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Aaron Leibel Receives 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 Mr. Aaron Leibel, Jr.-Sr. High social studies teacher, as the February recipient of the Jeffs’ Best Award!

Aaron’s students say that he’s a great teacher (even if he is too humble to acknowledge it himself). The common theme in comments from his multiple nominations was that Aaron’s classes are entertaining as well as instructive. “He will always tell stories that go with the topic,” wrote one student, “and it’s so funny.” As its sponsor, Aaron has also led the speech team to several great showings in recent years, and he is growing Fairbury’s own speech invitational by leaps and bounds. What’s next for Aaron? Only he can tell!

Aaron will receive a $25 gift certificate during a short presentation at the February BoE meeting and will be eligible for a drawing for a $100 prize in May! As always, we want to thank everyone for their nominations! The BoE will make a new selection prior to the March meeting.

We want to thank everyone for their nominations! The BOE will be making a new selection prior to the March meeting.

Anyone in Jeffland is invited to nominate any Fairbury Public Schools Employee by filling out the form below:

http://bit.ly/2DPRwG1

First Graders Study Astronomy

Within our new reading curriculum (CKLA), our first grade students were introduced to Astronomy. We spent two weeks learning about the first trips to outer space, how the planets were formed, what it feels like to be in outer space, and the order of the eight planets. Miss Lassek’s first graders spent two days sharing what they learned about each planet while building their own diorama. The students began by painting their boxes to match the color of the night sky. They continued to create their diorama by adding balls of gas (stars and the sun) to spread heat and light to the planets. Each student then began to add details to their planets, specifically adding rings to Saturn, a red spot on Jupiter (which happens to be a storm), and adding green to Earth to represent the land. To finish the dioramas, the students and teachers hung the planets in the correct order. Miss Lassek’s first graders all agree that Astronomy is the most interesting unit we’ve learned about so far!

Paige Arnold Receives Jeffs’ Best Award!

The Jeffs’ Best Award was created by the Fairbury Public School 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 Mrs. Paige Arnold as the January recipient of the “Jeffs’ Best” Award!!

Congratulation Paige! Some example statements from her nominations, include “She is the most consistent classroom teacher at Central in teaching expectations while developing relationships.” “Her classes over the years have almost always been respectful, timely, and they work hard.” “She is respectful to colleagues and efficient in all of her practices.” “She is devoted to her work and her personal life as well. On top of it all, she has found time to serve the district as a volleyball coach and on the MTSS Team. On that team she has been a creative influence, giving us great ideas and following through in a timely manner.” “She has been a major asset to Central Elementary and I am thankful to have known her.””

We want to thank everyone for their nominations! The BOE will making a new selection prior to the February meeting. There will be a short presentation at each month’s board meeting. Paige will receive a $25 gift certificate and will be eligible for the Jeffs’ Best of the Year Award in May!

Anyone in Jeffland is invited to nominate any Fairbury Public Schools Employee by filling out the form below:

http://bit.ly/2DPRwG1

Preschool Celebrates the Season

This past week in Mrs. Stanton’s classroom, preschoolers were able to experience what it would be like to be at Santa’s workshop! They were busy making toys at the workshop, wrapping gifts they had built, making cookies and candy at Santa’s bake shop, decorating the tree, and writing letters they could mail to Santa. Other fun things we did this week included playing jingle bell music, fixing reindeer food, and creating our very own gingerbread houses! We ended our week with a holiday party, movie, and a cookie from the PTA.

Free Throw Contest

Date: January 12 Time: 1:00PM.

Location: Fairbury High School Gym

Guardian must be present to register.

Please bring copy of birth certificate.

Family Fun Night

Thursday, families received the opportunity to build a santa cocoa, play snoopy bingo, dance to Christmas music, make an ornament, hula hoop, ride scooters, play with a parachute, eat chili or chicken noodle soup and cinnamon rolls. JCHL partnered with Central and Jefferson to provide physical activities from physical therapists and a medical student all in one night. The evening came to an end after families and staff hopped on a bus to ride to Heritage, Gardenside and Cedar Wood to sing Christmas Carols to residents. It was a fantastic fun night for all.

Cory Schweitzer Receives Jeffs’ Best Award!

The Jeffs’ Best Award was created by the Fairbury Public School 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 Mr. Cory Schweitzer as our first recipient of the “Jeffs’ Best” Award!!

Congratulation Cory! Some example statements from his nominations, include “Cory works to meet and greet each student every day and students are laughing and smiling after interacting with Cory.” Another exclaims that “Cory has touched every student with a simple hello, high five and smile.”

We want to thank everyone for their nominations! The BOE will making a new selection prior to the January meeting. There will be a short presentation at each month’s board meeting. Cory will receive a $25 gift certificate and will be eligible for the Jeffs’ Best of the Year Award in May!

Anyone in Jeffland is invited to nominate any Fairbury Public Schools Employee by filling out the form below:

http://bit.ly/2DPRwG1

FBLA visits fourth graders, discusses American Enterprise Week

by Ericka Kroeker

To raise awareness of American Enterprise Week, members of the FHS FBLA organization visited the fourth graders at Jefferson, on November 12th. Next week the fourth graders will be coming up to the high school to make cookies for the FHS students to buy. American Enterprise Week is about the freedom to start and run any business we choose.

Junior Abby Judd bids off a sucker for an example of American Enterprise Week. In this game they gave the kids paper money and had an auction on how much money they would give for the sucker. Photo by C. York

Sophomore Ethan Smith hands out surveys to the kids to find out what cookies are their favorite. Next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the 4th grade students and FBLA members will be making and selling cookies. Photo by C. York

Senior Jaelle Johnson hands out coloring sheets for the kids to color. They will be hanging them up in the hallways to advertise how they will be selling cookies next week. Photo by C. York

Each cookie is worth 50 cents. Don’t forget to bring your money to school next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to buy cookies and support the FBLA organization.

Construction Class Gives Back

The students in Mr. Scott’s Construction class had the opportunity to help unpackage all the playground equipment for the new Central playground. They all pitched in and got a lot done in a short order. There were many other people there from the community as well. It just happened that Mr. Scott’s class was between jobs so it all worked out for the day. They were glad to help do something more for the community. Thanks to all that helped out. I am sure the younger kids are all excited they are getting a new playground. The boys were talking about when they were young and how they really enjoyed recess.