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Timber  Tracks  Exeter-­‐Milligan  Public  

Schools  April,    2017  

-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐   CRC Basketball Selections Congratulations to Sydney Hall for being named to First Team CRC Basketball and to Hannah Beethe, Eric Olsen, Trevor Luzum, and Cameron White - Honorable Mention. Sydney, Samantha Horne, Trevor, and Cameron will also represent the CRC in the All Star Games. Prom 2017: A Night in Paris This year's prom will be held in Exeter on April 1st at the American Legion hall. The Grand March will begin at 6:15 pm at the Exeter Senior Center with the dinner and dance to follow in the Legion. Family, friends, and the community are invited to come out and watch the festivities. Parking will be blocked off in front of the Senior Center and Legion, with the street blocked off prior to the start of the Grand March. Special thanks goes out to the members of the American Legion and the Senior Center for use of the facilities and to the parents of students volunteering their time to make this night special for our students. Community Scholarship Drive We are currently organizing Exeter-Milligan Community Scholarships. We are seeking donations from businesses, organizations, and other interested parties for scholarship funds to benefit the Exeter-Milligan Class of 2017. If you would like more information or if you would like to donate, please contact Denice Kovanda, Guidance Counselor at 266-5911. All donations are greatly appreciated. Elementary Move-Up Day On Friday, May 5, 2017, Exeter-Milligan Elementary will have a “move-up” day. This day will also include Kindergarten Round-up. Those children that will be kindergartners in the fall of 2017 are invited to attend Kindergarten that morning. Each of the other classes will then move to the next grade level. This will give second graders an opportunity to see what it will be like at the Milligan site next year, and the sixth graders the opportunity to see what it will be like in Jr. High. New kindergartners will have a snack break mid-morning and can be picked up before lunch at 11:00am.

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Notice to Parents – Childfind This notice is to inform the patrons of the Exeter-Milligan District 01 that: Public Law 94-142 and State Rule 51 and 54 mandate that free appropriate public education is available to each handicapped child, years 0-21, who reside in a local school district. Handicapped children are defined as: Physically Handicapped, Visually Handicapped, Acoustically Handicapped, Speech Handicapped, Orthopedically Handicapped, Educable Mentally Handicapped, Behaviorally Impaired, Specific Learning Disabled, Mentally Retarded, Multi-Handicapped, Home and Hospital Bound. (By reason, thereof, require special education and related services.) If you feel that your child may qualify under any of the above categories please contact Paul Sheffield Superintendent, Exeter-Milligan Public School District #01, Exeter, NE. 402-266-5911.

Yearbook Orders Time is winding down to purchase your yearbook. Go to

yearbookforever.com/# You can also go to the school website and click on the link.

****SENIOR PARENTS**** Last Chance

There is still time for you to get your baby picture and parent note to the yearbook staff. This needs to be done no later than April 10 to make the Yearbook deadline.

Ag Safety Day

Current 1st through 6th graders are invited to attend Progressive Agriculture Safety Day on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds. Youth will participate in a variety of events designed to help them be aware of safety in potentially hazardous situations such as swimming, agricultural settings, electrical safety and others. NE Extension hosts this event in Fillmore County, along with Shickley and Fillmore Central FFA chapters, 4-H, W.I.F.E. and Fillmore County Emergency Management. Early registration is due April 21st; forms can be downloaded at fillmore.unl.edu. For more info or to register, call 402-759-3712 or email brandy.vandewalle@unl.edu.

_________________________ Exeter-Milligan Public School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, marital status, disability, or age in admission or access to, or treatment of employment, in its programs and activities. the following person has/have been designated to handle inquiries regarding complaints, grievance procedures or the application of these policies of nondiscrimination: Title: Supt. Paul Sheffield Address: Exeter-Milligan Public Schools, Box 139. Exeter, NE 68351 Phone #: (402) 266-5911.

