Art Show
On Wednesday, April 14th, Fort Calhoun hosted the 2021 Nebraska Capitol Conference Art Show. This year’s show was held virtually, and all ten schools in the conference participated via zoom. Art entries were submitted several weeks ahead of time and were critiqued by a three-judge panel.
There were 176 students from across the conference who participated, and there were almost 400 total works of art entered in 11 different categories. This year’s visiting artist, Steve Tamayo, led the students through a cross-curricular activity which included designing, decorating, and assembling a “parfleche” pouch.
Brooke Johnsen (9th grade), was voted Fort Calhoun’s top artist. Congratulations to the following students for earning ribbons at this year’s conference art show.
Gabe Anduze
1st Place – “Old Man” (Colored Drawing)
2nd Place – “Gray Death” (Black and White)
Kathlyn Barta
1st Place – “Blue Jay’s Flight” (Colored Drawing)
Ethan Dye
2nd Place – “Self-Portrait” (Pencil Drawing)
2nd Place – “Chalk Pastel Still Life” (Colored Drawing)
Justin Fritz
1st Place – “Having Trouble Letting Go” (Mixed Media)
3rd Place – “SLATT” (Colored Drawing)
Jayce Ivester
1st Place – “Sunday Brunch” (Black and White)
2nd Place – “Majestic Hills” (Printmaking)
Brooke Johnsen
1st Place – “High Card” (Mixed Media)
1st Place – “Daffodil” (Pencil Drawing)
Emma Lucht
1st Place – “You Are My Sunshine” (Printmaking)
2nd Place – “Happy Flower” (Black and White)
Riley McKennan
2nd Place – “Self-Portrait” (Pencil Drawing)
James Miller
2nd Place – “Self-portrait at 14” (Pencil Drawing)
Regina Namuth
1st Place – “Self-Portrait at 15” (Pencil Drawing)
3rd Place – “Older Sister” (Mixed Media)
Cameron Reynolds
2nd Place – “Western Meadowlark” (Colored Drawing)
3rd Place – “Lil Uzi”
Sasha Robinson
1st Place – “Charcoal Still Life” (Black and White)
Kaitlin Smith
1st Place – “Antique View” (Black and White)
2nd Place – “Future Tracks” (Photography)
Lawson Tjardes
2nd Place – “Fruit Still Life” (Pencil Drawing)
3rd Place – “Bottle Still Life” (Pencil Drawing)
Audubon Society of Omaha Art Award Winners
Congratulations to Cameron Reynolds, Gabriel Anduze, Trey McCoy, Kathlyn Barta, Glenn Hunter, and Tilden Nottlemann for earning awards from the 2021 Audubon Society of Omaha Art Contest. Tilden earned a Merit Award. Glenn, Gabriel, Kathlyn, Trey, and Cameron all earned Excellence Awards. Gabriel also earned Best of Show 9-12, which includes a gift card to Blick Art. Cameron earned the Meadowlark Award, which comes with a year-long membership to the National Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Omaha. Membership benefits include one year of Audubon magazine.
Honor’s/Athletic Banquet Night
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
Fort Calhoun High School will be hosting Honor’s/Athletic Banquet Night for grades 9-12 on Thursday, April 29th. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 pm. This is a great event in which we will recognize both academics as well as activities and athletics. Students should dress appropriately for receiving an award in business casual attire.
There are two main reasons why the two events have been combined this year. 1) Food is a large part of the Athletic Banquet and the meal is self-serve. Given COVID, we are not offering food at either Honor’s Night or the Athletic Banquet. This was a factor in the decision to combine the two events. 2) Each athletic program has already had an end-of-the-season celebration. Since that has already taken place, the administration felt this was a good opportunity to recognize academics, activities, and athletics on the same night.
All students in grades 9-12 are invited to attend along with their parents. Masks are required. Families are asked to sit together, both the student and the parent/guardian. This event is not open to the public. We ask that you both respect and follow our expectations for attendance.
During the ceremony, we will recognize academic success, program participants, scholarship winners, academic pins, National Honor Society, class officers, and many other celebrations. There will be an athletic portion of the program recognizing outstanding accomplishments in athletics.
We hope that you will decide to join us for this celebration of our student’s successes. There are many students and athletes who are doing amazing things every day and this night is designed to recognize their accomplishments.
Thank you for your continued support of our students at the FORT!
Mr. Wemhoff Mr. Christensen
Secondary Principal Assistant Principal / Athletic Director
Mental Health First Aid Training
Pre-COVID, schools were seeing 4% to 6% of their student body with anxiety and depression, with the onset of COVID that number has increased to 24%. How can parents and other individuals help? Consider participating in a free, virtual training that is valuable for anyone that engages with children/youth (parents, family members, community members, mental health providers, etc). This is FREE of charge! Click this link to register. For more information see this flyer. Participation is limited. Register soon!
Elementary Library Mural
The Elementary Library has a fun project underway. The once blank wall will soon be covered with a colorful mural of storybook characters. The mural was designed by the High School’s Art Club students and includes characters such as Curious George, Madeline, Horton, and Junie B. Jones. The Elementary Students each got a chance to contribute by painting parts of the wall during their library time and the art students will finish the little details. I talked with a few 5th graders about the project. Sophie Eastman and Sammi Hirchert thought it was very fun to help out and said it will be nice to see it for years to come. Brooklyn Meador and Sidney Mattison said it was cool and interesting and they enjoyed it a lot.
Booster Club Spring Sports Apparel Now Available
There are now 11 stores to shop from including Baseball, Track, and Golf! NEW FEATURE!!! You can now shop from more than one Pioneer Apparel Store and the items will combine in one cart WITH ONE TRANSACTION & SHIPPING FEE!!!
See more information and instructions below or click the documents to view.
2021 FC Pioneers Gridiron Golf Classic
Hello Pioneer Nation,
We will be hosting the annual Gridiron Golf Classic again this summer on Friday, June 4th at Rivers Wilds in Blair. We are having both a morning shotgun and an afternoon shotgun. See the flyer below with all the info- if you have any questions please reach out to Coach Shepardson. Looking forward to another great day of golf and camaraderie!
Quiz Bowl Conference Champs
Congratulate Brittany Peterson, Abigail Ryan, John McKennan, Kenzie Hansen, and Riley McKennan for being back-to-back (sort of) Conference Quiz Bowl championships! Our team was also Conference Champs in 2019. They overcame a close loss to Yutan in the semis to win!
Pep Students Create Their Own Battleship Game
The 7th-grade Pep Class created their own Battleship board games to focus on collaboration, communication, mental stimulation, and competition as part of their Mental Health unit. Students Ella Bouwman and Ari Nelson explained that the unit began with a video focused on brain health. Then, they used paper to create a grid and then used that to play Battleship with a partner similar to how you play the board game. They said they learned that it is important to put down their phones and interact with each other face to face and to have a positive attitude. Moriah Doyle and Hawthorne Roehr agreed that it taught them about having a positive attitude and added that the process of creating and playing the game stimulated their brains in a new way. They all agreed that it was fun and exciting and would recommend the game to other classes.
