In honor of the 25th anniversary of the TeamMates Mentoring Program & National Mentoring Month, the Fairbury TeamMates Chapter invites you to attend a celebration with a special appearance by Dr. Tom Osborne. He will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 4 p.m. at the Burkley Fine Arts Center, Fairbury High School.
Congratulations to Mrs. Christiansen’s 5th grade class. Winners of the Nebraska Golden Sower Reading Challenge. They enjoyed decorating christmas cookies & watching a movie for their reading efforts. Good job & keep on reading.
Two schools came together for one cause. The cause, to raise awareness and support our students that deal with the chronic, lifelong disease of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). On December 6th, Fairbury Public Schools and Superior Public Schools participated in the Gray Out to raise awareness for the students with T1D during the girls and boys basketball games at Fairbury High School.
This was the 3rd annual Gray Out sponsored by The IN Group and the Fairbury FCCLA. The IN Group, is a type 1 diabetic support group, that works to support families of students with T1D, while raising awareness of the disease, raising money to help the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation find a cure and support kids with camp scholarships.
This was the first Gray Out for Derek Anderson, Assistant Principal/AD for FHS, “I was impressed with the support of individuals and businesses from both communities as we united to find a cure,” he stated. “It was great to see gray shirts filling the gym and a great environment to play basketball games.”
There are currently six students at Fairbury Public Schools and one student at Superior Public School with T1D. They range in age from 3rd grade to 11th grade. One of the students was diagnosed at the age of three.
Between the girls and boys varsity games The IN Group and Superior Public Schools presented checks to Laura Eberly, Development Coordinator for JDRF in Lincoln, to further research to hopefully one day find a cure.
“We are grateful for the community of Fairbury to support such a wonderful cause that hits so close to home,” Eberly said. “With having 6 students living with Type 1 Diabetes, the IN Group has made tremendous achievements in funding T1D research and spreading awareness of the disease.”
The students and their families were overwhelmed with all of the support. Over $2000 were raised through business sponsors, t-shirt sales, 50/50 raffle, and the halftime shoot for a buck games.
Type 1 Diabetes happens when the body destroys its own cells that make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that everyone needs in order to get energy from the food they eat. Our bodies need insulin to survive.
T1D usually starts in childhood; however, adults can get it too. No one knows what causes T1D to happen or how to prevent it from happening.
Insulin is NOT a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. It is the person’s life support.
The Nebraska FFA Foundation was pleased to present Jason Hughes, Jared Engelman, and Sara Huss of the Fairbury FFA Chapter their very own FFA jacket. These students were one of 265 students selected statewide as part of the Nebraska FFA Foundation’s “Blue Jacket Bright Futures” program.
“All of us who have been FFA members understand the excitement of putting on your blue jacket for the fit time and wearing it proudly as you represent your chapter and state. You wear that jacket with pride to many events and competitions as an FFA member, :said Stacey Agnew, Executive Director of the Nebraska FFA Foundation. “FFA jackets are costly and this is a great way for deserving students to apply and be selected to receive a jacket. This program rewards and encourages members who are eager to continue Nebraska’s outstanding FFA tradition.”
This year’s program brought in nearly 600 applications from members across the state and of all ages. “This is one of the bigger responses we’ve had for this program yet,” Agnew said. “We are excited to see them wear their jackets with pride, representing an outstanding legacy of youth in agriculture.”
Agricultural educators, former state officers, FFA officer teams, and other generous contributors have come forward to support the annual campaign. Contact Stacey Agnew at 402-472-5846 or stacey@neffafoundation.org for questions.
The mission of the Nebraska FFA Foundation is to enhance quality agricultural education/FFA programs in order to achieve excellence in leadership development, curriculum innovation and scholastic advancement of students.
Students of the month for November include: Seventh graders are Makenzie Mills and Rorik Blatny. Eighth graders are Kacy Starck and Kyle Gregory. Congratulations to these students! They were nominated by their teachers based on classroom behaviors, attitude and work ethic.
The eighth grade algebra 1 class practiced graphing equations by moving on a large coordinate plane in the mezzanine. On the pictures you will see the graph of y=-x. Then they tried to all be in the air for a picture. The photographer (teacher) had difficulty getting a good picture of it! They enjoyed the activity.
Four Fairbury High School Students were selected to participate in the Doane University Fall Festival of Winds on Saturday, November 5, 2016. Students were placed in one of three honor bands, rehearsed from 9a.m.-2:45p.m. and then performed a final concert at Doane’s Heckman Auditorium. Those chosen from Fairbury were Ashley Griffee, flute; Seth Griger, alto saxophone; Isaac Robertson, trumpet; and Zacc Snyder, trombone.
