Community Mental Health Conference

Fort Calhoun Community Schools is excited to announce our upcoming event, 2024 Community Mental Health and Safety Conference. The goal of our event is to increase awareness, educate, and provide resources for Mental Health, Safety, and Wellness in our community and surrounding areas. Our conference will take place on March 4th from 5:30-9:00 PM at the Fort Calhoun High School.

The event will include a free dinner and community resource fair representing a variety of community organizations, agencies, and companies related to mental health, safety, and wellness. Following the agency fair, there will be six breakout sessions covering eleven topics related to mental health and safety.

Please click HERE to register for the event!

**First 30 registrants will receive a coupon for a free Scooter’s drink.**

Meal Benefits Update

School districts have been notified that the USDA does not have the authority to extend waivers that allow no-cost meals to all students.  In light of this, Fort Calhoun students will pay for school meals.  To alleviate some of the financial hardship this may cause, a waiver was put in place that allows schools to use the benefits that were on file from the 2019-20 school year to grant a 30 day carryover of the benefits from that time.  This will allow families extra time to file meal applications for 2022-23. 

If you have already received notification of 2022-23 benefits granted through direct certification, your student(s) will begin receiving them on the first day of school.  If you have not, we urge you to complete the necessary paperwork immediately if you believe you qualify.  Students will have to pay for meals until such time this is received.  School board policy states “The district’s policy on charged meals is: “If a student has no funds available to pay for a meal, the student will be permitted to charge up to five meals. Thereafter, if a student has no funds available to pay for a meal, no food will be provided.”

If you have any questions, please contact the District Office at 402-468-5591.

CLICK HERE for Meal Benefits Application 2022-2023

COVID-19 Reopening Information

Click HERE for the Elementary Return to School Plan (as of Dec. 2020)

Click HERE for the Junior High/High School Return to School Plan (as of Dec. 2020)

Click HERE for an updated District Return to School Plan (as of Dec. 2020). 

Click HERE to access the recording of the August 10th Board Meeting.

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Click HERE to access the recording of the July 13th Board Meeting that includes discussion on school reopening.

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In order to increase our communication avenues, please check out and follow the official Facebook page of the district here.

NOTICE OF BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN CIVICS AND EDUCATION

Notice is hereby given that the Committee on American Civics and Education Meeting of the Fort Calhoun Community Schools Board of Education has been called. The meeting will be held on Wednesday August 5, 2020 at 8:30 AM in the Office Conference Room of Fort Calhoun High School, 5876 County Road P43, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023.

An Agenda for such meeting is being kept continuously current and is available for public inspection at the Office of the Superintendent.

By the Board of Education of Fort Calhoun Community Schools.

July 31, 2020.

End of Year Celebrations

Graduation

Senior Video

Show Choir Video

Honors Awards

Valedictorians – KENNEDY BRADBURN, GRANT HANSEN          

Salutatorian – AMERICA JOHNSON

The Pioneer Outstanding Senior Award.  Selection process for this award is done by a vote of the Junior-Senior high staff. It is with great pleasure that I am about to award the THIRTEENTH annual “Pioneer Outstanding Senior Award”.  The Pioneer Outstanding Senior Award exemplifies the true meaning of a Pioneer:  One who paves the way for others.  The award is given to the senior who best displays; school spirit, academic and extracurricular excellence, while being a leader both in and out of the classroom.   A true Pioneer is also one who can get along with a variety of people and is always willing to help without expecting any thing in return. The Pioneer Outstanding Senior Award goes to: KENNEDY BRADBURN

Omaha World Herald 2020 All Academic Program.  In recognition of distinguished scholarship ranking in the top 4 percent of all graduating seniors in the State of Nebraska’s Class of 2020.  

