Exeter-Milligan Update: Espanol - Make it personal!

 

Español--Make it personal!

By Lisa Ricenbaw, Exeter-Milligan Spanish Instructor

 

On the first day of Spanish class, students took "selfies" to remember the day.

Just as we take "selfies" to remember, anyone learning another language can personalize the vocabulary in order to learn it faster. That is, one makes it relatable to something in his/her own life.  For example, my grandma's brother's name happened to be Herman.  In Spanish the word Hermano means brother, so I had an easy way to personalize that word and remember it. Learning new vocabulary in any language doesn't have to be drudgery. One can be creative by making picture cards or making up rhymes or songs. Practice new words at least ten minutes every day and have fun! I am looking forward to creating great new memories in Spanish class. 

Sra. Ricenbaw

Pictured are Jozie Kanode, Morgan White, Jasmine Turrubiates and Olivea Swanson.

 

Throwback Thursday: Week of September 11

 

9/11/2011

The Exeter Cemetery Board had many large old pine trees attacked by pine wilt disease. As a way of both removing the dead trees and replanting new trees to replace the Cemetery board applied for a Trees for Nebraska Towns Program grant. They received the grant and in May of 2009 the Exeter Cemetery Board along with many community volunteers planted 25 new trees at the Exeter Cemetery.

The $10,000 grant was coordinated by the Nebraska State Arboretum and the University of Nebraska and funded by The Nebraska Environmental Trust, a beneficiary of the Nebraska Lottery. This was a matching fund grant and the Cemetery Board was able to raise part of the matching funds by counting volunteer hours during the planting and watering of the trees.

Exeter-Milligan holds Homecoming Pep Rally Downtown

The Exeter-Milligan Band under the direction of Mr. Mark Perez marched downtown to the pep rally.

The Cheerleaders led the crowd to get the pep rally started.

Homecoming Court up on the trailer at the pep rally.

Above – Cheer leaders Malorie Staskal (left) and Lily Jeffries help lead the crowd in a cheer.

Below – The football players competed in a stuff the sweatpants game.  Aidan Vavra (left) stuffs another balloon in the sweatpants Carter Milton is wearing while Cade Kresak supervises.

 

Above -Tyler Due models his balloon stuffed sweatpants.  Helping stuff the pants from the left were Peyton Pribyl and Andrew Vavra.  Cameran Jansky, far right was monitoring their progress.

Below – Carter Milton tries to keep the sweatpants on after Adrian Schoofs (left) and Cade Kresak(right) add another balloon.

Above-After the game was over the football players handed out the balloons to the elementary students.

Emma Olsen (right) and Cameran Jansky (left) react to the football player Cade Kresak (#48) inhaling the snacks in a game at the homecoming pep rally while Andrew Vavra gets ready to eat his snack.