Category: Academics

In Ms. Davidson’s English II class they are doing poetry slams where they are in groups and they wrote three minutes worth of poems. Some of the poems are more serious like the one about drugs and alcohol abuse and other one that isn’t so serious about basketball. The first …

On Wednesday, December 20 Mrs. Tammi Mans’ Foods and Nutrition class took a class trip to Pizza Hut. Mrs.Mans said that as a part of their end of semester activity, students break up into groups and teach an assigned chapter to the class using technology. As one of the requirements …

The Honor English 1 class did a writing marathon around the school. They went around to different spots of the school to sit at and write. The kids got to write about whatever they wanted to. They sat at each spot for about five minutes then moved to a different …

On December 13, Mr. Suey’s block 1/2 and 7/8 American History classes went to the SAC (Strategic Air Command) & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, NE. “Mr. Suey just decided that he wanted to go back after 5 years,” Alexis Tracy ’19 said. “It was actually pretty cool and way bigger …

Classes at FHS focus on not only learning inside of the classrooms, but outside. For a new and creative way of looking at the occupations in the agriculture department, ag teacher Thomas Dux took his block 3/4 students to visit two rural vet clinics in town. On December 5, they …

In construction class the have built FCS teacher Tammi Mans an attached garage. They started at the start of the school year and are now getting to start putting on siding. A couple of weeks ago they started to shingle the roof. The garage is coming along very nicely as …

Last week the family living class of all senior girls went to the hospital to learn about child birth and got to see a delivery room. Erin Starr talked to the students about different types of medicines you can get while in labor and different stories of what has happened. …

With the holiday season nearing the spread of Christmas cheer is in full swing throughout the halls at the high school. The semester is winding down and the kids are beginning to become anxious for classes to be out and break to be here. The band students are particularly excited …

On Tuesday, Mrs. Julie Petersen’s geometry class reviewed vocabulary from a previous lesson, along with learning new material. “I talked about pop boxes with 12 cans and the two versions – one is more expensive because you are buying more cardboard (surface area), Mrs. Petersen said. To benefit those “hands-on” …