Fennimore Community Schools

This Flashback Friday takes us back to last October when our 6th grade visited Wyalusing for their overnight outdoor education program. This Fennimore Schools' tradition goes way back with many of our current staff having fond memories of their Wyalusing trip. This trip provides students with a chance to get some exercise while learning about the outdoors. Students also learn some valuable lessons in responsibility, independence, and teamwork. Pictured here are some of students in the shelter they built during a team building activity. For more pictures from this trip visit https://fcs.smugmug.com/2021-22-School-Year/Fennimore-Middle-School-2021-22/Wyalusing-Trips-2021/6th-Grade-Wyalusing-Trip-Oct-11-13-2021

The FFA State Convention wrapped up this week and big things were recognized for Fennimore FFA members and alumni! Matthew Winch accepted the Fennimore FFA Chapter's Pride Award, which is awarded to chapters who increase membership by 10 or more students during the school year! Randy Winch, a 2021 graduate, won the Dairy Production Placement Proficiency for the 2021-2022 school year! Brandi Oechsle walked the stage to accept her 4th place award in the Veterinary Science Proficiency category! Makenna Graney, Chalee Line, and Mackenzie Kopp revived their state degrees! Chalee Line was a Star Agricultural Placement Finalist! Tyson Gehrke went up on stage on behalf of our wonderful members Maggie and Olivia Horsfall, who graciously put together our scrapbook for the 2021-2022 school year. Their hard work put towards the scrapbook allowed it to end up placing 3rd in the state!! Brandi Oechsle walked across the stage on behalf of Mackenzie Kopp to be awarded the 3 Star Leader award! Congratulations on all of these wonderful accomplishments! The Fennimore Community is a better place because of people like you! And congratulations to the entire FFA program and Mrs. Mitchell on receiving the Pride Award! More images can be found at https://fcs.smugmug.com/2021-22-School-Year/Fennimore-High-School-2021-22/Co-curricular-High-School-2021-22/FFA-State-Convention-2022

Congratulations to Mr. Carlton Austin, former FFA advisor and Agriculture instructor at Fennimore, who was inducted into the WI FFA Hall of Fame during the FFA State Convention last night! Stay tuned for more info about awards and recognitions that the Fennimore FFA Chapter will be bringing home with them when they return!

Congratulations goes out to Jenna James on her All State Softball 2022 Honorable Mention! What an amazing accomplishment! Great job Jenna!

The Fennimore Mean Machine is well known in the area for always putting on an awesome show at FCS sporting events. Whether it is music to pump up our teams, or the Polka or Chicken Dance to get the crowd involved, there is just nothing like it! We are thankful for the talented and passionate students, staff, and alumni band members who keep this wonderful Fennimore tradition going strong. #thankfulthursday #EaglesSoar

It was a fun start to summer school last week with volleyball! Students enjoyed working on their skills while enjoying some fun with their friends! #EaglesSoar #fenschools For more pics visit https://fcs.smugmug.com/2021-22-School-Year/Fennimore-Community-School-District-2021-22/Summer-School

😎Summer School Reminder😎 Girls and Boys Basketball begins tomorrow, Monday, June 13th for students entering grades 1-8! Girls will be held at the Elementary Gym and boys at the Memorial Building. There is still time for your child to join! Bring your child to the appropriate session and fill out a registration form. For more information click sports opportunities at https://www.fennimore.k12.wi.us/page/summer-school 🌊Also tomorrow, Monday, June 13th, Session One of swimming lessons begins . If you're registered for lessons, please check your email for a message from Ms. Govier stating the session and level your child(ren) registered for! Any questions please contact Ms. Govier at govierj@fennimore.k12.wi.us or 608 822 5586.

