Falls City Public Schools

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

Tiger MS Boys Wrestlers headed to Auburn Invite today at 4:30 pm.

Monday after school, the Falls City MS LoL team defeated #1 ELMS LoL from North Carolina to improve to 4-0 on the season and take over the #1 ranking. The match, one of Falls City's longest on record at any level, lasted one hour and two minutes. The average time for matches is around 30-40 minutes. Top Lane - Brogan Kreifels Mid Lane - Kreighton Huppert Jungler - Kamdyn Huppert Bot Lane - Aaron Selleck Support - Leo Rue Subs Collin Roberts (Wrestling) Andre Shafer (Wrestling) Jared Webster Conner Sailors

Tiger ESports Middle School Marvel Rivals The Falls City Tigers (4-0) won 2-0 over the CMS Rivals (0-3) from Crandall, TX. Duelists (Damage/ADC) Kreighton Huppert - 6th Noah Jacobs - 7th Strategists (Supports) Liam Sutton - 7th Jared Webster - 8th Sammy Howard - 7th (gone for wrestling) Vanguards (Tanks) Elijah Diltz - 8th Seth Jackson - 7th Dierks Foster - 7th (gone for wrestling) Go Tigers!

Tiger ESports Varsity Rocket League Falls City (5-1) defeated #1 Winnebago (7-1) on Tuesday. They won Game 1, 4-0, and Game 2, 3-0. The Tigers defeated both of Hemingford's teams Tuesday evening also. FC1 Rocket League Ethan Boatright Peyton Browm Jaxten Jorgensen Ethan Skjerva

We will be having our High School Track and Field parent meeting tomorrow, Wednesday March 6th, at 5:15 in the high school cafeteria. The meeting should last approximately 15 minutes. Information will be handed out.

Falls City Middle School students helping with the food distribution drive Thursday, March 6th at Assembly of God Church, be prepared and dress warm for 35-38 degree temperatures. It will be muddy - so old shoes or boots are encouraged, warm coat, hat if you want (slight wind), and gloves. Any questions please contact Mrs Hogue by school email.

High School, Middle School, and Youth practices are cancelled today. All school facilities are not available due to school closure.

First graders went on a field trip to St. Joe today. They watched Shrek the Musical at the Missouri Theater and then went to MWU. They ate lunch in a lecture hall and then watched "Moon Witch" in the planetarium. Thank you to PIE for funding our trip!

4th grade parents, Due to the forecasted weather conditions and high winds this evening into tomorrow, the 4th grade field trip to the Omaha Symphony on Wednesday, March 5th has been cancelled. Safety is our top priority for our staff, students, sponsors, and drivers. Thank you for understanding!

FCMS Evening Activities Cancelled for March, 4th 2025. Thank you and stay safe.

National School Breakfast Week is March 3-7, 2025. We offer a nutritious breakfast every day, so come in and join us for breakfast today!

Congratulations to the 14 sophomores and juniors inducted into National Honor Society, our current members, and officers! We appreciate your scholarship, leadership, character, and service!

FFA Students compete at Districts and Qualify for State On Monday Feb 24th, the Falls City chapter traveled to Lincoln for the rescheduled District Welding Competition. The Career Academy hosted the event and the 60 degree weather was much nicer than the previously scheduled date with temps below zero! The Falls City chapter competed against 19 other teams sending 7 students competing in 4 disciplines within the welding field. Each student had to take a test in their area and complete a weldment to demonstrate their skills in the area. In GMAW (MIG), Bowdy Jones finished in 4th place earning a purple ribbon while Brock Niedfeldt finished 12th earning a red ribbon. In OxyAcetylene Welding Blakely Sells was the District Champion finishing first earning Gold and purple ribbon with the best overall Weldment and Wyatt Coonce finished in 8th place earning a Blue Ribbon. In SMAW (ARC) Welding, Ethan Morris finished in 7th place earning a Blue ribbon and Thomas Godemann in 14th place earning a red ribbon. In GTAW (TIG) Derek Helmick was the District Champion finishing first earning Gold and a purple ribbon and had the best overall TIG weldment. The team finished in Silver with the 2nd place Team in the welding competition qualifying Blakely Sells, Derek Helmik, Bowdy Jones, and Ethan Morris for the State welding competition at the beginning of April! Congratulations to those members and Mr. Miller! Pictured from Left to right: Bowdy Jones, Derek Helmick, Blakely Sells, and Ethan Morris

Middle School Girls Basketball Triangular. Monday, March 3rd, 4:30 pm. Order of games: FC vs Syracuse- Syracuse vs Sacred Heart- FC vs Sacred Heart

Due to the weather forecast, the Freshmore Choir Clinic Concert on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, will begin at 4:30 pm and NOT 6:30 pm and Applederas Show Choir will NOT be performing. Students should arrive back to Falls City High School around 6:15-6:30 pm.

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is highlighting strawberries in March. Strawberries are the most popular berries to eat. They can be eaten by themselves or in your favorite recipe. They are a good source of Vitamin C, Potassium, and Fiber. Check out the attached information and recipe sheets.

FCPS was excited to welcome Dr. Mark Adler to FCPS to speak to all of our 7-12 students about the impact of cyber bullying & the ripple effect it can have on a person's life. Thank you Dr. Adler for your willingness to share Reid's story. #BeKind

The 52nd annual Peru State College Business Contest was held on Wednesday, February 26. Competitions were held in 16 different disciplines. There were 25 school districts competing for scholarship money. First place winners in each of the categories were awarded $500 tuition scholarships for on campus classes at Peru State. Medals were awarded to the first through fifth place winners. Dayton Snethen was awarded a $500 Scholarship and 1st Place Medal for winning the Accounting 1 contest. Ethan Chapple collected the most hardware with 2 medals with a 3rd Place finish in Keyboarding and a 5th place finish in Advanced Accounting. Additional medal winners included Gavin Bauer in Advanced Accounting and Carlea Dunkhas in Advanced Accounting. Donna Eickhoff is the business teacher at Falls City High School.

**Congratulations to Our 6th Grade State Qualifiers!** We are thrilled to announce the outstanding achievements of our 6th-grade students who have advanced from their classroom competitions to represent us at the Eastern Nebraska School Speech Contest later this spring! 🏆 **1st Place:** Asher McCullick 🥈 **2nd Place:** Kylie Ramsey 🥉 **3rd Place:** James Lunsford Your dedication and hard work have paid off, and we are incredibly proud of each of you. Best of luck at the state competition in Omaha—we know you'll make us proud! 🎉👏 Pictured: Back row (left to right): Asher McCullick, Leo Rue, Emma Goff, Kylie Ramsey Front row: James Lunsford, Rylee Kreifels