Here are the submissions for this year’s Vans Custom Culture shoe design competition. Fort Calhoun is one of 3,000 schools from all across the country participating in this year’s event. The photos were taken by junior art student Anna Polesky. The video was created by senior art student Jessica Gravert. The schools making it into the next round will be notified by April 21st. Congratulations to all contributing art students.
Eleven high school art students earned awards in this years Audubon Society of Omaha annual art contest. Pictured here in the first picture (L to R) are Fox Woksa, Stephanie Mlynarik, and Shelby Altstadt. And, Nicole Swanson is featured in the second picture. Not pictured are Nicolas Johnson, Caitlin Weeks, Jessica Gravert, Courtney Baxter, Dilara Onigkeit, Taylor Marshall, and Avery McKennan. Congratulations to all the participants, and those who received awards.
Congratulations to Harrison Schmitt for winning 1st place in the annual grades 6-8 Audio Contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Educational Technology Association. Harrison will be honored at the spring NETA Conference April 20th and 21st at the CenturyLink Center.
NETA is a grassroots organization open to everyone interested in sharing information about using technology in the educational process. It exists for the purpose of providing leadership and promoting the application of technology to the educational process. Its span of interest includes all levels and aspects of education. NETA has over 4,000 members. To find out more about the NETA contest, go to the web site at http://netasite.org
This year, the Elementary school PE students did a fundraiser for Hoops for Heart. Hoops for
Heart is a fun event where kids can play basketball, learn about their heart and how to stay
healthy, while raising money for the American Heart Association. Furthermore, throughout the
course of two weeks, the students learned and practiced different basketball skills; including,
dribbling, shooting, passing, man-to-man and zone defense. In the end the Elementary students
raised $5,140 for Hoops for Heart. Tilden Nottleman collected the most donations with a total of $500. Great job to everyone that participated!
Sixth graders dissected Rainbow Trout as part of the Trout in the Classroom project through Nebraska Games and Parks. Students explored the external and internal anatomy of the fish to better understand their structure and adaptations. The project started before the fish eggs arrived in January and has included research writing, communicating with schools across the country in a quilt square exchange, and will culminate with a field trip to release the fingerings raised in the classroom tank.
On Friday March 24th, High School Art students spent the day observing and learning about art. They visited the Omaha Public Schools TAC building to observe over 1,200 works of art on display for the Scholastic State Art Exhibition. They also visited the Joslyn Art Museum and participated in both a self-guided tour, and docent led tour. Students are pictured in front of a glass blown sculpture titled “Inside & Out” by living artist Dale Chihuly.
Congratulations to our 2017 Prom Royalty. Prince and Princess Jamie and Hannah Warner and King and Queen Christopher Hansen and Hanna Lazure.
Thank you Jim Shields for the photograph. http://fcfan.zenfolio.com/
Congratulations to our 2017 NCC Honor Band members including Sarah Johnson, Avery McKennan, Dalton Ashby, Justin Drowne, Christopher Lopez, Ben Bonacci, Montana Cotttle, Colton Folkers, Tessa Dethlefs, Ian Edie, Travis Fitzgerald, Amanda Hansen, Nick Deyen, Keagan Hunter and Elizabeth Pace. Honor Band was held on March 6th at Ashland-Greenwood High School. The concert included a quartet of Tessa, Elizabeth, Ian, and Travis playing Sinfonia No. 3 by Bach.
On Tuesday, Fort Calhoun Junior and Senior High Schools were honored to get a concert from U.S. AirForce’s Heartland of America Band. Teachers and students alike were thrilled with the performance. Many came in not knowing what to expect and were surprise that it was a rock band. It was a fun break in the day.