The recipients are:

KENNEDY BRADBURN, GRANT HANSEN, AMERICA JOHNSON       

Students who have received an ACT score of 30 and above are:    

KENNEDY BRADBURN AND GRANT HANSEN

Pinnacle Bank High School Leadership Award – Sponsored by Midland UniversityBRANT HILZENDEGER AND KAITLYN SMITH

*The “I Dare You Leadership Award” was first offered in 1941 by William H. Danforth, one of the founders of the American Youth Foundation.  Mr. Danforth was a successful businessman who dared young people to achieve their highest potential and to influence others through lives of leadership and service.  Students have been selected to make Mr. Danforth’s dare a part of their own life.  They have been selected because they exhibit personal integrity, balanced living, and motivation for leadership.  The recipient is: RIANNA WELLS

*FOURTH YEAR ACADEMIC PINS

ADAM BANNISTER – KENNEDY BRADBURN – KYLA DELUCA – KYLE DEYEN – JENDA GEBHARDT – GRANT HANSEN – KATE HOEFKER – EVELYN HOLMSTEDT – HAILEY HOWELL – SOPHIA IRVINE – AMERICA JOHNSON – COLE KLABUNDE – SAVANNAH LUKASIEWICZ – MORGAN MILLER – ALYSSA MITCHELL – WESTIN NOTTLEMAN – KELSIE PREMER – CHRISTINE STOA – TYLER STRAUSS – ASHLEE THALMAN – KADEN THERKILDSEN

*All Academic – All Conference award winners are recognized by the Nebraska Capitol Conference for achieving a composite score of 25 or above on the ACT and maintaining a 3.50 grade point average.  The students awarded All Academic medals are: KENNEDY BRADBURN, GRANT HANSEN, HAILEY HOWELL, AMERICA JOHNSON, MORGAN MILLER, WESTIN NOTTLEMANN

Local Scholarship Winners

6th Grade Video

Athletic Awards

Athletic Awards:

