Student Teacher at Exeter-Milligan

Chelsey Quiqley is a new face at Exeter-Milligan this fall.  She will be at Exeter-Milligan for the fall semester as she assists Darcy White and Anita Mueller as a student teacher.  

Not only is she working with White as an assistant in the Physical Education department she is also working under White with the volleyball team.

Quigley, who is from Indianola, Nebraska is working toward an education degree at York College.  She is a PE major with a special ed endorsement.  “I would like to be a Special Ed teacher and also coach volleyball or basketball.”

Living in York and commuting to Exeter has worked for her so far, “I had heard a few horror stories about student teaching but so far I am really enjoying it.  Everyone here is awesome.  The teachers and students have been great and it has been a good experience.”

Working with Mueller in the Resource department has also been rewarding, “I am actually getting to teach a little bit now and am really enjoying it.”

Exeter-Milligan Welcomes Foreign Exchange Students

Exeter-Milligan welcomed foreign exchange students Madeleine Ensrud from Norway and Jesper Anker from Denmark this year.  

Ensrud is hosted by the Alan and Amy Emshoff family.  The junior is from Soerumsond, Norway and traveled a full day to get to Exeter.

So far the experience for her has been “going great. I love the family, and I love living here.”

Although she is enjoying being in Nebraska she does miss her parents and a big brother and younger sister in Norway.  Her dad works in the computer and phone industry and mom is a supervisor at a kindergarten.  Currently her older brother is in college working on a degree to teach English and Norwegian. 

For Ensrud two of the biggest differences in coming here from Norway have been the people and the landscape.  “Everyone is so nice here, that’s very different and everything is so flat.  There are lots of mountains and hills in Norway,” she explained.

Along with the landscape are the temperature differences, “In the summer about the hottest day was 75 with the coolest day being around 48.  Our average is between 50-60 so it is very cool.”

Agriculture is a big part of the economy of the area where Ensurd lives, “We grow more wheat and different grains than here and we produce hydroelectric power on the river that is just 40 meters from my house.”

Even though the village that Ensrud lives in only has about 5,000 she is used to walking or riding the train everywhere she needs to get to. 

So far, the food in America is one of her favorite parts.  “The food is very different here.  We eat a lot of fruit and only have sweet or fried items on the weekends.

Sports aren’t a part of the curriculum at her school, usually students play on club teams.  This year Ensrud plans to participate in FCCLA, one act play and choir.

Anker, also a junior, is already loving his experience in Nebraska.  He is being hosted by the Paul and Karla Sheffield family.

“Nebraska has some of the nicest people I have ever met,” said Anker.

Anker is from Stevning, Denmark, a small town like Exeter that enjoys 60 degree weather in the summer and plenty of rain.

Like Ensrud, his school doesn’t have a sports program but he has played soccer for a number of years on club teams.  He decided to try his hand at playing football on the Exeter-Milligan team and is really enjoying it so far.  He plans to play basketball and also go out for track.

As far as scholastics go, both Ensrud and Anker are working on some of the junior coursework including government.  Anker finds the history fascinating, “It’s fun hearing the differences between our government and history and yours.  It’s an election year so that’s special as well.”

Anker is definitely missing his two younger sisters along with his dad who works as an electrician and his mom who is a the firm psychologist at a local business, but he is really enjoying having a brother for the first time at the Sheffield household.

Family life is the same here as it is at home but he finds the food very different.  “We bring our own lunch and have no cafeteria.  We definitely eat a lot more here.  Our main meal is supper around 7:00 p.m.”

“We have fast food like McDonalds and Burger King in the bigger towns close buy, in our town we have a grocery store like Greg’s and most of the industry is IT related.”

Both Ensrud and Anker are looking forward to the school year progressing along with the cooler weather that fall will bring.

Exeter-Milligan Players on FC/E-M Softball Team

Exeter-Milligan players on the Fillmore Central/Exeter-Milligan Softball team are picture front row from the left Logan Zeleny, Alicia Bigelow, Elly Korbelik.  Back row from the left are Shelby Bell, Maitlyn Thomsen, Meredith Emshoff and Assistant Coach Lorie Sliefert with Hunter Stride not pictured.

Exeter-Milligan Cheerleaders

 

Exeter-Milligan Cheerleaders from the left are Deidre Stevens, Meredith Emshoff, Kylie Briske, Brooke Manning, Megan Waldron, Janey Due and Jordyn Brandt.

 

Exeter-Milligan Cheerleaders are ready to cheer on their teams for the year.  They are pictured front row from the left Meredith Emshoff, Megan Waldron and Brooke Manning.  Back row from the left are Jordyn Brandt, Deidre Stevens, Janey Due and Kylie Briske.

New and Improved at Exeter-Milligan Schools

Update has been the name of the game at the Exeter-Milligan schools this year.

Some of the changes are obvious like those at the Exeter campus.  The most noticeable being the new paved parking lot across the street from the gym.  An abandoned home was torn down and the lot was leveled and paved.  It is being used by students, staff and visitors and will help handle the overflow during special events.

The other change that is evident at Exeter is the new landscaping around the gym entrance and a few spots on the south side of the elementary.  Flowers and other plants were added in front of the gym entrance and beds were outlined and mulched.  Rock was added at the base of two trees on the south side of the elementary playground.

Some of the biggest changes have happened at the Milligan campus.  This summer work was done to renovate the locker rooms at the Milligan campus. Some updating was needed as this location is used for all home football and volleyball games.  The Exeter-Milligan School Board building and grounds committee outlined a plan to revamp the two locker rooms in order to accommodate the teams using the facility.

The plumbing for the shower facilities was reworked, the locker rooms were painted and new lockers and benches were installed.  Also new are the sink, vanity and light fixtures.  Around $20,000 was spent on the remodeling project.

For those attending football games in Milligan will be surprised and impressed with the new crow’s nest at the field.  “The old facility was original and was starting to have structural issues.  It had become a safety concern. We had planned to replace the crow’s nest two years ago but we never got to it,” explained Superintendent Paul Sheffield.

The all new three story structure should be ready for use during the first home game, September 14.  The structure will have storage on the first floor with reserved seating on the second floor and space on the  third floor for announcers and coaches for both teams.  “The plan is to raffle off the seats on the second floor for each game and most likely we will auction off the seats for any play-off games.” Said Sheffield.

Other updates include four more new smartboards installed this summer.  Each classroom now has a smart board at both campuses.

Kindergarten teacher Judy Kassik with the new portable smart board in her classroom

Some maintenance issues were addressed in Exeter including replacing the dishwasher at the Exeter site (it was forty years old) along with some of the rooftop heating and ac units that needed to be replaced.

Two projects that the Exeter-Milligan Booster Club contributed to were new stage curtains on the Exeter stage along with a new fitness themed playground equipment at the Milligan site.  The equipment has arrived and will be installed soon.