🇺🇸 September 11, 2001: We Remember.
Today, there is something especially meaningful about watching another generation learn what our flag represents.
Did you know that our fifth-grade students are responsible for raising, lowering, and properly folding the American flag each and every school day?
They learn the entire process: from carefully unfolding it and raising it each morning, to lowering it and properly folding it at the end of the school day.
It may seem like a small daily responsibility, but it represents something much bigger: Respect. Responsibility. Service. Remembrance.
Our fifth graders weren’t alive on September 11, 2001. They know 9/11 through the stories we tell and the history we teach.
That makes it our responsibility to remember: and to help them understand why we do.
Today, we remember the lives lost, the heroes who ran toward danger, the families forever changed, and the unity and patriotism that followed.
And come Monday, the fifth graders will raise our flag again. 🇺🇸
The Hay Springs Hawks eSports team kicked off their Fall season today with some pre-season games. The Nebraska State eSports Association moved to a new management platform and the pre-season, while it doesn’t count in our standings, does allow Coach Taden Tobiasson and the players to get used to the new system. Here’s to a great Fall eSports Season!
The Freshman(Class of 2030) are selling Hawaiian Hawk shirt for a class fundraiser. The orders are due by Thursday, September 17, 2026, so find a freshman and buy a shirt!
Printable Order form: https://hshawks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hawaiian-Shirt-sales.pdf
Miss Knake and students have been prepping for the upcoming District Range Judging contest on September 15th.
Thank you Pieper Red Angus for allowing our students to review ecological sites on your land! 💙💛
The Hay Springs Hawks Fall Apparel 2026 store is open for business! You will have until September 21 to make purchases before the store closes. Please click the following link to browse the selections: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/QTgYYHdkYd
Junior Varsity volleyball tomorrow Thursday, September 10 has been canceled. Varsity volleyball will start at 2:00 PM.
We apologize for the short notice, but we are very excited to provide this meaningful opportunity for our students!
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute is on display in Crawford, Nebraska, September 8–13, 2026, and Hay Springs Public Schools students in grades K–12 will have the opportunity to visit TOMORROW!
📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026
📍 Crawford, NE
Grades 6–12:
🚌 Depart HSPS at 8:00 a.m.
🏫 Return by approximately 12:00 p.m.
Grades K–5:
🚌 Depart HSPS at 12:00 p.m.
🏫 Return by approximately 4:00 p.m.
This is a special opportunity for our students to experience a powerful tribute honoring the service and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans.
IMPORTANT: If you do NOT want your child to participate in this opportunity, please contact the school office as soon as possible.
We are grateful to be able to offer our students this opportunity and appreciate everyone’s flexibility with the short notice!
First official opening two sets and a match win in Lister Sage today! Way to go JV Hawks!
On Tuesday afternoon the Pre-K kids walked down to Pioneer Manor for story-time with the residents. We listened to Hailey Toof read 2 books about Ember, the dragon, who learns baking is better than gold! Then we finished up our time with a yummy snack and some conversations across generations. Thank you for the invitation Pioneer Manor!
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