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
Fort Calhoun High School Students Get Creative for Fort Atkinson
Members of the Fort Calhoun High School Art Club, art students, and shop students worked together to create two face cutouts for Fort Atkinson. The face cutouts will be used for various events such as Living History Days. The students who helped with the project are Kaitlin Smith, Nathan Premer, Zach Marshall, Ben Haggar, Aaron Johnson, Kennedy Bradburn, Allyssa Wright, Alyssa Mitchell, Isabell Benoit, Jessyka Winterberg, Stephanie Mlynarik, Katie Barta, Sara Jabens, America Johnson, Piper Hager, Makayla Perry, Greta Wimmer, Lily Lyytikainen, Morgan Therikildsen.
Follow this link to get more information about Fort Atkinson and Living History Days. http://outdoornebraska.gov/fortatkinson/
Creighton Players Visit Elementary School
The students in Ali Romans’ 5th-grade class and Carly McElhose’s 1st-grade class were top readers in our March Madness Spring reading incentive program so they got a huge treat on Friday, April 26th. First, they were treated to a pizza party and then they got to shoot hoops with Creighton Basketball players, Connor Cashaw, Damien Jefferson and Jett Canfield. What an awesome reward. It was evident from smiles all around that the time spent made a lasting impression on both the future Pioneers and the current Bluejays. Great job readers!