SCC Construction Career Days

Students attended SCC Construction Career Days in Milford, NE.  There they learned about many different programs at SCC.  Students got to participate in hands on activities such as bricklaying, heavy equipment operation, diesel mechanics, computer-aided drafting, construction, electrical lineman work, concrete work, brick laying, nondestructive testing and automotive technology. They even ran into some former students from FHS!   It was a productive day. Adam Montague and Brett Sutton both won $100 scholarships.

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Students learned about highway maintenance heavy equipment operators.
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Ethan Novotny runs a small bucket trencher.

 

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Blake Bauer built a block wall!!

TeamMates Raffle

The TeamMates Program is raffling off two tickets to the Nebraska/Iowa VB game on November 7.  Drawing will be held at halftime at the last home football game on October 14th. The tickets benefit TeamMates -Fairbury Chapter.  Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.

Dr. Jerold & Mrs. Sharon Ebke have very generously donated these for us.

Contact Karen Janssen or Patty Swartz for tickets.

CTSO Recruitment Party

As the new school year gets underway, clubs and organizations are getting started up again too. The FFA, SkillsUSA, FBLA and FCCLA clubs held a recruitment party at the Fairbury Country Club. There was swimming, pizza, and rootbeer floats for the new and returning members. As the night started to wind down, each club had a representative of their organization try to persuade newcomers to join.  It was a fun night full of food and laughter.

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FAIRBURY FBLA COMPETES AT STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Three Fairbury FBLA members advance to national competition following the 2016 FBLA Nebraska State Leadership Conference held April 7-9 in Omaha. The annual conference provided competition in 71 events, leadership training, networking, and fun for FBLA members across the state. Fairbury FBLA’s 15 qualifying members joined over 2800 Nebraska members and advisers to compete and celebrate another successful year in FBLA.

Throughout the leadership event, members participated in competitive events, motivational seminars, and the election of the new State Officer Team. Honorable Mention awards were announced at the second general session, recognizing those who placed in the top 4% of each event. The Awards Program held on Saturday morning announced the top eight winners in each event and revealed who would represent Nebraska FBLA at the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer.

Seniors Halle Knigge and Lindsay Lee, and junior Justin Peterson presented the chapter’s American Enterprise project at the conference. This project profiled the chapter’s cookie baking business implemented with the 3rd-grade classrooms earlier in the school year. A 15-page report was submitted in February, which was one of five selected for oral presentation at SLC. A seven-minute oral overview and Power Point were presented to a panel of three judges at the conference. The combined score of their written report and oral presentation placed third to advance to the top competition at the 2016 National Leadership Conference in June.

Freshman Isaac Robertson won the Proofreading event and placed third in the Spelling contest.  Sophomore Jacob Johnson earned fifth place in the Spelling event. Junior Hannah Yantz placed fifth in Publication Design.  Senior Nick Christiansen placed eighth in Job Interview. Over 337 students competed in this event, placing Nick in the top 2% of this event. Lindsay Lee received honorable mention in Accounting I and junior Justin Peterson earned an honorable mention in Securities and Investments.

Nick Christiansen, Trent Grizzle and Jacob Johnson earned the chapter’s Gold Seal Award of Merit with their Local Chapter Annual Business Report. Fairbury FBLA received the prestigious Sweepstakes Award, representing active participation in the state’s program of work. The chapter also received recognition for contributing to the Nebraska FBLA Foundation and the Nebraska March of Dimes.  Fairbury FBLA was also honored for their participation in the Feed Nebraska Project through their food drive in the fall and integration of technology in chapter activities throughout the year.

Fairbury chapter members attending were: Seniors:  Nick Christiansen, Lindsay Lee, Halle Knigge; Juniors: Justin Peterson, Megg Vaughn, Hannah Yantz, Anthony Moyer; Sophomores: Dawson DeBoer, Trent Grizzle, Jacob Johnson and Freshman: Destiny Brown, Nichole Harris, Devin Holliday, Mikasa Lierman, and Isaac Robertson. Adviser Melissa Dux and parent-sponsor Julie Knigge accompanied the Fairbury delegation.

FCCLA State Leadership Conference – Promoting Service

Over 1000 Nebraska FCCLA members gathered in Lincoln, Ne. April 3-5  for their annual State Leadership Conference. at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Holiday Inn. Fairbury FCCLA officers attended the event, including Evie S., Grant S., Regan S., Macy O., RJ S., and Izzie S. and their FCCLA sponsor, Kay Onnen.

Members participated in various activities during the conference.  Sunday evening the keynote speaker was Alex Sheen, founder of the Because I Said So movement, which is dedicated to the betterment of humanity by strengthening commitments through the use of promise cards.
Monday activities included  community service projects and tours throughout Lincoln, as well as the STAR competitive events.  Fairbury members and other FCCLA volunteers walked to the Lincoln Children’s Museum and helped to paint interior walls in the children’s lunchroom. In the afternoon members participated in State Leadership officer elections and breakout sessions.  Monday evening Mrs. Onnen was recognized during the Business and Recognition session for her 25 years as a Family and Consumer Science educator and also for her retirement from the teaching profession at the end of this year.
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Fabulous Faculty – Donkey Basketball Champs!

Fairbury’s FFA Alumni sponsored Donkey Basketball on Sunday, March 20, at the Fairbury High School. It was a fun afternoon watching friends and neighbors play basketball – riding donkeys!

