Congratulations to the students who earned awards from this year’s Scholastic State Art competition. On Saturday, February 29th the students attended the awards ceremony, held annually, at the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center building. Fort Calhoun students earned a total of 20 awards. All the entries that received awards from across the state will be on display at the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center, located at 3215 Cuming St., until March 29, 2020.
Sasha Robinson, 9 – Honorable Mention, A Portrait of Me Running on 1 Hour of Sleep, Drawing and Illustration Katie Barta, 10 – Silver Key, Happiest Place on Earth, Painting Gabe Anduze,10 – Gold Key, Judgement, Painting
Jada Wheeler, 10 – Honorable Mention, Taylor’s View, Drawing and IllustrationKaitlin Smith, 11 – Silver Key, On Mountain Time, Ceramics and Glass Kennedy Bradburn, 12 – Honorable Mention, Mini Me, Drawing and Illustration Kennedy Bradburn, 12 – Honorable Mention, Hmm, Printmaking Kennedy Bradburn, 12 – Honorable Mention, Life, Art Portfolio Kennedy Bradburn, 12 – Silver Key, Cancer, Drawing and Illustration
Evelyn Holmstedt, 12 – Honorable Mention, Caelum, Drawing and Illustration Evelyn Holmstedt, 12 – Honorable Mention, Christine, Ceramics and Glass Evelyn Holmstedt, 12 – Honorable Mention, Monochromo, Art Portfolio Bailey Donovan, 12 – Honorable Mention, My Little Zoo, Art Portfolio Bailey Donovan, 12 – Honorable Mention, Mooo Me?, Drawing and Illustration Bailey Donovan, 12 – Silver Key, What a Hoot, Drawing and Illustration Bailey Donovan, 12 – Silver Key, Not So Blue Jay, Printmaking Bailey Donovan, 12 – Gold Key, Bullett Dean, Drawing and Illustration Alyssa Mitchell, 12 – Honorable Mention, Goofy Gurl, Drawing and Illustration Maggie Theisen, 12 – Honorable Mention, Polar Bear, Printmaking Nate Wear, 12 – Honorable Mention, The Lighthouse Man, Digital Art
The 2020 award recipients are: (left to right) Jada Wheeler, Katie Barta, Maggie Theisen, Kaitlin Smith, and Sasha RobinsonKennedy Bradburn, Bailey Donovan, Evelyn Holmstedt, and Gabe Anduze,
Congratulations to Fort Calhoun Wrestlers Ely and Lance Olberding who competed in the State Wrestling Meet last weekend at the CHI Health Center. Lance (113 lbs) ended his season with a 7th place finish and Ely (106lbs) is Class C State Champion. Their hard work paid off! Congrats!
Ely-L and Lance-R after Ely’s win. Photo by Erika Donahoe
Ely at the end of his meet. Photo by Grant Egger, Enterprise Publishing
Ely with his coaches Drew and Jake Welchert. Photo by Grant Egger, Enterprise Publishing
The PLC Transition students have been busy learning skills that will help them be successful in the workforce. Some of the activities include leading weekly activities with Autumn Pointe residents, volunteering at Pioneer Friends, and learning to make healthy recipes and kitchen shortcuts.
Seniors Kennedy Bradburn, Carter Gochanour, and Kelsie Premer pose underneath a mural they recently finished in the weight room. All three seniors made the mural as a project for their independent art class. Great job students!
The Board of Education for the Fort Calhoun public schools has negotiated and have come to a verbal agreement with Mr. Jerry Green for the position of Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Green has been the secondary principal at Fort Calhoun for the last 10 years. Mr Green has been in the Fort Calhoun School District since 1994 and was previously a teacher, coach, and an AD/assistant principal for our district. He received his BS in Education from Dana College, his Masters of Education from UNO and his Education Specialist degree from Doane University.
The Superintendent interview process included meetings with groups from the Community, Staff and Administration, in addition to a facilities tour and a formal interview with the Board. The Board wishes to thank the interview groups for their time invested in the process and their valuable input. We look forward to the future here at Fort Calhoun Community Schools.
The Fort Calhoun Board of Education will ratify Mr. Green’s superintendent contract at an upcoming school board meeting and his agreement will commence on July, 1st 2020.
Jon Genoways – Board President On Behalf of the Fort Calhoun Board of Education