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Second Grade News – Mrs. Marla Weber Students in second grade have been learning about early exploration of the United States. They first learned about various native American tribes. Based on the tribe they were assigned, students did research and then created a diorama to represent the life of that tribe; including the type of shelter and how they traveled. Students also learned about famous explorers whose discoveries made an impact on our country. Each student researched one of the explorers and presented his or her findings to classmates on an iPad presentation. 4th Grade News – Mrs. Shelli Mueller We had a lot of fun celebrating Nebraska’s 150th birthday. The students did an amazing job presenting at the UCC church about their Famous Nebraskan. Here is the link to the video I took that day. https://plus.google.com/104663011023288951183/posts/ib4kctPUA4Q Then we watched a presentation from the Durham Museum on the history of Nebraska from early pioneers to statehood the following week with the 3rd grade.

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2017 GFWC/NFWC District IV Fine Arts Winners – 1st Place Winners go to State in April Elementary: 1st Place Winners: RJ Clevenger, 2nd Grade; Savana Krupicka, 5th Grade 2nd Place Winners: Jordan Franssen, Kindergarten; Deacon Erdkamp, 1st Grade; Alexis Saatmann, 3rd Grade, Kierra Papik, 4th Grade Junior High 2nd Place Winner: Emma Olsen, Oil Pastel High School 1st Place Winners: Wyatt Motis, Foil/Ink and Oil Pastel; Tara Mueller, Marker; Travis Gilliam, Mosaic; Peytan Brandt, Sculpture 2nd Place Winners: Katie Moody, Pencil and Watercolor; Quinton Behrens, Mixed Media Collage; Trystan Brandt, Photography-Scenic Best of Show – Wyatt Motis, Pastel

MUSIC NEWS

Exeter-Milligan had 20 students selected to the CRC Honor Band, held on Monday, March 20, on the Concordia University campus. The director for the event was Mr. Tom Thorpe, band director at Lincoln East. Row 3 - Kate Jansky, Nick Hayek, Trever Zelenka, Jaiden Papik, Jacy Schlueter, Cammie Harrison, Caitlin Murphy, Clint Oldehoeft; Row 2 - Trystan Brandt, Joel Klemm, Alexis Uldrich, Ashley Benorden, Katie Skinner, Ella Wilkins, Patrick Murphy, Angie Murphy; Row 1 - Katherine White, Kaitlyn Vavra, Anna Sluka, Kayla Geiger, Haylee Sheffield

Three Exeter-Milligan choir members were selected to the CRC Honor Choir held on the Concordia University campus on March 20. They were directed by Dr. Derrick Fox, the conductor at UNO. Students selected were Caitlin Murphy, Ashley Benorden, and Katie Skinner

The high school choir performed “Beautiful Nebraska” at the Women’s Club celebration for Nebraska’s 150th Birthday. Members are Ashley Benorden, Caitlin Murphy, Katie Skinner, Haylee Sheffield and Anna Bettu.

The senior high choir performed at the Senior Center on Tuesday, March 21. This was the fourth time they have entertained during lunch this year. They sang a variety of pieces including “Somewhere out There” and some of their possible contest music.

Five students performed at the Women’s Club meeting on Tuesday, March 21. Cammie Harrison played a flute solo. Peytan Brandt performed a snare drum solo. Katie Skinner sang a vocal solo. Ella Wilkins and Caitlin Murphy each performed a piano solo. Peytan and Katie each competed in the District Women’s Club Contest on Wednesday, March 15, in Seward.

The Meridian Junior High Honor Choir & Honor Band will be held at Meridian on Friday, April 7. The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. There is a small admission fee for the concert. Students participating in the choir are Katelyn Babula, Jaiden Papik, Kiah Songster, Braden Capek, Blake Meyer and Clint Oldehoeft. Students participating in the band are Cammie Harrison, Georgia Meyer and Daisy Kanode.

The 7-12 Spring/Pre-Contest Concert will be held on Monday, April 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the Exeter site gymnasium. (The school calendar is incorrect and says 10 a.m.) The junior high and senior high choirs will sing and the jazz band and band will play. Small groups will also perform during the concert. Following the main concert in the gym, soloists will perform in the music room and gym. This will give all of the District Music Contest participants a chance to perform their pieces.

