Falls City Public Schools

On Friday, November 10th, Falls City Middle School students from the FCA and NJHS groups helped serve the meal to Veterans at the Methodist Church.

Middle school FCA sent Christmas cards of holiday cheer to sailors deployed on the USNS Mercy.

Keep your cans coming! The FCMS Food drive continues through Nov. 17! If students reach their goal of 1000 items- the teachers will be playing TWISTER in an INFLATABLE! Any item any day! Or Monday-soup and condiments Tuesday-toothpaste, deodorant, soap, personal care Wednesday-canned meat Thursday- vegetables Friday-baby lotion, shampoo and pet treats

JH Boys Basketball at Auburn today at 4:30pm. You may watch it live here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoQSVy8wUwE6XxmYVGU96w

We have a winner! 🏆 The Foods class had a Muffin War, and the Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins won! Thank you to the judges for taking the time to taste. 👏🏻

Attention all boys and girls high school wrestling parents. We will have our parent’s meeting November 13th at 6:00 pm in the high school commons. #TigerWrestlingPride

Baking Club had another fun night of making dessert pizza. Each group had great decorating ideas for their pizza!

FCMS would like to give a shout out to Runza for donating one of our AOK lunches this month. Thanks for your support of our FCMS students!

On November 1, Falls City high school held its 11th Career Day which began in 2006. During the morning, students in grades 9-12 attended 7 sessions from a selection of 19 to choose from. We would like to recognize and thank our presenters who represented a wide range of career areas & job opportunities. They gave our students a lot of good information to consider as they continue to select classes while still in high school and prepare for life after high school graduation. Our career areas and presenters were: Agronomist/Agronomy- Kenny Frederick & Zayne Heckenlively HVAC- Adam Bek Chiropractic Care- Dr. Mitchell Harling DC Business Majors & Minors- Jonah Jordening, SCC Instructor Attorney at Law– Nicole Mason. NPPD-Cooper Nuclear Station (Nebraska Public Power District)- Brandi Holley Local Careers/Jobs in Falls City & SE Nebraska- Lucas Froeschl- Economic Director & Michelle Stairs-F.A.S.T. Global Solutions Careers in a School System- Tim Heckenlively & Ethan Sullivan Utility Line Program- Cleve Stolpe & 3 NCC students (NC Community College) students Biotechnology- Misty Wehling, SCC Program Chair Health Science Careers at SCC & the Falls City Learning Center- Kristine Ruiz & Lisa Hunzeker Community Medical Center- Several employees from the Community Medical Center Study Abroad- Hunter Arnold Hair & Cosmetology- Morgan Ihnen from Joseph’s College of Cosmetology Take Charge of College- A look at Private College Opportunities- Gordi Coffin Human Resources/Psychology- Alicia Elson Falls City Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department-Tim Daniels & Gary Jorn Sandhills Global- Print publications & IT & Websites; - Jim Hansen, Outreach Coordinator Law Enforcement & County Attorney - Sheriff Rick Hardesty & County Attorney Samantha Scheitel

Thank you P. I.E. for the purchases of the first grade STEM boxes. Each first grade classroom received STEM activities. Also, thank you P.I.E. and the FC community for the donation of snacks to all classrooms. These snacks were collected during Truck or Treat!!

Thank you so much P.I.E. & everyone who donated snacks at our annual Trick the Track event!

FCCLA District Leadership Conference took place today at Peru State College. Our District Office Hayden Findlay engaged the members at the conference in an energizer.

The National Weather Service hosted a presentation for the fifth graders today! It included weather safety, what the National Weather Service does, storm warning/watches, basic weather, hazards, lightning, flooding, and tornadoes.

The staff and administration of Falls City High School have announced the
selections for October High School Students of the Month. The honors go to the following students: Upperclassmen- Talon Anderson, a junior, is the son of Troy Anderson and Erin Jarred, Emily Vitosh, a senior, is the daughter of Jason and Stacey Vitosh. Underclassmen-Emmett Daake, a sophomore, is the son of Brian and Denise Daake. Carlea Dunkhas, a sophomore, is the daughter of Gale and Lori Dunkhas and Tysha Fangmeier. The students were nominated by high school staff and are being recognized for being innovative, responsible, resilient, and resourceful. Each of the students was praised in nomination comments for “academic excellence, going above and beyond what was asked of them, their helpfulness, and their leadership, and serving as excellent role models for their peers,” according to high school principal Gale Dunkhas. Pictured L to R Talon Anderson, Emily Vitosh, Carlea Dunkhas, Emmett Daake

You CAN make a difference! Join NJHS for the middle school canned food drive Nov. 6 - 17 by donating any item, any day or the 6-10th themed items such as: Mon.- Pasta🍝 Tues.- Baking 🧁 Wed.-Soups 🥫 Thurs.-Breakfast🥞 Fri.-Canned Fruit 🍍

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program will be highlighting Spinach in November. Spinach is good raw or cooked, and spinach is a good source of Iron. You may know someone who has grown spinach in their garden. Spinach is very good mixed in salads. To learn more about spinach check out the information and recipe sheet attached.

Mrs.Hawley's kindergarten class and Mrs. Glathar's first grade class brewed up some witch's snack mix. The students teamed up to sort, count, and graph the mix for some Halloween math fun.

Falls City Vocal Department presents: "Music from the Movies" Applederas, Vocal Jazz Choir, and Concert Choir preformed last night at fall concert. #rockinthestage

Check out the article posted on News Channel Nebraska highlighting our continued progress towards our early childhood expansion program! https://tinyurl.com/yc3ej86c

2023 ECNC Softball All Conference and Honorable Mention teams.