Congratulations to our Reading Rally participants! One of our third and fourth-grade teams brought home the 1st-place plaque! Thanks to Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Umland for supporting their efforts!
Reading Rally Success
Janet Schrick Shares Sister’s Story About The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol
Fairbury Jr. Sr. High School was fortunate to have JanetSchrick speak to our students today about the dangers of alcohol and drug use and why we need to pay attention to life’s “rumble strips.”
3rd Graders Learn About Embryology
Mrs. Wanamaker’s class learning about egg embryology! Thanks Penny Holtmeier!
Senior Spotlight – Jorjia Schellhase
Each week, Fairbury Public Schools wants to dedicate some time to celebrate seniors. These will be shared as they are submitted by the graduating class. Our thirtieth Senior Spotlight is Jorjia Schellhase. Congratulations Jorjia!
Elementary Fun Night Success
PTA Fun Night 2023! Thank you to all who helped make this event a success! We couldn’t do it without you!
4th Graders Have Special Guest for Nebraska Studies
The 4th graders had a special guest speaker last week as part of their Nebraska History studies. Darci Pesek from the UNL Extension Office came and explained how Native Americans used all parts of the buffalo in order to live. The students were shown how we use livestock animals today. We even played a game to identify what parts of an animal we use in our daily lives. Ask a 4th grader what part of an animal is in a marshmallow, lotion, or chewing gum.
FBLA State Leadership Conference
The FBLA State Leadership Conference was held at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney on April 3rd-5th.
Results for our Jr. High members:
State Champion Annual Chapter Activities Team – Lucas Livingston, Iaunna Lucking, Jerik Mans
State Champion Exploring Business Issues Team – Marly Brinkmann, Zoey Frerichs, Sophia Meints
State Champion Leadership – Sophia Meints
5th place Digital Citizenship – Marly Brinkmann
7th place Leadership – Zoey Frerichs
8th place Career Research – Bridget Heidemann
Great job for a first-year chapter!
High School Results:
Public Service Announcement – Sam 6th place
American Enterprise project – Hannah, Malayne, Lauren 8th place
Sports and Entertainmemt Management – Hannah, Molly, Micah Honorable Mention
Electronic Career Portfolio – Malayne Honorable mention
Senior Spotlight – Madison Christ
Each week, Fairbury Public Schools wants to dedicate some time to celebrate seniors. These will be shared as they are submitted by the graduating class. Our twenty-ninth Senior Spotlight is Madison Christ. Congratulations Madison!
Julie Petersen Receives the Jeffs’ Best Award!
The Jeffs’ Best Award was created by the Fairbury Public Schools Board of Education to highlight and celebrate the great work of our staff. On behalf of the Board of Education, I would like to congratulate Mrs. Julie Petersen as the recipient of the April Jeffs’ Best Award! Julie is a math instructor at the Jr. Sr. High School, and this is her nomination statement:
Julie is an incredibly dynamic leader at the high school. Julie is a master of her curriculum, and she knows the scope and sequence of math matriculation at all levels. Every year she uses her vast knowledge to help and support new math teachers. In her classroom, she is insanely organized, actively works to incorporate multiple learning modalities, and is continually changing and improving- working to be the best at her craft. She mentors new teachers and is always working to make things run smoothly (sharing quarterly grade graphs and goals, parent-teacher conferences resources, sending positive texts and messages, etc.). In addition to excellence in the classroom, Julie also voluntarily takes on additional tasks. She organizes the weekly staff breakfast, end-of-year staff BBQ, serves on our building MTSS, creates testing schedules, and surely 100 other things that none of us realize or appreciate enough. In a data-driven environment, Julie is a spreadsheet queen. She could do 1,000 jobs well in the public sector too. FHS is blessed that she chooses to use her talents here.
