Osseo-Fairchild School District

🧡🖤 THUNDER SPORTS SCHEDULE
Week of December 8, 2025 🏀🤼‍♂️💃

Here’s what’s happening this week in Thunder Nation:

📅 Monday 12/8
🏀 JV/V Girls’ Basketball vs. Cadott — 5:45/7:15 PM
📍 Main Gym

📅 Tuesday 12/9
🏀 JV/V Girls’ Basketball @ Elmwood/Plum City — 5:45/7:15 PM
📍 Elmwood High School

🏀 C-Team/JV/V Boys’ Basketball vs. Melrose-Mindoro — 5:45/7:15 PM
📍 Main/Community Gyms

📅 Wednesday 12/10
(No competitions)

📅 Thursday 12/11
🏀 MS Boys’ Basketball @ Mondovi — 5:00 PM
📍 Mondovi High School

🏀 JV/V Girls’ Basketball @ Alma-Pepin — 5:45/7:15 PM
📍 Alma High School

📅 Friday 12/12
🏀 C-Team/JV/V Boys’ Basketball @ Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran — 4:30/5:45/7:15 PM
📍 Immanuel Lutheran High School

📅 Saturday 12/13
🤼‍♂️ HS Wrestling (Multiple Schools) — 9:00 AM
📍 Barron High School

💃 Dance Team – UWEC FireUp Competition — 1:15 PM
📍 UW–Eau Claire

🧡🖤 Good luck, Thunder athletes! Let’s make it a great week! #ThunderProud

🧡🎄 STILL SEEKING DONATIONS — MIDDLE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS STORE! 🎄🖤

Our Middle School Christmas Store is right around the corner, and we’re still looking for donations to help our students shop for the special people in their lives!

Most needed right now:
🧔‍♂️ Men’s items!
Suggestions include: hats, gloves, mugs, socks, tools, sports items, toiletries, flashlights, or anything dad/grandpa/brother-approved!

All donations can be dropped off at the middle school office.
Thank you for helping us make this holiday experience fun, meaningful, and memorable for our Thunder students! 🧡🎁🖤

🧡🏀 10,000 SHOT CLUB — FINAL CALL! 🏀🖤

As we wrap up this year’s 10,000 Shot Club, we want to hear from ALL of our Thunder athletes who took on the challenge!

Did you work hard this summer?
Did you push yourself to improve your game-speed shots?
Did you track your progress and stay committed?

Now’s the time to celebrate your dedication and effort! 💪🔥

📣 If you participated, please reach out and let us know!
We can’t wait to recognize the shooters who put in the work and earned their spot in the club.

Great job, Thunder athletes — 🧡🖤

#ThunderProud #10000ShotClub #HardWorkPaysOff

It’s competition day! 💙💛

Join us in wishing our Thunder Dance Team the BEST of luck as they kick off their competition season today at the Menomonie Holiday Classic.

They’ll hit the floor with their Pom routine at 1:45 PM and Hip Hop at 3:30 PM, with awards to follow at 4:30 PM.

Have fun, dance strong, and represent OFSD with pride! ⭐

#ThunderProud

If you know… you know. 😆

Today is the 67 day of school!

Shoutout to Mr. Young and Mr. Korger for keeping up with student trends! 🤣

#ThunderProud

A big THANK YOU to Mrs. Apland for bringing the Safe@Home program to all of our 4th and 5th graders! 💛
She applied for—and received—a grant from Mayo so every student could participate in this important safety course.

Safe@Home is a nationally recognized program that empowers students to make safe, confident choices when they’re home alone. It covers safety indoors, outdoors, online, with others, and includes hands-on practice for emergencies or minor injuries.

We appreciate her commitment to our kids and for making this opportunity possible! 🙌

#ThunderProud

🔥🍗 Mark Your Calendars, Thunder Families! 🍗🔥

Join us at Raising Cane’s on December 11th from 4:00–10:00 PM to support Osseo-Fairchild Middle School!

📍 Location: 3631 Gateway Drive, Eau Claire
🍽️ Enjoy your Cane’s favorites and mention the fundraiser (or enter the code at checkout) — a portion of sales will be donated back to our school!

Let’s pack Cane’s and show our THUNDER pride! ⚡💛

A BIG THANK YOU to our student volunteer, Harlenn! 👏

He has been doing an awesome job helping in the elementary lunchroom this week. We appreciate your hard work and positive attitude, Harlenn! ⚡🍽️

#ThunderProud

🎶✨ December Choir Newsletter is Here! ✨🎶

The 2025-2026 Above and Beyond students of the week and their hometown heroes for the month of November are listed below. To read more about this program and these amazing students click on the link below to read their Above and Beyond member bios.

November 3rd:

Senior Reese Ziegler – Hometown Hero Mackenzie Marino

Senior Mason Schmidt - Hometown Hero Howie Schmidt

Senior Colton Williams – Hometown Hero Jeremiah Curtis

November 10th:

Senior Noah Filla – Hometown Hero Henry Filla

Senior Drew Paulus – Hometown Hero Ethan Dahl

Senior Delaney Yokiel – Hometown Hero Nicole Curtis

November 17th:

Senior Ty Hanson – Hometown Hero Peter Kleinschmidt

Senior Izzy Abram – Hometown Hero Grace Bigbee

Senior Alyssa Burmesch – Hometown Hero Shaina Lane -Neddermeyer

November 24th:

Senior Drake Vojtik - Hometown Hero Rick Vojtik

Senior Madysen Lindgren – Hometown Hero Craig Winkels and Kayla Lindgren

Senior Hayden Luthy - Hometown Hero Jeff Stoik



To read more about these amazing students click on their pictures here:

https://ofsimpsonclassroom.weebly.com/2025-2026-thunder-clap-recognition.html

#ThunderProud

Come Support Our Boys!

