The 6th Grader’s from Fort Calhoun Elementary school, led by their music teacher Samantha Bryan, sang Christmas carols for the residents at Autumn Pointe Assisted Living Community. The students did a great job and the residents enjoyed hearing some Christmas classics.
Fort Calhoun Elementary Student Council Members sent care packages to troops overseas. The packages included snacks, bubble gum, and mints. They also added holiday cards that students in the school made. They were so grateful this year for monetary donations from the VFW, the Jaycees and the Knights of Columbus here in Fort Calhoun which made this possible. Such a great community we live in. Student Council Members are as follows.
4th Graders
Clara Godfrey, Kellen Robinson, Danny Powel, and Ella Bouwman.
5th Graders
Stella Wilmes, Jovi Greiner, Moria Doyle, Lyla Pearson, Macie Collins, and Emily Barta.
6th Graders
Allison Prunty, Sammie Ludwig, Samantha Thomas, Grant Ruma, Addison Benoit, Max Halford, Anna Taylor and Anna Melville.
The kids read a total of 161,850 minutes outside school hours during the six week period of our Books and Buzz Cuts reading incentive program. Principal Drew Wagner and 6th grade teacher Todd Teeter agreed to let kids give them buzz cuts and counselor Marie Adams agreed to let them cut 5-6 inches off her hair if they reached their reading goals. Miss Hall’s kindergarteners won the competition. The 9 kids who read the most and earned the opportunity to cut hair were Alisa Taylor, Noah Grove, Geno Roberts, Sammie Ladwig, Cami Christensen, Gerald Taylor, Bode Welchert, Anna Taylor and Emma Rodriquez Weiss.
On Friday, November 9th, Fort Calhoun Community Schools honored our Veterans by having a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The event was hosted by our Skills USA students with an introduction by Bailey Donovan and the MC and Skills President being Kate Hoefker. The High School Band and Choir both performed several patriotic songs including the Armed Forces Salute. Terry Fitzgerald was the Keynote Speaker. Several service members from the Military were in attendances and enjoyed a luncheon prepared by the school kitchen staff and served by the Skills USA students. Thank you to everyone who helped with the event. Once again, Fort Calhoun Schools would like to thank all our Veterans for their service to our country.
Students and staff alike enjoyed hearing the story of Craig and Fred: A Marine and his dog and how they rescued each other. Craig Grossi told the students how he met Fred in Afghanistan and how Fred’s ability to be positive (wagging his tail) even in the harsh environment, inspired him and his team. Craig calls it stubborn positivity. You can read more about his story in his book titled Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other or on the website https://www.fredtheafghan.com/
On Wednesday, October 24 the PLC Transition students visited Autumn Pointe to hang homemade door hangers on the residents’ doors. They were also able to take part in science experiments with the residents. Here Ethan and Dietrich are standing by one of the experiments. On Thursday, the students enjoyed decorating pumpkins.
The Girl’s Cross Country team brought home their 3rd State
Our Softball team performed well at the District tournament this year. They entered the tournament as a #6 seed and finished in 3rd place.
Thursday’s Games
Win – 10-7 vs Logan View
Loss – 8-7 vs Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Win – 19-15 vs Tekamah-Herman
Friday’s Games
Win – 12-1 vs Yutan/Mead
Loss – 3-12 vs Guardian Angels Central Catholic
It was a fun-filled day for the Kindergarten class as they celebrated Johnny Appleseed. They read stories, made crafts, and played with cinnamon apple slime. As part of their language lesson, they practiced listening and following one-step directions by making a Fall scene. They also tried to stack apples and built things using apples and toothpicks. At the end of the day, they had a taste testing with different apple products including apple jelly, applesauce and 3 different types of apples. They then integrated the theme into their math lesson by counting and graphing which apples were their favorite. As you can see, staff also got involved by dressing in the theme.
Congratulations to both our boy’s and girl’s Cross Country teams. Both qualified for State. Girls are District champs and Boys finished 3rd. Ben Haggar finished 2nd with Jake Haggar not far behind in 4th place. Taya Skelton finished 2nd, Avery McKennan was 4th and Katie Barta was 8th. Wish them luck at the State
District Runners were – Girls Savanah Lukasiewicz, Morgan Miller, Tessa Skelton, Katie Barta, Avery McKennan
