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Mar 20, 2017Mar 23, 2017

Jefferson County Division II Reading Classics Champs

Congratulations to the Jefferson County Division II Reading Classics Champs! The team worked hard to get the 75 books on their list read which helped them compete well in the Jefferson County Reading Classics Competition that took place on March 20 at the ‘47 gym in Fairbury. It was a stiff competition with Tri-County bringing 3 teams and Meridian bringing 2 teams. The team of Cora Tatro, Casidy Sipek, Eliza Kroeker, Ellie Tucker and Aldo Ramos will compete this Saturday March 25 in the State Reading Classics competition. You can come support the kids at the High School here in Fairbury at 9:30 in the gym. BEST OF LUCK AT STATE!

Mar 20, 2017Mar 29, 2017

Fairbury FFA Members Compete at 2017 District 5 Career Development Events Contest

The Fairbury FFA Chapter had 46 members compete at the 2017 District 5 Career Development Events (CDE) Contest on Tuesday, March 7th at Southeast Community College in Beatrice. These 46 members represented Fairbury FFA well by showing how hard work and dedication can pay off. Fairbury FFA was named district champions in the Farm Management, Agronomy and Ag Biotechnology Contests. Fairbury FFA also had some individual district champions with Brandon Hinrichs placing 1st in Oxy/Acetylene Welding, Sarah Huss placing 1st in Agriscience, and Ashlee Griffee placing 1st in Ag Biotechnology and Agronomy. 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 Jerod Hughes who placed 13th in the O/A division, Jacob Maschmann who placed 13th in the SMAW division, and Brock Barton who placed 8th in the GMAW division. The second team consisted of Brandon Hinrichs who placed 1st in the O/A division, Jesse Graves who placed 9th in the SMAW division and Austin Barnts who placed 15th in the GMAW division. The Fairbury welding team placed 4th overall in the district 5 welding competition. Brandon Hinrichs, Jesse Graves and Brock Barton will represent Fairbury FFA at the 2017 Nebraska State FFA Convention.
The Agronomy team one placed 1st overall and consisted of Ashlee Griffee who placed 1st, Micheala Buchli who placed 5th, Delaney Miller who placed 8th, and Kaylee Sipek who placed 13th individually. Tori Likens, Olivia Koop and Bryn Livingston also competed in the Agronomy Contest.
The Agriscience team two placed 4th as a team and consisted of Sarah Huss who placed 1st, Taylor Runge who placed 2nd, and Cora and Kennedy DeBoer. The Agriscience team one placed 8th and consisted of Dalton Peterson who placed 19th, Devin Wanamaker who placed 11th, Joe Melcher, and Bret Cole who placed 4th overall.
The Ag Sales team placed 6th. The team consisted of Kennedy DeBoer, Devin Wanamaker, John Kerwood and Dalton Peterson.
Fairbury FFA was represented by one Meats team with the team finishing in 12th place and the team consisted of Zach Holes, Althea Esteller, Jon Engelman, and Garret Ragland.
The Floriculture team placed 7th overall. Team members include Jordan Ruhnke who finished in 9th place, Shavara Kroeker, Althea Esteller, and Paige Livingston.

The Livestock Management team one finished 17th. Team consisted of Michaela Buchli, Tori Likens, Delaney Miller, Keylee Sipek, and Bryn Livingston . Team two placed 19th and consisted of Kane Hasselbring, Dominik Ramirez, Olivia Koop and Madison Black.
Fairbury was represented by a Vet Science team that placed 4th overall with the team consisting of Patrick Ondrak placing 10th, Natalie Stapaules placing 13th, Paige Livingston, Sarah McCown, Miranda Heidemann and Kristin Branson.
Fairbury FFA had one Natural Resource team with the team placing 3rd overall. This team consisted of Carson Bohlmeyer who placed 8th, Jesse Graves who placed 10th, Jacob Maschmann who placed 15th, Blake Bauer, Brock Barton, and Trevin Arnold.
Fairbury FFA was represented by one Nursery and Landscape team who placed 4th overall. The team consisted of Jon Engelman who placed 8th, Autumn Branson placing 9th, Jared Engelman placing 19th and Kane Hasselbring.
Fairbury was represented by an Ag Mechanics team, which placed 4th overall and has made it to the state contest. The team consisted of Carson Bohlmeyer placing 2nd, Logan Slater placing 9th, Blake Bauer placing 19th and Jerod Hughes placing 21st.
The Fairbury FFA was represented by one Ag Biotech team that placed 1st overall. The team consisted of Ashlee Griffee placing 1st, Taylor Runge placing 4th, Jared Engelman placing 5th, and Jordan Ruhnke placing 6th.
The last team to compete for Fairbury was the Farm Business Management team that placed 1st overall. The team consisted of Patrick Ondrak placing 3rd, Bailey Taylor placing 4th, Brent Hirsch placing 5th and Madison Black placing 13th. It was a great day for the Fairbury FFA Chapter and all members had a great experience in developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success.

