
There will be no school, Thursday, March 20th.


FC finished as RUNNER-UP as a team at District speech today. Individual results are listed below.
Ayden Jackson - POETRY CHAMPION*, POI CHAMPION*
Olivia Knight - 4th in Informative
Annika Frook - POETRY RUNNER UP*
Evelyn Meyer - PERSUASIVE RUNNER UP*
Lauren Godown - 5th in Persuasive, 5th in Humorous
Kendra Lauber - 6th in Humorous
Jaci Howell - 6th in Serious, 6th in POI
Katie Lauber - 4th in Serious
Braylon Schmidt, Gabe Weaver, Adan Adams - 6th in OID
Peyton Komenda and Degan Treinen - DUET CHAMPIONS*
Annika Frook, Ayden Jackson, Avery Schwarz, Eveyn Meyer, and Kendra Lauber - OID CHAMPIONS *
Ayden Jackson became the first FC student to triple qualify for state and the first to triple champ at districts.
State qualifiers include:
Ayden Jackson
Evelyn Meyer
Annika Frook
Peyton Komenda
Degan Treinen
Avery Schwarz
Kendra Lauber
Way to go Panthers, amazing job!



There will be no school, Wednesday, March 19th.


🎤 District Speech Meet 🎤
🗓️ March 18
📍 Grand Island Central Catholic
⏰ 9:00am


Mr. Cumpston interviews Mrs. Meyer, Annika, and Lauren about the speech 2025 season. The FC speech team will compete at districts at Grand Island Central Catholic tomorrow March 18th.
https://youtu.be/KQdM0EuKswA

Mrs. Gaston's fifth grade students competed in an essay contest where they were asked to write about their mothers. Not only did Aliyah earn the opportunity to read her essay at the capital in Lincoln she also received 1st place! This means she will compete at the National contest as well! Congratulations Aliyah! 👏





Thanks for an amazing season players and coaches!


🏀We are underway at The Bob! 🏀


The unofficial results of the special bond election are 899 for and 589 against.
We want to thank all patrons of our Fillmore Central community for putting in the time and effort to attend community meetings, share your input, and ask questions.
The passing of this bond project will shape the future of our district and expand opportunities for our students.
Keep watching our social media and bond website for more information in the coming weeks.
GO FC!


🏀 🚌 Boys State Basketball Send-Off 🚌 🏀
Come out EARLY tomorrow morning to send our boys basketball team off to state! They will be leaving at 6:30AM from the high school.
Good luck players and coaches!


🏀 🖤 BOYS STATE BASKETBALL 🖤 🏀
🗓️ Wednesday, March 12
📍 Bob Devaney Sports Center
⏰ 9:00am
🆚 Lincoln Lutheran


📚Parent Teacher Conferences📚
🗓️Tuesday, March 11th
🕑2:00 - 8:30p.m.


There will be an early dismissal tomorrow, Tuesday, March 11th for Parent Teacher Conferences. Parent teacher conferences will be from 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Elementary conferences will be at the elementary school, and middle and high school conferences will be at the high school.


Team finished Runner Up
Jaci Howell - 8th in Serious, 8th in POI
Ayden Jackson - POETRY CHAMPION, 7th in POI
Annika Frook - POETRY RUNNER UP
Katie Jensen - 10th in Poetry
Adilyn Myers - 4th in Entertainment
Amity Swartzendruber - 12th in Entertainment, 5th in Informative
Olivia Knight - 3rd in Informative
Lauren Godown - 6th in Humorous
Kendra Lauber - 3rd in Humorous
Avery Schwarz - 9th in Humorous
Duet - Peyton Komenda and Degan Treinen 5th
OID - Annika Frook, Avery Schwarz, Ayden Jackson, Kendra Lauber, and Evelyn Meyer 5th



The Fillmore Central Board of Education hired BVH in February 2023 to conduct an initial facilities audit of the district. There were two parts to this audit: BVH went through each building and building system, and met with staff to listen and gather input on our current educational alignment within our facilities.
We held three community meetings, during which we presented the findings of the comprehensive Facility Audit and Educational Alignment Study. These studies identified critical needs within our school facilities and proposed potential solutions to meet those needs effectively. Throughout the course of the three meetings, we asked for community feedback through two surveys. The board worked with BVH architecture to adjust the draft solutions based on the feedback they received at these meetings and through the surveys.
On December 16, 2024 the Fillmore Central Board of Education approved and adopted a resolution calling for a special election to be held in the District on March 11, 2025 relating to the issuance by the District of its General Obligation School Building Bonds, Series 2025, in an amount not to exceed $48,800,000, to finance the costs of constructing certain additions to and renovations of its existing High School Building, an addition to replace the existing Middle School, a gymnasium addition and other building improvements, and for renovations and additions at the Elementary School Building, and related costs thereto.
Go to www.fillmorecentralbond.org for information about the project, financial impact, FAQ’s, voting information, how we got to the bond election and more.


Mr. Cumpston interviews Kiffin, Dan, Michael, Jarin and Coach Reinsch about making it to Boys State Basketball for the first time in Fillmore Central history. The four seniors share their experiences winning districts against Auburn.
FC will play Lincoln Lutheran on Wednesday, March 12th at 9:00 AM at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
https://youtu.be/sGrgEmK-y-0

Anticipated Middle School Teacher - 5th Grade Available
Come join our Middle School team serving students in a Class C school district that has great community and parental support. We are looking for someone that loves kids, is positive, energetic, engaging, great at building relationships, communicates well with students, parents, and other staff, is able to use data to guide instruction, and seeks to use best practices. Coaching and other sponsorships are available, but not required. Must have a current Nebraska Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsements.
If you are interested, we encourage you to email Lisa Lamb, Middle School Principal, this week. Her email is lisa.lamb@fillmorecentral.org. Interested candidates should email a letter of application, resume, transcripts, copy of certificate and current references to Josh Cumpston, Superintendent josh.cumpston@fillmorecentral.org. You can visit our website at www.fillmorecentral.org. This position open until filled. EOE
Base for 2025-2026 is $40,600. All experience accepted for our Salary Schedule. Full Family $1050/$3,800 Dual Option Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Plan.


Fillmore Central Board President Chad Engle hosts the first video of our bond information video series talking about the feasibility study and building tours that kicked off the start of addressing the needs of our district.
https://youtu.be/9GCXSufPMKw

State basketball shirt order form. 🏀🏀 https://fillmore2025.itemorder.com/shop/product/47671196/ Due by Friday!!!

We currently have 3 basketball courts, none of them are the full 94 feet long. They are each in their own gym “box” so we have 3 gym “boxes”. The gym that would be built would be a larger “box” so that it would hold two full-size cross courts (94 feet long) that could be used with the bleachers pulled back. Building 2 courts in one gym “box” is more efficient than building 2 new gym “boxes”.
A curtain will be able to be dropped down to allow for separate practice courts or tournament game courts. There is also out of bound space between these two cross courts so the curtain wouldn’t be out of bounds as you may have seen in some gyms. The current middle school gym is 6,790 sf and the downtown gym is 6,262 sf. The two of them would be 13,052 sf together. The proposed new gym would have 13,700 sf of usable floor space. Having two gyms would allow for more room for concerts/graduation/other events, all JV games to be played at the high school, the potential to host basketball and volleyball tournaments, more room for wrestling tournaments, keep youth sports with three courts under one roof, and high school teams not having to travel for practice.
Go to www.fillmorecentralbond.org for information about the project, financial impact, FAQ’s, voting information, how we got to the bond election and more.
