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Prairieland CEO Update

Prairieland CEO is an entrepreneur education program offered to students in 3 area school districts, including PBL Community School District #10. The program is supported by numerous Central Illinois businesses and organizations, of which PBL Education Foundation is a supporter. Throughout the year students, led by the program facilitator, learn various parts of creating, owning and running their own business. The program offers a CEO Trade Show at the conclusion [...]

2023-10-27T10:26:45-05:00October 27th, 2023|Updates|Comments Off on Prairieland CEO Update

Carl Hudson – Many Thanks!

Carl Hudson, a founding member of the PBL Education Foundation and past president has resigned after 26 years with our organization. Carl has been instrumental in the success of the foundation and has held many offices and roles throughout his tenure. One of his most impressive roles has been as co-chair of the Endowment Fund. With his joint efforts the value of the fund is currently over $724,000. His ability [...]

2023-10-27T10:17:48-05:00October 27th, 2023|Updates|Comments Off on Carl Hudson – Many Thanks!

Creating Lifelong Readers

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” George R.R. Martin The PBL Education Foundation believes that reading is the building block for all subject areas. In order to instill a love of reading, students need the opportunity to read. Our libraries do a great job of supplying a variety of reading materials for our students, but the [...]

2023-11-04T19:52:59-05:00October 27th, 2023|Book Fairs, Updates|Comments Off on Creating Lifelong Readers

2023 Hall of Fame Inductees, Beverly J. Brown, Cliff Hastings, Mark Frichtl

The Foundation is proud to partner with the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Hall of Fame. The first class of distinguished members was inducted into The PBL Hall of Fame in 2014. Since the very beginning, The Foundation has provided financial support for this worthy program that recognizes outstanding achievements of our alumni. This recognition serves the dual purpose of spotlighting the member’s contribution to society while also serving as role models for today’s students. Alumni who [...]

2023-10-27T09:57:17-05:00October 27th, 2023|Hall of Fame|Comments Off on 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees, Beverly J. Brown, Cliff Hastings, Mark Frichtl

2022-23 Annual IMPACT Report

Last year was an exciting time for our schools and our communities as we were front and center on the national scene. A 19 yr. old PBL alumni, Gina Miles, won the championship of a nationally televised singing competition, The Voice. Then a couple months later, another PBL Alumni (2003) and 7th grade math teacher, Collette Lee, was a contestant on the nationally televised game show, Jeopardy! So many different clichés [...]

2023-10-27T09:48:38-05:00October 27th, 2023|Annual Report, Updates|Comments Off on 2022-23 Annual IMPACT Report

2022 Hall of Fame Inductees, Mike Biehl & Gary E Swanson

The Foundation is proud to partner with the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Hall of Fame. The first class of distinguished members was inducted into The PBL Hall of Fame in 2014. Since the very beginning, The Foundation has provided financial support for this worthy program that recognizes outstanding achievements of our alumni. This recognition serves the dual purpose of spotlighting the member’s contribution to society while also serving as role models for today’s students. Alumni who [...]

2023-08-25T12:48:41-05:00August 25th, 2023|Hall of Fame|Comments Off on 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees, Mike Biehl & Gary E Swanson

2023 Spring Update

The PBL Education Foundation has partnered with the school district to bring you this Spring update. For over 25 years we have been working together to enhance students’ academic growth with opportunities, experiences, and challenges. Good things are happening within our schools! Read more at Spring Update 2023 and Additional Updates

2023-04-12T21:00:54-05:00April 12th, 2023|Updates|Comments Off on 2023 Spring Update

2022 Annual Campaign

We will keep this short by letting these pictures, as well as those included in the annual impact report, speak for us. There is no doubt about it - we are making a positive impact in our students’ academic lives. We are making sure all students have MORE choices, MORE programs, MORE books, MORE tools. Jr. High students are exposed to medicine, robotics, and space through the innovative Project Lead [...]

2022-11-07T20:50:37-06:00November 7th, 2022|Annual Campaign|Comments Off on 2022 Annual Campaign
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