Monday morning, the Andrew family were caught wearing their bike helmets on their way to school. As a reward for riding as a family and wearing their helmets, the kids all received a certificate for a free ice cream at Butch’s Deli in Blair from Deputy Bryan Spilinek. Great job Andrews family!
The High School Weight room is now available for non-student residents of the district, Alumni of Fort Calhoun Community Schools, and school staff that are 18 years of age or older. There is an annual $20 fob fee per fob. The annual fee is for the time period June 1 – May 31 no matter when you sign up to use the facility.
The school has established the rules and regulations for public use of our weight room facility. Although the primary function of the facility is for the students of the District, we are pleased to be able to provide this benefit to assist in the physical wellbeing of the patron of the District.
To sign up, come to the office at the High School Monday – Friday between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm. You will need to complete the Fitness Room Rules and Regulations form by providing your name, address, phone number then signing and dating the form. Payment of $20 will be required at that time. We will take a photo copy of your driver’s license or other photo ID to be attached with the completed form. If you are opting for a family membership, you will need to list names and ages of your spouse and children that will be using the facility under your fob.
Over 9000 schools nationwide were rated by US News and World Report for the latest best schools report. Fort Calhoun High School was both State and Nationally ranked and is a Bronze Medal Winner for 2016. Four criteria are used in determining these distinctions. They are proficiency on state assessment tests, graduation rates, preparedness of students for college, and how the schools actually serve their students. Fort Calhoun High School received high marks in all areas. Thank you to all our staff, parents, community, and our students for making “The Fort’ the best it can be!
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Congratulations to Montana Cottle and Cole Bradburn for winning The 2016 Pinnacle Bank Outstanding High School Leaders Award. They were recognized at the Luncheon on Friday April 29th. Micah Yost, Vice President of Sightglass was the guest speaker for the event, who talked about the ability these leaders have to leave an impacting influence on the people around them. With this award, the students can get a $1,000 Scholarship if they decide to attend Midland University.
3200m-Taya Skelton, District Champion
1600m-Taya Skelton, District Champion
400m-Hannah Warner, District Champion
200m-Hannah Warner, 2nd Place
100m-Hannah Warner, 2nd Place
High Jump-Hanna Lazure, 2nd Place
400m Relay-Jordan Schaefer, Hannah Warner, Hanna Lazure, and Skylar Wear, 2nd Place
Come support the Pioneer Football Program at the 17th Annual Gridiron Golf Tournament on Friday, June 10th at River Wilds Golf Course in Blair, NE. $280 will get a foursome entered for 18 holes, pin prizes, drink tickets, goodie bag, and dinner. There will also be items auctioned and raffled off during during our dinner. Shotgun start at 1:00pm! Email Coach Christensen at achristensen@ftcpioneers.org for questions or request a brochure. Thanks for your support!
Download the brochure to print here 2015 Golf Brochure
Congratulations Art Students!!! Our school has been chosen as one of the Top 50 schools for Vans Custom Culture! So what happens now? On Wednesday, April 27 at 8am PST, the public vote will open at vans.com/customculture. Voting is open from April 27 to May 11. You are allowed to cast one vote per region per day until voting ends at 5pm PST on May 11. Help us to get the word out so our school will advance to the Final Event on June 6-9. You can also get more information at Facebook.com/vanscustomculture.
We need to thank all the contributing artists and extras, Mr. Shields for his photos, and Zane Fickbohm for the video.
Chris Lopez
Brooke Sutherland
Ethan Shaffer
Killian Roehr
Kloey Appel
Hunter Thomas
Louis Lehman
Skylar Wear
Ian Edie
Brock Schwarz
Jacob Tegels
Jessica Gravert
Ashlyn Dippel
Rylee Marshall
Nicole Swanson
Nick Nachtigall
Nyaliet Teng
Hunter Bolen
Zane Fickbohm
Hannah Nieto
Erin Schulz
Grace Whitlaw
Anna Polesky
Tysen Holmstedt
Dr. Don Johnson
On Wednesday April 20th twelve students participated in a conference wide art exhibit hosted by Arlington High School. The students had an opportunity to create a work of art inspired by Bellevue artist Bart Vargas who has named his sculptures bottleballs, which are made primarily from discarded plastic bottles. The idea behind the sculptures is to bring awareness to the amount of waste our society produces. The twelve students that participated entered a total of forty-seven works of art into the competition. Forty of those pieces earned awards. Skylar Wear earned the award for Outstanding Artist from Fort Cahoun, which was voted on by all conference students who participated in the event. Arlington High School is hoping to make this an annual event.
Fort Calhoun Elementary School held a 7 week March Madness contest, a reading incentive program, designed to encourage kids to read at home. Preschool through grade 2 competed against each other, and grades 3 through 6 went head-to-head, so they had 2 winning classrooms: Mrs. Clausen’s kindergartners and Mrs. Leishman’s 3rd graders. The prize was a catered lunch of Godfather’s pizza and time with Creighton players. Zach Hanson and Malik Albert were great sports. They played ball with the kids, signed autographs, and posed for pictures.
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Congratulations to the following students for earning prizes and recognition at this year’s Audubon Society of Omaha Art Show.
