Category: Schools

As part of a unit on Product Concepts, Branding and Packaging, Principles of Marketing class analyzed a variety of name brand vs. store brand food products. Comparisons were made between packaging, appearance, price per unit, and of course, the taste of both brands. In Cola Wars, Pepsi dominated over Coca Cola. However, surprisingly, Sam’s Cola was identified as the preference over both Pepsi and Coca Cola.  Students were surprised to find they preferred the store brand of various foods and typically could not identify the difference between name brand vs. store brand based on the taste.

Spanish 2 class  practiced colors, textures, and food flavors while guessing their opponent’s food choice.

February Students of the Month are listed below and included on the Jeff List.

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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 Annette Barber, Jefferson 4th grade teacher, as the recipient of the February Jeffs’ Best Award!  These are her nomination statements:

• Annette has been a devoted teacher at Jefferson for many years. She puts the needs of students first. Annette is caring, patient, a team player, compassionate and goes above and beyond to help the children of this community.
• Mrs. Barber is an amazing teacher! She cares so much about her students, not just when they are in her classroom but forever. She encourages them to do their best, to come back to visit, she makes them feel so special and important. She truly cares about them.

Mrs Barber is definitely one of Fairbury public schools BEST!

Info Tech 2 students were given a creative challenge to design a placemat for a Preschool Valentine’s Day Party. Placemats were created using Microsoft Word and included coloring options and age-appropriate activities. High School students learned to use mail merge with a spreadsheet of names as their data source to create custom placemats for each Preschool student.

10 members of the Quiz Club represented Jefferson Intermediate at the ESU 5 Quiz Bow Competition. The 6th grade team ended coming home with first place out of 12 teams total!