The morning of Wednesday November 14, the high school band travelled to Cedarwood Assisted Living to perform for the residents there. “I enjoy going to play music at the nursing homes because it’s likely some of them used to be in band when they were in high school,” Hailie Nicholson …
Unique performances, speakers combine to honor veterans in convocation
A convocation celebrating Veterans Day brought together FHS students and staff along with veterans in the area to gather in the Burkley Fine Arts Center on Monday, November 12. With speakers representing National Honor Society and joint performances by the school’s band and vocal units leading the way, veterans past …
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FCCLA Travels to Kentucky to gain leadership skills
This past weekend a group of students from FCCLA travelled to Kentucky for a few FCCLA Leadership Conferences. Students competed in a variety of FCCLA sponsored events. They also stopped at Churchill Downs and the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. “I really liked the Louisville Slugger museum and Factory because …
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Spanish class utilizes visual learning techniques
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 …
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StuCo holds 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 …
