The Winter formal for the High School Students is December 18th from 7-10 at the elementary school gym.  Admission is $5/person. Dress code: no jeans, sweatpants, or gym shorts. Outside Dance Permission form is in the office.

Give the Gift of Life!

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.

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..

                                 OZ

                                                                 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.

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.

Congratulations to Tessa Stevens who is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary sat/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (psat/nmsqt®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest- scoring entrants in each state. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record through-out high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn sat® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
Tessa is a stellar student who loves to learn.  She is taking courses at UNO this year as part of her school day during her senior year.  She is an amazing leader – active in a number of organizations here at the FORT including our band, cross country, speech team, quiz bowl, POPP, and National Honor Society. Good Luck in the final round Tessa.