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Congratulations to Harrison Schmitt for winning 1st place in the annual grades 6-8 Audio Contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Educational Technology Association. Harrison will be honored at the spring NETA Conference April 20th and 21st at the CenturyLink Center.

NETA is a grassroots organization open to everyone interested in sharing information about using technology in the educational process. It exists for the purpose of providing leadership and promoting the application of technology to the educational process. Its span of interest includes all levels and aspects of education. NETA has over 4,000 members. To find out more about the NETA contest, go to the web site at http://netasite.org

This year, the Elementary school PE students did a fundraiser for Hoops for Heart. Hoops for
Heart is a fun event where kids can play basketball, learn about their heart and how to stay
healthy, while raising money for the American Heart Association. Furthermore, throughout the
course of two weeks, the students learned and practiced different basketball skills; including,
dribbling, shooting, passing, man-to-man and zone defense. In the end the Elementary students
raised $5,140 for Hoops for Heart. Tilden Nottleman collected the most donations with a total of $500. Great job to everyone that participated!

On Friday March 24th, High School Art students spent the day observing and learning about art. They visited the Omaha Public Schools TAC building to observe over 1,200 works of art on display for the Scholastic State Art Exhibition. They also visited the Joslyn Art Museum and participated in both a self-guided tour, and docent led tour. Students are pictured in front of a glass blown sculpture titled “Inside & Out” by living artist Dale Chihuly.

Congratulations to our 2017 Prom Royalty. Prince and Princess Jamie and Hannah Warner and King and Queen Christopher Hansen and Hanna Lazure.

Thank you Jim Shields for the photograph. http://fcfan.zenfolio.com/

Congratulations to Taya Skelton for winning the First National Bank’s Unforgettable Performance of the Week. First National Bank and their partner Hudl had a Fan Favorite Facebook contest for performance of the week and Taya won out of a pool of four other students in Nebraska. She won a Hudl swag bag, along with a $500 Visa prepaid card for our Girl’s Basketball team.

Thank you Jim Shields for the photo.

http://fcfan.zenfolio.com/

Congratulations to our 2017 NCC Honor Band members including Sarah Johnson, Avery McKennan, Dalton Ashby, Justin Drowne, Christopher Lopez, Ben Bonacci, Montana Cotttle, Colton Folkers, Tessa Dethlefs, Ian Edie, Travis Fitzgerald, Amanda Hansen, Nick Deyen, Keagan Hunter and Elizabeth Pace. Honor Band was held on March 6th at Ashland-Greenwood High School. The concert included a quartet of Tessa, Elizabeth, Ian, and Travis playing Sinfonia No. 3 by Bach.

The candidates for the 2017 Daly Award are Tessa Dethlefs, Mandy Hansen, Ellie Shaffer, and Jessica Gravert.  This the 6th year Pam and Dan Daly have sponsored the Youth Engaged Award. The purpose of the speech is to engage the young minds of Fort Calhoun (and Washington County) by having them propose solutions to reverse the population decline, spur economic development/growth, and/or increase quality of life.  Winner receives a $1,000 prize; second place $500 courtesy of Anne Breitkruetz and Roger Nottleman.