What an incredible showing of Hawk Spirit during our annual homecoming door decorating contest! STUCO wants to extend a huge thank you to every student for your amazing efforts. The competition for the ‘Battle For the Gold’ was fierce, but one class flew to the top. A massive congratulations to the 4th grade class for their well-deserved victory, which was a demonstration to their creativity and teamwork.
Category Archives: Elementary
Hay Springs Elementary Playday
Activity Info – Week of 05/18/25
Monday, May 19, 2025
What: Varsity Boys District Golf
Where: Lake Maloney Golf Course, 608 Birdie Lane, North Platte, NE
When: 10:00 AM Tee Time
Monday, May 19, 2025
What: Preschool Graduation and Ice Cream Social
Where: Hay Springs Public School, Hay Springs, NE
When: 3:00 PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
What: Elementary Awards
Where: Auditorium, Hay Springs, NE
When: 3:15 PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025
What: Elementary Play Day
Where: Hay Springs City Park, Hay Springs, NE
When: Dismissal at 12:00 PM
Friday, May 23, 2025
What: Varsity State Track
Where: Omaha, NE
When: TBD
Saturday, May 24, 2025
What: Varsity State Track
Where: Omaha, NE
When: TBD
Kindergarten Round-up and PreK Open House
Embryology Project
The second grade class has started the embryology project. “The embryology project is a hands-on, school enrichment program where youth learn about embryonic development by hatching chicks in the classroom.”
Melissa Mracek from the Nebraska Extension Office is providing all the necessary information and tools to teach us about this project. In roughly twenty-one days, we are hoping to have chicks. As a class, we are very eager to learn how this process works. A huge thanks goes to Melissa for bringing this fun project into our classroom.
Pumpkin Jack
On Halloween, kindergarten and first grade carved a pumpkin and named him “Pumpkin Jack.” We have been watching him gradually decompose over the winter. We were so excited to see the life cycle continue when it re-sprouted! Today first grade was able to transplant their newly sprouted pumpkin seedlings into a bigger container. After digging through what was left of Pumpkin Jack we found only some seeds and the stem left!
Read Across America 2025
Christmas Activity Days
Coin Drive
Animals Inside And Out
Hay Springs Elementary 4th graders went to Animals Inside and Out in Chadron. At this engaging presentation, they learned about animal nutrition, digestion, by- products, germination, meat cuts, hearts, and animal needs. It was very neat to feel the heart and the reproductive organs of a cow. Thank you to 4H Extension for this amazing program!



































































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