The Fort Calhoun Community Schools offices will be closed December 24-25, and December 31-January 1st for the Holidays.
The evening ACT Review sessions will now include materials for other upcoming post-high school entrance exams also: the Compass test, ASVAB and PSAT. There will be a teacher to help with Math, English and Science at the sessions. Review materials and test-taking hints for each of the tests will be available. The review sessions will be held on October 7, 8, 14, 15, 20 and 22 from 6 – 9 pm in Mrs. Shields’ room.
About 45 mentors and Mentees with their families attended the TeamMates Tailgate Friday, October 3 before the High School football game against Ashland/Greenwood. It was an opportunity for Mentees and their families to meet their Mentors. Everyone enjoyed the popcorn bar and the social time.
CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! As a school, we had great results from the state assessment last school year. The students in 5th grade last year performed at an amazing level on their NeSA (Nebraska State Accountability) assessment. The 5th grade was 100% proficient in Reading, Math and Science. What a great accomplishment and celebration. Nice job staff, students, and parents. Just another reason to be proud of being a PIONEER! The higher level of excellence continues.
Sixth grade braved the rainy weather for a field trip on Tuesday, Sept. 30th. They attended 6th Grade Conservation Day at Summit Lake with ten other schools. There was a morning guided hike through the hills and four afternoon learning stations: soils, forestry, fishing, and water cycle.
3rd grade is working on sequencing in our stories and writing. Mrs. Leishman’s readers wrote their recipes and Mrs. Szlachetka’s readers followed the directions. The 3 pictures here pretty well sum up the situations of “OH NO, I FORGOT!” In the end everyone was able to eat a sandwich. I do believe they will be more careful next time!
The dress code for this year’s homecoming dance will be the same as last year’s dress code, but this year we are going to allow jeans, shorts and t-shirts. We will not allow athletic shorts or sweats, and male students cannot wear tank tops. If you have any questions, talk to Mr. Green or Mrs. Shields. The dance will be held on Saturday, September 27, at the Community Building from 8:00 – 11:00. The cost is $5/person.
Independent art students are making the most of the building construction. Students were given permission to create a mural on two pieces of drywall that are currently blocking an old exit. The mural was created by seniors Vince Hartline, Michelle DeWitt, and Madison Queen. The students have plans to create another mural in the gym on two additional pieces of drywall.
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!