4/7/20
Softball
BenoitBellaLetter
BradburnKennedyLetter, NSAA Academic All-State, NCC Second Team, OMW & Lincoln Journal Star All State Honorable Mention
HansenMackenzieLetter, NSAA Academic All-State,
HubbardLucyLetter
NottlemannWestinLetter
PerezVictoriaLetter
ReedMaddieLetter
TherkildsenMorganLetter
TrippDruLetter
WimerKinsleyLetter, NCC First Team, OMW & Lincoln Journal Star All State Honorable Mention
WinterbergJessykaLetter
Football
AltstadtAustinLetter
BlizzardIsaacLetter
ClausenRyanLetter
CoonBillyLetter
DierksDillonLetter, All District Honorable Mention
DierksClintLetter, All District Honorable Mention
DoucheyJayceLetter, NSAA Academic All-State, All District Honorable Mention
DoyleJohnLetter
FickbohmZekeLetter
GoosDavanLetter
HalfordGrantLetter, All District Honorable Mention
HallbergTy Letter
HartlineJesseLetter
HunterJaydenLetter NSAA Academic All-State
KingMalachiLetter, All District 1st Team
KlabundeColeLetter, All District Honorable Mention
Melo ChamiMatiasLetter
MillerLandonLetter
MyerJustinLetter, All District Honorable Mention
NixonGrantLetter
PrattMichaelLetter
SchmittHarrisonLetter
SchwarzZaneLetter, All District 1st Team
SeinaJakeLetter
ShirleyMichaelLetter
StraussTylerLetter, All District 1st Team
TherkildsenKadenLetter, All District 1st Team
WelchertAustinLetter 
Golf
ShanerEthanLetter
PoderysNatalliaLetter
NixonGrantLetter
NamuthReginaLetter
MillerLandonLetter
McKennanRileyLetter
DoyleJackLetter
BonacciVincentLetter
BoldtDylanLetter
BenchBodeLetter
Cheerleaders
AlbertsonHaleyLetter
BraymenMeganLetter
GenowaysGraceLetter
HansenMackenzieLetter
HurtMaddieLetter
LienemannEllieLetter
NelsonAngelLetter
NottlemannWestinLetter
PohladPeytonLetter
PruntyAlaynaLetter
TheisenMaggieLetter
TherkildsenMorganLetter
TrippDruLetter
Cross Country
BartaKatieLetter
BazerJoieLetter Manager
DrowneDalaLetter
GustafsonLukeLetter
HowellHaileyLetter
JohnsonAmericanLetter Manager
LukasiewiczSavannahLetter
McKennanJohnLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
McKennenRileyLetter
MillerMorganLetter
MillerElsaLetter Manager 
OlberdingElyLetter
OlberdingLanceLetter
PerfettiKyleLetter
PremerKelsieLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
SkeltonTessaLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
SlattenXanderLetter
ThalmanAshleeletter
Basketball
HalfordGrantLetter
HilzendegerBrantLetter, NCC Second Team
SchmittHarrisonLetter
SchwarzZsneLetter, NCC Second Team
SchwarzCarsenLetter, NCC Honorable Mention
StraussTylerLetter
TherkildsenKadenLetter, NCC Honorable Mention
Baseball
BonacciNateLetter
ConnerTylanLetter
FaucherZachLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
HallbergTylanLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
KlabundeColeLetter
MyerJustinLetter
SchmittHarrisonLetter
SeinaJakeLetter
TherkildsenKadenLetter
Schleifer-Basketball
AndersonAbbieLetter
BartaKatieLetter
BenoitIsabellaLetter
BradburnKennedyLetter, NCC Honorable Mention, NSAA Academic All-State,Lincoln Journal Star Honorable Mention, OWH Class C-1 Honorable Mention, OWH All Area Honorable Mention
DonovanBaileyLetter
HansenMackenzieLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
SkeltonTessLetter
WellsRiannaLetter
WimerKinsleyLetter, NCC Honorable Mention, Lincoln Journal Star Honorable Mention, OWH Class C-1 Honorable Mention, OWH All Area Honorable Mention 
WinterbergJessicaLetter
Volleyball
BackMadysonLetter
BalesMollyLetter
CullenAliviaLetter
DonovanBaileyLetter
FitzgeraldHannahLetter Manager
GenowaysGraceLetter
GreenwellMcKennaLetter, NCC Second Team
LienemannEllieLetter, NCC Honorable Mention
NottlemannTildenLetter
QuinlanOliviaLetter
SmithKaitlinLetter
TheisenMaggieLetter
WellsRiannaLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
Track
AppelWyattLetter
BannisterAdamLetter
BlizzardIsaacLetter
CoonBillyLetter
DeyenKyleLetter
DierksClintLetter
DierksDillonLetter
EvansBrandonLetter
GustafsonLukeLetter
HilzendegerBrantLetter
McKennanJohnLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
NelsonZachLetter
OlberdingElyLetter
OlberdingLanceLetter
PrattMichaelLetter
PringleKameronLetter
SlattenXanderLetter
SpikerJaydenLetter
StraussTylerLetter
TouringMasonLetter
WitthoffPhillipLetter
BartaKatieLetter
BraymenMeganLetter
DonovanBaileyLetter
DrowneDalaLetter
HowellHaileyLetter
JabensKatherineLetter
KirbyKaleeLetter
LuchtEmmaLetter
LukasiewiczSavannahLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
NielsonAngelLetter
NottlemannWestinLetter
PerfettiKylieLetter
PremerKelsieLetter, NSAA Academic All-State
RyanAbigailLetter
SkeltonTessLetter
TrippDruLetter
WellsRiannaLetter
WinterbergJessykaLetter
CoonAmyaLetter Manager
IrvineBellaLetter Manager
NottlemannTildenLetter Manager
Wrestling
AlbertsonHaileyLetter
HartlineJesseLetter
KlabundeColeLetter
McCoyTreyLetter
McKennanJohnLetter
OlberdingElyLetter
OlberdingLanceLetter
ShanerCameronLetter
Special Awards
BradburnKennedyScholar Athlete
DonovanBailey4 Year/3-Sport Athlete
LukasiewiczSavannahBooster Club Scholarship
TherkildsenKadenBooster Club Scholarship, Scholar Athlete, 4 Year/3-Sport Athlete

School Board Meeting Info

Board of Education Regular Meeting
To accommodate social distancing recommendations, the public can join the school board meeting virtually utilizing the video conferencing platform Zoom. Click on the link below to join the meeting.