Learning another language and making sure it "sticks" long-term requires individual motivation and consistent practice, and these 3 students recently proved their dedication to being bilingual. Sophomores Lexi Ness, Sophie Pernsteiner, and Jianna Scheffer all accepted Mrs. Velasquez's challenge to keep up their Spanish skills during the year break between Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 and all completed Duolingo streaks of over 125 days in a row! That's over 4 months of language learning every day on their own to make sure they are more than ready for the next level of proficiency in their journey as language learners! To celebrate their achievement, they were all awarded a special prize of their very own Billy la Bufanda, a beloved character from Spanish class stories and songs. Will they take the next level of the challenge and double their streak to 250 days? Stay tuned!
#ThunderProud

🌟 Student Showcase 🌟

Celebrating the amazing students who make Osseo-Fairchild shine!

Olivia Risberg was recognized by Ms. Schultz

#ThunderProud

📣 THUNDER SPORTS SCHEDULE

Week of December 1, 2025

It’s a busy week for our Thunder athletes—come out and cheer them on! ⚡🏀🤼‍♂️

📅 Monday 12/1
• No competitions

📅 Tuesday 12/2
• 5:00 pm – MS Boys’ Basketball @ Augusta HS Auxiliary Gym vs. Augusta
• 5:45/7:15 pm – JV/V Girls’ Basketball @ Independence HS vs. Independence/Gilmanton

📅 Wednesday 12/3
• No competitions

📅 Thursday 12/4
• 5:00 pm – HS Wrestling @ Stanley-Boyd HS (Multiple Schools)
• 5:45/7:15 pm – C-Team/JV/V Boys’ Basketball (Home) vs. Elmwood/Plum City — Main & Community Gyms

📅 Friday 12/5
• 4:00 pm – HS Girls’ Wrestling @ Mondovi HS
• 4:30 pm – HS Boys’ Wrestling @ Flambeau HS
• 5:00 pm – MS Boys’ Basketball (Home) vs. Eleva-Strum — Community Gym
• 5:45/7:15 pm – JV/V Girls’ Basketball (Home) vs. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran — Main Gym

📅 Saturday 12/6
• TBD – Dance Team @ UW–Stout (Multiple Schools)

Good luck to all our athletes this week!
#ThunderProud

🏀 THUNDER SPORTS RESULTS — Week of November 24, 2025 ⚡

Here’s how our teams performed this week:

📅 11/25
• C-Team Boys’ Basketball vs. Blair-Taylor (Away)
✔️ Win — 51–41

• JV Boys’ Basketball vs. Blair-Taylor (Away)
✔️ Win — 57–44

• Varsity Boys’ Basketball vs. Blair-Taylor (Away)
✔️ Win — 68–56

• Varsity Girls’ Basketball vs. Blair-Taylor (Home)
❌ Loss — 38–66

Great effort, Thunder athletes! ⚡🖤

✨Unstoppable.✨

Osseo-Fairchild School District continues to emphasize durable skills embedded within the curriculum. Our THUNDER Skills; Teamwork, Hard Work, Unstoppable, Networking, Dependable, Engaged, and Role Model, are essential skills that will support students not only in school, but throughout their lives.

The final project in Industrial Electrical Principles challenged students to use uncommon items to solve a real-world problem. Each group was given a window motor from a scrap vehicle, an Arduino, a photo sensor, and very minimal direction, simply:

“Open the chicken coop door in the morning and close it at night.”

I’m proud that all student teams completed the project:
• Mason Schmidt & Drew Paulus (M&D Electric)
• Michael Robinson & Nick Morales (N&M Electric)
• Brooks Koxlien & Blaine McCune (B&B Electric)

It was amazing to see all of the creative solutions and the perseverance students showed when ideas failed, items broke, or code needed adjusting. Our Unstoppable Skill states:

“We push through problems. We adapt, stay strong, and don't let failure define us.”

#ThunderProud

⚡️ Putting the THUNDER Skills to the Test! ⚡️

Osseo-Fairchild School District continues to emphasize durable skills embedded within the curriculum. Our THUNDER Skills — Teamwork, Hard Work, Unstoppable, Networking, Dependable, Engaged, and Role Model — are the foundation for school, work, and life. Master them, and there's no limit to what you can achieve! 💪📚✨

Our 6th Grade Careers class wrapped up the trimester with their Business Presentations, where all of these skills were on full display. Students showed patience, creativity, communication, collaboration, and confidence as they shared their business ideas. 👏💡🎤

Great job, 6th graders, on your impressive presentations for TEEN Beauty and No Limits Gym Center! 🌟🙌

#ThunderProud

Student Showcase

Grayson Lawrence was recognized by Mr. Boll!

#ThunderProud