May

Congratulations to Montana Cottle and Cole Bradburn for winning The 2016 Pinnacle Bank Outstanding High School Leaders Award. They were recognized at the Luncheon on Friday April 29th. Micah Yost, Vice President of Sightglass was the guest speaker for the event, who talked about the ability these leaders have to leave an impacting influence on the people around them. With this award, the students can get a $1,000 Scholarship if they decide to attend Midland University.

Driver’s Education registration will be open for resident students until may 16th, 2016. After that day, it will be open on a first -come-first-serve basis to other students. Registration booklets are in the high school office. Call the High School Office for more information at 402-468-5591.

Our embryology unit started April 18th and ended up with 8 chicks hatching on May 9th and 10th. The students learn about the different ways eggs are used. They learn about the different parts of the egg and how the chick develops. We candle the eggs and make sure we keep our incubator at 100 degrees and keep the humidity up. Jovi Greiner stated “my favorite part was getting to see the eggs hatch after all of our hard work in taking care of them.”

400m Relay-Jordan Schaefer, Hannah Warner, Hanna Lazure, and Skylar Wear, 2nd Place

Sixth grade wrapped up their Trout in the Classroom project through Nebraska Game and Parks with a field trip to the Aksarben Aquarium on May 12th. We fished, attended a presentation about Nebraska frogs, explored the education center, and hiked through the hills. The day ended with the release of over 40 rainbow trout fingerlings that we raised from the 160 eggs we received in January.

The first graders went to the Children’s Museum April 28th.  They enjoyed all the museum has to offer including face painting, the balls, the grocery store, kitchen, mazes, slides, and science experiments!  After the museum we headed to the Pedestrian Bridge.  We ate lunch there and then were able to walk across the bridge.  The kids loved seeing the views.  We even got to be in two places at once (Iowa and Nebraska) by straddling the state line on the bridge.  Even though it was a chilly day we still had a blast outside.

Each judge at District Music Contest can select ONE performance they listened to throughout the entire contest in all classes to receive an OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD from the NSAA.  With three judges there were three awards given this year, and for the second year in a row, Fort Calhoun won two of the three awards.  Congratulations to Tessa Dethlefs and Ben Bonacci on receiving these honors for their solo performances.

Thank you to the Fort Calhoun American Legion Auxiliary for the donation to our school libraries. They donated the book “The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans” by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh to the Elementary library and the publication titled “Indivisible, The Story of our Flag” to the High School Library.