District Music Contest will be held in Sutton on Thursday, April 20, and Friday, April 21. All solos and small groups will perform on Thursday. The band will perform on Friday. Exeter-Milligan has over 20 entries in the contest. I will need parents to help out each day due to the number of entries and students. Please let me know if you are willing to help out. We will leave in the early afternoon on Thursday and return in the evening. We will not know our time for Friday until much closer to the event. Also, please come support the students at DMC! They work very hard to prepare their solos, small group pieces, and the band music. This is the culmination of our year’s work!

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Albert Einstein Face Painting is a must at Family Art Night! This is our 3rd Annual FAN and the kids are happy to stand in line to get their favorite design painted on their face! Thanks to Katie Moody, Jacy Schlueter, Daisy Kanode and Katie Mounce for doing an amazing job with this station.

The kids were able to make some beautiful paper quillings, thanks to the efforts of many high school art students who curled strips of paper to make this art form possible for the kids. Paper quilling is a technique used in France and Italy and it gets it’s name from the quills they would use to curl the paper strips.

Quinton Behrens, Johnny Babula and Claire Mounce spent time encouraging kids to do their best work on their paper quilling creations.

Their was a large crowd at this year’s FAN! Many parents were able to sign up for our Artsonia online gallery so relatives from far and near can see the art that is made here at E-M. We also had 3-D printers running and souvenirs for the kids.

The students’ artwork was on display all throughout the gym. The ribbon winners were also displayed from the GFWC District IV art contest.

Maddie Luzum and Olivea Swanson spent a lot of time helping the kids build totem poles out of cut out designs and paper towel tubes. Kiley Oldehoeft is pictured here working hard on her totem pole. Pictured below are a group of kids working at a popular station where they were able to make dot paintings like the Aboriginal paintings of Aurstralia. They used q-tips to dot colors onto tagboard.

Finally, with many attempts at building a pyramid with styrofoam cups this group of kids were successful making the largest one of the night. Archer pictured on the left did not help build the pyramid but thought he should jump in the picture and take some credit for it anyway! Brogan Staskal, Deacon Erdkamp, Selah Petersen and Alexis Bendig worked together to make this happen.

Japanese Writing with watercolor was a hit as kids

practiced writing words like “kindness, peace and home” in Japanese. African masks was yet another station that the kids were able to design and wear a mask made from paper plates. Pictured below is a group of kids hard at work making these. When I asked Carver if he made himself a mask, he said “no, I could not find that one!” So much to do at FAN, you can spend more time at your favorite activity and possibly do not even make it all the way around the gym. It is so much fun to see the kids creating, working together and enjoying themselves!

Thanks so much to everyone that helped make this

event happen! There are more people I could mention I am sure, but I do want to thank Mrs. Krejci for helping with the set up, Mrs. Stutzman, Mrs. Vossler and Mrs. Kroll for running stations at the event. Travis and Sophia Gilliam working stations and setting up. Haylee Sheffield, Katie and Claire Mounce, Maddie Luzum, Olivea Swanson and Daisy

and Jozie Kanode for volunteering their time, as well as my high school art students for doing the preparation, working stations and cleaning up, and finally all the parents that

brought their children to show off their creativity and talents at this years Family Art Night!

Congratulations to Scout Grummons as her artwork was chosen in the 1st grade division for the “Beautiful Nebraska” art contest! 7 E-M artworks will also be judged at the GFWC State Contest in April. Wyatt Motis has two pieces going to state. Tara Mueller, Travis Gilliam and Peyton Brandt, as well as 2nd grade, RJ Clevenger and 5th grade, Savana Krupicka.

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Exeter-Milligan April 2017 Breakfast Menu Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Menu is subject to

change

Choice of Main Entrée or Cereal with choice of either Yogurt Cup

or Toast

All Meals include either assorted fruit selection or 100% fruit juice and

milk choice

3 Bacon, Egg, & Cheese

Biscuit Sandwich

4 Belgian Waffle and Scrambled Eggs

5 Caramel Apple Yogurt

Parfait & Mini Cinni Buns

6 Double Stuffed Breakfast

Pizza

7 Smuckers PB & J

Sandwich and Yogurt Cup

10 Sausage, Egg, & Cheese

English Muffin

11 Berry Parfait and Bagel

w/Topping Choices

12 Mini Pancakes & Sausage

Links

13 Dutch Waffle & Yogurt Cup

14 No School

17 No School

18 Berry Smoothie and

Apple or Cherry Frudel

19 Pancake Sausage Wrap

on a Stick

20 Cinnamon Roll & Omelet

21 Ham, Egg, and Cheese

Croissant

24 Pancake Power

Sandwich

25 Bacon Grilled Cheese

Sandwich

26 Homemade Breakfast

Pizza

27 Banana Bread & Omelet

28 Biscuits & Gravy

Milk Choices 1% White,

Fat Free White, Chocolate, Strawberry

Ice Water Available

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Exeter-Milligan April 2017 Lunch Menu Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Menu is subject to

