Hay Springs Public Schools

The Teen Driver Education for our area is scheduled for June 14^th, 15^th, & June 18th & June 19^th.  Arrangements have been made to conduct the classroom portion at the Rushville Middle School.  Below is the link to the brochure with information and a registration form for any student still needing one.  Parents are welcome to call Instructor Mark VanHorn direct at 308-432-5325. The registration deadline is nearing. Registrations must be received by June 5th.

Brochure

Only one week left (5/24) for discount pricing on Summer Camps! We hope you will take a moment to look at the brochure – maybe you have a child, niece or nephew, or grandchild that would like to attend. Paper brochures were sent to 69347 postal patrons; they are also available at Security 1st Bank – Hay Springs, Sackers, Shear Style, Hip-Hop, and the school. You may also view the brochure at the link below.

Summer Camp 2012

June 4th will mark the beginning of Hay Springs School’s Summer Lunch program. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides healthy meals to children, age 18 and younger, free of charge. The children do not have to be attending Hay Springs Schools to come and enjoy a lunch. Adults may come and eat for the regular price, $3.20. Menus have already been added to the website and are also available outside the office.

If at all possible, please drop us a line at wendy.palmer@panesu.org or give us a call and let us know that you are planning to take advantage of this new program. Lunches will be served from 11:30 to 12:30, Monday through Thursday.

There will be a special award presentation tomorrow during the Academic Fair. The “surprise” presentation will be made to a very deserving staff member at 5:30 p.m. in Lister-Sage – you won’t want to miss it!

Mrs. Kudrna challenged the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades to read, read, read! The 6th-8th grade students increased their reading from 11 million words to a whopping 25 million words; from 280 books read to 521 books read.

The school as a whole increased their reading from 30 million words to over 58 millions words; from 1,695 books to 1,987 books!

Way to go!

Drivers Education Classes are starting soon! The classes will be held at three different locations. Hay Springs and Gordon-Rushville will be held together and classes are also offered in Crawford and Chadron.  Classes in Chadron will be held May 21-25 from 8a.m. to 12p.m. at Chadron High School. Crawford classes will be May 29-June 2 from 8a.m. to 12p.m. at Crawford High School. Hay Springs and Gordon-Rushville classes will be held June 14, 15, 18, and 19 from 8a.m. to 1p.m. at the Rushville Middle School. Tuition for the classes is $280 and this includes all the student materials. All students must possess a learner’s permit in order to enroll in the classes. Advance registration and payment are also required.

Behind-The-Wheel driving is required for these classes. These times will be scheduled prior to the first classroom meeting. There is no guarantee that the student will be able to do their BTW training during the course dates, so scheduling drive time prior to or after the course dates may be necessary.

Curriculum for the Drivers Education Classes is as follows:

•20 hours of classroom instruction

•5 hours hands-on driving

•5 hours of observation (suggested not required)

•1/2 hour Behind-The-Wheel Drive Test for Provisional Operator’s Permit (POP)

•Driving includes: highway/gravel, parallel/perpendicular/angle parking, marked and unmarked streets/intersections, interstate driving, heavy city traffic driving.

*Register online at www.nesafetycouncil.org or call the Nebraska Safety Council at 402-483-2511. You may also download, print, and fill out the registration by clicking here. Registrations are accepted up to one week prior to the first class date. The instructors for the courses are Mark VanHorn (308-432-5325) and Mike Kaus.

Each student grades K-12 will receive a check-out slip. Outstanding obligations will be added to the students check-out slip by the corresponding sponsor, librarian, teacher, etc; therefore the office will not be able to tell you what your child owes.

• Each classroom teacher will collect book fines for damaged books.
• The Librarian will collect payment for lost or damaged books.
• The Athletic Director will collect payment for missing uniforms, etc.
• Mrs. Palmer will collect Hot Lunch money.

Each fee must be paid separately to the appropriate person/department!

Students last day is May 24, 2012—dismissals will be at regular times—no early outs.

$5 Physicals will be held at Chadron High School on May 15, 2012. The school will transport students, but they must be signed up here at the school office no later than May 11th. The bus will leave at 6:30 a.m. sharp on the 15th and will return shortly after 8:30 am. Please note: It is the student/parent’s responsibility to make sure that the office gets a copy of the physical, complete with doctor and parent signatures.

Physical Form

The Hay Springs Early Childhood Program will be located within Hay Springs Public Schools beginning in August 2012. We are now accepting enrollment for the upcoming school year. Please call (308) 638-4434 with any questions.

Enrollment Form

The Best of the West was held at Scottsbluff Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday, April 24th. This meet is invite only of the best 8 in the West.

Qualifiers:

• 4x800M Girls- Kerisa Marx, Jennifer Scherbarth, Brittany Ferguson, and Jerilyn Scherbarth- 4th place with 10:54
• Triple Jump- Austin Weyers- 6th place with 41’0.5
• High Jump- John Rotness- 9th with 5’8
• 110mH-Stevin Horrocks- 1st with 15.72 and 4th in 300mH with 41.11 (Stevin broke our school record w/ his time!)

They only medal the top 3 in each event. I was very pleased with our athletes attempts and accomplishments at this meet. It is a honor to be invited. When you are a Class D school competing against B C and D and still place in the top of your events, that is a great accomplishment for you as an athlete.