Our first flashback of the 21-22 school year takes us back to last August when the Fennimore Eagles football team held on to the milk can with their win over the Iowa-Grant Panthers. The milk can tradition, which started over 50 years ago, adds some fun to the Fennimore and Iowa-Grant rivalry. #flashbackfriday #EaglesSoar Remember you can find pictures of this game as well as many other pictures of highlights from the 21-22 school year at https://www.smugmug.com/app/organize/2021-22-School-Year

Be on the lookout for the FCS Eagle Soar Newsletter hitting your mailboxes soon! #fcs #EaglesSoar

All grades PK-5 got the chance at the end of the year to head over to Marsden Park to enjoy a picnic lunch in the pavilion and play on all the wonderful equipment the park has to offer. FES is very thankful to have this beautiful park in town to help our FES students stay active all summer long! #ThankfulThursday #fes #EaglesSoar For more end of the year park pics for FES students visit https://fcs.smugmug.com/2021-22-School-Year/Fennimore-Elementary-School-2021-22/Activities-Elementary-School-2021-22/Marsden

Congratulations to our student-athletes who were recognized as all-conference this spring!

Summer school reminder: If it is actively raining tomorrow morning, Wednesday, June 8, flag football will be at the Memorial Building gym.

Take your reading to new heights this year with Beanstack! Students can keep reading all summer and track it in Beanstack to earn badges and grow their reading habits! If you have multiple children in our school, they can toggle back and forth from one account to another in the app. You find helpful instructional videos on our library page. Head to fennimorecsd.beanstack.org and sign in using Google.

These 14 fifth grade students were the producers of the 21-22 season of the School Zone and they helped make this season a huge success! These producers took on a lot of responsibility. On top of the important job of writing the script each day, they also had to learn all the different SZ jobs, organize and help other students with their roles each morning, and produce the live show. Needless to say, the show wouldn't have gone on without them! Great job 5th graders! Stay tuned next Fall for our 22-23 season of the School Zone featuring an all-new cast! #fes #EaglesSoar

UPDATED: The water will be shut off all day today (June 6) and tomorrow (June 7) at the MS/HS due to construction.

Earlier this year, we were excited to learn that Kurt Meyer, middle school science and math teacher, was named the Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited Distinguished Service Youth Education Award winner. Mr. Meyer, who is an avid fly fisherman, was nominated for sharing his passion for cold water resources in the Driftless area in his classroom and with youth in the community. Congratulations!

The school year has wrapped up for students at Fennimore Community Schools, but school staff gathered to celebrate this year's retirees on Wednesday, June 1st. We thank them for their combined 111 years of service to our school district! This year's retirees include... Paul Helms - Transportation Joy Schewe - Music Education Dan Stepanek - Building & Grounds JoAnn Wiederholt - Board of Education Cindy Yanna - Paraprofessional The district also recognized retired staff who were not able to be celebrated due to the pandemic. These individuals served our school district for a combined 119 years. Those individuals include... Donita "Blondie" Blackbourn - Food Service Gregg Davis - Middle School Teacher Claudia O'Brien - Food Service Rachel Reimenapp - Paraprofessional Betty Smith - Food Service Kim U'ren - Paraprofessional We thank all of these dedicated folks for their service to the students and community! Check out the SmugMug photo gallery to see more photos! https://fcs.smugmug.com/2021-22-School-Year/Fennimore-Community-School-District-2021-22/Retirement-Celebration-2022-6-1-22/

Summer School Update: If it is raining tomorrow morning flag football will be held at the Memorial Building gym.

😎Summer School Reminders 😎 Volleyball and Flag Football begin tomorrow, Monday, June 6th! Volleyball will be held at the Elementary Gym and Flag Football at the High School Football Field. There is still time for your child to join! Bring your child to the appropriate session and fill out a registration form. For forms and more information click the Sports Opportunities link at https://www.fennimore.k12.wi.us/page/summer-school Any questions please contact Ms. Govier at govierj@fennimore.k12.wi.us or 608 822 5586.

State Track Results! Congrats to our three outstanding student-athletes who competed at the State Track & Field Meet at UW-LaCrosse today! Senior Delanee Klaas competed in the 100 and 300 hurdles. Del finished in 4th place in the 300 hurdles and 3rd in the 100 hurdles. Delanee wraps up her high school career with five medals from the State Meet! Sophomore Izzy Bender placed second in the high jump and took home a silver medal! Sophomore Rose French competed in the pole vault and tied for 12th place in her first trip to the State Meet! Thank you to Rustic Road for the photos!