They run the show so we don't have to!
A hearty pat on the back today to all the bosses out there. Enjoy your day!
Fairfield Vet Careers made their way to the Bontrager Angus Cattle Farm today to some hands-on experience with the overall process that Chad and Cassie Bontrager handle in owning their farm.
Among the activities the students helped with included vaccinations, deworming and blood testing as well as watched ear tattooing - a permanent form of ID that is required for farmers - as well as practicing placing and removing halters. Dr. Hilary from the LaGrange Animal Clinic was also on hand and did pregnancy checks on all the cows, explaining what she saw on the ultrasound machine.
Eighth grade students from Fairfield took a field trip this week to Lippert Veada as part of a Manufacturing Day. This gave the students the opportunity to explore career options in manufacturing. Students rotated around hands-on stations showing them what manufacturing is all about.
Special thanks to Nancy Haines for the photo work!
Update: The Fairfield Food Pantry has a new home! It's now located just east of SR 15 on the corner of CR 142 and CR 23 in New Paris!
It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its state tournament path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run! Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week featuring the elementary milers!
Read about all of the proceedings here:
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762
It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its postseason path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run!
Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week, featuring the elementary milers!
Read all about the proceedings here:
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762
Fairfield hosts rival Jimtown in the first round of the IHSAA Football Sectional, game set for Oct. 20.
Your kids were off school on Friday - here's why!
Our teachers were participating in what's called Response To Intervention, or RTI, where they spent the day at Fairfield Junior/Senior High School learning about the processes of RTI and how it correlates to helping our students better themselves. The RTI process fits into the overall Professional Learning Community, or PLC, which Friday was bolstered by a pair of guest speakers: Mike Mattos, who joined the teachers virtually from California, and in person by Eric Twadell, both sharing initiatives and strategies for our teachers to utilize in their own classrooms.
DayInTheLife - Braids of Battle
There were no warships or spears present, but there were Viking Games taking place in Fairfield Cosmetology. Find out about the battles waged here:
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1272105
Fairfield Cosmetology will be hosting its first Late Night Haircut session! From 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Cosmo will be offering free haircuts to students and staff, as well as $5 trims for the public. You won't find a better price for a haircut around, so hurry and book an appointment today!
Call (574) 831-2186 to get into the appointment book!
Fairfield Wrestling will host a camp for kids in kindergarten through seventh grade.
The camp will be held in the FHS wrestling room on these dates (5:30-7 p.m. each night):
Nov. 6, 7, 9
Nov. 13, 14
Nov. 16 - Blue and Gold Match (auxiliary gym)
Cost of the camp is $10 per athlete.
Find the form to fill out below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNltav9B-cXgAV9r1H22joPoInR6_piz-yHl4OMZb0VLiM7w/viewform
"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections."
We often overlook those who clean up our messes, and in the case of our campuses, we cannot overlook the tireless and thankless efforts our custodial staffs do to keep our buildings in great shape.
THANK YOU CUSTODIANS as we celebrate you on National Custodian Day!!!
"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections."
We often overlook our messes, but we cannot overlook those who clean up behind us. On National Custodian Day, we SALUTE and THANK all of our Fairfield Community School custodial staffs for the countless hours and thankless jobs they do for our schools.
So THANK YOU custodians!!!
Championship season is here for much of the Fairfield athletic programs, with cross country and boys tennis both in tournament play this past week.
Find out how everyone did in the wrapup below:
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1267087
Draw is set for the volleyball sectionals, and Fairfield drew the bye into Saturday's semi-final at the Wawasee Volleyball Sectional. The Lady Falcons will take on the winner of NorthWood and Lakeland, the second game of the morning following host Wawasee and West Noble squaring off for a ticket to the finals.
We've got a state medalist!
Fairfield eighth grade cross country stud Caden Harris was 11th place at the Indiana Middle School State Finals, running an impressive 10:10 over the paths of the LaVern Gibson State Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute.
Harris' time helped Fairfield to a 39th place team finish among 62 teams in action. The Falcons sent 11 male athletes to the finals, among the top five for the Falcons included Harris, Curtis Bontrager (12:01), Klayton Miller (12:09), Easton Garber (12:24) and Karsten Castetter (12:36).
The Lady Falcons had five in action, led by Layna Stoltzfus finishing 34th overall with a time of 11:58. On the time card were Jules Hinkle (13:15), Ellie Carl (14:05), Amy Bechtel (15:32) and Kensie Johnson (16:38). The girls team placed 44th out of 55 teams.
Well done Fairfield!
Final from the train tracks:
Fairfield 19
Garrett 22
#ontothenext
The IHSAA held its state tournament draw for boys tennis, and Fairfield and Goshen will battle it out in the semi-finals of the Goshen Boys Tennis Sectional. The matchup between the Northeast Corner Conference champion Falcons and Northern Lakes Conference champion RedHawks will play Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Goshen Middle School courts. Admission is free to see two of the top teams in northern Indiana battle for a spot in the sectional finals!
Boys tennis backed up its strong regular season with a host of NECC tournament titles ahead of this week's sectional. Girls golf season wrapped up Friday, which that night football had a huge defensive effort to win on Homecoming.
Read all about it on our weekly wrap up!
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1255940
Schools are constantly thinking about the 'next steps' for their students, whether on campus or beyond. One objective for high schools is what is the next step for its seniors. Enter College Go! Week. The resource is available for high school students to get a look at what is currently expected of them and what is to come if they choose to continue their education.
If you're thinking about college, or have a child who is looking at the option, click the link below and see where you can get an advantage.
https://learnmoreindiana.org/college-discovery/college-go-initiative/
