Karen Dux

Husker Harvest Days

On September 11th, 42 students traveled to Grand Island for Husker Harvest Days. Throughout the day, students got the chance to talk to many different agricultural businesses including equipment companies, seed companies, and livestock producers. Along with great experiences and talking to these experienced workers in the agricultural field, there were many different opportunities to meet new people from other chapters, see some old friends, and gather great souvenirs from every agribusiness company. Also, Jerry Miller from the Channel Seed Company sponsored the event by paying for each chapter member’s lunch. It was an educational day for all of the Fairbury FFA members to learn more about the future of agriculture.

First Graders Learn About Folktales

The First Graders at Central School had several high school students from Mr. Martin’s first period class read with them. They had been focusing on the literary genre of folktales in their CKLA (Core Knowledge Language Arts) Unit.
The high school students read different variations of Cinderella, Tom Thumb, Little Red Riding Hood, and many other folktales that were in our library. After reading books with the high schoolers, the first grade students went back to their classrooms to create their own Cinderella Castles using building blocks. It was great having older students spend time with the first graders of Central School.

Construction Class Builds New Sidewalk

Construction began last week with the building of a new sidewalk for the city ballpark. Mr. Scott’s Construction class, with the help of city officials, got this project off to a roaring start. Pictured here are Seth Firmanick, Keith Lee, Jayden Schmidt, Andrew Novotny, Jon Kerwood, Thorin Grieve, Brock Beed, and Devin Wanamaker. Dalton Peterson was under the weather at the time of our first pouring. Since the class is two blocks long, we formed up roughly 98 feet of sidewalk. The sidewalk is five feet wide and six inches deep. The class is learning how to order concrete and use various tools and techniques to get the job done. It will have a broomed finish to complete the project. This gives the concrete a better no slip finish that some people prefer. After all the boys left to go back to the school, a snake decided to cross the freshly poured concrete. He was apprehended and removed. All in all, it was a nice day. The boys were proud of their work.

Color Run ~ Elementary Family Night

A great time was had by all who attended the Color Run Elementary Family Night. The cross-country team did a great job assisting the elementary teachers at this event. There was a meal and three different run times. Thank you to all who helped at this event.

Students Selected to NMEA All State Children’s Choir

Congratulations to Alecia Bedlan, Bridget Heidemann, Reid Novotny, and Liam Young who were selected to be part of the 350-member NMEA All State Children’s Choir. The event will take place on the UNL campus on Thursday, November 21, culminating in a final concert at 4:00pm in the Lied Center. Tickets can be purchased for $15 by calling the Lied Center Box Office (402-472-4747). The All State Children’s Choir happens in conjunction with the Nebraska Music Educators Association annual conference. The All State Jazz Band, Chorus, Band, and Orchestra will perform in the Lied Center on Saturday the 23rd.

September Students of the Month

Congratulations to Taylor Runge and Josephine Blatny on being selected September High School students of the month! #jeffpride

Also, a special shout out to our September Jr. High students of the month. Kerelin Deras, Landon McBride, Madison Ohlde and Riley Arner. Way to set the tone for the school year! #jeffpride

Student’s Attend Sportsmanship Summit

Nine sophomores & juniors represented FHS at the Southern Nebraska Conference Sportsmanship Summit on Wednesday, September 25. The event occurred at Stone Creek Lodge in McCool Junction. All eleven conference schools were represented. Students broke into groups where they discussed ideas to promote sportsmanship at their schools. Then each group shared with everyone else their ideas. Students also enjoyed listening to the guest speaker, Matt Martin who is a track coach at UNL. Our students enjoyed meeting students from other schools and gaining positive ideas. Stay tuned for what our students are planning to do at FHS to promote sportsmanship!

Core Knowledge – The Body

The First Graders at Central School got the opportunity to have Dr. Emily Winters, Jr. High science teacher, complete the CKLA (Core Knowledge Language Arts) unit they had been studying on the human body. For the past couple of weeks, first grades have been learning about the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory and nervous systems. Dr. Winters brought in many animal organs for the First Graders to look at and touch. HOW COOL! She brought in a set of healthy lungs and showed how they expand with air and a set of unhealthy lungs from smoking and how they do not expand as much. She even brought a sheep’s heart, several sheep brains and bones from different animals. They even got to listen to their hearts through a stethoscope that Mrs. Winters provided. After all these funs activates, the students went back to their classrooms and each were able to create vertebras using licorice and cheerios. It was an amazing experience!

Preschool is Special

We are on week 4 of preschool. Learning to be super friends by asking first, listening and telling our friends yes or not right now. Lots of laughter and fun which is what makes preschool so special.

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