Employment Opportunities

Hay Springs Public School is accepting applications for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years for the positions of:

  • Varsity Football Head Coach
  • Varsity Wrestling Head Coach
  • Activities Bus Driver
  • Route Bus Driver

Hay Springs Public School is an excellent class D2 school district 20 miles east of Chadron, NE on HWY 20. Hay Springs Public School takes pride in its academics and activities. The school operates on a four day week (M-Th) throughout the year. We have an active and supportive school board and enjoy tremendous support from our community.

If you have an interest in any of these positions, please contact Mr. Clear at the following:

George Clear, Superintendent
Hay Springs Public School
P O Box 280
407 N Baker St
Hay Springs, Nebraska 69347
george.clear@hshawks.com
308-638-4434 (p)

Hay Springs Public School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Angelman Syndrome Awareness

February 15th is Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day. On Tuesday, February 17th, our students and staff came together to celebrate our own Angelman’s Superhero, Ava. Our team of specialists shared their special role in Ava’s education. Ava was also joined by her classmates, parents, sisters, and two special family members, her dogs Flashy and Bear.

Gordon-Rushville Speech Results

Gordon-Rushville Speech Results:

Cade McKillip – 1st place Extemporaneous and 5th place persuasive

Jacob Dorhorst – 2nd place Humorous Prose

Emma Albrecht and Bailey Hankins – 3rd place Duet Acting

Emma Albrecht, Bailey Hankins, and Jacob Dorhorst – 5th place OID

PANCO Speech Results

PANCO Speech was held February 11 in Mitchell and the Hay Springs Speech team brought home a lot of hardware:

Aubry Anderson: 1st PANCO in POI and Serious prose, 3rd POI in small schools

Jacob Dorshorst: 1st PANCO and 3rd small schools

Cade McKillip: 1st PANCO and small schools for Extemp and 3rd in PANCO for Persuasive.

Duet: Emma Albrecht and Bailey Hankins, 3rd in PANCO.

OID: Emma Albrecht, Jacob Dorhorst, Bailey Hankins, 1st PANCO and 3rd overall.

Hay Springs won Panhandle Conference sweepstakes!

Congratulations everyone!

MathCounts

The middle school MathCounts Team participated in the Western Nebraska Chapter Competition on Wednesday, February 11th in Scottsbluff. The team, consisting of Merritt Albrecht, Willow Frink, Barrett Heiting, Hudson Persons, Elly Reimann, and Milo Smith, completed three different rounds of competition and ended the day with the Most Improved School award.

Math Counts Students

Activity Info – Week of 02/08/26

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
What: Hay Springs vs. Alliance St. Agnes Academy Junior High Boys Basketball
Where: St. Agnes Academy, Alliance, NE
When: 4:00 PM

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
What: Math Counts Competition(Select 7th Graders)
Where: Harms Center, Scottsbluff, NE
When: 11:00 AM

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
What: Speech PANCO
Where: Mitchell, NE

Thursday, February 12, 2026
What: Morrill vs. Hay Springs Junior High Boys Basketball
Where: Lister-Sage Building, Hay Springs, NE
When: 1:30 PM
Streaming: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gam1332f0f1e1

Thursday, February 12. 2026
What: Crawford vs. Hay Springs Basketball
Where: Lister-Sage Building, Hay Springs, NE
When: No JV Girls due to low numbers, 4:00 PM – JV Boys(2 qrts), 5:00 PM – Varsity Girls, 7:00 PM – Varsity Boys
Streaming:
JV – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gam3152aa6518
Varsity – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gam81a72bfb34

Friday, February 13, 2026
What: Varsity Boys Wrestling Districts
Where: Southwest Public Schools, Bartley, NE
When: TBD

Friday, February 13, 2026
What: Hay Springs vs. Garden County Basketball
Where: Garden County High School, Oshkosh, NE
When: 4:00 PM – JV Girls, 5:00 PM – JV Boys, 6:00 PM – Varsity Girls, 7:30 PM – Varsity Boys
Streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/oshkosh/organization/78799/garden-countys-high-school

Saturday, February 14, 2026
What: Speech Meet
Where: Gordon-Rushville

Saturday, February 14, 2026
What: Varsity Boys Wrestling Districts
Where: Southwest Public Schools, Bartley, NE
When: TBD

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