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A Visit With Abe
Parents and community members – Join us for a visit with Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. He will be arriving at the Hay Springs School Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Highlights of his visit include election highlights, inaugural speeches, and the Gettysburg address.
Just a taste of the presentation is this quote from his website: “As the 16th President, I was the first Republican, the first with a beard, the tallest, the first born outside of the original 13 colonies, the only one with a patent, the one who granted the most pardons, probably the strongest and one of the few poets.” (http://www.abelincolnalive.com/)
Read Across America
Read Across America, begun in 1997, is a day set to celebrate reading. It is celebrated each year on or near March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. This year members of the High School National Honor Society were our guest readers. Seth, Eli, Jordan H, Joey, Whitney, Kat, Jenn, Nate, and Kolter shared books and activities related to Dr. Seuss books with the preschool and elementary students.
The Little Hawks Book Bags reached a milestone this month. Aubrey Anderson, the daughter of Matt and Jessie Anderson, was the first to have 500 books read to her. She was recognized at a special presentation during Read Across America.
Little Hawks Book Bag program started in October 2012 with a goal to have all preschoolers be read 500 books by the time they start kindergarten. Book bags were purchased through a generous donation by Security First Bank. The books were labelled and bags filled by Ms. Bila and the National Honor Society.
My Webb Orthodontics Experience
My name is Jake Roberts and I entered a contest at Webb Orthodontics. I needed to create a video about my experience with braces or what a difference braces have made in my life. So I created “My Webb Ortho Experience” to help me win a Microsoft Surface Tablet. The video with the most votes wins. You can vote 5 times for me if you would like to. Thanks!
Changes to Email Login
Google Apps for Education, who provides our cloud services, has decided to change the way users log into their email and drive accounts. In the past, we used only the first part of our email address(our name) for the “email” portion of the login. Now, we must use our full email addresses to log in. For example, if your name is Joe Rock you previously used “joe.rock” and your password to log in, you must now use “joe.rock@hshawks.com” and your password to log in. Again, the difference being that we must now use our FULL EMAIL ADDRESS as our “email”. Please contact me if you are unable to log in.
Two Hour Late Start on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
Due to the extreme cold temperatures and wind chill, Hay Springs Public School will have a two hour late start on Monday, February 5th, 2014. School will start at 10:00 AM, with middle school and high school students attending their first period class at that time. Sixth and seventh period classes will not be held today. Stay tuned for further announcements.
Sixth Grade Careers/Tech
In their Careers/Tech class, the sixth graders researched engineering careers, then created PowerPoint presentations to share their information with their classmates. They also learned about making effective presentations. Check them out at: https://sites.google.com/a/hshawks.com/mrs-matthews/sixth-grade
Two Hour Late Start on Monday, January 6th, 2014
Due to the extreme cold temperatures and wind chill, Hay Springs Public School will have a two hour late start on Monday, January 6th, 2014. School will start at 10:00 AM. Stay tuned for further announcements.
Two Hour Late Start on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Due to the blowing and drifting snow and extreme cold temperatures, Hay Springs Public School will have a two hour late start today, Wednesday, December 4th, 2013. Stay tuned for further announcements.
State of the Schools Report
The State Board of Education and Nebraska Department of Education developed a state accountability system as required by state law 79-760.06. The State Board of Education adopted a system that is based on student scale scores within grades, buildings and districts. The system is intended to inform educators, parents, school board members, community members and policymakers about the learning progress of Nebraska schools and school districts.
Key Components of NePAS:
1) Nebraska Performance Accountability System (NePAS), was effective for the first time during the 2012-2013 school year.
2) The basis of the new accountability system is NeSA statewide test results, which indicate student learning based on state standards developed to measure career and college readiness.
3) The state’s goal for students is that they will be college and career ready when they graduate so they have a successful work, military and/or college experience.
4) The purpose of NePAS is to inform policy makers, the public and school officials about school district performance.
5) The new accountability system provides information about the progress of districts by looking at state test scale scores in a category called STATUS as well as IMPROVEMENT and GROWTH.
6) NePAS ranks districts by the following grade level configurations:
-Elementary grade-level configuration (grades 3-5)
-Middle level grade-level configuration (grades 6-8)
-Secondary grade-level configuration (grades 9-12)
-District configuration (grades 3-12)
Graduation Rate – ranks districts by comparing the percentage of high school graduates.
What the rankings mean: There are 249 school districts in Nebraska. The NePAS results rank school districts from 1 to 249 in reading, math, science, and writing. For example if you ranked 2 on the writing test you were the second highest ranked of the 249 school districts in Nebraska. If you ranked 249 you were the lowest ranked school in Nebraska.
Hay Springs Schools scored well and were ranked quite high on this school district comparison. See results below:
Grades 3-12 Reading Status
– Hay Springs Ranked 19 out of 249 school districts in Nebraska
– Up 16 rankings from the previous school year
– Hay Springs was the highest ranking school district of the Panhandle Schools
Grades 3-12 Math Status
– Hay Springs Schools ranked 76 out of 249 school districts in Nebraska
– Up 14 rankings from the previous school year
– Hay Springs was the sixth highest ranking school district of the Panhandle Schools
Grades 3-12 Science Status
– Hay Springs Schools ranked 42 out of 249 school districts in Nebraska
– Hay Springs was the third highest ranking school district of the Panhandle Schools
Grades 3-12 Writing Status
– Hay Springs Schools ranked 182 out of 249 school districts in Nebraska
– Up 14 ranks from the previous school year
Graduation Rate
– Hay Springs had a 100% high school graduation rate for the 2012-2013 school year.
Hay Springs Schools scored quite well on all NeSA tests. When you compare all school districts in Nebraska from Omaha to Hay Springs our test scores and ranking were outstanding. We are all proud of our student success, parent support, quality teaching, and the overall quality of the education provided in Hay Springs Public Schools.
If you would like additional information regarding the NeSA testing, NePAS ranking of school districts, or a comparison of other school districts stop by the office. We would be glad to provide more specific information.
Link to the State of the Schools Report.
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