change

Choice of Main Entrée Turkey Deli Sandwich (Includes Salad Bar)

*Indicates entrée made from Purple

Ribbon Meat Program

3 Chicken Nuggets,

Potato, Vegetable, Fruit, Soft Pretzel

4 Grilled Chicken

Sandwich, Baked Potato, Cheesy Broccoli, Fruit

5 Hot Dog, Nacho Chips & Cheese, Vegetable, Fruit

6 Homemade

*Hamburger/Pepperoni Pizza, Lettuce Salad, Fruit,

Bar

7 Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Tomato Soup, Carrots &

Celery, Fruit, Peanut Butter Bar

10 *Tacos, Shredded

Lettuce/Cheese, Refried Beans, Topping Choices,

Tator Tots, Fruit

11 Elem: Deli Sandwich 7-12: Turkey, Bacon,

Cheese Ciabatta, Baked Chips, Fresh

Veggies, Fruit

12 Easter Dinner

Ham Slice, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Stuffing, Corn, Fruit, Dinner Roll, Ice Cream Cup

13 *Beef & Noodles,

Cinnamon Roll, Cheesy Green Beans, Fruit

14 No School

17 No School

18 Fiestada, Vegetable,

Fruit, Apple Crisp

19 *Lasagna, Lettuce Salad,

Fruit, Garlic Bread

20 Chicken Fried Chicken,

Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Corn, Fruit, Dinner Roll

21 *Grilled Hamburgers (Weather Permitting)

Shoe String Fries, Vegetable, Fruit

24 Pepperoni Bosco Stick,

Marinara Cup, Vegetable, Fruit, Cake

25 Chicken Strips, Potato, Vegetable, Fruit, Muffin

26 Mac n’ Cheese, Mini Corn

Dogs, Vegetable, Fruit

27 *Homemade Timberwolf

FUNza, Crinkle Cut Fries, Vegetable, Fruit

28 Southwest Chicken Wrap,

Shredded Lettuce & Cheese, Topping Choices, Nacho Chips

& Cheese, Fruit

Milk Choices 1% White,

Fat Free White, Chocolate, Strawberry

Ice Water Available

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Exeter-Milligan School April 2017 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Prom – Exeter

Legion Hall

2 State FCCLA Conference in

Lincoln

3 State FCCLA Conference in

Lincoln

4 State FCCLA

JHTR E-M Invite at McCool-9:30AM

Golf @ Friend 4PM

5 HS Track @ Friend

10AM JH Quiz Bowl @

Seward Golf @ Friend-9AM

6 Senior Trip

7 Senior Trip

Meridian JH Honor Band/Choir

Driver’s Ed 4-8PM

8 Senior Trip

9 Senior Trip

10 Harvard Math Day

JHTrack @ McCool 9AM

Pre-Contest Concert @ Exeter 7PM

11 HS Track @

Henderson 1:30PM Golf @ Geneva

10AM

12 Board of

Education Meeting in Milligan @

8:00PM

13 Golf @ Red Cloud

9AM Driver’s Ed 2:30-7:30

14

No School

15

16

17 No School

18 HS Track E-M Invite @ McCool 9:30AM

Golf @ Clay Center

9:30AM

19 JH Track @

McCool 10AM

Juniors ACT

20 District Music

Contest @ Sutton

21 District Music

Contest @ Sutton

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23 Physics Trip to Worlds of Fun

24 HS Track @

McCool 9:15AM

25 Golf @ Red

Cloud 9:30AM

26 27 28 CRC JH Track @

Cross County 9AM

Golf @ Fremont 9AM

29 HS CRC Track @

Osceola 9AM