The students at Fort Calhoun Elementary had a couple of opportunities this month to learn about fire safety. On October 9th, the Kindergarteners visited the Fort Calhoun Fire Station. They got to tour the station and even practiced using the fire hose with Dave Neumann and Jerry Mink. On October 16th the Fire Department visited the school. Grades Preschool through 3rd grade had the opportunity to tour the ambulance with Dave Neumann and Jackie Mapes. They also learned a lot about fire safety in their home from Deputy State Fire Marshall Alyssa Sanders and they practiced climbing out a window with a fire ladder in the Smoke Simulator Trailer. Grades 4th through 6th got to explore the fire trucks and practiced using a battery-operated fire extinguisher. Thanks to all who came to help with these events including Dave Neumann, Jerry Mink, Jackie Mapes, Jen Sundermeier, Dan Mallory, Devon Walentine and Deputy State Fire Marshal, Alyssa Sanders.
For tips on fire prevention including home safety tips visit the State Fire Marshal’s website.https://sfm.nebraska.gov/fire-prevention
Homecoming Week Highlights 2019
Below is a slideshow of some highlight photos from Homecoming week. If you see any that you would like, contact Jennifer Gepson at jgepson@ftcpioneers.org
Sixth Grade Career Day
Chad Nixon and Jason Thomas were among the six speakers who came to share their experience and insights with Fort Calhoun sixth graders. Students took advantage of the opportunity to learn from individuals representing paramedic/firefighting, military service, surveying, architecture, and civil engineering careers. The sixth-grade students said it was a very interesting day. Mary Deason felt inspired by Mr. Thomas who spoke about a career in the military. She loved his quote “Anyone can be in the military but the military is not for everyone.” Kory Defoil got a lot of information from the day and said: “it filled us with knowledge.” Thank you to everyone who planned and presented for this event.
Health Class Goes Shopping
The Fort Calhoun High School Health students gained first-hand experience in making informed decisions when selecting grocery items. Their record of nutritional facts was utilized back in the classroom during their Nutrition Unit of study. They recorded facts on things like fat, calories, and sodium content. Tilten Nottleman and Bella Irvine reported that it was nice getting out of the classroom and being active while getting first-hand experience learning how to read nutrition labels.
Pictures by Mrs. Nelson
Elementary Walk-A-Thon Fun
It was a great day for the Walk-A-Thon. The weather was perfect, The Fort Calhoun Pioneer came to visit, many families came out to join us AND we raised a lot of money for great programs at our school. In fact, we raised over $13,000. Thanks to the Walk Team, Michelle Dill for coordinating and leading for PFE with the walk team, all the many who volunteered, and to all the Corporate Sponsors listed below. For more pictures, visit the PFE Mom’s page on Facebook.
Corp Sponsors were: Abe’s Trash, Able Transport, AP Plumbing, Autumn Pointe, Big Green Tomato, The Copper Fox, Countryside Animal Clinic, Cummings & Sons, Diapers 2 Diplomas, Exterior Remodel & Design, Florence Food Mart, Fort Bar, Geiger Built Homes, Gochanour Construction, Iwen Exposures, Longhorn, MCH Fort Calhoun Clinic, Mancuso Dental, Northwest Feed, Nuttleman Construction, Rock Hard Concrete, Rustic, Seal-Rite Insulation, Shear Attraction, Simone’s Suds, Steiner Dental, Taylor Quik Pik, Washington County Bank, Welchert Woodworking, Zig Drywall, 3BD Trucking

New Elementary Art Program in the News
Fantastic story on the new Art After School program! The 5th and 6th grade session has a couple of openings. Go to the PFE page on the school website to find the link to register.
Introducing SRO Greg Byelick
Welcome Officer Greg Byelick, our full-time School Resource Officer and Washington County Deputy Sheriff. Greg grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming and moved to Nebraska to attend the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He’s been working in a Law Enforcement capacity since 2004. He worked security for UNLPD for 4 years and as a Juvenile Corrections Officer in Lincoln for just under a year. He was also a Deputy Sheriff in Gage County NE for 2 years and a police officer at the UNLPD for 8 years.

PLC in the News
Click the link below to see the article by Teresa Hoffman about the new programs the PLC is doing. Thanks to Ashley Dougherty and staff for all you do for our students.
http://www.enterprisepub.com/public/pioneer-learning-center-to-partner-with-roots-to-wings/article_
Ethan Cox Speaks to Pioneer Football Players
Big thanks to Ethan Cox, Husker #16 for speaking to our Youth and High School Pioneer football players today. We loved his message about earning respect from teammates, doing things the right way, handling adversity, and playing multiple sports.
Congratulations to our 2019 State Track Medalists
It was a great weekend at State Track! Congratulations to our State Track medalists. Your hard work paid off!
Zach Marshall (12) is State Champ in the 200M and got 5th place in the 100M
Ben Haggar (12) got 8th place in the 200M, and 3rd in the 400M with a record-breaking time of 50.15
Jake Haggar (12) ran 4th in the 400M
Taya Skelton (12) 4th place in the 1600M and State Champ in the 3200M
Avery McKennan (12) ran 4th in the 3200M
Unified Team (Adam Bannister, Dillon Dierks, Kameron Pringle, Kyle Deyen) 8th place in the 4×100