Lisa Maschmann 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 Lisaa Maschmann, Central Elementary 1st Grade Teacher, as the recipient of the October Jeffs’ Best Award! These are her nomination statements:

Lisa is an amazing teacher who goes out of her way to help students. She is also a great resource for any teacher. She is very dedicated to the district and helps whenever she can. If you need something, chances are that she has it for you.

Lisa has been teaching for many years and I cannot thank her enough for always sharing her wisdom, suggestions and ideas! She was a great mentor my first year and has continued to support me – even after moving to another grade level. Lisa is an amazing teacher at Central!

Our district is blessed to have Lisa, and she is well deserving of this honor.

FPS Students Place in the Spelling Bee

The Jefferson Co. Spelling Bee took place on October 4th. Students from all over the county in 5th and 6th grade competed. Elias Keyser, 6th grader from Jefferson Intermediate, placed 3rd and Westin Dux, 5th grade student from Jefferson Intermediate, placed 4th. Congratulations Elias and Westin!

Senior Spotlight – Alyse Petersen

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 fifth Senior Spotlight is Alyse Petersen. Congratulations Alyse!

Mrs. Hamel’s Students Share Core Knowledge of the Body

Mrs. Hamel’s Child Development Class went to Central Elementary and demonstrated human body science labs on October 6th. They had the best time talking about the spine, heart, lungs, and so much more! The students had a great time teaching and learning about the body.

Volleyball Senior Night

Photo credit to Erin Starr.

The Lady Jeff’s Volleyball Team celebrated senior night on October 4th. They also honored Hillary Christ, a long time para educator, who is currently fighting breast cancer.

Jeffs Gone M A D

Fairbury Jr./Sr. high school and Jefferson students got to participate in wellness activities the week of October 3-7. An introductory convocation was presented by Jeffs Gone MAD and Sean Robers, Mental Health Clinician.

FPS students loved ‘Take 5’ Tuesday🖐🏻and were reminded that sometimes it is beneficial to take break and recoup! Grades 3-12 were provided positive affirmation coloring pages and coloring utensils! Jeffs Gone M.A.D. volunteers made videos for Jefferson students to watch each day this week. They explained the WHY behind what we were doing!

Thursday at the high school was ‘Take What You Need.’ They had a lot of prizes for students to take. Students could rip off a word that encouraged them or that they might need💓
During Thoughtful Thursday for Jefferson students! Students got to use sidewalk chalk to write their favorite positive messages. Teachers had their favorite on their marker board! 📝☀️

Their culminating event will take place at this Friday night’s football game vs. St. Paul. The theme for Friday night’s football game is “lime green” for Mental Health Awareness Week and to honor Landon Livingston. Football players will also be wearing pink socks for Hillary Christ and breast cancer awareness month.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/officialfairburyHS for more pictures of the week’s events.