On Tuesday, Fort Calhoun Junior and Senior High Schools were honored to get a concert from U.S. AirForce’s Heartland of America Band. Teachers and students alike were thrilled with the performance. Many came in not knowing what to expect and were surprise that it was a rock band. It was a fun break in the day.
Fort Calhoun Elementary students celebrated Nebraska’s 150 birthday by dressing up as Pioneers, Cowboys and Native Americans. To quote Ben Sass, “Happy Birthday, Nebraska! May the legacy of the homesteaders, caretakers of the land, statesmen, and volunteers guide you forever.”
Top -Bottom L-R Nathan Lukasiewicz, Morgan Bentley, Jovi Greiner, Macie Collins, Kinsley Cannon, Sophie Weeks, McKenna Ladwig, Botton- Stella Wilmes, Raeleigh Hendricks, Hawthorne Roehr, Dalton Cannon, Emily Barta, Harper Tjardes, Natalie Lammers
L-R Sophie Thomas, Ellie Collins, Bria Bench, Lillian Pfeilsticker, Rowan Roehr
Morgan Shaner brought cupcakes decorated in the theme
¡No te preocupes! Don’t worry! Spanish Club will help wish away your worries! Friday, Spanish Club got together to make worry dolls. Worry dolls are small hand-made dolls that come from Guatemala and Mexico. There is a legend that if you have a problem or worry in life, you share it with the doll before going to bed. Tell one worry to each doll, place them beneath your pillow while you sleep and the dolls will take your worries away.
Congratulations to our 2017 Spelling Bee Winners. At the Elementary, we had Eva Hansen as the Champion and Regina Namuth as our runner-up. At the Junior High, Maddie Hansen was our Champion and Cameryn Lewis was the runner up. Wish them luck at the County Spelling Bee on February 10th at 9:00.
Congratulations to Tyler Curtis (106 lbs), Jack Theisen (120 lbs), Jeff Heinz (132 lbs), Joe Twomey (145 lbs), and Jake Hubschman (160 lbs) who all made it to Wrestling State. Senior Jeff Heinz was District Champ with a 40-1 record. Wish them luck this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16th-18th at the State Meet. You can also watch the action at TrackWrestling.com.
Jeff Heinz-132 Joe Twomey-145 Jake Hubschman- 160 Jack Theisen-120
Tyler Curtis-106
The Language Art HAL students had the opportunity to present their art to the school. Each art exhibit had to include a minimum of 4 pieces of art with display cards that explained their logic or reasoning of what they created. The mediums included sculptures, acrylic, watercolor, electronic art, music, pencil, and collages. On each individuals exhibit was a brochure that they created. The brochures included an autobiography, two features artists, and their favorite medium. I am very proud of the effort and hard work that each student put into their project. All of the students from the Elementary were able to come in and critique each art exhibit as well, everyone involved enjoyed the show!
On Friday November 11th, Fort Calhoun Community Schools honored our Veterans by having a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The event was hosted by our Skills USA students. The High School Band and Choir both performed several patriotic songs including the Armed Forces Salute. The 4th Graders also helped us celebrate by performing a song about the American Flag. Walter Paul “Butch” Kirkland III 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.
Congratulations to our Marching Band for receiving a superior rating at the NSBA State Marching Band Competition. Great job on all the hard work and time spent to reach this goal. Seniors pictured are Taylor Thalman, Sarah Johnson, Rachel Schumaker, Mandy Hansen, Ian Edie, Montana Cottle, Tessa Dethlefs, Dani Dross, Ellie Shafer, Travis Fitzgerald, Justin Drowne, Christopher Lopez, Autumn Kestel, Nick Deyen, Bradley Lester, and Dalton Ashby.
As a means to advocate for breast cancer awareness, students and staff purchased bracelets from FBLA during the month of October. The club raised $470 from donations and selling pink bracelets, which will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to help the fight against breast cancer. October 18th was designated as a Pink Out day at school and pink was worn at the last football and home volleyball games in October as well. Thank you to everyone who donated money and bought bracelets!
