9th graders attended the South Central Career Fair in Holdrege today.
🏫They learned from Education Quest that pathways to careers can include apprenticeships, college diplomas, and certifications.
🧮UNL Extension helped them to make the connection between STEM and careers and career clusters.
🔬Reps from the Banisters Leadership Academy organization challenged students to have courage as they invented something new from an everyday item and create a sales pitch.
🕴️Finally, they visited several business booths to learn more about job opportunities in our area.
Tuesday, 7-11th graders spent the morning MAPS testing. Everyone either hit benchmark or their growth goal and was awarded a trip to the Fox Theatre in Cozad thanks to the EF Booster Club. Thanks for a great day, students, teachers, admin, Fox, and Booster for making it happen!
Congratulations to this week's Noble Knights:
Henry R, Logan G, Charlotte H, Damien K, Walker W, Allison G
Congratulations to our eSports team who earned themselves another STATE CHAMPIONSHIP today!
The team competed at Doane College in Mario Kart today and is coming home with hardware!
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools is hiring for the position of K-12 Paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year.
This position is a 9 month position starting at the beginning of August and ending on or around the final day of the school year in May. Work hours are generally from 7:45 AM - 3:30 PM on Monday-Thursday and 7:45 AM-2:20 PM on Fridays. Paraprofessionals are responsible for supporting students and teachers in the classroom with daily learning activities. Paraprofessionals are expected to follow the guidance of certified teachers and administration in aiding all students to be successful learners. This may involve working 1-1 with students with special needs, assisting with small groups, or helping to supervise classroom activities. Paraprofessionals are also asked to aid in supervising recess and lunchroom duties. Paraprofessionals must be reliable, dependable, and punctual. The ideal candidate would be patient, desire having positive interactions with students, be willing to learn, and maintain flexibility in their thinking/be able to take direction.
Additional Notes:
Paraprofessionals report to the school principal. School district employees are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits from the school for periods of unemployment which fall between regular school years if they performed services for a school district during one year and have a contract or a reasonable assurance of employment to perform similar services on comparable terms during the next school year. Eustis-Farnam is an equal opportunity employer.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please direct all questions and application materials to Mrs. Jenner at taylor.jenner@efknights.org
State FFA Results: Congratulations to all of our students who competed! We are proud of your hard work!
State Champion Agronomy Team.
Team Members: Ashley Easterday- 1st Purple Ribbon, Gage Rupp-2nd Purple, Haley Morain-6th Purple, Eli Schimmels-9th Purple, plus Cole Dean, Traevyn Koch, & Cooper Parker (& Malakai White, not pictured.)
Food Science Team.
Team Members: Christian Maurer-1st Purple, Hunter Kugler-4th Purple, Lauryn Ruda-Blue, Malakai White-Red, plus Jennae Brockmeier, Shelby Jurjens, Maryah Oberg, Grady Puls, Olivia Wall (& Malia Viter, not pictured.)
State Runner-Up Meats Team.
Team Members: Cooper Knackstedt-3rd Purple, Whitney Page-4th Purple, Ethan Oberg-5th Purple, Bentley Stubbs-7th Purple, plus Brecken Hecox, Emily Robinson, Tucker Viter (& Finn Kerznar, not pictured.)
3rd Place State Welding Team.
Team Members: Ryan Oberg-5th Purple-Arc Division, Dawson Ruda-9th Blue-TIG Division, Finn Kerznar-Red-Oxy-Acetylene Division, Vince VanWaardhuizen-Red-MIG Division, plus Westyn Malcom & Bladen Williams.
7th Place State JH Ag Quiz Bowl.
Team Members: Kyson Dean, Charley Kerznar, Maddie Kugler, Whitney Wall, plus Wyatt Page, Brock Parker, Piper Puls, Raelyn Toberer, Maddie Tryon, (& Kolton Grove, Gage Bihlmaier, not pictured.)
2025 State Degree Recipients: Ashley Easterday, Finn Kerznar, Dawson Ruda & Vince VanWaardhuizen
More Noble Knights
You know it's been a good week when you have so many Noble Knights, their pictures won't fit all in one post!
Congratulations to this week's Noble Knights:
Emma H, Hannah H, Sawyer W, Jim K, Reese S, Allison G, Maddy H, Axel N, and the 3rd and 4th grades!
Congratulations to the Elementary Quiz Bowl on a FANTASTIC season! Today, they participated in their final quiz bowl of the season. 14 teams were in attendance. Although we may not have come home with a trophy today, our only two losses were to 1st and 2nd place. The team battled hard and took both opposing teams to the final question. This team represented Eustis-Farnam incredibly well!
Want to be good at quiz bowl? Read books, both fiction and nonfiction, go to museums, study a map, watch PBS and the History Channel, watch the news, and talk to the adults in your life about their experiences because quiz bowl is REALLY FUN!
Quarter 3 CHARGE Students and Mentors were recognized this morning! A big thank you to these kids for being examples of responsibility!
We celebrated with some fun and donuts!
Congratulations to this week's Noble Knights:
Ayla A, Chantry P, Amelia N, Arya K, Kaden H
Congratulations to our eSports team for making it to the state competition for the 2nd time this year, this time in Mario Kart!
They'll compete at Doane University on April 11 at 2:00 PM!
EF's High School Quiz Bowl team earned second place today at the ESU 11 Quiz Bowl Contest. This earns them a trip to the State Quiz Bowl Contest at the end of April!
Congratulations!
We had a whole round table of Noble Knights this week!
Sterling A, Cale L, Asher S, Ralston R, Finn E, Daxton M, Brecken A, Chesley H
Current 8th-11th graders,
If you are interested in cheerleading for the 2025-2026 school year, there will be a meeting this Thursday, March 27th, at 6:00pm in the Elwood School commons area.
Please email shelby.borden@elwoodpirates.org before Thursday if you are planning to attend the meeting. Transportation will be provided for students who email the above address before Thursday.
There will be a parent meeting following the student interest meeting in the following weeks. Thank you!
Our band students and Mrs. Olson are headed to RPAC Conference Band tomorrow!
The day ends with a concert featuring all of the students. Families and community members are invited to attend!
Prom is next Saturday. Check out the details in the image!
A reminder to students bringing guests from out of town: all forms are due to Mrs. Jenner by Wednesday!
Reminder about PK applications and Kindergarten registrations!
Having this information now allows us to order the correct number of curriculum materials, plan for PK and K Roundup, and begin planning for the new school year!
All forms can be found on the school website. Preschool forms are under "Early Childhood Education" and Kindergarten forms are under "Enrollment". Forms can be emailed to Shayne or Mrs. Jenner or brought to the school office.
Please direct questions to taylor.jenner@efknights.org!
Due to predicted blizzard conditions, EFPS will not have school on Wednesday, March 19th. No practices or activities will be held.
Congratulations to Mr. Fangmeyer, NSIAAA (Nebraska State Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association) District V Athletic Administrator of the year!
We are thankful for all that you do in support of our student athletes!
