The Fort Calhoun Community Schools offices will be closed December 24-25, and December 31-January 1st for the Holidays.
Mrs. Shields took 2 teams to the TSA TEAMS (Technology Student Association Test for Engineering Aptitude in Math and Science) Competition on Tuesday, February 17 at UNO. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in their respective division. The students participating were James Borsch, Sarah Determan, Kyle Owen, Tessa Stevens, Alex Tietz, Daniel Crump, Zane Fickbohm, Riley Grosse-Rhode, Bret Klabunde, Erin Schulz.
Phenomenon Show Choir competed at the UNO Show Choir Festival on Wednesday, February 11th. The group competed against 8 other schools in our class and performed very well. Phenomenon will compete again this Friday, February 13th, at the NCDA (Nebraska Choral Directors Association) Show Choir Festival held at Elkhorn South High School.
Hearts are the most recognized symbol for February. After all, it is the month of LOVE. Third grade enjoyed creating beautiful Valentine artwork. They used paper, scissors, glue and oil pastels to make these colorful pieces of art.
Fort Calhoun Robotics class participated in their first contest this weekend at Benson High School. Teams did really well with this being their first contest of the year. They will be participating again at Skills USA State April 15-17 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha.
The student took a picture of a pioneer, put a 1-inch grid on it and then increased it to 8 foot tall pioneer. Making a shape bigger is called a dilation.
Mrs. Clausen’s kindergarteners, this school year, have been working on identifying the shapes: rhombus, pentagon, hexagon and octagon. They partnered with their 3rd grade reading buddies in Mrs. Leishman’s room on January 16th to do a hands-on project building these shapes with spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. The 3rd grade students were able to walk the kindergarteners through step-by-step on how to make these shapes, as well as a few three dimensional shapes such as cubes and pyramids. The students discovered that they can use these shapes to create tents, catapults, skyscrapers, race cars and much, much more! We enjoyed working with our partners and discovering new characteristics of shapes all around us!
The Fort Calhoun Dance team held their dance camp on Friday, December, 5th. It was a success with 45 students participating. Dance team members, Kira Boyd, Emily Shannon, Mikayla Schmitt, Nicole Swanson, Hailey Greenwell, Lizzy Namuth, Taylor Thalman, Molly Shannon, were each placed in charge of a group of students. The theme for the camp was “Live, Love, Dance” and the girls danced in large and small groups to songs by Katy Perry, Madonna, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Lady GaGa at halftime of the girl’s varsity game that evening.
