Congratulations to the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees! Carl Hudson, Jr. Paxton High School, Class of 1960 Carl Hudson Jr. is a member of the Paxton Community High School graduating class of 1960. After graduating high school, Carl went on to complete his Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy from Purdue University in 1965. Carl has since made significant contributions in his career and in the Paxton community. These accomplishments include owning Hudson Drug [...]
“You may not see the fruit of today’s work, but you have seeded a lifetime of knowledge.” -Anonymous You know how easy it is for me, a farmer’s wife of 46 years, to come up with analogies for planting seeds? VERY easy! But I will leave planting seeds in the ground to our farmers and ask you, instead, to help us plant seeds in our students’ minds. Seeds get planted when [...]
“Schools can’t become the best places for students to learn and grow unless we make them the best places for teachers to work and grow.” - Julie Hasson This quote resonated with me when I came across it the day after a board meeting. At that meeting, we voted to allocate $21,000 for staff grants that will be made available to PBL’s K-12 teachers. How many times have you had a great idea you hoped you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Eastern Star Scholarship Rebekah Watts Farmers-Merchants Bank of Illinois Scholarship Ephraim Johnson Virginia Graham Memorial Scholarship Isabella Martin
