Fisher CUSD #1

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Gage Harseim

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS:
Making sectionals as a team for golf.

ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED IN:
Golf - 4 years
Baseball - 4 years
Basketball - 1 year
Polar Plunge
FFA

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
Plan on attending MTI to be an electrician

SENIOR QUOTE:
“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” — Qui-Gon Jinn, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Congratulations Gage - we wish you the best in your future endeavors!

Fisher High School Civics students travelled to Springfield to hear two cases argued before the Illinois Supreme Court today.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Cole Lawrence

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS:
Ag Math senior year

ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED IN:
Track 2021 and 2022
FFA 2022-2026
Class Treasurer 2025-2026

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
Work. Go full-time with Darren Bailey/Aaron Del Mar campaign for governor

SENIOR QUOTE:
“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” — unattributed proverb

Congratulations Cole- we wish you the best in your future endeavors!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Cayden Wallen

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS:
Getting dragged to a pick a nick table outside to eat with new friends.

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
Cop

SENIOR QUOTE:
“Whatever burden you endure, let the past be. Press on! For every moment is precious.” — Shovel Knight, Indie Cross Episode 2

Congratulations Cayden - we wish you the best in your future endeavors!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Addisyn Hilligoss

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS:
Track meets, especially the long days with the team and everything that came with them.

ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED IN:
Cheer — 2025
Student Council — 2023–2026
Track and Field — 2022–2026
National Honor Society — 2024–2026

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
I plan to attend the University of Illinois and major in Biology.

SENIOR QUOTE:
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn

Congratulations Addisyn - we wish you the best in your future endeavors!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Connor Vestal

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS:
My best memory at Fisher is playing on a Nintendo Switch on the smart board in 1st Hour AP Chemistry for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year after the AP test.

ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED IN:
Scholastic Bowl
Academic Challenge
FCA
NHS
Bunnie Buddies
Polar Plunge

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
I'm going to college at Parkland and UIUC through the Parkland Pathways program.

SENIOR QUOTE:
“I am not what I ought to be, not what I want to be, not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.”
- John Newton

Congratulations Connor - we wish you the best in your future endeavors!

Our 5th grade Band & Chorus students put on an amazing Pops Concert this past Thursday evening! Congratulations to them on a great performance. A special thanks to our choir specials guests -- 4th grade!

Fisher Junior Senior High School would like to extend a huge thank you to these amazing businesses! Their generous donations helped make our staff appreciation week even more special.

We're so proud of Lanie & Malvina for completing all the learning tracks in Rocket Math! Way to go girls 💥🚀

Congratulations to Olivia who is our newest member of our Millionaire's Club! She's read over 1,00,000 words this school year 📚💰

We had two students become Keyboard Conquerors this past month. Congratulations to Taren & Kameron for completing 1,000 lessons in our typing program! ⌨️🏆

We're so excited to celebrate our amazing teachers at FGS this week! Thanks for all that you do! 🧡🖤🐰

This past weekend the Fisher Band and Choir took a trip to Six Flags to perform and enjoy the park! Way to represent Fisher Schools!

Happy Principal Appreciation Day, Mr. Bajer and Mr. Palmer! 🎉

Thank you for your leadership, dedication, and the positive impact you make each day. Our school is stronger because of you! 🧡🖤 #PrincipalAppreciationDay

Happy Lunch Hero Day!

Thank you to Mr. Anderson and Ms. Bratten for serving more than meals, you bring smiles and care to our students every day! We’re also celebrating Mrs. Larkin, who couldn’t be in the picture but is just as appreciated.

Mrs. Holmes' class had Pancakes with the Principal this morning to celebrate being the top fundraising class for our Bunnie Hop! Congratulations, KH! 🥞😋

Congratulations to Miss Brown who was recognized as Mix 94.5's Teacher of the Month! Miss Brown and her students celebrated yesterday when they were presented with the award!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
Brieanna (Alex) Elwood

FAVORITE MEMORY AT FHS: 

Any of the fun things with scholastic bowl like our team dinners and end of the year party.

ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED IN:
Choir
FFA
Track
Scholastic Bowl
D&D Club
Science Club

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
I'm going to the University of Illinois for Special Education

SENIOR QUOTE: 

“IF YOU'VE [[Lost Control Of Your Life]] / THEN YOU JUST GOTTA GRAB IT BY THE [[Silly Strings]]” — Spamton G. Spamton, Deltarune Chapter 2

Congratulations Alex - we wish you the best in your future endeavors!