Posts about any honors or awards presented to FHS Students, including Honors Night celebrations, college signings, and more
Category: Awards and Achievements
Students win awards from JEA
From March of 2020 to December of 2020, students were able to submit pictures or graphic designs to JEA, or Journalism Education Association. One of the students at FHS won two superiors, one won excellent, and nine received an honorable mention. JEA is an association for students to submit their …
Softball earns Class C State Championship title at Hastings
The Lady Jeffs Softball team made school history by earning the first State championship title since the men’s cross country team in 1999. The Jeffs played a total of five games ending the state tournament with a 4-1 record. They faced Malcolm, Cozad and Guardian Angels Central Catholic (GACC) three …
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Rusti Bassett signs letter of intent to cheer
Senior Rusti Bassett signed her letter of intent to cheer at the collegiate level Thursday, May 2. Bassett will be joining the Cloud County T-Birds for the 2019-2020 school year. “I’ve always wanted to cheer but never got the opportunity to cheer in high school,” Bassett said. “So towards the …
Stand-out work qualifies staff for State Journalism
Ten Journalism staff members qualified in at least one category for the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) competition that will be held in Norfolk on April 23. Journalism departments all across the state are organized into three different classes: Class A, Class B and Class C. FHS is a member …
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Nichole Harris earns semi-finalist status
Senior Nichole Harris was announced as a semi-finalist for the Nebraska High School Journalist of the Year. Other semi-finalists included students from Lincoln and Omaha schools. In order to enter the competition, Harris had to get three letters of recommendation. She asked her journalism adviser Jed Martin, past journalism adviser …
Multiple Journalism staff entries honored in JEA competition
The Fairbury Journalism staff saw 16 of their entries place in the annual Journalism Education Association (JEA) Awards. The staff entered the competition in December of last year. Entries that place in the JEA competition are marked as one of three rankings. Fairbury oversaw 11 Honorable Mentions, 3 Excellent entries …
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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 …
FFA banquet comes and goes
This last Monday the 2017-2018 FFA year came to an end. The members hosted a banquet where family members were invited. For the 2017-2018 officers, their time the past year officially ended. These individuals were Michaela Buchli ’19, Paige Livingston ’18, Sarah McCown ’18, Delaney Miller ’19, Jordan Ruhnke ’18, …
Fairbury Journalism finds success at State
NSAA Class B State Journalism saw all nine qualifying participants from Fairbury place among the best young competitors in Nebraska during its contests on April 23 in Norfolk. Northeast Community College hosted the event that brought together twenty-six Class B schools to submit works in various journalistic categories. To qualify, …
Johnson and Wasserman selected to compete in Shrine Bowl
Two Jeffs football players have been given the opportunity to represent Fairbury on a larger scale, as they will be competing in the 60th annual Shrine Bowl, held in Kearney, Nebraska. Jacob Johnson ’18 and Adam Wasserman ’18 will both be representing Fairbury football on the South team on June …
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