While studying Newton’s three laws of motion, students in Miss Feldkamp’s 8th grade science class designed and constructed balloon powered cars. Students were given a variety of supplies including tape, glue, cardboard, straws, popsicle sticks, wooden skewers, CD’s, etc. The objective was to build a balloon powered car for maximum speed and distance. Students did an excellent job and the results were impressive! One car traveled over 9 meters!
Mrs. E. Winter’s and Ms. Feldkamp’s 7th and 8th grade science students got to experience the classic demonstration of Elephant’s Toothpaste to illustrate an exothermic reaction. It took some tweaking throughout the day, but by the last class the result was quite impressive!
Students of the month for January include:Alissa York, Cody Petersen, Mikwena Lierman, and Marcus Deras Congratulations to these students! They were nominated by their teachers based on classroom behaviors, attitude and work ethic.
The vocal music class at Jefferson played a game to practice identifying note names. Students had to work together and use their bodies to spell out 3 and 4-letter words on a giant music staff. In preparation for this game, students came up with words using just the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and coding them as notes on a staff.
Spanish Club is a small but mighty club at Fairbury High School. Our membership of 22 is proud to be able to help our community in a variety of ways.
In October we partnered with Hope Crisis Center by putting out yard signs for Domestic Violence Awareness month. Members also lead a collection drive during this month. During the 2 week drive, items were collected and given to Hope Crisis to give to victims of domestic violence in need of assistance.
In December, the members also continued the tradition of helping a family in need. We selected a family to “adopt” through the Blue Valley program. Members purchased gifts locally and wrapping paper for a Jefferson county family.
Spanish Club also a sponsors a child through Compassion International. Our sponsorship provides educational opportunities and health care for a 6 year-old child in Bolivia.
The members work together to raise funds by working the concession stand and sponsoring a Junior High Dance.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the TeamMates Mentoring Program & National Mentoring Month, the Fairbury TeamMates Chapter invites you to attend a celebration with a special appearance by Dr. Tom Osborne. He will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 4 p.m. at the Burkley Fine Arts Center, Fairbury High School.
Congratulations to Mrs. Christiansen’s 5th grade class. Winners of the Nebraska Golden Sower Reading Challenge. They enjoyed decorating christmas cookies & watching a movie for their reading efforts. Good job & keep on reading.
