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FPS Students Celebrate Red Ribbon Week

Central and Jefferson students celebrated Red Ribbon Week Oct. 29-Nov. 2. Red Ribbon Week promotes and encourages students to make healthy choices and choose to be drug free. This year’s theme is, Life is Your Journey. Travel Drug Free! To help students be the best they can be, our school partnered with Jefferson Community Health and Life and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. Students enjoyed learning about food and nutrition, heart health, dangers of smoking, poison control, crosswalk safety and a fitness activity.

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FCCLA members attend the FCCLA District #2 Leadership Conference

Centennial, NE – Friday, October 19, 2018  – The Fairbury Chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and nearly 150 FCCLA youth members and adult advisers from FCCLA District 2 gathered at Centennial High School on October 19  for the annual District Leadership Conference (DLC). FCCLA District 2 membership includes students from the following schools: Centennial, Fairbury, Friend, Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southwest, Milford , Seward, and Waverly.  These meetings provided FCCLA members with opportunities to gain leadership skill experience and learn how to become a better leader by exploring what FCCLA is all about and attending sessions aligned with FCCLA’s National Programs.  At DLC our goal is to have all of our members increase their leadership skills and have personal growth. Fairbury also had 5 members participate in the first ever District #2 choir presentation of The Star Spangled Banner.  Those participating included:  Dakota Gladson, Josi Mans, Taylea Mills, Claire Shumard, and Izze Schwab.

Christine Brungardt from Jana’s Campaign, Inc. was the Keynote speaker and brought a message of education and violence prevention. The organizations single mission is to reduce gender and relationship violence. In honor of the late Jana Mackey and other victims and survivors of gender and relationship violence, Jana’s Campaign delivers educational programs that prevent domestic and dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking.  Other breakout sessions included Self Defense, a message from a Public School Resource Officer, Knowledge Bowl competition information, York College-Competing for STAR presentation, State Officer, SPOT, and Power of One presentations by current and former FCCLA members, and a Plating and Food demonstration by Chef Sarah Anderson, Ashland Golf Course. The District Leadership Conference provided a positive outlook for youth today and inspiration for what tomorrow holds for our future.

About FCCLA

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.  FCCLA has more than 164,000 members and more than 5,300 chapters from 49 state associations, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. www.fcclainc.org

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Classifying Angles – Blend Ed Style

Fifth graders learned about angles with some hands-on fun!  To classify angles at the beginning of our unit, teachers taped up a table with painter’s tape, armed students with a whiteboard marker, and let them classify (acute, right, obtuse, and straight) as many angles as they could.  They LOVED this activity! This was one of the four “Station Rotations” that students engaged in as part of the BlendEd Program that fifth graders are currently participating in. At the conclusion of this activity, students took a picture,explained this activity and posted it on their SeeSaw account to share with family and friends.  

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Children’s Book Author/Illustrator a Hit!

Elementary students were entertained by children’s book author and illustrator, Bruce Arant, at a presentation held on Monday, Oct. 15 at the Burkley Fine Arts Center. Mr. Arant gave students a “behind the scenes” view of the processes of illustrating a picture book, from rough sketches to final artwork– specifically, for Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep! and Simpson’s Sheep Just Want to Sleep!  Students in grades 3-6 enjoyed an illustration workshop where they learned how to draw 20 different facial expressions.  Mr. Arant was in our region through partnership with many school districts as well as the support of our Fairbury PTA.
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Parent Pyramid Model Series

There has been an extension on the registration deadline for the Parent Pyramid Model series in Fairbury due to low registration. Registration is open until this Friday, October 19th with the first class starting on Monday, October 22.

This parenting series is free to register and dinner and childcare are provided at no cost each night. This is a wonderful opportunity being offered to parents in Jefferson County and feedback from last year’s class was very positive.

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Fairbury SkillsUSA Chapter Attends Fall Leadership Conference

On Sept. 24, 2018, the local SkillsUSA chapter at Fairbury High School attended the Fall Leadership Conference at SCC in Lincoln. This is an annual event.   This year the Fall Leadership Conference was divided into two large groups.  One half of the state held their conference in Lincoln while the other half went to Hastings.  The purpose of the Fall Leadership Conference is to kick off the year for students in SkillsUSA.   It is there the new officers for the state are introduced to the local chapters.  This year there were six different breakout sessions at the conference.  The sessions are set up to help students be better at what they do and to answer any questions they may have as SkillsUSA members. This year some of the session topics included:  What is SkillsUSA?,  The SkillsUSA Framework,  Middle School Outreach,  What to expect at the State Leadership Conference in April,  job demonstrations, teamwork, fundraising for your local chapter, and discussions about the different SkillsUSA Industry Sectors in manufacturing, Energy and Transportation. In the past, students got to go on industry tours, but they tried something different this year.  This year, they had the industry partners come to the conference and present to the students.  All in all, it was a very rewarding day.  Those students that attended the conference from Fairbury were:
1.  Dalton Buxton
2.  Makenzie Mills
3.  Taylea Mills
4.  Andrew Novotny
5.  Joshua Robertson
6.  Billie Sampley
7.  Keely Schramm
8.  Austin Massa
9.  Zach Furrow
10.  Caleb Trimm
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Jr. High Students Attend Robotics Workshop

Seven Fairbury Jr. High Students attended a robotics workshop sponsored by the Electronic Systems Technical Program of Southeast Community College in Lincoln on October 11th.  This was a one-day, hands-on workshop where they built and tested a Vex Robot and a simulated lie detector test which included soldering a circuit.  They also received a tour of the technical areas related to robotics at the college including robotic welding, plasma cutters and small engines.

 

 

 

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5th Grade Fall Art

Mrs. Ruhnke’s fifth graders drew and colored pumpkin scenes using Oil Pastels and Baby Oil.  The students sketched their scene and then colored them with a variety of Oil Pastels. Blending was then done with a Q-tip and Baby Oil.  Students enjoyed creating their pumpkin scenes and had the added bonus of a room that smelled like Baby Oil!

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