Left to Right: (Juniors) Prince Caleb Grosse-Rhode, Princess Dani Dross, (Seniors) Queen Hannah Nieto and King Riley Grosse-Rhode
Ten students in 5th and 6th grade were selected to participate for Sing Around Nebraska 2016. Sing Around Nebraska is sponsored by the Nebraska Choral Directors Association and there are over 10 host sites and choirs across the state so that students from all over Nebraska can take part. Students auditioned in November and those selected rehearsed and learned the music during practices outside of the school day every week leading up until the choir festival day. The Fort Calhoun students that were selected attended the Omaha site held at Grace University. The choir took place on Saturday February 27th. Students rehearsed with over 100 other students from across the area during the day and put on a final public concert at 4:00 pm. Students who participated from Fort Calhoun were Katie Barta, John Doyle, Grace Genoways, Jesse Hartline, Cameryn Lewis, Kylie Perfetti, Payton Pohlad, Alayna Prunty, Morgan Therkildsen, Sophie Thomas.
Congratulations to Taylar King, Ethan Shaffer, Jessica Gravert, and Christopher Lopez for earning Honorable Mention awards for their entries into the Scholastic State Art Competition.
On Thursday, February 25, Fort Calhoun Elementary had a special guest.
Magician, Sean Watson, performed for the students as a reward for their fall fundraising. As a part of his show, Sean talked about the struggles he had in school and how magic helped him gain confidence. He reminded the students that they could do anything they put their minds to if they tried hard enough. The students and staff enjoyed the show and we even had a few students get to help out.
Congratulations to Mr. Calhoun, Cade Babin. Fort Calhoun High School held their annual Mr. Calhoun contest on Sunday to benefit Post Prom. Eight young men participated; Cade Babin, Cain Coontz, Zane Fickbohm, Riley Grosse-Rhode, Bret Klabunde, Ethan Shaffer, Sam Winter and Jacob Tegels. They were judged on 4 events; Beachwear, Talent, Evening wear, and Final Question. Runners up were Bret Klabunde and Jacob Tegels. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to make this night a success.
The juniors have been working extremely hard on their final assessment for Of Mice and Men. For their final assessment, in groups they wrote and performed a skit. Their skit had to be centered around irony, which is the concept we focused on while reading Of Mice and Men. The students had a lot of fun creating these skits, and learned collaboration skills, how to write a script, and apply irony in a creative way.
Please recognize the following students for being accepted to the Nebraska Wesleyan University Honor Band, Dalton Ashby, Amanda Hansen, and Christopher Lopez. The clinics were held on February 11, 12 and 13th with a final concert on the 13th.
The High School Show Choir, Phenomenon, competed in their first competition of the season on Wednesday February 10th at the UNO Show Choir Festival. The group performed very well. They were a crowd pleaser and received high ratings from all three judges. Phenomenon will continue their competition season with three more competitions through the end of March and finish the season with District Music Contest in April.
The Art Students at Fort Calhoun High School created a 9′ x12′ mural made up of 108 canvas panels. The figure is of our school mascot, The Pioneer. This has been in the making since last Spring but it was just recently hung on the wall of the Commons. The original design was created by Junior Skylar Wear but the painting of each panel was done by many of our Art Students.
Congratulations to our 2016 State Wrestling qualifiers Lonnie Albertson, Jacob Tegels, Dylan Hartline and Cole Welchert. Lonnie and Jacob were district champions. Wish them luck at the State Meet this weekend Feb. 18th-20th at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. They will wrestling 1st round each morning at 9:30 am.