Category: Activities

Students of our local Skills USA chapter attended the Skills USA Fall Leadership Conference September 19th in North Platte, Nebraska.  Members that attended were;  Dalton Buxton, Madison Gregory, Arthur Smith, Sara Mitchell, Reed Williams, Jessa Eden and Taylor Shellhouse.  Students got to go on a local fish hatchery tour and see how they raise and care for fish in Nebraska.  Students also went to many break-out sessions and learned about teamwork, character building, problem solving and many other characteristics associated with being a Skills USA member. Students will now choose an area of study and compete in the Skills USA Nebraska State Leadership Conference coming up in April of 2017.  If they win there, they would then travel and compete at the national level in Louisville, Kentucky in June.

Students attended SCC Construction Career Days in Milford, NE.  There they learned about many different programs at SCC.  Students got to participate in hands on activities such as bricklaying, heavy equipment operation, diesel mechanics, computer-aided drafting, construction, electrical lineman work, concrete work, brick laying, nondestructive testing and automotive technology. They even ran into some former students from FHS!   It was a productive day. Adam Montague and Brett Sutton both won $100 scholarships.

As the new school year gets underway, clubs and organizations are getting started up again too. The FFA, SkillsUSA, FBLA and FCCLA clubs held a recruitment party at the Fairbury Country Club. There was swimming, pizza, and rootbeer floats for the new and returning members. As the night started to wind down, each club had a representative of their organization try to persuade newcomers to join.  It was a fun night full of food and laughter.

The Jeff Golfers competed in the Fairbury Invite on April 20th. The Jeffs placed 2nd as a team. Individual medalists include: Nick, 3rd with a 78, Justin Peterson, 6th with an 81 and Zach, 10th with an 85. Good Job Golfers!

Three Fairbury FBLA members advance to national competition following the 2016 FBLA Nebraska State Leadership Conference held April 7-9 in Omaha. The annual conference provided competition in 71 events, leadership training, networking, and fun for FBLA members across the state. Fairbury FBLA’s 15 qualifying members joined over 2800 Nebraska members and advisers to compete and celebrate another successful year in FBLA.

Throughout the leadership event, members participated in competitive events, motivational seminars, and the election of the new State Officer Team. Honorable Mention awards were announced at the second general session, recognizing those who placed in the top 4% of each event. The Awards Program held on Saturday morning announced the top eight winners in each event and revealed who would represent Nebraska FBLA at the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer.

Seniors Halle Knigge and Lindsay Lee, and junior Justin Peterson presented the chapter’s American Enterprise project at the conference. This project profiled the chapter’s cookie baking business implemented with the 3^rd-grade classrooms earlier in the school year. A 15-page report was submitted in February, which was one of five selected for oral presentation at SLC. A seven-minute oral overview and Power Point were presented to a panel of three judges at the conference. The combined score of their written report and oral presentation placed third to advance to the top competition at the 2016 National Leadership Conference in June.

Freshman Isaac Robertson won the Proofreading event and placed third in the Spelling contest.  Sophomore Jacob Johnson earned fifth place in the Spelling event. Junior Hannah Yantz placed fifth in Publication Design.  Senior Nick Christiansen placed eighth in Job Interview. Over 337 students competed in this event, placing Nick in the top 2% of this event. Lindsay Lee received honorable mention in Accounting I and junior Justin Peterson earned an honorable mention in Securities and Investments.

Nick Christiansen, Trent Grizzle and Jacob Johnson earned the chapter’s Gold Seal Award of Merit with their Local Chapter Annual Business Report. Fairbury FBLA received the prestigious Sweepstakes Award, representing active participation in the state’s program of work. The chapter also received recognition for contributing to the Nebraska FBLA Foundation and the Nebraska March of Dimes.  Fairbury FBLA was also honored for their participation in the Feed Nebraska Project through their food drive in the fall and integration of technology in chapter activities throughout the year.

Fairbury chapter members attending were: Seniors:  Nick Christiansen, Lindsay Lee, Halle Knigge; Juniors: Justin Peterson, Megg Vaughn, Hannah Yantz, Anthony Moyer; Sophomores: Dawson DeBoer, Trent Grizzle, Jacob Johnson and Freshman: Destiny Brown, Nichole Harris, Devin Holliday, Mikasa Lierman, and Isaac Robertson. Adviser Melissa Dux and parent-sponsor Julie Knigge accompanied the Fairbury delegation.

Over 1000 Nebraska FCCLA members gathered in Lincoln, Ne. April 3-5  for their annual State Leadership Conference. at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Holiday Inn. Fairbury FCCLA officers attended the event, including Evie S., Grant S., Regan S., Macy O., RJ S., and Izzie S. and their FCCLA sponsor, Kay Onnen.

Tuesday morning wrapped up the conference and members returned to their home towns, tired, but motivated to improve their lives, schools, and communities.

Fairbury’s FFA Alumni sponsored Donkey Basketball on Sunday, March 20, at the Fairbury High School. It was a fun afternoon watching friends and neighbors play basketball – riding donkeys!

The Fabulous Faculty of Fairbury Public Schools rode away as victors in sudden death overtime.  A shot by Superintendent Grizzle sealed the deal against the Fairbury FFA Team.

Edward Jones financial advisor, Jay Peterson, was a featured speaker in the Personal Finance classes this week.  Peterson shared his wealth of knowledge about investing and gave advice about choosing stock.  This helped prepare the students for their upcoming Stock Market simulation in which students will select stock to purchase and monitor their investments over the next 7 weeks.  He also shared the importance of learning about personal finance while in high school with the juniors and seniors in the class.  Peterson advised the students that regardless of their future career, they will be using the information learned in Personal Finance class.  Students especially enjoyed how Peterson was able to relate the investing concepts to their own lives.  Senior Brooke Eisenhauer stated, “It helped to have Mr. Peterson give examples of real money situations people might go through during their lifetime.”