmington community proud.

#FarmerPride #FarmingtonTrapTeam #FarmingtonAthletics #GoFarmers

Congratulations to the 8th grade girls basketball team. They won both their games on Saturday in the Fulton County Tournament and will now play for the championship on Wednesday. Way to go Farmers!

Tonight, the jr. high girls basketball team will be traveling to Princeville for games starting at 5:30 PM! Gold luck!

A big THANK YOU goes to Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Schultz, & Mrs. Kirk , PTO, & all of our PARENT VOLUNTEERS for making the Book Fair a HUGE success last week! We truly appreciate everyone's support of READING & FCES!

*Another THANK YOU goes out to our WONDERFUL PTO who supplied our teachers with food during Parent Teacher Conferences!

The Golden Wave Marching Band earned 1st place in class 2A of the Western Illinois Band Invitational yesterday! Congratulations!!

Congratulations to senior cross country runner, Dax Ulm! He has qualified for the IHSA cross country sectional race at Elmwood next Saturday! Good luck Dax!

The high school students had a great first quarter - meeting attendance, behavior and academic goals! They were treated to a "cookout" as a way for the staff to show their appreciation! We are so proud of our students and look forward to celebrating your success again in December. A big shout out to our Director of Food Services, Laken Slack, for going above and beyond to make this happen! What a great way to kick off a 3-day weekend!

Congratulations goes out to the 7th grade girls basketball team for their 2nd place finish in the Fulton County Tournament. Both the 7th and 8th grade teams are back in action tonight with home games against Wethersfield. Games begin at 5:00 PM.