Monday, April 13, 2020 7:00 PM
Join Via Zoom Video Conferencing –
https://zoom.us/j/675809438

COVID-19 Information

In accordance with the governor’s directive, Fort Calhoun Community Schools will be closed through May 31st.  The administrative team continues to stay up-to-date with the latest health information to determine the next steps for our school district.  In consultation with Three Rivers Public Health, Nebraska Department of Education, and our lawyers, we are making decisions that are in the best interest of our students, staff, parents and community.


ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

We will provide learning opportunities for students through an enrichment program: These resources are available for your family. If you have questions specific to your student’s classroom or school, please contact your teacher or principal directly by email.  Teachers will continue to be available for students for support via email.

Students in Elementary School: All elementary students will receive learning packets that may be either accessed electronically via the school website or picked up at the elementary office Monday-Friday between the hours of 8 am – 12 pm.  The packets are grade-specific and provide lessons on reading, writing and math. Packets do not need to be returned to school. Feedback will be provided by the teacher.

Students in Junior High and High School: Students will be provided one to two activities per week, per class via Google Classroom. More information will be forthcoming from individual teachers. Students are encouraged to complete the activities during the closure. The lessons are designed to keep students engaged in learning.  If paper copies are needed to access activities, contact the high school office between 8 am – 3 pm to make arrangements.

April 2nd, 2020 – Update on Jr/Sr High Enrichment Activities: The Enrichment Activities do count; you can improve your grades! This is how: Students can increase their grades by participating in the e-learning activities provided by teachers. Teachers will determine how much a grade can move through student participation and quality of work. Hence, if you do the learning activities with quality of work your grade can move up, if you don’t do the learning activities or there is no quality of work then your grade will remain the same. This is for all students 7-12 with any grade.  Teachers will be given the latitude on how much “upgrade” they give. This will depend on your participation and quality of work.

Additional Educational Opportunities:

  • Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions/Services
  • Best Documentaries – Sorted by Age Appropriateness
  • Child Mind Institute – Supporting Families’ Mental Health During COVID-19 – also, for parents with older kids – Link
  • The Kim Foundation – Mental Health Support
  • Khan Academy – Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. Khan Academy tackles math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. The math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. Khan Academy is also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
  • Scholastic Learn at Home – Kindergarten through 9th grade reading lessons.
  • GoNoodle Good Energy – Free, fun activities for families to stay active while stuck indoors.
  • Materials to Support Educators and Parents: The National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research offer online course content focused on intensive intervention. These courses include video lectures, workbooks, practice activities, and so much more. In addition to courses focused on mathematicsbehavior, and explicit instruction, the newest course on intensive intervention in reading was just released. This module covers considerations in reading instruction and intervention, progress monitoring and diagnostic data, and adaptations for word reading and comprehension. Center for Parent Information Resources has developed a collection of information for parents and parent centers.

Questions for Teachers: All certified teachers are available during normal school hours to answer questions via email for students and families. Here is a link to the school directory if you need help finding a teacher’s email address – Directory.


Elementary School Enrichment Activities Link


Here is video from the special board meeting Wednesday, March 18th – Special Board Meeting

School Closure: COVID-19

March 13, 2020

Dear Fort Calhoun Community,

With guidance from local medical and health department experts, we feel it is in the best interest of our students and staff to close Fort Calhoun Community Schools from March 13th to March 22nd.

This is effective today (March 13, 2020).

Closure means no school, no practices, no travel, no meetings, no weight room, no contests, no activities, etc. Anything on the school calendar is canceled.

At this time, Prom and Post Prom are postponed.

We are closing all school district operations down for the entire week, to begin and include today, Friday, March 13th. This includes Little Blossoms before and after school program. Please make plans for childcare accordingly.

This has been an extremely difficult decision that we didn’t take lightly. There are literally thousands of issues we factored in and continue to discuss.

We will continue to discuss our plans moving forward, immediately focusing on the week of March 23. We will communicate that decision late next week.

Beyond that, we are operating with a week-to-week mindset. This situation is literally changing by the hour.

We will continue to do our best to communicate on a regular basis with updates. Thank you for your continued support of Fort Calhoun Schools. We will do our best to support our students, staff, and community through this unprecedented time.

Dr. Don Johnson

Superintendent

Fort Calhoun Community Schools