Fort Calhoun Elementary had a canned food drive contest. Second grade won the contest for grades K-2 collecting 356 cans. Third grade won the contest for grades 3-6 collecting 91 cans. In total our students collected 1671 cans of food to be donated to the St. John the Baptist food pantry. Elementary staff brought in 440 food items and $205 dollars in exchange for jeans in the month of November.
On Wednesday, Fort Calhoun Community Schools honored our Veterans by having a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The event was hosted by our Skills USA students. The High School Band and Choir both performed several patriotic songs including the Armed Forces Salute. The 6th Graders also helped us celebrate by performing a special presentation about the American Flag. Jason Fickbohm, Retired Navy CPO, was the Keynote Speaker. Several service members from every branch of the Military were in attendances and enjoyed a luncheon prepared by the school kitchen 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.
Time to order your favorite Pioneer gear for the Holidays! This is the last opportunity to special order for the 2015-2016 school year. The deadline is Friday, November 20, 2015. We have many items available and we’ll gladly check our remaining stock for your request. You can also check out our large supply of in-stock merchandise for sale at home basketball games and don’t miss the opportunity to check out the new apparel and stocking stuffers on December 12, 2015 during Christmas in Calhoun!!
On Wednesday, October 7, the Fort Calhoun Fire and Rescue Department celebrated Fire Safety week with the elementary. At this time they brought the fire truck, rescue vehicle and fire gear for students to try on. This event was a great opportunity for students to learn about fire safety. Thank you to the FC Fire/Rescue Department for this wonderful opportunity.
The Drama One Act Show this year is called “OZ.” Reviews have been excellent so don’t miss your opportunity to see the show on December 6th at 6:00pm in the High School Commons.
You are now entering the land of..
by Don Zolidis
Reeling from her sister’s death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, the Scarecrow reveling in his ignorant bliss, the Cowardly Lion acting like a
paranoid sociopath, and the Tin Man embracing his emotional numbness,
Beth wonders what role she plays in this classic story gone awry.
Congratulations to the Fort Calhoun High School Marching Band. They earned a superior at the State competition on Oct. 24th. The students put in many hours of hard work to accomplish this goal and were able to celebrate with ice cream sundaes on Friday. Seniors this year were Ben Namuth, Aage Namuth, Nolyn Appel, Tessa Stevens, Grace Herold, and Ethan Shaffer. Great job students!
As a means to advocate for breast cancer awareness, students and staff purchased t-shirts from FBLA during the month of October. The club raised $400 from the t-shirt orders, which will be donated to the Kamie K. Preston Hereditary Cancer Foundation and will be able to cover one single site genetic test. October 27th was designated as a Pink Out day at school and pink was worn at the last home football and volleyball games in October as well.
The GREATRACE is making its return to Fort Calhoun Jr. High!
Join us Tuesday November 10th at 6:30 pm. to begin the adventure.
This is your family’s chance to show its “world dominance” as you compete in challenges in cities from around the world.
Is your team up to the challenge?
Teams will be given a passport to travel through each of the cities around campus. At each stop, your team will complete a challenge to receive a clue and passport stamp. Once you have obtained your 10 stamps and clues, those clues will lead you to your final destination. You must work together and use your wits to be victorious!
Amazing prizes for the top three finishing teams!
Please RSVP to Mrs. Johnson at karlijohnson@ftcpioneers.org to join THE GREATRACE!
Congratulations to our Cross Country State Medalists Colton Folkers and Taya Skelton. Colton Folkers came home with a 13th place medal with a time of 17:52.1. Taya Skelton was the Class C State Champ with a time of 19:55.4. Taya’s time is a Class C State meet record. Way to go Pioneers!
Second grade has been talking about the components that help make up a classroom family. Today we read How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer. We discussed what we can do to be bucket fillers and how filling others’ buckets, also fills our own. The students filled each others’ buckets with written comments. Then we reflected on this activity and how it made them feel.
Photo by Joe Burns, Enterprise Publishing