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Magical Disappearing Paint

In art class Mrs. Horky’s Kindergarteners listened to “I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!” by Karen Beaumont and learned what NOT to paint. Then Mrs. Schmidt shared her “magic” disappearing paint, aka water, to help students practice using paint brushes appropriately. Children were amazed at their magical powers to paint pictures on construction paper and then make them disappear!

Kindergarten students in Miss Mohr’s class listened to Mrs. Schmidt read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom in art class then got inspired to create their own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees.

Face Painting

We will be offering FACE PAINTING at all Varsity events. This is a new fundraiser offered by the music department for the upcoming music trip to Chicago. We hope this can become a new tradition at FHS and continue to fund many more music events and trips. A face painting area will be set up at all Varsity sporting events around the first 2 hours of the event depending on the event. Designs do not have to be isolated to the face, they can also be placed on top of hands, foreheads and forearms. The cost is $1.00 per design or $1.50 for glitter designs. All paint is hypoallergenic and water soluble and washes up quickly with either soap and water or a quick swipe of a make-up wipe. For questions or to sign up and assist with this please contact Mr. Dusso at rdusso@fairburyjeffs.org or Mrs. Furrow or sfurrow@fairburyjeffs.org .

7-12 Band and Vocal Music Starting Strong

7-12 Band
Wow what a great start to the year so far! High school band camp was a huge success with the final performance at the Wilber Czech Days Parade. The 7-12 bands have been hard at work getting ready for Pep Band and Marching season. The HS Band looks to premiere Part one of our World of Warcraft Halftime show at our first home football game Friday September 3rd!!! JH Band has been hard at work learning marching commands and mastering out school song “Colors” to march in the homecoming parade in September!

HS Choir

Great start to the year! We are already making music and singing together very well. We have a couple of students interested in auditioning for the All State Choir and have begun to work on music and techniques to aid them in those auditions. We also have begun to learn a song that we will be performing in honor of our veterans in the community on Veterans Day.

Crimson Elite

Show Choir is Back! Crimson Elite has returned to its roots as a competitive Show Choir. Dance Boot camp is coming up and we will be getting ready to start here in September. The show choir season doesn’t officially start until December, so we will have this first semester to get ourselves familiar with what a show choir is!! This year’s theme?! 80’s!! Are you a 9-12th grader that still would like an opportunity to audition? We will hold a second chance audition, Friday September 3rd at 7:30am in the music room! i hope to see you there!

Solo Cup Stack Challenge

7th Grade STEM students kicked off their first week of STEM challenges with a partner, team building activity called the “Solo Cup Stack Challenge”. They were given limited time, specific materials, and the requirement of not being able to touch the cups with anything but the string/rubber bands. They had to work together with their partner(s) to figure out the best strategy to engineer their cup tower the fastest!

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun

In Miss Lassek’s 2nd grade classroom, the students heard a new story during the first week of school. Miss Lassek read the story “Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun.” This story outlines the importance of having courage, the importance of embracing our differences and the importance of never giving up. After hearing the story, the students took on a new challenge. The students were required to build the tallest tower in the classroom with only a few supplies. The students were given 20 mini marshmallows, 1 large marshmallow, 20 dry spaghetti noodles, a piece of paper and 5 inches of tape. The important details of the task was that the tower must stand on its own and hold the large marshmallow on the top. The students felt the challenge and difficulty of the task but never gave up! Congratulations to our winner, Carter Petersen for building the tallest tower to support the large marshmallow!

Organizational Recruitment Party

The organizational recruitment meeting was held on August 23rd at Camp Jefferson. They had a great turn out, good food, and fun times. Everyone was glad they could get together and celebrate the beginning of the school year!

JCH&L to Offer COVID Vaccine Clinic for Children 12 yrs of Age and Older

JCH&L will be offering a COVID vaccine clinic on Friday, Aug. 27, for those who are 12 years old and older. A parent signature is required for anyone ages 18 and under.

Forms are available in the Jr-Sr. High office

This will be a 2-dose Pfizer vaccine with the second dose on Sept. 24.

To make an appointment or for more information, call 402-729-3351.

What is MTSS? Central MTSS Newsletter Explains

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a systemic, continuous-improvement framework in which data-based problem solving and decision-making is practiced across all levels of the educational system for supporting students. The following is the first Central MTSS Newsletter. Click on the images below.

Band Trip to Chicago 2022!

A band trip to Chicago is being planned for 2022! A parent information meeting will be Tuesday May,11th at 6pm in the BFAC.

A representative from Music Travel Consultants will be here to go through the itinerary and payment plan, as well as answer any questions about the trip.