Chadron High School

There will be a meeting of the Chadron FFA Alumni this Wednesday, October 2nd at  7 pm at Chadron High School. This  is the first organizational meeting of the FFA Alumni to vote to become an Affiliate as well as pass a constitution and bylaws, and elect the council.

Lt to Rt: Matt Kerner, Matt Dierksen, Kane WellnitzChadron High School competed in their first FFA State Range Judging yesterday in Genoa, NE.  Congratulations to Matt Dierksen (senior), Matt Kerner (sophomore), and Kane Wellnitz (sophomore) for representing the new Chadron FFA Chapter.

Monday, Sept. 23 from 4-7 pm, Scottsbluff, Harms Tech Center 
The Legislature’s Tax Modernization Committee has been charged with finding ways to modernize Nebraska’s tax code, taking into consideration the following elements:  fairness, competitiveness, simplicity and compliance, stability, adequacy, and the interrelationships among tax systems.

In Composite Math class, students did flight tests with the balsa wood gliders, moving the wings, the horizontal stabilizer, and also the vertical stabilizer.  Then using mail labels that were attached to the back of the wings, and both the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, they tried to affect the pattern of the flight.  After a few tosses they made predictions of what each adjustment would do to the glider.

Patriot Day is an annual observance of those who were injured or lost their lives during the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Ceramics Students this fall are getting their first experience at throwing on the electric potters wheel. They are also hand building and sculpting with clay.  Mr. Rod Clause is the Student Teacher in Art this semester.

After watching the videos, you may wonder what is going on at 10th & Cedar in Chadron. 
The physical science class is working on a “speed unit”.  They are learning how to calculate speed.  The videos show the activities that they had to complete to calculate their speeds at different types of movement.

Students had to complete the following activities:1.  Hopping over a 5 meter and 10 meter distance.2.  Walking over a 5 meter and 10 meter distance.3.  Speed walking over a 5 meter and 10 meter distance.4.  Walking backward over a 5 meter and 10 meter distance.

Culinary arts students are starting the year off with safety and sanitation in the kitchen. These students are engaged in a powder identification activity where they try to identify cooking powders vs. toxic cleaning powders by only look and feel through the bag. The results surprise students and they realize how important it is to identify and label everything in the kitchen.

A quick summary of the 2013 NeSA Results for Chadron High School

• Chadron High School maintained the high level of excellence in all four subjects similar to last year to be one of the leading schools in the state for test scores.

• Nebraska increased the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the standards in all four subject areas as compared to last year.