Falls City Public Schools

On Monday, March 10th, Falls City Middle School 7th and 8th grade teams participated in the ECNC Quiz Bowl competition in Mead NE. Pool play lead into tournament play. The 8th grade team finished 4th out of 8 schools. Congrats to both teams.

Middle School Wrestling tomorrow is at Nebraska City Invite at their Middle School at 4:00PM Please share this information as we were previously scheduled to attend Weeping Water.

2024-2025 ECNC ALL-CONFERENCE WRESTLING TEAM   Girls 1st Team 120 – Paige Young – Senior / 30-17 145 – Gabi Young – Sophomore / 23-17 / State Qualifier 155 – Taytum Maddox – Freshman / 32-17 / State Qualifier   Boys 1st Team 120 – Bailey Thimmes – Senior / 37-17 144 – Orion Cattrell – Junior / 23-13 157 – Robert Gilkerson – Senior /46-5 / State Qualifier / 4th at State 165 – Mason Collier – Junior / 38-15 175 – Blakely Sells – Junior / 47-10 / State Qualifier 190 – Ashton Martin – Junior / 29-20   Boys Honorable Mention 126 – Cade Caudle – Junior / 21-25 215 – Chase Simpson – Junior / 32-17 Congratulations to all wrestlers on a great season! Thank you seniors for your commitment over these last four years! #TigerWrestlingPride 🤼‍♀️🐅🤼‍♂️

On March 7th, the Falls City High School Band was recognized for the Excellence in Academic Achievement award by the NSBA! To receive this award, students in the FCHS band program are required to have a combined average GPA of 3.5 or higher. This is a fantastic accomplishment for the band program and we are so excited to share this success as a team! FCHS was one of 31 schools in the state of Nebraska recognized for academic achievement for the 2024-2025 school year. Keep up the great work Tiger Band 🎶🎉

The Richardson County Spelling Bee has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 11th at 6:30 P.M in the HTRS old gym. If your student is eligible & will be participating, please have them on site by 6:15.

Daylight Savings Saturday, March 8th. Time to spring ahead!

MS Boys Wrestling competed at a tough Norris Invite today. Finished the day with 29 wins (21 pins) and 13 losses. Individual Results: Sammy Howard 4th Dierks Foster 2nd 🥈 Gavin Dean 3rd 🥉 Tristan Randall 1st 🥇 Brandon Collier 1st 🥇 Kacen Davis 2nd 🥈 Turner Dunn 3rd 🥉 Brantly Sells 🥇 Andre Schafer 1st 🥇 Nolan Nicholson 3rd 🥉 Braxtyn Bauman 1st🥇 #TigerWrestlingPride🤼‍♀️🐅🤼‍♂️

Thanks to a generous donation from Brian and Denise Daake Falls City High students were able to attend the performance of Beetlejuice at the Lied Center in Lincoln today. Thank you for your support of the performing arts in Falls City!

FFA Labor Auction and Pancake Feed this Sunday 3/9. Please join us for a live and silent auction.

Middle School Boys Wrestlers head to Norris for their Invitational. Saturday, March 8th, 9:30 AM.

Thank you Dr. Tara Gossman & ESU 4 for your continued work with our FCPS teachers as we move through the Math Acceleration Project! We look forward to continuing to learn & grow together as we implement our new Math curriculum.

During parent teacher conferences Ms. Eickhoff and Mr. Bangert will be doing a presentation on the course catalog at 4PM, 5PM and 6PM each night in the High School commons. This is for parents who will have students in High School next school year. This is a great time to learn about what FCHS has to offer academically and what your students have signed up for in the coming 25/26 school year. We hope to see you then.

Thank you to the school board for providing donuts for our staff today! We appreciate all that you do for us.🍩

Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day! Thank you for all the hard work and dedication that Mike Kafer and Lee Huettner display on a daily basis. #simplythebest

Congratulations to our artists! These students placed at the 74th K-12 Student Art Contest and Exhibition sponsored by the Richardson County Arts and Humanities Council. Their art and many others will be displayed at the Stalder Art Gallery at the Falls City Library until March 26th. Go check it out! High School: Makayla Eberle, Elsie Thompson, Abella Woessner, Kenley Alexander, Elizabeth Vice, Miyuna Kong, Elizabeth Ferebee, Breean Eickhoff, Rylee Littrel, Brayson Sells, Katelyn Titus, Christian Saul Middle School: Ayva Jean, Peyton Weddle, Grace Gile, Andrew Gresham, Phiala Hayes, Sawyer Kafer, Lillian West, Jazmyn Findley, Asher McCullick, Jennifer Tanderup Elementary: Scott Bachman, Olivia Carpenter, Zaiden Schawang, Gabe Askew, Jacob Watlington, Braxton Jarred, Megan Olberding, Callie Shafer, Parker Scott

Our Kindergarten classes had a wonderful experience celebrating Dr. Seuss Day at the Falls City Library and Art Center! Students rotated through stations, enjoying crafts and engaging stories that brought the magic of Dr. Seuss to life. Additionally, when they returned to school, they were treated to a pizza party provided by Blessedx3 Boutique, making the day even more special! A big thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success! View the recap: https://youtu.be/UngOxntvP3c

MS Boys Wrestling competed at Auburn tonight. Finished the day with 24 wins (20 pins) and 11 losses. Champions: Dierks Foster 🥇 TJ Barnhardt 🥇 Tristan Randall 🥇 Brantly Sells 🥇🥇(wrestled in two brackets) Braxtyn Bauman 🥇 #TigerWrestlingPride🤼‍♀️🐅🤼‍♂️

Our awesome hardworking students in the 6th Grade FCMS band continue to strive for excellence in our band program! Congratulations Leland for earning Black Belt Standing this week! 🎶🎉

Varsity Rocket League #4 Falls City (7-1) defeated #5 Syracuse 1 (6-2) on Wednesday evening. They won Game 1 3-0 and Game 2 6-1. Syracuse 2 forfeited their match to Falls City. The brackets for playoffs should be out this weekend because all matches have to be completed by today. Falls City should receive a BYE in the first round and are in a great position to qualify for the Final Four State Tournament hosted by Doane University this season. If they qualify, Division 3 Rocket League would go at 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 12. FC1 Rocket League Ethan Boatright Peyton Browm Jaxten Jorgensen Ethan Skjerva

Today information about Middle School Track was sent home with students who attended the informational meeting. All middle schoolers interested in participating in track must have a sports physical and return the parent permission to Coach Haines at the Middle School. If your student did not receive the information packet or was absent please have them get one from Coach Haines. Practice begins March 19th after school. Please join the Middle School Track BAND for all other information regarding MS Tiger Track. https://band.us/n/a7af0dr1z1I3R