Read, Read and Read Some More

Reading is the key. This year’s book fair will be October 24-31. The book fair will take place in the library and be open after school. The program is for grades K-8 but high schoolers are welcome. The books will come from the Scholastics Book Club and will range from four dollars and up. Mrs. Matthews will be sending out brochures to the elementary and middle school grades shortly before the book fair. There will be a variety of books at the fair and at least 100 different titles. The main goal of the book fair is to help introduce kids to an assortment of books and help get them interested in reading. The system is also very helpful if anyone would like to stock up on books over the year.

Mrs. Matthews said, “It’s good because we don’t have access to books without going out of town or on line.”

Plan For The Future

College is just around the corner!!! Juniors and seniors should start preparing for college. Juniors can attend the financial aid program in their area, research schools that have their interest. Signing up for Countdown2College at education quest.org to receive monthly college planning advice, and complete the online activities Resume to record your honors and activities for future admission and scholarship applications. They can take the ACT as many times as possible –colleges use your best score. Seniors should start narrowing down their college choices, talk to admissions, visit campus’, attend a college fairs, request letters of recommendation, complete college applications, update your Activities Resume at EducationQuest.org, and apply for scholarships. Some good resources are Scholarship Quest at EducationQuest.org, the college you plan to attend, and free internet based scholarship search sites. If you have any questions about scholarships and college preparation, talk to Mr. Planansky or Mrs. Marx.

Lights, Camera, Action

Line! One Act play practice started Monday, October 3 at 6:45 a.m. Practices last an hour and will be Monday through Thursday mornings in the Auditorium. On Fridays practice will start at 8 a.m. One Act is a NSAA acting competition. Similar to sports, the One Act group will be competing in Panhandle Conference on November 16 and possibly Districts. The play for this year is Romeo and Beatrice and Toto too. The participants of this year’s One Act are; Kelsey Kudrna, Tauna Letcher, Dustin Lee, Zoe Schneider, Kerisa Marx, Colten Marx, Laurin Bronson, and Brook Scherbarth. Before Panhandle Conference the One Act crew will perform the play for the whole school, an official date has not been decided yet when this will be.

Ms. Heesacker said, “I’m really excited to teach the kids about theatre and not just being competitive.”

Don’t Stop Now

Consistency! This year’s Cross Country team has done extremely well and almost all of them improved at every meet, in both high school and junior high. The three high school runners worked their hardest to make it to the Best of the West meet on Saturday, October 8. After the Best of the West competition is the district meet. Districts will be on Thursday, October 1. After districts is the state competition. State will be Friday, October, 21.

Mrs. Mandelko said, “Jerilyn is very hopeful and eager to place in the top fifteen at districts.”

Aww, Team!

On Saturday October 1, the Hay Springs Lady Hawks traveled down to Cody-Kilgore to play them, Stuart and Hyannis in a Non-Conference game. The games started at 10:30 a.m. The Hay Springs Hawks Varsity Volleyball team lost against the Stuart Broncos in two sets. They also lost against the Hyannis Longhorns by in two sets. They won their game against the Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls in two sets.

Also on October 1 the Hay Springs Junior High volleyball team traveled to Hemingford for Panhandle Conference. The games started at 9 a.m. The first game was against Gordon Rushville. The Hawks lost 19-25 in the first round and 18-25 in the second. The second game was against the Valentine Badgers. The Hawks lost the first round 11-25. They made a close comeback in the second round but did not triumph coming up short 21-25.

Sam said, “We need to practice communicating.”

On Monday, October 3, the Hay Springs Junior High volleyball team faced off against Gordon Rushville for the second time. The game was at home and started at 4:30p.m. The Hawks were victorious and won their first A game. They played a great game winning 25-13 and 25-22. Their B team was also successful winning 25-15 and 25-14.

Emma said, “The game was awesome!”

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