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Our embryology unit started April 18th and ended up with 8 chicks hatching on May 9th and 10th. The students learn about the different ways eggs are used. They learn about the different parts of the egg and how the chick develops. We candle the eggs and make sure we keep our incubator at 100 degrees and keep the humidity up. Jovi Greiner stated “my favorite part was getting to see the eggs hatch after all of our hard work in taking care of them.”

400m Relay-Jordan Schaefer, Hannah Warner, Hanna Lazure, and Skylar Wear, 2nd Place

Sixth grade wrapped up their Trout in the Classroom project through Nebraska Game and Parks with a field trip to the Aksarben Aquarium on May 12th. We fished, attended a presentation about Nebraska frogs, explored the education center, and hiked through the hills. The day ended with the release of over 40 rainbow trout fingerlings that we raised from the 160 eggs we received in January.

The first graders went to the Children’s Museum April 28th.  They enjoyed all the museum has to offer including face painting, the balls, the grocery store, kitchen, mazes, slides, and science experiments!  After the museum we headed to the Pedestrian Bridge.  We ate lunch there and then were able to walk across the bridge.  The kids loved seeing the views.  We even got to be in two places at once (Iowa and Nebraska) by straddling the state line on the bridge.  Even though it was a chilly day we still had a blast outside.

Each judge at District Music Contest can select ONE performance they listened to throughout the entire contest in all classes to receive an OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD from the NSAA.  With three judges there were three awards given this year, and for the second year in a row, Fort Calhoun won two of the three awards.  Congratulations to Tessa Dethlefs and Ben Bonacci on receiving these honors for their solo performances.

Thank you to the Fort Calhoun American Legion Auxiliary for the donation to our school libraries. They donated the book “The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans” by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh to the Elementary library and the publication titled “Indivisible, The Story of our Flag” to the High School Library.

On Wednesday April 20th twelve students participated in a conference wide art exhibit hosted by Arlington High School. The students had an opportunity to create a work of art inspired by Bellevue artist Bart Vargas who has named his sculptures bottleballs, which are made primarily from discarded plastic bottles. The idea behind the sculptures is to bring awareness to the amount of waste our society produces. The twelve students that participated entered a total of forty-seven works of art into the competition. Forty of those pieces earned awards. Skylar Wear earned the award for Outstanding Artist from Fort Cahoun, which was voted on by all conference students who participated in the event. Arlington High School is hoping to make this an annual event.

Fort Calhoun Elementary School held a 7 week March Madness contest, a reading incentive program, designed to encourage kids to read at home. Preschool through grade 2 competed against each other, and grades 3 through 6 went head-to-head, so they had 2 winning classrooms: Mrs. Clausen’s kindergartners and Mrs. Leishman’s 3rd graders. The prize was a catered lunch of Godfather’s pizza and time with Creighton players. Zach Hanson and Malik Albert were great sports. They played ball with the kids, signed autographs, and posed for pictures.

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