Mar 15, 2017Mar 15, 2017

Student Worker of the Month

For the month of March, Alfred D. was selected as Student Worker of the Month for his excellent job skills. He is the assistant to Mr. Schweitzer, PE teacher at Central and Jefferson Intermediate. We would like to congratulate Alfred for this achievement.

Mar 6, 2017Mar 20, 2017

“Right Here In Nebraska”

In celebration of Nebraska’s 150^th Birthday, Mrs. Shinn’s 3^rd-Graders learned the words to a song by The String Beans, a popular children’s music band from Lincoln, Nebraska. In this song, they teach you everything you need to know about Nebraska with this catchy tune. Students learned Nebraska has the world’s largest chicken show, made Spam, invented Kool-Aid, Nebraska finished their section of I-80 first and many other interesting facts about our state. The students look forward to meeting and singing “Right Here In Nebraska” and many other fun songs with the String Beans at the Light It Up Blue, autism awareness event, on Saturday, March 25, 2017.

Mar 1, 2017Mar 15, 2017

Students Attend 24th Annual Freshmore Clinic

On February 28th, 11 Fairbury High School students attended the 24th Annual Freshmore Clinic at Johnson County Central Schools in Tecumseh, NE. They spent the day working with two wonderful clinicians, Kevin Boesiger and June Bowers, as well as 160 peers from around the state of Nebraska. They presented a concert that evening that was tribute to all the work they put in. Another way our students spread Jeff Pride through music!”

Click for youtube link of theconcert: https://youtu.be/2ZDZW6Lu6rg

The students were Darby Paulsen, Marissa Rogers, Paige Smith, Sydney Dean, Jade Jones, Lauren Patton, Casey Nimmich, Devin Trimm, Taylor Runge, Jayson Klaumann, Dakota Gladson.

Feb 28, 2017Mar 6, 2017

Jr. Sr. High School Band ~ Displaying Music Excellence

Three Fairbury High School Band Students have been selected to participate in the 2017 Class B All State Band on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at Grand Island Northwest High School. Students representing Fairbury are Ashley Griffee, flute; Jerod Hughes, trombone; Jayson Klaumann, percussion. Jerod Hughes is a four-year member of the Class B All State Band.

23 Fairbury Junior High Band Students attended the York Middle School Honor Band Day on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Mr. Curtis Forsch, band director at York Public Schools, hosted the event, with Jim Kucera of Waverly Middle School and Becky Wilhelm of Norris Middle School conducting the eighth and seventh grade bands. There were over 300 students from 24 schools participating. Representing Fairbury were seventh graders: Steven Aden, Ashton Blobaum, Zane Grizzle, Aly Kuzelka, Makenzie Mills, Gavin Schramm, and Riley Vculek, and eighth graders Brooklen Bear, Mallonee Biehl, Konnor Hasselbring, Ethan Hintz, Shelby Klaumann, Briaunna Knothe, Leah Mach, Hailie Nicholson, Brynn Novotny, Jadyn Rasmussen, Josh Robertson, Keely Schramm, Jasmine Snyder, Jordan Tracy, Ty Tucker, and Brylee Yantz.

Feb 22, 2017Feb 28, 2017

Jeffs Bring Home Hardware From the State Meet

by Destini Warnke

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The 2016-2017 wrestling season broke a lot of records. One of the many was sending eight wrestlers to the state meet breaking the record of seven tied last year and set in 2013.

The Jeffs medaled three wrestlers. Damian Green ‘17 became the first Jeff wrestler to to wrestle in the finals since 2002. Green placed 2nd in 160.

Jacob Johnson earned 5th in 170, and Logan Slater earned 6th in 132.

Wrestlers who also qualified for the state meet include Austin Barnts ‘18 (126), Anthony Moyer ‘17 (152), Patrick Ondrak ‘17 (182), Zach Reikofski ‘18 (195), and Paul Mach ‘17 (285).

Feb 21, 2017Feb 22, 2017

Hands on Learning in Science

Mrs. E. Winter’s 7th grade science class is currently learning about different body systems. Students got to see real pig lungs inflated and compared healthy lungs and smoker’s lungs. Students were surprised how light, spongy and porous the lungs were and gained a new appreciation for their own hard working organs.

They are also learning about organ systems in the human body. While learning about the cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels) students got to experience 4 different learning centers throughout the room. The different stations included a CSI blood splatter lab, heart dissection and vascular system demonstration and blood simulation tub. Students enjoyed digging in and learning first-hand about how their bodies work!

Feb 20, 2017Feb 22, 2017

FHS Band Retires White Concert Jackets

The FHS Band is currently selling their retired white concert jackets for $5. If you would like a piece of FHS Band history, please contact Maureen Beck at mbeck@fairburyjeffs.org or (402) 729-6116 ext. 1304. All proceeds from the sales of the coats will be put toward the purchase of new band equipment and supplies.