Congratulations to Shaye Stall (senior) and Emily Burkley (junior) for qualifying for the state cross country meet. Shaye finished 4th at the district meet with a personal best time of 20:47. Emily finished 7th with a time of 21:24, which is her best on our course. The girls will run at Kearney Country Club on Friday. Best wishes and GO JEFFS!
Students of our local Skills USA chapter attended the Skills USA Fall Leadership Conference September 19th in North Platte, Nebraska. Members that attended were; Dalton Buxton, Madison Gregory, Arthur Smith, Sara Mitchell, Reed Williams, Jessa Eden and Taylor Shellhouse. Students got to go on a local fish hatchery tour and see how they raise and care for fish in Nebraska. Students also went to many break-out sessions and learned about teamwork, character building, problem solving and many other characteristics associated with being a Skills USA member. Students will now choose an area of study and compete in the Skills USA Nebraska State Leadership Conference coming up in April of 2017. If they win there, they would then travel and compete at the national level in Louisville, Kentucky in June.
Fairbury junior and senior students have been busy during the months of September and October in taking advantage of the grant they received from EducationQuest for exposure to college access activities. On September 21st, the senior class visited Southeast Community College in Lincoln and were able to see many of the programs of study they offered, toured the campus, and even were able to eat lunch at the college cafeteria. The seniors were also able to visit The University of Nebraska-Lincoln on October 5th along with a few other schools for a special College Access Day specifically set up for recipients of the College Access Grant. During this visit, the students toured the campus, attended a college major fair, , learned about financial aid, heard from current UNL students and were able to eat lunch at one of the campus cafeteriaś. So far this fall, the juniors at Fairbury Jr-Sr High School have visited Peru State College on September 29th and will be visit Nebraska Wesleyan University in the spring some time. At Peru, the juniors heard from the athletics department, admissions, TRIO coordinator, about financial aid and were also given a tour of campus. They ended the day by getting to eat lunch in the campus cafeteria.
These visits have been beneficial and very important in the college planning process for our students.
Students spent the last two days in science class doing a fun lab called “Microbes we eat” as part of their microbiology unit. They learned how bacteria and fungi are used to produce everyday foods. There was some taste testing involved- and they enjoyed some foods better than others! Ask them about it!
FBLA is selling Pink Out shirts along with MIlford. We are wanting to wear these shirts on October 27 all day and during the Volleyball game that night. All proceeds will go to the Susan B Komen foundation for breast cancer. If you’d like a shirt, please fill out a form and send it along with your payment to Logan Kats at the high school. Orders need to be in by October 12.
The preschool received a new addition to the playground last week…a new playhouse! The preschoolers have been busy cooking and serving food, opening and closing the windows, and ringing the doorbell.
Junior High Students of the Month for September are 8th graders Chayton Baloun-Diller and Shelby Klaumann; 7th graders Karly McCord and Alex Buxton. Students are nominated by their teachers based on work ethic, classroom behaviors and how they treat others. Congratulations Students of the Month!
K-5 Classroom Guidance Lessons this week have had students practicing how to effectively communicate with others. Communicating passively often keeps people from being heard or taken seriously. Communicating aggressively often makes others mad, starts fights, or keeps people from liking you because it’s disrespectful.
Although it’s not always easy, assertive communication is the best way to communicate what you want or need at school. Assertive communication is when you hold your head up and shoulders back, you look at the person you are talking to, you use a calm, firm voice and respectful words to say what you want or need.
