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World Diabetes Day
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Each year this day is used to raise awareness about diabetes and the impact it has on people’s health as well as advocate for improved diabetes prevention, diagnosis, and care for those who have it.
Please join us on Thursday, November 12, as we wear BLUE to show our support of the people in our lives who have diabetes.
Hay Springs Hawks Pep Rally
Coin Drive
Name Our Mascot Contest
💚💛 A little Hawk clarification! 💛💚
We’ve loved seeing the excitement, and the memories, shared about our Hawk mascot!
To clarify, Hay Springs did not get a new mascot. We are, and will continue to be, the Hay Springs Hawks! We simply received a new Hawk mascot suit, generously donated by Security First Bank. Our former Hawk suit isn’t disappearing either; it will be donated to our local museum, where this piece of Hay Springs history can be preserved and enjoyed for years to come.
When we announced the naming contest, the intent was simply to create a fun opportunity for our current students to have some ownership and excitement surrounding the new suit. It certainly wasn’t intended to erase or replace any Hay Springs traditions. And we’ve learned something through all of your comments: Henry clearly has a special place in Hawk history!
We appreciate our alumni and longtime community members sharing that history with those of us, and with some of our students, who may not have known it.
We’ll take that history into consideration as we move forward with the contest. After all, this is exactly what makes school traditions special: connecting generations of Hawks: past, present, and future.
In the famous words of our pledge-leader today, have a Hawk-mazing day!
BINGO At Pioneer Manor
On Monday, October 19th the 1st and 2nd grade classes went to Pioneer Manor nursing home and performed their fall program BINGO for the residents. If you’d like to see their encore performance please join us in the auditorium on Thursday, October 22nd at 3:15pm.
The kindergarten will also perform their program called Elephants Story at the same program.
Additional Rural Health Transformation Program Announcement
🥩🍗 ADDITIONAL RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT 🥗🍓
One of the most exciting developments is a new partnership between Hay Springs Public Schools and Open 6 Cattle. Open 6 Cattle has received a Notice of Intent to Award for $203,100 through Nebraska’s Rural Health Transformation Program, Equipment and Infrastructure Grant Initiative 1.3.
The project will support expanded agricultural production and farm-to-fork opportunities connected to Hay Springs Public Schools, creating authentic, hands-on learning experiences for students in our agriculture classes and FFA program.
This is much more than an equipment or infrastructure project. Our students will have opportunities to be directly involved in the work; from livestock and agricultural production to welding, greenhouse and food-production experiences; while learning firsthand how locally produced food can move from the farm to the school cafeteria. It brings together agriculture education, career and technical education, FFA, local producers, and school nutrition in a way that is uniquely suited to a rural community like Hay Springs.
We are incredibly grateful to Joseph and Frankie Johnson with Open 6 Cattle for their partnership and willingness to help create these opportunities for our students. Their involvement is helping us envision a true farm-to-fork model in which our kids aren’t simply learning about agriculture; they are actively participating in it.
New Hawk Mascot
💚 THERE’S A NEW HAWK IN TOWN! 💚
Our brand-new Hawk was busy making the rounds and meeting some of our littlest Hawks today! We think it’s safe to say our newest member of the Hay Springs family is already a hit!
A HUGE thank you to Security First Bank for their generosity in making our new Hawk mascot possible. We are so grateful for community partners who continue to support our students and our school!
👀 AND… our new Hawk still needs a NAME!
Be on the lookout for an upcoming Name the Hawk Contest! We can’t wait to see what our students and community come up with!
đź’š Go Hawks! đź’š
A Rural Voice at the State Board of Education
Hay Springs Public Schools was represented today at the Nebraska State Board of Education meeting in Scottsbluff, where Superintendent Dr. Sadie Coffey participated in public comment.
Dr. Coffey thanked the Board for bringing its meeting to western Nebraska and for its recognition of Dyslexia Awareness Month. She also encouraged Board members to continue considering the unique realities of Nebraska’s smallest and most geographically isolated schools when developing policies, rules, and initiatives.
We are proud to make sure the voices of Hay Springs students, staff, families, and rural Nebraska are part of the statewide conversation.
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