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His teacher, Sara Wellman-HighHorse, will also be recognized in the upcoming NETA newsletter for her efforts in using the application website in class.  She will also receive a free membership to this years NETA Conference held in Omaha. Mrs. Wellman-HighHorse commented saying, “I had originally learned about this creation-based website at least year’s NETA conference.  I decided to utilize it in my classroom, as it aligns with my philosophy of more project-based assessments. In addition, knowing about this contest fueled my ambition to use it even more.”

Mrs. Shields took 2 teams to the TSA TEAMS (Technology Student Association Test for Engineering Aptitude in Math and Science) Competition on Tuesday, February 17 at UNO. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in their respective division. The students participating were James Borsch, Sarah Determan, Kyle Owen, Tessa Stevens, Alex Tietz, Daniel Crump, Zane Fickbohm, Riley Grosse-Rhode, Bret Klabunde, Erin Schulz.

Phenomenon Show Choir competed at the UNO Show Choir Festival on Wednesday, February 11th. The group competed against 8 other schools in our class and performed very well. Phenomenon will compete again this Friday, February 13th, at the NCDA (Nebraska Choral Directors Association) Show Choir Festival held at Elkhorn South High School.

Hearts are the most recognized symbol for February.  After all, it is the month of LOVE.  Third grade enjoyed creating beautiful Valentine artwork.  They used paper, scissors, glue and oil pastels to make these colorful pieces of art.

Fort Calhoun Robotics class participated in their first contest this weekend at Benson High School. Teams did really well with this being their first contest of the year. They will be participating again at Skills USA State April 15-17 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha.

The proposed 2015-16 contract for the Superintendent of Schools for Fort Calhoun Community Schools will be presented to the School Board for approval at the regularly scheduled meeting, Monday February 9, 2015. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. and is held in the Library at the Jr-Sr High School, located at 1506 Lincoln Street, Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.
A copy of the proposed contract can be found on the Districts website, under FCCS, Board of Education, Superintendent.
The approved contract and schedule D will be published in the same location on the website after it is approved.

Mrs. Clausen’s kindergarteners, this school year, have been working on identifying the shapes: rhombus, pentagon, hexagon and octagon. They partnered with their 3rd grade reading buddies in Mrs. Leishman’s room on January 16th to do a hands-on project building these shapes with spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. The 3rd grade students were able to walk the kindergarteners through step-by-step on how to make these shapes, as well as a few three dimensional shapes such as cubes and pyramids. The students discovered that they can use these shapes to create tents, catapults, skyscrapers,  race cars and much, much more! We enjoyed working with our partners and discovering new characteristics of shapes all around us!