Falls City Public Schools

📚 Book Fair is Back! 📚

The Book Fair will be at North and South Elementary School March 9th-12. We will be open during parent teacher conferences and after school until 4:00 Monday and Wednesday. We look forward to seeing you there and thank you in advance for supporting our elementary libraries!

Can’t make the fair? Shop the link below from 3/9- 3/22 to still support us!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/fallscitynorthelemschool

Ms. Howard

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is highlighting kiwifruit in March. Did you know kiwi is grown on a vine similar to grapes. Kiwifruit are healthy and delicious snack because they are a good source of fiber and Vitamin C. They are also high in Vitamin E and potassium. To learn more about kiwifruit check out the information and recipe sheets.

Join us this weekend for the annual FFA Pancake Feed and Labor Auction!

The Middle School Girls Basketball team will wrap up their season at the Auburn Invitational on Saturday, Febr. 28th, at 9:30 AM vs the Syracuse Rockets.
#finishstrongladies #goodluck

Applederas Show Choir recently competed in the NCDA competition held at Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha. Job well done musicians. If our notes are accurate, 2025-2026 is the 50th anniversary for the "Applederas" name.
#danceyourheartsout

Always our favorite day of FFA Week, Drive a Tractor to School! It was great weather and thank you to these FFA members who participated.
#ffa #driveatractor

Rare Disease Awareness Day, observed on February 28/29, highlights the more than 7,000 known rare diseases affecting over 300 million people worldwide. This day is recognized to educate the public, reduce diagnostic delays, support research for treatments, and advocate for improved access to care.

Today, we are proud to celebrate Fenner Koso, a first-grade student at North School. Fenner reminds us of the importance of kindness, awareness, and supporting one another.

The Junior High Tiger Wrestlers competed at their home meet tonight. Individual Results: Sammy Howard 2nd Barrett Johansen 3rd Blake Sailors 4th Dierks Foster 4th Leo Rue 2nd Gavin Dean 3rd Camdyn Vice 4th Turner Dunn 3rd #Relentless #TigerWrestlingPride 🤼‍♀️🐅🤼‍♂️

The Middle School girls basketball team will host JCC in an "A" team only game due to illness and injury. This is the girls last home game of the season. They will travel to Auburn on Saturday to play in the Auburn Tournament at 9:30 am.
#goodluck

Middle School Boys Wrestlers will host 10 teams today at the high school gym starting at 4 pm. Good luck wrestlers and coaches!
#letsroar

Equity Bank was recently at our home basketball game to present a check, "Score School Support", in the amount of $3,472.00 . This partnership allows our athletes to earn money for performance on the field and in the classroom. Thank you to Equity Bank for their partnership with Falls City Public Schools.
#scoreschoolsupport #partners #thankyou

F & M Bank presented their check for the "Spirit That Pays" donation that was earned by all the F & M Bank Tiger debit cardholders. Over the last six months those cardholders have raised $3,125.85 for Falls City Public Schools. This program launched in August of 2017 and since then the school spirit debit cardholders have earned an overall total of $54,535.60 for their schools. Great job! Thank you to F & M Bank for partnering with Falls City Public Schools for this program.
#thankyou #spiritthatpays #partners

The Tiger Speech team will travel to Mead High School to compete in the ECNC Speech competition on Wednesday, February 25th. The event starts at 9:00 am. Good luck Tigers.
#speech

Our Foods class invited Jenny Strecker to share her expertise with cake decorating today. 🎂 Thank you Jenny!

The Middle School boys wrestling team will travel to Sidney IA for their first tournament of the season. Wrestling will start at 4 pm at Sidney High School.

#letsgetstarted

The Middle School girls basketball team will travel to Johnson Brock to take on the Eagles today at 4 pm.
A team will play first followed by the B team if numbers allow.
#goodluck

Falls City Alumni Volleyball Tournament will be held Saturday April 4th at Falls City High School. This year we will limit the tournament to 8 teams. $20 per player. Please direct message Coach Allison Haines with your team entry or text 402-239-6419. You may also email ahaines@fallscityps.org. Thank you for supporting the Tiger Volleyball Team.

***Last day to register is Monday March 30th.***

Graduates or are married to graduates from Falls City, Southeast or Dawson-Verdon are welcome!

FFA Week! Always great fun and noon hour activities. Thank you to our officers and Ms. Johnson and Mr. Miller their sponsors.

FFA News - Welding and Poultry contests

Monday, February 16 the Falls City FFA Chapter attended the district welding and poultry contests. Members Austin Bangert and Bowdy Jones competed in MIG welding, Blakely Sells and Wyatt Coonce in Oxy Acetylene, Ethan Morris and Elijah Leyden Arc welding, and Brock Neidfeldt and Dayton Snethen in TIG welding. Members Malori Kuker, Breean Eickhoff, Addison Daniels, and Bristol Titus competed in the poultry competition. Members arrived at the Southeast Community College Career Academy in the morning and competed in their respective competitions. After the competition, the group went and ate at Slim Chicken’s for a team meal. The results in welding were as follows, Bowdy Jones got 1st place gold in the MIG division receiving a purple ribbon, and Austin Bangert placed 4th also receiving a purple ribbon. In the Arc Welding division, Elijah Leyden placed 6th earning a purple ribbon, and Ethan Morris received a red ribbon. In the Oxy Acetylene category, Wyatt Coonce placed 1st gold receiving a purple ribbon, and Blakely Sells placed 2nd silver also earning a purple ribbon. In TIG, Dayton Snethen got 2nd place earning a purple ribbon, and Brock Neidfeldt placed 5th also receiving a purple ribbon. The welding team consisting of Bowdy, Elijah, Wyatt, and Dayton were District Champions, qualifying for state and by winning the district competition. The poultry team got 12th place as a team, with Malori Kuker and Breean Eickhoff earning red ribbons, and Addison Daniels and Bristol TItus receiving white ribbons. Both teams competed well, and the chapter is looking forward to the second session of district CDE’s February 24th.


Reporter Bowdy Jones

Pictured District Team Champions left to right
Elijah Leyden - Arc
Wyatt Coonce - OA, Individual District Champ
Bowdy Jones - GMAW (mig) Individual District Champ
Dayton Snethen - GTAW (tig)