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2014-15 School wide theme is Hooked on Learning. Each class is using the theme to get the children excited about the school and all of the fun and interesting things that will be learned this year. To go along with this theme, 3rd grade created individual fishing t-shirts. First, as a class, they studied several HOW TO DRAW fish lessons with different backgrounds.  Next, they practiced the ones they chose to put on their shirt. Then, each child was given a sheet to put the final picture for the front and back on for a template. Finally, we went to the cafeteria where we placed the template inside the shirt, taped it all down, and traced their design. Fabric markers were used to color in each unique design. The smiles on their faces shows the pride each had in their finished project!

2014-15 School wide theme is Hooked on Learning. Each class is using the theme to get the children excited about the school and all of the fun and interesting things that will be learned this year. 3-5th grades with PE, Social Skill/Hal, Sped teachers also joined in the fun! We are all different and unique fish that swim in the same wonderful school!!

Thank you to Joe Burns for the photos.

On August 17th the Fort Calhoun girls’ basketball players spent their Sunday morning providing treats for the Corporate Cycling Challenge competitors at the City Park in Fort Calhoun. Nearly 18,000 cyclists were greeted by the basketball team with Gatorade and baked goods.

Congratulations to our 2014 State Track Qualifiers. Grace Whitlaw qualified for high jump. Alex Tietz qualified for the 1600M run and the 3200M run and Adam Robinson qualified for the 3200M run. Wish them luck at State on May 23 and 24th.

The 3rd and 4th graders from Ft. Calhoun Elementary decided to clean up the school yard and playground. We had discussions on giving back to our school and community by volunteering. Students brought gloves, rakes, gardening tools and brooms to get the task done. Everyone enjoyed the teamwork and results when the job was complete. Mr. Dave Neumann was very appreciative of all the hard work!

Here are some GREAT photos to complete Fort Calhoun elementary School’s  PFE One School One Book Reading campaign for 2014!

Photo #1:  shows the overall LUCKY REAL “Humphrey the
HAMSTER WINNERS!!! (these students read the entire Humphrey book with their families, and turned in each weekly certificate, signed by their parents.  Their names were drawn randomly from Humphrey’s cage where the students turned them in every week!)

back row: Mason Touring-3rd grade, Jessy Winterberg- 5th grade, and Ashleigh Walls-1st grade.  *Not pictured: Austin Welchert- 3rd grade, and Kate Hoefker-6th grade.

Photo #2 shows: Kindergartener Matthew Tweedy with his new hamster and all the “goodies” that came with it!!!

*Not pictured: Jacob Ishii- Pre-K,

Photo #4 These students also read all the chapters in the book, The World According to Humphrey, turned in all 4 signed completion tickets, and whose names were drawn.  These students won great “hamster themed” prizes from Zhu Zhu Hamsters, Rap singing and dancing hamster, hamster puzzles, and even hamster slippers!

Left to right winners:Vinny Bonacci- 3rd grade, Dylan Mitchell- 3rd grade, Ali Bell- 1st grade, Seth Waters-Kindergarten
— *Not pictured: Reilly Rauterkus-1st grade, Abigail Ryan-5th grade, Maria Bochnicek-Pre-K.

In case of inclement weather, field day will be moved to Friday, May 16th.

Kindergarteners noticed 2 birds outside our window at centers. After observing it, we found it was building a nest! To our surprise, it laid 2 speckled eggs right before our eyes! We have been making observations and researching about our Killdeer bird family. We have been writing journals on our reach and observations, making countdowns for when the eggs should hatch, and discovering facts about Killdeer birds through questions and researching!   We have counted and marked our calendar on possible days the eggs will hatch! Our calculations show that they should hatch the last week of school!! We can’t wait to see them!