Just a reminder that the Farwell Area Schools are closing at Noon on Thursday, Oct 6 to allow staff and students to attend the Funeral of Jon Wixson.
Come support the Farwell Marching Band at the Clare Pioneer Marching Band Showcase tonight, October 4th! Our band performs at 8PM their football field. There will be 10 bands in total tonight sharing their fall marching shows! Come join the fun. The first band starts at 5:20 and the last band is Clare at 8:40. Every 20 minutes a new band struts their stuff!
Dear FAS Family, It is with heavy hearts that we pass along to our FAS Families that Jon Wixson has passed away. Jon was a bus driver, food service worker, and even sub for our custodial and maintenance departments. The Farwell Area Schools will be closing on Thursday, 12pm (Noon) to allow staff and students to pay their respects to the Wixson Family. Jon’s visitation will be on Wednesday, Oct 5 from 4 to 7 pm and Thursday, Oct 6 from 1-2 pm. Jon’s Funeral Service will be held on Thursday at 2 pm. Visitation and Services are being held at the Church of Nazarene, 10160 S. Grant Ave, Clare, MI 48617. Again, the Farwell Area Schools will be closing at Noon on Thursday, Oct. 5th Respectfully, Steve Scoville FAS Superintendent
And that’s another win for the Farwell Eagles Varsity Football team! 46 to 40! Nice job team!
At the end of the third quarter the score is tight tonight at the Farwell Eagles Football game!! The score is 38 to 28 with the Eagles up
Updated schedule for football this week:
JV game is moved to today, 9/28/22
In Farwell @ 6:30 vs All Saints
Varsity Game this Friday 9/30/22
In Farwell @ 7:00 vs Capac
Even the Farwell Administration office couldn't help but to join in on the festivities this week. Don't they look so fun sporting the school colors?!
A HUGE thank you to the Central Michigan Health Department. They have started a new program called REFRESH (Rural Engagement Facilitating Resources and Education for School Hygiene). Today, they donated literally thousands of products to our school district! Next month they will be bringing more things, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant and more. Thank you again CMHD!
Check out the Current Issue of THE TALON - The Farwell High School Newspaper! Fresh off the presses!
Go to the High School main page to find it!
Congratulations to the Farwell Football Team for their win 34-0 over Bloomingdale!
After several hard hits and 2 players from Bloomingdale being removed from the game due to injury the game was called with 8:00 min left in the 2nd quarter.
Defense was led by Avery Cotton and Kole Ingraham.
Offensively
Michael Nunn had 107 yds on 5 carries and 3 tds
James Segraves-Grant also had a rushing TD
Kole Ingraham had a receiving TD
Calvin Linton was 3/4 passing for 55 yds and a passing TD
Dear FAS Family,
This is a reminder that students do not have school on Friday, Sept 2 and Monday, September 5, 2022. Have a safe and fun weekend, and we will see you back on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
Thank You and Go Eagles!
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team on their 66-16 win over Wyoming Lee this past Friday! What a game!
Good Afternoon. This is the Farwell Area Schools with a multi message, regarding drop off, pick up, and allergy issues.
First, the doors to all three schools unlock at 7:45 am. We do not have student supervision in place prior to 7:45. Therefore, students are not permitted to enter the building prior to 7:45. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.
All three buildings have drop off areas. The Middle School Actually has two (the Main one is located on the corner of E. Michigan and Merill Street, and smaller one located in front of the Middle School Office at 500 Ohio St). The High Schools drop off is at 399 E. Michigan Street. Please do not drive near the buses or drop off student in the middle of the Main Parking lot located between the High School and Elementary School. In the South Middle School Parking lot please use the drop off lane, and avoid sending your students through vehicle traffic.
When using the afternoon pick up areas. Please pull forward when you can, making space for more cars to load. It really speeds up the process for all. Again, for the safety of all, we ask that you avoid having students enter into the parking area and or crossing in front of vehicles.
Second Issue. We have two separate allergy issues that we would like to again explain. The Elementary has a student who is severely allergic to peanuts. Even the smell of a peanut butter sandwich, can cause this student to go into anaphylactic shock. For this reason, we have declared that the Elementary is a Peanut Free environment. The high school has a staff member that is allergic to tree nuts (not peanuts). Tree Nuts include pine nuts and even coconut. Therefore, we have requested that the High School be a Tree Nut Free Zone. Your understanding and cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for keep every Eagle safe!
Congratulations to the Varsity VolleyBall Team for this year! They have had an amazing first week of practices and are gearing up for their first matches this Thursday night starting at 6PM at our home courts! Come show your support!
Farwell Marching Band had an amazing time last week at their annual Band Camp! So many hours spent getting to know each, learning how to become a team, learning their show and making lifelong memories! Many thanks to the students for representing Farwell with pride! Thanks to the Band Staff for teaching and thanks to the Band Boosters for all of your assistance!
2022-23 Food Service Survey. It is important that we get as many families as possible to fill out this Food Service Survey. Help make sure we get the right funding for your student! Find the letter and survey on the Food Services page - https://www.farwellschools.net/page/food-services
Summer Message
Good afternoon, Eagle Families!
Farwell staff have been preparing for the 2022/2023 school year, and here are a few things we want you to know before school starts:
First day of school for students will be Wednesday, August 24th. This is a full day of school.
We have a new website, www.farwellschools.net. Hopefully, you’ll find it brighter and easier to use, but you might have to spend a little time getting yourself familiar with everything. Everything that was on our old site has been transferred over to the new site, and we’ve put the most important information right up front for you. School supply lists, calendars, and open house dates can all be found on our website. If there’s something missing, let us know!
Secretaries will be returning to the offices during the week of August 15. Before then, the offices will be closed. If you need to enroll a new student, please stop in to the administration office to pick up an enrollment packet. Teacher letters will be mailed home in August, and you can always check your Skyward Family Access for information on your students’ schedules. As soon as the schedules are loaded into Skyward, they’ll be available for you - just keep checking your Family Access periodically for updates. If you don’t have Family Access, please contact the building secretary where your student attends and they can help you get set up. It’s easy and convenient!
If your student will be dropped off and picked up, please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our pickup/drop off areas, especially if you have a student in a new building this year. We want to keep traffic flowing, and keep our students safe. We’ve painted some new lines in the parking lots to make things easier.
We’re looking forward to a great school year, and we can’t wait to see all our staff and students in the buildings again. Enjoy the last few weeks of summer, school will be here before you know it!
Have you seen the Supply lists on the Middle School and Elementary School pages? Go to each individual schools main page then click on the school name under the menu!
Have you noticed the calendar of events on the new website? If you go to the main school webpage, click on the calendar icon in the menu and view by month it is super easy to see upcoming dates for the district! (You might have to hide the colorful Michigan Transparency options!)
We are currently hiring bus drivers! See the Job Postings page!
**ATTENTION STUDENTS AND PARENTS** If you have not turned in your school-issued chromebook, please bring to the school ASAP. We have to inventory and update them over the summer. They may be dropped off (with chargers!) at the administration office between 7am and 5pm Monday through Thursday.