On Friday, November 9, Señora Johnson’s Spanish I class celebrated the idea of visual learning with a class activity to help the students better understand Spanish prepositions. Students were given cards with different prepositions written on them and had to find a creative way to demonstrate the preposition to the …
Month: November 2018
StuCo hosts annual dodgeball tournament
On Thursday November 1st FHS students participated in the annual dodgeball tournament that was held by student council. Admission for the event was 2 cans of food that was then donated to Blue Valley. 8 teams participated in the event. To make up a team there must be 9 players …
Publications win 18th Cornhusker award
On Nov 5, the Fairbury High School journalism staff received its 18th Cornhusker Award from the Nebraska High School Press Association (NHSPA) for the online publication of the Fairbury High School X-Ray. The Cornhusker Award is the highest evaluation rating from the NHSPA. These awards are given to …
Spanish Classes gives students an opportunity to learn about Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated on November 1st. Although marked throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos is strongly associated with Mexico, which is where it originated. Isadora schwab ’20 said,”This week we started watching CoCo and learned about some history of the day of the dead. …
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Rise of popularity in e-cigarettes raises red flags
As students, we often think we are invincible. We don’t see consequences as things that can actually hurt us, and even when we’re making tough choices and decisions we inadvertently assume we’ll be okay. However, it’s important for us to be reminded that we are not indestructible and some things …
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Husker fans need to chill out with Frost
Whether someone is a Husker football fan or not, if they have been living in Nebraska for the past 10 months they have more than likely heard the name: Scott Frost. The former starting quarterback for Tom’s Osborne’s 1997 championship team made his return to Nebraska for this year’s season. …
Boys have no reason to be scared
In the months following the beginning of the #metoo movement, started by Tarana Burke, there has been some upset from the straight male community. For those who have never assaulted or harassed another human being, there is nothing to worry about. I’ve seen Facebook posts shared that talk about how …
Do what is right for you
Ever since we were in elementary school, we were told we would go to college after high school and then into the workforce. As seven year olds, this goal seemed so far away. But now that the time is here for us to make these decisions, some of us are …
Red lipstick gives me confidence
As many may know, I was a cheerleader the past three years, and last year a new rule was introduced that required us to wear red lipstick when cheering. Eventually it mellowed out to the point where we just had to wear some color on our lips since red lipstick …
Students participate in Red Ribbon Week
Students dressed up for Red Ribbon Week on the week of October 29th through November 1st. Red Ribbon week is a week to educate students on the effects of drugs and alcohol. Many students participated in the dress up days, wearing their craziest or coolest outfits. The week started off …
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