Exeter Public Library Celebrates National Library Week

The Exeter Public Library held an open house on Saturday, April 9^th complete with refreshments and a book sale.  Attendees were able to see the new circulation desk purchased with a grant from the Exeter Area Community Foundation along with the new reading area that was purchased with a grant from the  Mary Tous Foundation.

Top – Jessica Votipka, the librarian at Exeter Public Library, works behind the new circulation desk while she visits with Wanda Marget, the librarian at the Fairmont Public Library at the recent library open house.

Below – Lynette Trauger, left, Pat Mathiesen, and Laura Pulliam enjoy relaxing in the tech lounge at the Exeter Public Library.

Charles Trauger makes use of the new reading area at the Exeter Public Library while librarian Jessica Votipka catalogs new items.

New Arrivals in Town

Two new buildings were moved into town.  The barn came from the old Guthrie place (where Bill and Dixie Krecji live now).

Exeter-Milligan Student Chosen as Boy's State Representative

The American Legion Post 218 is pleased to announce that Evan True of Exeter will join nearly 400 other high school juniors from across Nebraska participating in the American Legion Cornhusker Boys' State, June 5 - 11, 2016, at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln downtown campus.  The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths a better understanding of how city, county, and state governments operate.

American Legion Cornhusker Boys' State is set up as a functional "51st state" and each boy learns how government subdivisions operate by actually doing the job.  Participants will campaign for offices, hold elections, take part in band and chorus, compete in athletics, and be involved in other varied activities as part of the citizenship training program.  They will set up their own state government and draft bills.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Jump Rope for Heart

PE Notes, by Darcy White E-M PE Instructor

Exeter-Milligan students in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart event on February 25.  The twenty students helped raise over $2,000 to help fund the AHA’s program to battle heart disease.  Brett Kallhoff, shown here with his prizes, was the top fundraiser for the event.

Group picture below:

Front row:  Ensley Stahl, Scout Grummons, Braxton Saatmann.  Middle row:  Addison Foutch, Deacon Erdkamp, Kaylie Schlueter, Cohen Harre, Will Kallhoff, Levi Jurgensen.  Back row:  Kiley Oldehoeft, Ronnie Babula, Avery Nichols, Brett Kallhoff, Alexis Saatmann, Jonah Geiger and Kaydence Haase.  Not pictured:  Cheyenne Krupicka, Clayton Pribyl, Logan Johnson and Truman Milton.

Library Story Hour Planned

Exeter Public Library will host a story hour on Tuesday, April 26th at 4 p.m. for ages 5 - 7.  They will be reading a story, doing a craft and having a snack.  Call the Library at 402-266-3031 for more information.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Special Ed

Special Education Update

by Anita Mueller, E-M SPED Instructor

 The Exeter-Milligan 6th, 7th, and 8th graders went to the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument in Kearney on March 14^th when the Sportsmanship Rally that they were to attend at UNK was cancelled.  The next day I had some of the 7^th graders write about their trip to practice their writing and to show writing across the curriculum (part of our school improvement goals.) They wrote their paragraph on a Google Document and shared it with me.  They did some editing/revising and created a final copy.

This week we are starting NeSA testing for grades 7, 8, and 11 in Math.  In the next few weeks we will also be doing Reading and Science. There are 2 math tests, 3 reading tests, and 2 science tests (for grades 8 and 11.). Students who are identified as needing special education services may be pulled out to receive accommodations when taking their NeSA tests. These may include reading the questions and possible answers, calculator use, distraction free environment, frequent breaks, and clarify or repeat directions.  During the reading test, only the questions and possible answers may be read, not the passages themselves.  The students may also read the passages orally to us.