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Jefferson County Spelling Bee

The 2017 Jefferson County Spelling Bee was held Monday, February 6th at Tri County School. Participants from Jefferson Intermediate School included sixth graders Jorjia Shellhase, Salvador Chavez, Jackson Martin, Brant Gillham, Moirah Neal, Brittany Kroeker, Allison Davis, Ellie Livingston, Jax Biehl, and Elizabeth Rogers. After 13 rounds of challenging spelling, the winners were announced. Fairbury and Jefferson Intermediate placed one student in the top ten. Congratulations to Salvador Chavez for earning 7th place. Great job Jefferson Intermediate and congratulations to all spellers!

Business Students Analyze #SuperBowl Ads

Intro to Business class joined other business students in Fairbury as well as across the country in analyzing the Super Bowl Ads via an organized chat on Twitter. The day after the Super Bowl, students across the country viewed the Super Bowl Ads during class and tweeted their thoughts as they watched them. Using hashtags, students were able to view other students’ responses to the commercials.

Students were able to gain further knowledge about the business and marketing side of the Super Bowl. Class discussions and tweets centered around analyzing the target market of the commercials, the type of appeal being used in each ad, and of course which ones were the students’ favorites/least favorites. By participating in this activity, students were exposed to Twitter/Social media etiquette and shown the genuine value of using Twitter for educational and professional purposes. This activity also allowed students to see a wider perspective and helped them practice good digital citizenship.

Newton’s Three Laws of Motion

While studying Newton’s three laws of motion, students in Miss Feldkamp’s 8th grade science class designed and constructed balloon powered cars. Students were given a variety of supplies including tape, glue, cardboard, straws, popsicle sticks, wooden skewers, CD’s, etc. The objective was to build a balloon powered car for maximum speed and distance. Students did an excellent job and the results were impressive! One car traveled over 9 meters!

True Treasure Hunt

“The high school and 7th grade vocal music classes recently had a True Treasure Hunt. Instead of hunting for objects, they hunted for people who help make our school great! We wrote and delivered thank you notes to administrators, teachers, and support staff. Anyone who helps bring Jeff Pride!

Thanks to everyone at Fairbury Public Schools for all you do to help our students grow and succeed! Thanks to all the parents and families for supporting students! And thanks for your continued support of the music department!”

Elephant’s Toothpaste

Mrs. E. Winter’s and Ms. Feldkamp’s 7th and 8th grade science students got to experience the classic demonstration of Elephant’s Toothpaste to illustrate an exothermic reaction. It took some tweaking throughout the day, but by the last class the result was quite impressive!

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January Students of the Month

Students of the month for January include:Alissa York, Cody Petersen, Mikwena Lierman, and Marcus Deras Congratulations to these students! They were nominated by their teachers based on classroom behaviors, attitude and work ethic.

Fairbury students at the Doane Vocal Festival

Garret Ragland and Michaela Buchli attended the Doane Vocal Festival at Doane University this past Sunday and Monday, January 8th & 9th! DVF is an annual event that brings together high school students from around the state of Nebraska. For two days, the almost 70 members of the Festival Honor Choir sang great music, listened to wonderful concerts, and were able to spend time with other enthusiastic musicians their age.

This year’s honor choir was conducted by world-renowned composer, Jake Runestad. He brought several of his own pieces for the students to perform. They also composed a brand new piece as a choir during the festival!

Monday night, they presented a concert along with the Doane Choir and several high school soloists that were selected as part of a solo competition. It was a great finish to a fun festival! Thanks Garret and Michaela for bringing the Jeff Pride and representing the Fairbury music department so well!

Human Notes on a Musical Staff

The vocal music class at Jefferson played a game to practice identifying note names. Students had to work together and use their bodies to spell out 3 and 4-letter words on a giant music staff. In preparation for this game, students came up with words using just the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and coding them as notes on a staff.

Small But Mighty

Spanish Club is a small but mighty club at Fairbury High School. Our membership of 22 is proud to be able to help our community in a variety of ways.

In October we partnered with Hope Crisis Center by putting out yard signs for Domestic Violence Awareness month. Members also lead a collection drive during this month. During the 2 week drive, items were collected and given to Hope Crisis to give to victims of domestic violence in need of assistance.

In December, the members also continued the tradition of helping a family in need. We selected a family to “adopt” through the Blue Valley program. Members purchased gifts locally and wrapping paper for a Jefferson county family.

Spanish Club also a sponsors a child through Compassion International. Our sponsorship provides educational opportunities and health care for a 6 year-old child in Bolivia.

The members work together to raise funds by working the concession stand and sponsoring a Junior High Dance.