Make your voice heard today! Get out and vote!
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight! Enjoy the extra hour of sleep!
Just a couple reminders as we work to a long wrap-around weekend!
Benton Elementary celebrated its students who excelled in the first quarter of the school year with its quarterly awards ceremony Thursday morning. Each of the seven grades gave out awards highlighting positive aspects of being a Bobcat in their homeroom classes as well as in music and PE.
Congratulations to the dozens of Benton students who were recognized for a great first quarter of the school year!
A reminder that the Fall Falcon Art Camp is this Monday, Oct. 21! If you haven't signed up your third, fourth or fifth grader, find the link below and join the fun!
https://public.eventlink.com/registrations?id=579b6bb6-2b55-4401-bf12-08dcd8cbcff8
The IHSAA football sectional draw is out, and Fairfield will see at least one more home game this season!
The Falcons (3-5) will host Fort Wayne Concordia (2-6) in the Class 3-A first round matchup in two weeks. The winner will get either West Noble (7-1) or Angola (3-5), Fairfield traveling to West Noble or hosting Angola in a potential semi-final matchup.
The top half of the draw has Lakeland (5-3) at Garrett (8-0), and Woodlan (5-3) at Tippecanoe Valley (6-2).
Fairfield concludes its regular season this Friday at Churubusco.
They clean up the messes, fix all the broken stuff, get things from A to B. But just stating they are good at their jobs doesn't reflect the great people they all are. Find a custodian today and thank them, it might just make their day!
Just a couple of date reminders as we start October!
For October 3, e-learning lessons will be posted by 8 a.m., and teacher office hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fairfield’s Marching Pride continued to get experience among some of the top regional bands with its performance at the Charger Challenge of Bands, hosted by Fort Wayne Carroll High School.
Saturday was the third invite for FMP, which saw it finish second among a group of five in Class C, just a little over 1.5 points back of NorthWood’s Red Regiment. Fairfield had a sizable scoring margin ahead of Angola, Garrett and Maconaquah in the five-band group.
Fairfield was tabbed as Best Visual at Carroll, with NorthWood garnering Best Music and Best General Effect in its win.
FMP is slated to perform again this Saturday at the Selmer Invite at Elkhart.
Progress is being made on the latest house project by Fairfield Builders Trades!
The house is going up on CR 37 in Millersburg, and looks to be on schedule. Trades director Jeff McClure sent over this photo of the trusses being maneuvered into place, and said the dry weather in September has actually been a blessing for the crew as they have been able to get a lot more work done without the pauses for precipitation, etc.
If you would be interested in having a future home built by Fairfield Builders Trades, contact McClure at (574) 831-2184.
For the second year in a row, Jim Jones' students have swept the National Fishing Lure design contest sponsored by Purdue University! Fairfield students comprised the top three places in the contest now two years running, and 13 students were recognized overall in the Soft Bait category.
Earning a place in the contest were, in alphabetical order, Liberty Barton, Hayden Brown, Lucas Bontrager, Zylee Hughes, Cayne Knapp, Brody Nissley, Kylee Richendollar, Blake Roberts, Anna Slabaugh, Allie Stahly, Emily Tinsley, Lincoln Wogoman and Jourdan Wright.
Students were issued a certificate for their work as well as a gift card based on placement.
Well done students and Mr. Jones for the continued excellence!
Photos provided by Brooke Babcock, FHS Yearbook
Students in Collin Groves classroom this morning at Fairfield had the opportunity to learn about the workings of the legal system from local attorney Ryan Mehl. A fifth generation lawyer, Mehl fielded questions from the class on how long it takes to become a lawyer, how to prep for trials and who he represents, how juries are selected, some of his most difficult and favorite cases, the latter being one he settled for a friend.
“I think it's helpful being in their environment where they are used to learning here, rather than them coming to my office,” said Mehl of his appearance at Fairfield, who works for Mehl & Mehl, Attorneys at Law. “Hearing about law from my family and the cases they represented was very inspiring to me growing up. Hearing about the people they fought for, trying to get justice for them, that was very inspiring to me.”
Students in Allison Schrock's sixth grade class at New Paris Elementary recently took the literal, hands-on approach to math.
Using the classic 'KFC' method, students worked on completing math equations by 'Keep the first fraction the same, Flip the second fraction and Change the division sign to a multiplication sign. And what better way to learn the KFC method than a side piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Please see the press release from the Fairfield Police Department.
Today is listed as National Constitution Day, and who better to bring in to speak to Fairfield U.S. History students than a judge?!?! Judge Kristine Osterday from the Elkhart Superior Court spoke to students this morning about the U.S. Constitution, how it applies to today's judicial system, and some of the inner workings of the legal process. Students in the first session asked questions ranging from what Judge Osterday's longest court case was, what was the weirdest case, and if she was ever scared of anyone during a court case.
“The students are so engaged compared to other schools I have been to, and this is so fun to do,” Osterday said following the first session. “What we do in court is not very happy. And so, even if we have a couple kids who are engaged and interested, it's one of the things which really energize me and keep me coming out to do these speaking engagements.”
Judge Osterday will host Fairfield students later in the school year for a mock trial in Elkhart, showing them a more in-depth version of the court process.
They have control of the big, red button! Thank you to our I.T. professionals: Cody Stewart, Aaron Speedy, Shane Bowling, Ashley Cook, Jon Long, Alex Doll and Amanda Wehmeyer for keeping our technology running smoothly!
Fairfield cheerleading coach Russell Ridley mentioned Saturday morning that he had worried about the overall numbers for the Fairfield cheerleading clinic. Ridley and the clinic staff were surprised to see a line out the door Saturday morning as more than six dozen kids came out for the one-day session.
The campers had hand-on teaching from the Fairfield cheerleaders themselves, working through basic cheers to light stunt sessions and tumbling exercises. Safe to say the clinic was a huge success for the Fairfield cheer program!
DayInTheLife - Solving A Personal Mystery
The journey to getting her book, 'Silent Sister', on the bookshelves wasn't just working through the mystery of the plot. Megan Davidhizar had to work through her own personal struggles, as well as drawing upon those of her Fairfield students.
Read about Megan's story, and then go get a copy of Megan's mystery story!
https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1717276
Tomorrow is the first day for students, but today was the first day back for our Fairfield staff. We all gathered for breakfast and fellowship in the morning, recognizing our new staff, testimonials from our staff trip to Lincolnshire's learning sessions, some competitive intrasquad trivia, and a powerful message from new social worker Sara Ryman and her journey to where she is today.
Our staff then broke out to the individual buildings for staff meetings before finishing their day getting classrooms ready for green flag in the morning.
We are overjoyed to see our staff in place and coming together in such a positive manner to start the school year, and can't wait to see how they will impact our students and community in the days, months and years to come!
The second running of the Fair In The Field is in the books, held last Saturday under almost perfect weather on the Fairfield campus. We enjoyed a very good turnout, highlighted by fun, food and friends among the community. A huge thank you to all of the volunteers, donors, workers and organizers to once again bring a fun gathering to usher in the school year!
