Picture Retake day is coming up on Wednesday, November 2nd. To order for your Elementary student, click HERE or for your JRH/HS student, click HERE.
Students, Kameron Pringle and Noah Wolfe with Special Education Director, Ashley Dougherty had a great day at “Games on the Green” with other students from Arlington and Bennington. This was a great event where students played different events such as bocci ball, noodle toss, softball throw, and a giant game of freeze tag. Thank you to Bennington for hosting this event.
Life is hard. Sometimes it’s just too much. Students and their families deal with a variety of issues on a daily basis. School counselors, teachers, and parents are among the most important adults in a child’s life. Sometimes, when a child or teenager is dealing with a specific issue, it helps to have someone outside of the school that they can talk to, someone who can serve as an “unbiased party” in the eyes of a child.
As a parent/guardian of a Fort Calhoun student, your student and your family are eligible for counseling sessions through Arbor Family Counseling. The district-funded student assistance program provides 2 free sessions. Arbor Family Counseling provides professionals seasoned at helping children and teenagers and their family members deal with pressures and issues that arise.
Here are a few areas Arbor Family Counseling can help with:
ADDICTIONS ADHD ANGER ANXIETY BULLYING PTSD
DEPRESSION FINANCIAL STRESS GRIEF/LOSS PARENTING SUICIDE/SELF-HARM LOW SELF-ESTEEM PEER/SCHOOL ISSUES
To set up an appointment please call: 402-330-0960
*When calling simply state you are a parent/family member of a Fort Calhoun Schools student in order to receive your 2 complimentary sessions.
If you have questions please contact your building principal or guidance counselor:
JR/SR High–Dr. Nick Wemhoff, Ms. Marie Adams, Mrs. Micki Hernandez
Preschool/Elementary-Mr. Drew Wagner, Ms. Marie Adams
Is your child living with depression, anxiety, ADHD or any other serious emotional disturbance and struggling in school and/or with life in general?
Do you feel isolated and overwhelmed in trying to get your child’s needs met?
No one understands this better than a parent who has been there themselves. Parent peer mentoring can help parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, feel less alone, and gain hope, ideas, and information.
See the flyer HERE or the image below for more information
District
Junior High/High School
Elementary
In the first week of PAC summer camp, the students had the chance to learn about the different parts of plants, how they grow, and the different types. They got to “dissect” a flower to see the different parts. They had fun painting their own pots and planting grass in them. The pot was the face and the grass was the hair! Every day we did a different STEM and Art Project related to plants. Then at the end of the week, we went to Lauritzen Gardens. What a fun week!
The inaugural year of Forensic Science at Fort Calhoun High School was full of inquiry, labs, and fun! During the first semester, students learned the ins and outs of the investigative process, types of evidence, crime scene processing, and the role of forensic science in the courtroom. The second semester was spent digging deeper into various analysis techniques used when investigating blood, ballistics, arson, toxicology, decomposition, entomology, and anthropology. To top it off, the Forensic Science class welcomed an Omaha Forensic Technician to come to talk about real-world forensic science experiences.