Buckeye Friends School

Buckeye Friends School Helping our students & their families cultivate the confidence & skills needed for this world.

What a show! The play was a hit, and we couldnโ€™t have done it without our amazing audience. Thanks for showing up and ch...
04/19/2025

What a show! The play was a hit, and we couldnโ€™t have done it without our amazing audience. Thanks for showing up and cheering us on!

๐ŸŽญ Weโ€™re busy rehearsing for our upcoming play, The Unteachables, hitting the stage THIS Friday, 4/18 at 6:00 pm here at ...
04/17/2025

๐ŸŽญ Weโ€™re busy rehearsing for our upcoming play, The Unteachables, hitting the stage THIS Friday, 4/18 at 6:00 pm here at Buckeye Friends School!

This fun and heartwarming story follows a group of wild kids and their soon-to-retire teacherโ€”you wonโ€™t want to miss it!

Bring your friends and familyโ€”everyone is welcome. We canโ€™t wait to see you there!

We have had a great and exciting start to 2025!Our students have been working hard on their projects for Expo, which is ...
01/29/2025

We have had a great and exciting start to 2025!

Our students have been working hard on their projects for Expo, which is February 5th (stay tuned to see their final projects). Our theme is Culinary Cultures. We have been learning so much about the Amazon Rainforest, Thailand, Japan, China, and even the United States!

This week, we also visited our friends at Willowbrook Memory Care facility. Our students read to the residents. Fun for all!

Snow much fun! โ„๏ธ Our students and staff made the most of the winter wonderland last weekโ€”laughter, snowballs, and memor...
01/15/2025

Snow much fun! โ„๏ธ Our students and staff made the most of the winter wonderland last weekโ€”laughter, snowballs, and memories in the making!

Itโ€™s been a jolly whirlwind over here at BFS!Weโ€™ve had so much fun getting into the holiday spiritโ€”decorating our Christ...
12/10/2024

Itโ€™s been a jolly whirlwind over here at BFS!

Weโ€™ve had so much fun getting into the holiday spiritโ€”decorating our Christmas tree, knocking down pins at the bowling alley, and creating heartfelt cards for one of our amazing friends and students. โค๏ธ

This season is all about joy, and weโ€™re definitely feeling it! ๐ŸŽโ„๏ธ

Carrie challenged Erika's pod to go online and find the menu for Homewood Grill in Effingham. She said if they could fin...
09/09/2024

Carrie challenged Erika's pod to go online and find the menu for Homewood Grill in Effingham. She said if they could find something to order that was under $5, they could write out their order including the price, and she would take them to Homewood Grill for a treat. They managed to find yummy things to order that were just under $5...$4.80! So, off they went. They each ordered and enjoyed their chosen treat.

Once back at the school, Erikaโ€™s pod took the time to make thank you cards for Carrie.

Erikaโ€™s dog, Charles Barkley, joined us on Friday. The kids absolutely adored him and he loved all of the attention! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š
09/07/2024

Erikaโ€™s dog, Charles Barkley, joined us on Friday. The kids absolutely adored him and he loved all of the attention! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š

Buckeye Friends School is off and running! โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“šOur theme this fall is Fast Food. The kids helped to create our Fast Food ...
08/20/2024

Buckeye Friends School is off and running! โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“š

Our theme this fall is Fast Food. The kids helped to create our Fast Food banner. Our new director, Brock Paul, leads morning circle each day. As always, we kicked off the year with a yummy family potluck.

Buckeye colearners are hard at work today participating in a project based learning workshop presented by Christy Dietze...
08/12/2024

Buckeye colearners are hard at work today participating in a project based learning workshop presented by Christy Dietzen and Carrie Huff. We are excited about this school year! ๐Ÿ“šโœ๏ธ

A big โ€œthank youโ€ to everyone who came out last night to enjoy some incredible live music! We hope you had as much fun a...
08/12/2024

A big โ€œthank youโ€ to everyone who came out last night to enjoy some incredible live music! We hope you had as much fun as we did!

Our team had the privilege to have brunch with the Burney Sisters before the show ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’š๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐‘บ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š!Weโ€™re excited to invite you to a fun-filled day at ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ...
08/09/2024

๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’š๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐‘บ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š!

Weโ€™re excited to invite you to a fun-filled day at ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿณ ๐—ฝ๐—บ! Enjoy live music from the amazing Burney Sisters, along with refreshments, a meet-and-greet, and a chance to grab some Burney Sisters merchandise. Our Buckeye Team will also have a booth with information about Buckeye Friends School and some exciting updates on what our students will be up to this upcoming school year!

Weโ€™re looking for volunteers to help make this event extra special. If you can bake cookies, and provide water bottles, popcorn, or any other baked goods, weโ€™d love your support! Financial donations are also appreciated and will go directly toward the cause. If anyone has extra coolers we could borrow, that would be a big help too. Please reach out if youโ€™re interested in volunteering!

A special thank you to Bill Poss and Poss Music Works for organizing this event and for their ongoing support of live music for all ages in our community.

A little background on the Burney Sisters:
The Burney Sisters consist of a sister duo, Emma (16) and Bella (14).
Emma has established herself as not only a vocal powerhouse but highly skilled with multiple instruments. Her first love was the guitar, but it was followed quickly by bass, fiddle, cello, piano, banjo, and basically anything she could get her hands on.
Bella, the youngest of the songwriting duo, adds not only her vocal talents, but also rounds out the girls' harmonic sound and rhythm on bass, as well as piano, guitar, and Cajon.
The Burney Sisters recently signed a recording contract and moved south.

To learn a little more about the Burney Sisters and to check out a few of their great songs, here is a link to their website -> https://theburneysisters.com/home

We hope to see some familiar faces on Sunday! For those who canโ€™t make it, we look forward to seeing you at our parentsโ€™ meeting and potluck next Sunday, August 18th from 4-6 pm!

More BFS Summer Program Highlights!We had a great time visiting the St. Louis Aquarium ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿชผand celebrating Shark Week by m...
08/06/2024

More BFS Summer Program Highlights!
We had a great time visiting the St. Louis Aquarium ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿชผand celebrating Shark Week by making shark cups! ๐Ÿฆˆ

Keep in mind, our 2025 summer program spots are expected to fill up fast. Reach out to us today to learn more and reserve your spot!

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10110 IL-33
Effingham, IL
62401

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Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

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+12177085168

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What is BFS?

Buckeye Friends School is an innovative, self-directed, project-based, experiential learning community committed to teaching our seeds the life skills needed to thrive in every circumstance. We prioritize vulnerability and wholehearted living while honoring the needs of the whole child; body, mind and soul. At Buckeye we empower our kids with freedom to craft their own stories, define and measure their own success while teaching them that their choices will change the world. We know that true innovation and successful problem solving can only happen when kids have the courage to fail. Buckeye celebrates the journey to solutions by teaching our kids that the most valuable answer is not always the correct answer; at Buckeye F stands for find another way.

Buckeye Friends teaches kids how to live. We are a hybrid homeschool school offering a modern, challenging, learner centric curriculum shared in mixed age pods. Along with a strong STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) and literacy foundation, Buckeye kids enjoy a living classroom with daily access to a forest, stream, pond, farm animals, composting, growing, music, cooking, sculpting, coding, Spanish, French and much, much more.