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Michelle Hanson 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 Michelle Hanson, Fairbury Public School’s Intervention Coordinator, as the recipient of the March Jeffs’ Best Award! These are her nomination statements:

Michelle has a multifaceted job that she regularly completes with a positive attitude. She is flexible in fulfilling her jobs. Sometimes we need a last minute training-she does it. Sometimes we need her to sub-she does it. Sometimes we need her to prepare last minute paperwork-she does it. She prepares materials for parents. She creates para schedules. She monitors completion of paperwork. She completes fidelity checks. She completes everything we need her to quickly, accurately and quietly. She is a daily “jeffs best” and I hope we are able to recognize her for all she does!

This is my first year at Fairbury public schools and Michelle has welcomed me with open arms and has helped me and guided me!

She is always willing to help me out with anything I need. She is super friendly and is hardworking. Michelle is definitely one of Fairbury public schools BEST!

New Members Added to the National Honor Society

Fairbury Jr/Sr High School announced new members of the National Honor Society. They will have a formal induction ceremony this spring.

Name Brand VS Store Brand

As part of a unit on Product Concepts, Branding and Packaging, Principles of Marketing class analyzed a variety of name brand vs. store brand food products. Comparisons were made between packaging, appearance, price per unit, and of course, the taste of both brands. In Cola Wars, Pepsi dominated over Coca Cola. However, surprisingly, Sam’s Cola was identified as the preference over both Pepsi and Coca Cola. Students were surprised to find they preferred the store brand of various foods and typically could not identify the difference between name brand vs. store brand based on the taste.

Adivina, Adivina…guess the food in Spanish 2

Spanish 2 class practiced colors, textures, and food flavors while guessing their opponent’s food choice.

February Students of the Month

February Students of the Month are listed below and included on the Jeff List.

Dental Health Month

February is Children’s Dental Month and the kindergarten class learned about good oral hygiene.

Dr. Spahr and Kenidee, with Smile Designs, took time out of their busy schedule to teach the children how to brush their teeth and why this is so important. All of the kindergarten students received a toothbrush and toothpaste!

Free Training Opportunity

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Annette Barber 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 Annette Barber, Jefferson 4th grade teacher, as the recipient of the February Jeffs’ Best Award! These are her nomination statements:

Annette has been a devoted teacher at Jefferson for many years. She puts the needs of students first. Annette is caring, patient, a team player, compassionate and goes above and beyond to help the children of this community.
Mrs. Barber is an amazing teacher! She cares so much about her students, not just when they are in her classroom but forever. She encourages them to do their best, to come back to visit, she makes them feel so special and important. She truly cares about them.

Mrs Barber is definitely one of Fairbury public schools BEST!

Info Tech 2 Students Learn Skills and Create Smiles

Info Tech 2 students were given a creative challenge to design a placemat for a Preschool Valentine’s Day Party. Placemats were created using Microsoft Word and included coloring options and age-appropriate activities. High School students learned to use mail merge with a spreadsheet of names as their data source to create custom placemats for each Preschool student.