Mrs. Leishman’s Voyager Readers performed The Best Christmas Pageant Ever play by Barbara Robinson. Parents, family, friends, Kindergarten- 6th graders, teachers, and support staff were in attendance. This is a fun tradition that has been happening for at least 13 years. This year we collected canned goods for the food pantry.

Aunna Raye Morford collected over 90 coats, along with hats, gloves and boots for the Salvation Army. The items were collected from the high school and elementary schools during the month of December. Thank you to all who donated! Pictured are Sam Kirby, Aunna Raye Morford, Paige Johnson, Nick Johnson and Caleb Grosse-Rhode helping to count coats.

Aunna Raye Morford and Mrs. Shields are collecting coats for the Salvation Army. The coat drive will run from December 2 to December 20. If you have any coats, hats or gloves that you would like to donate, please bring them to Mrs. Shields’ room. Winter gear will also be collected at the elementary. Please help someone less fortunate than you stay warm this winter.

Mrs. Benoit’s 2nd grade enjoyed Mrs. JoAnn Jensen from the UNL Extension Office’s visit in November. She taught them how they can learn about science in the kitchen. They learned about how to crush a can using heat and water (pressure)  and other experiments that can be done in the kitchen with their parents help. The Extension Office in Blair offers great learning opportunities!

Drama Club will have a community performance of their One-Act Play titled Goldilocks on Trial December 8, at 3pm in the high school gym. There will be a $3.00 admission charge for adults – students and children are free. There will also be light refreshments provided following the performance. Congratulations One-Act cast and crew for receiving runner-up in the Capitol Conference Play competition. In addition, outstanding performance awards went to: Emily Andersen, Julie Hofer, Brianna Namuth, Tim Drowne, Killian Roehr, and Tyler Pace – congratulations!!”

Rube Goldberg project for Principles of technology class. Students had to use miscellaneous objects to create five different movements to solve a problem without human inference after the start. Winning group of Adam Polsley and Tristin Howell created eleven steps. Click the following links to see videos of the projects.

https://moodle.fortcalhounschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=6346

https://moodle.fortcalhounschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=6345

The Fort Calhoun Student Council picked up litter on Highway 75 on Sunday, November 3. Members pictured are Abby Hillmer, Ben Everswick, Bret Klabunde, Sean Ramey, Anna Koenecke, Peyton Griesert, and Dani Dross. This has been a Student Council project for 7 years. We have the 2 miles south of Fort Calhoun. This is part of our community service projects that are part of being in Fort Calhoun Student Council.

As a means to advocate for breast cancer awareness, students and staff purchased pink t-shirts from FBLA during the month of October. The club raised $485 from the t-shirt orders, which will be donated to Nationalbreastcancer.org.  October 28th was designated as a Pink Out day at school. Pink was worn at home football games in October and the volleyball team also hosted a Pink Out against Arlington.