Fort Calhoun Elementary Student Council Members sent care packages to troops overseas. The packages included snacks, bubble gum, and mints. They also added holiday cards that students in the school made. They were so grateful this year for monetary donations from the VFW, the Jaycees and the Knights of Columbus here in Fort Calhoun which made this possible. Such a great community we live in. Student Council Members are as follows.

4th Graders

Clara Godfrey, Kellen Robinson, Danny Powel, and Ella Bouwman.

5th Graders

Stella Wilmes, Jovi Greiner, Moria Doyle, Lyla Pearson, Macie Collins, and Emily Barta.

6th Graders

Allison Prunty, Sammie Ludwig, Samantha Thomas, Grant Ruma, Addison Benoit, Max Halford, Anna Taylor and Anna Melville.

The kids read a total of 161,850 minutes outside school hours during the six week period of our Books and Buzz Cuts reading incentive program. Principal Drew Wagner and 6th grade teacher Todd Teeter agreed to let kids give them buzz cuts and counselor Marie Adams agreed to let them cut 5-6 inches off her hair if they reached their reading goals. Miss Hall’s kindergarteners won the competition. The 9 kids who read the most and earned the opportunity to cut hair were Alisa Taylor, Noah Grove, Geno Roberts, Sammie Ladwig, Cami Christensen, Gerald Taylor, Bode Welchert, Anna Taylor and Emma Rodriquez Weiss.

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On Friday, November 9th, Fort Calhoun Community Schools honored our Veterans by having a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The event was hosted by our Skills USA students with an introduction by Bailey Donovan and the MC and Skills President being Kate Hoefker. The High School Band and Choir both performed several patriotic songs including the Armed Forces Salute.  Terry Fitzgerald was the Keynote Speaker.  Several service members from the Military were in attendances and enjoyed a luncheon prepared by the school kitchen staff and served by the Skills USA students. Thank you to everyone who helped with the event. Once again, Fort Calhoun Schools would like to thank all our Veterans for their service to our country.

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It’s official, Courtney Baxter signed to continue her Softball career at Minnesota State in Mankato. Great job Courtney and good luck! She is pictured with her parents Rick and Tracy Baxter.

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Students and staff alike enjoyed hearing the story of Craig and Fred: A Marine and his dog and how they rescued each other. Craig Grossi told the students how he met Fred in Afghanistan and how Fred’s ability to be positive (wagging his tail) even in the harsh environment, inspired him and his team. Craig calls it stubborn positivity. You can read more about his story in his book titled Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other or on the website https://www.fredtheafghan.com/

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The 3rd Annual Fort Calhoun Alumni Basketball Tournament, FC Basketball Fundraiser, is coming soon on November 16th-17th. Pull your teams together now to support our FC Boy’s Basketball team! Register before November 10th. See the link below for rules and registration forms. For more information, contact Coach Christensen at achristensen@ftcpioneers.org.

Basketball Tournament Information

On Wednesday, October 24 the PLC Transition students visited Autumn Pointe to hang homemade door hangers on the residents’ doors. They were also able to take part in science experiments with the residents. Here Ethan and Dietrich are standing by one of the experiments. On Thursday, the students enjoyed decorating pumpkins.

Just this week, until November 2nd, Amazon is giving 5% back in their SmileAmazon program. That is 10X more than their usual .5% back. So, if you have anything to buy this week, consider going to https://smile.amazon.com/ and searching for TeamMates Mentoring program of Fort Calhoun to donate. See below for more information.

Did you know that you can help support your local chapter of TeamMates of Fort Calhoun just by shopping on Amazon?  That’s right it is simple to sign up and select our local chapter as the recipient.

AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the bonus that Amazon will donate .5% of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization.

How do I shop at AmazonSmile for TeamMates of Fort Calhoun?

To shop at AmazonSmile go to www.smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. Simply sign in and then select TeamMates of Fort Calhoun as your organization and start shopping!  It’s that easy.  For all your orders just make sure to login to smile.amazon.com instead of regular amazon.com and it will automatically send your donation to TeamMates.  You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. 

Happy shopping and thank you for supporting our local chapter of TeamMates in Fort Calhoun!

 

Tom and Nancy Osborne founded the TeamMates Mentoring Program in 1991 in an effort to provide support and encouragement to school aged youth. The goal of the program is to see youth graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education. To reach this goal, youth meet one hour per week with a caring adult who serves as a mentor. They also have the opportunity to go on outings like field trips to Fontenelle Forest and a variety of sporting events. Mentors are volunteers from the community who have dedicated themselves to making a difference in the life of a young person. Mentors give youth a sense of hope, purpose and vision.

 

The TeamMates Chapter of Fort Calhoun started in 2012. We currently have 40 matches. TeamMates is growing strong with over 7000 matches in Nebraska and Iowa.

 

Frequently asked questions:

• Who can volunteer to be a mentor?
  • Any adult 18 and over with an interest in supporting a young person in grades 3-12
• Do you currently need mentors?
  • If you know of anyone who would be interested in mentoring please send them our way!
• How much time does it actually take?
  • Just one hour per week during the school year.
• What do I do when I go to mentor?
  • Have fun!  You can play a board game or cards, do a craft, play on the computer, read a book, talk about your week, go to the gym/playground/track and play around.
• Where do the meetings take place?
  • All meetings take place in the school during school hours.
• How do I learn how to be a mentor?
  • TeamMates provides training to all mentors, going over the do’s and don’ts and your local coordinator can assist with any other support or guidance needed.

 

More information can be found at the TeamMates website.

http://teammates.org

If you have any questions feel free to call or email the TeamMates coordinator for Fort Calhoun. Ashley Hallberg, 402-468-5714 or ahallberg@ftcpioneers.org