School Starts for the
2010-2011 School Year!
Principal Jerry Feller and Assistant Principal
Jeff Elliott helped lead staff through a very successful freshman
orientation in the morning of August 25th and welcomed back our
sophomores, juniors and seniors during the afternoon. The day
was a great success and will provide the impetus for another great
year at FHS.
Web Changes Coming
This version of the Fergus
High Website will be changing over the course of the next couple of
months and will morph into a leaner and cleaner version. We
ask for your patience as we move and update pages to that new site.
However, feel free to navigate to your heart's content on this site!
Staff Making it Happen Last Spring!
During this past
spring we have had many
shining examples of the quality of programs we have representing
Lewistown and Fergus High. That quality is a hallmark of the strong
tradition of excellence that is here today and is
a direct result of staff leadership and connections with students.
Here are some prime examples of our tradition as reported
this spring in the
staff news bulletin, the FHS Dateline:
Congratulations to FFA Advisor Jared
Long for the many super successes last spring in Bozeman. Having the
Champion Ag. Mechanics team and the new state President are two huge
feathers in your cap! Thanks for helping put that all together. We
are very proud of your successes!
Congratulations also to Mr. Drivdahl
and Mrs. Ruland for a very successful FHS Junior/Senior Prom! You
proved it was the little things that make activities like that
successful and not the money thrown at them.
SUPER JOB FHS! Our winter activities
really hit the jackpot! The Army National Guard is sponsoring an
academic competition they call the Academic All Team Award and FHS
teams were awesome. The boys and girls basketball teams and our
drama team had the top GPA for Class A in the state! Other
teams in the top five for the state included our JV boys and girls
basketball teams, the freshmen girls basketball team, the speech
team, the wrestling team and the cheerleading team. If you would
like to see the entire list of winter winters go to
http://www.mhsa.org and look at their academic awards webpage.
Congratulations to the Career Fair
committee and everyone elses efforts in making the Career Fair and
Exploratories a great opportunity for kids.. A special thank you
goes out to Robert Rutledge and Jean Rogan for stepping forward and
filling the holes. A special thank you to committee members Debra
Slagel, Newell Roche, Tim Majerus, Linda Rinaldi and Jeff Friesen!
Congratulations to Rich Kuntzelman
and Brandon O’Halloran for the outstanding work of our Jazz students
during the Eastern Montana Jazz Festival on March 25th
and concluding with an unbelievable concert on the 26th.
Outstanding organization and great direction from the two of you
have paid dividends. We are proud to have you leading the way.
Last week’s instrumental concert too was off the chart and I expect
that tonight’s concert and this weekend’s District Festival will
again show your multifaceted talents. Plus the fact that you have
found ways to motivate and self-actuated students in all your
classes (not to mention our zero hour classes) really sets your
programs apart.
A huge congratulations also to our
SkillsUSA Adviser Loren Drivdahl (and first assistant Mrs. Ruland)
for a very successful State Convention in Havre last week. Your
student successes are a result of your leadership and really
showcase your program. We are proud of your work.
Congratulations to head coach Jennifer
Pfau and assistant Kate Gottardi for another 1st place
trophy and super successful Cheerfest! Thanks for doing such a
great job with your students. We are very proud of your successes!
Congratulations also to directors Rich
Kuntzelman and Brandon O’Halloran for your musical successes this
year with your zero hour classes. This week will provide some of
your kids another showcase but from all accounts your groups were
awesome last week at the Northwest College Jazz Festival.
Last, but certainly not
least…congratulations and thank you to advisors Karen Durbin, Diane
Lewis and Brad Breidenbach) for another great year with your FCCLA
and BPA students. Having students continually qualify for nationals
and more state officers from Fergus High is tremendous and a show of
the quality of your programs. It is obviously a super opportunity
for the kids but extremely positive for your clubs.
