Gordon-Rushville Speech Meet

Congratulations to the following speech members who placed at the Gordon-Rushville speech meet held in Gordon on Saturday, February 10th.

Abbey Russell – 2nd persuasive speaking
Chase Brunsch – 4th poetry
Abby Nelson – 5th poetry
Lilly Dorshorst – 6th serious prose
Reese Varvel – 7th humorous prose
Julia Russell – 5th informative speaking
Aubry Anderson – 4th serious prose ; 1st persuasive speaking.

The Hawk Speech Team has next weekend off and will be competing next at the Gering speech meet on Saturday, February 24th.

PANCO Speech Meet & Small Schools Speech Meet

On Wednesday, February 7th, The Hawk speech team competed in Hemingford at 2 separate meets that were run at the same time, PANCO Conference Meet and the Small Schools Meet, where they were runner-ups in both meets.

Results for the PANCO meet:
Abigail Russell – 1st place persuasive
Ava Mckillip – 1st place program of oral interp. (POI)
Taden Tobiasson – 1st place entertainment speaking
Chase Brunsch – 1st place poetry
Julia Russell – 3rd place informative
Tanner Tobiasson – 3rd place humorous
Reese Varvel – 2nd place humorous
Aubry Anderson – 3rd in serious

Results for the small schools meet:
Abigail Russell – 1st place persuasive
Ava Mckillip – 1st place program of oral interp (POI)
Taden Tobiasson – 1st place entertainment speaking
Chase Brunsch – 1st place poetry
Julia Russell – 3rd place informative
Tanner Tobiasson – 6th place humorous
Reese Varvel – 4th place humorous
Aubry Anderson – 3rd in serious; 4th in persuasive

National School Counseling Week

This week is National School Counseling Week. To celebrate, we would like to share a little information about services that your school counselor can provide here at Hay Springs Public Schools. If you have questions or would like to visit about how school counseling can benefit your child, please feel free to contact Mrs. Dawn Pinnt, and check out the “Counselor” link on our Hay Springs Hawks website.

To read more about the services Mrs. Pinnt can provide, please click the following link: https://sites.google.com/hshawks.com/hshawkscounselingoffice/home/

Activity Updates – Week of 02/05/24

Thursday, February 8, 2024
What: Hay Springs vs Crawford Basketball
Where: Lister-Sage Building, Hay Springs, NE
When: 3:00 PM – JV Girls(2 quarters) followed by JV Boys(2 quarters), 5:00 PM – Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Boys
Streaming(JV): https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gamcc5f627d85
Streaming(Varsity): https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gamc76055c279

Friday, February 9, 2024
Note: 1 quarter of Girls JV, 2 quarters of Boys JV
What: Garden County vs Hay Springs Basketball
Where: Garden County Schools, Oshkosh, NE
When: 4:00 PM – 1 quarter Girls JV followed by 2 quarters Boys JV, 5:00 PM Girls Varsity, 6:30 PM Boys Varsity
Admission: Adults – $5, Students – $4
Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@gardencounty1039

Saturday, February 10, 2024
Note: This game was postponed from Thursday, January 18 to this date.
What: Hay Springs vs Cody-Kilgore Junior High Boys Basketball
Where: Cody-Kilgore High School, Cody, NE
When: 1:00 PM – B game with A game to follow

High Plains Honor Band

On Monday and Tuesday, February 5th & 6th, Abigail Russell and Abby Nelson participated in the High Plains Honor Band held at Chadron State College. The honor band was directed by Frank Tracz the director of bands at Kansas state university. Students from  Nebraska, South Dakota & Wyoming were in attendance. The band rehearsed for two day and put on a final concert held at 5pm in Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening.

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