The Fabulous Faculty of Fairbury Public Schools rode away as victors in sudden death overtime.  A shot by Superintendent Grizzle sealed the deal against the Fairbury FFA Team.

Financial Advisor Shares Wealth of Knowledge with Personal Finance Classes

Edward Jones financial advisor, Jay Peterson, was a featured speaker in the Personal Finance classes this week.  Peterson shared his wealth of knowledge about investing and gave advice about choosing stock.  This helped prepare the students for their upcoming Stock Market simulation in which students will select stock to purchase and monitor their investments over the next 7 weeks.  He also shared the importance of learning about personal finance while in high school with the juniors and seniors in the class.  Peterson advised the students that regardless of their future career, they will be using the information learned in Personal Finance class.  Students especially enjoyed how Peterson was able to relate the investing concepts to their own lives.  Senior Brooke Eisenhauer stated, “It helped to have Mr. Peterson give examples of real money situations people might go through during their lifetime.”

What a Day for Fairbury FFA!

The Fairbury FFA Chapter had 30 members compete at the 2016 District 5 Career Development Events (CDE) Contest on Tuesday March 1st at Southeast Community College in Beatrice.  These 30 members represented Fairbury FFA well by showing how hard work and dedication can pay off.  Fairbury FFA was named district champions in the Welding and Vet Science Contests.  Fairbury FFA also had three individual district champions with Nathaniel Stapaules placing 1st in Oxy/Acetylene Welding, Dylan Au placing 1st in Gas Metal Arc Welding, and Ryan Umland Placing 1st in Vet Science.  Below is a complete list of all the team and individual results for the Fairbury FFA Chapter members that competed in the District 5 CDE contests.  

The welding contest consists of a team of three members where one member has to Oxygen-Acetylene (O/A) weld, one member has to Shielded Metal Arc Weld (SMAW), and one member has to Gas Metal Arc Weld (GMAW).  Fairbury had two welding teams compete in the district contest with team one consisting of Nathaniel Stapaules who placed 1st in the O/A division, Tyler Heidemann who placed 7th in the SMAW division, and Trevin Likens who placed 4th in the GMAW division.  This team was named as the District 5 welding champions.  The second team consisted of Tony Grummert who placed 10th in the O/A division, Brandon Reese who placed 13th in the GMAW division and Dylan Au who placed 1st in the GMAW division.  This team placed sixth overall in the district 5 welding competition.  

The Agronomy team placed 4th overall and consisted Cody Huss who placed 2nd, Patrick Ondrak who placed 21st, Jon Engelman who placed 25th, and Blake Bauer who placed 48th individually.  

The Agriscience team placed 6th as a team and consisted of Michaela Buchli and Tori Likens who tied for 10th, Kaylee Sipek who placed 32nd, and Delaney Miller who placed 36th individually.  Bryn Livingston also competed in the Agriscience contest and placed 46th individually.  

The Ag Sales team placed 4th and qualified for the state contest.  The team consisted of Garret Ragland who placed 10th, Ryan Umland who placed 11th, Althea Esteller who placed 15th and Natalie Stapaules who placed 16th individually.

Fairbury FFA was represented by two Meats teams with team 1 finishing in 10th place and consisting of Tony Grummert who placed 26th, Jesse Graves finishing in 28th, Dylan Au finishing in 45th place, and Brandon Reese finishing in 48th place.  Team 2 finished in 11th place and consisted of Jake Maschmann who finished in 27th place, Jerod Hughes who finished in 31st place, Brock Barton who finished in 41st place and Carson Bohlmeyer who finished in 43rd place.  

The Floriculture team placed 3rd overall and qualified for the state contest.  Team members include Shavara Kroeker who finished in 10th place, Paige Livingston who finished in 14th place, Evie Schwab who finished in 15th place and Jordan Ruhnke who finished in 16th place individually.  

The Livestock Management team finished 10th place and consisted of Tori Likens, Sarah McCown, Delaney Miller, Michaela Buchli, and Kaylee Sipek.  

Fairbury was represented by two Vet Science teams with the 1st team consisting of Ryan Umland placing 1st, Patrick Ondrak and Natalie Stapaules placing 10th, and Madison Black placing 36th individually.  This team was named the District 5 Vet Science Champion.  The second team consisted of Sarah McCown who placed 13th, Jordan Ruhnke who placed 29th, Paige Livingston who placed 42nd, and Evie Schwab who placed 47th individually.  This team placed 8th place overall.  

Fairbury FFA had two Natural Resource teams with the first team placing 4th overall.  This team consisted of Nathaniel Stapaules who placed 16th, Carson Bohlmeyer who placed 20th, Tyler Heidemann who placed 26th, and Trevin Likens who placed 32nd individually.  The second team placed 8th overall and consisted of Brock Barton who placed 21st, Jesse Graves who placed 25th, Jake Maschmann who placed 27th, and Jerod Hughes who placed 35th individually.  

The last team that competed for Fairbury FFA was the Food Science team that placed 4th overall and consisted of Garret Ragland who placed 5th, Blake Bauer who placed 22nd, Althea Esteller and Madison Black who placed 24th individually.  The Fairbury FFA Chapter had a day to remember!  It was a great day to be a Jeff.       

     

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