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Name Our Mascot Contest

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💚💛 A little Hawk clarification! 💛💚

We’ve loved seeing the excitement, and the memories, shared about our Hawk mascot!

To clarify, Hay Springs did not get a new mascot. We are, and will continue to be, the Hay Springs Hawks! We simply received a new Hawk mascot suit, generously donated by Security First Bank. Our former Hawk suit isn’t disappearing either; it will be donated to our local museum, where this piece of Hay Springs history can be preserved and enjoyed for years to come.

When we announced the naming contest, the intent was simply to create a fun opportunity for our current students to have some ownership and excitement surrounding the new suit. It certainly wasn’t intended to erase or replace any Hay Springs traditions. And we’ve learned something through all of your comments: Henry clearly has a special place in Hawk history!

We appreciate our alumni and longtime community members sharing that history with those of us, and with some of our students, who may not have known it.

We’ll take that history into consideration as we move forward with the contest. After all, this is exactly what makes school traditions special: connecting generations of Hawks: past, present, and future.

In the famous words of our pledge-leader today, have a Hawk-mazing day!

Name our mascot contest poster

BINGO At Pioneer Manor

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On Monday, October 19th the 1st and 2nd grade classes went to Pioneer Manor nursing home and performed their fall program BINGO for the residents. If you’d like to see their encore performance please join us in the auditorium on Thursday, October 22nd at 3:15pm.

The kindergarten will also perform their program called Elephants Story at the same program.

1st and 2nd grade performing at Pioneer Manor
1st and 2nd grade performing at Pioneer Manor

Junior High Volleyball

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Congratulations to the JH Lady Hawks Volleyball team on their end of the season win. Over the last couple of months, the team competed in regular season games, a quad, and were runners up in the JH Panco Tournament. The team focused on building fundamentals and teamwork through the season. Thank you to our 8th graders for your leadership! Thank you also to our dedicated families and friends for supporting the team!

2026 JH Volleyball team
2026 JH Volleyball 8th grade team members

Athletic Announcements

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-There will be a JH girls basketball meeting tonight, October 19 at 5:30, down at Sackers Patio. Meeting is for parents and athletes. We are currently working with the NDE to let the 6th-grade girls play JH basketball. In the meantime, we have decided to let the 6th-grade girls practice with the 7th and 8th graders. If your athlete would like to practice with them, they will need to get a physical to the office before they start. We will let you know how the NDE situation turns out regarding playing in games when we know.

-Cross Country Parents’ Night will be held after the JV volleyball game, before varsity warmups on Tuesday, October 20.

Additional Rural Health Transformation Program Announcement

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Rural Health Transformation🥩🍗 ADDITIONAL RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT 🥗🍓

One of the most exciting developments is a new partnership between Hay Springs Public Schools and Open 6 Cattle. Open 6 Cattle has received a Notice of Intent to Award for $203,100 through Nebraska’s Rural Health Transformation Program, Equipment and Infrastructure Grant Initiative 1.3.

The project will support expanded agricultural production and farm-to-fork opportunities connected to Hay Springs Public Schools, creating authentic, hands-on learning experiences for students in our agriculture classes and FFA program.

This is much more than an equipment or infrastructure project. Our students will have opportunities to be directly involved in the work; from livestock and agricultural production to welding, greenhouse and food-production experiences; while learning firsthand how locally produced food can move from the farm to the school cafeteria. It brings together agriculture education, career and technical education, FFA, local producers, and school nutrition in a way that is uniquely suited to a rural community like Hay Springs.

We are incredibly grateful to Joseph and Frankie Johnson with Open 6 Cattle for their partnership and willingness to help create these opportunities for our students. Their involvement is helping us envision a true farm-to-fork model in which our kids aren’t simply learning about agriculture; they are actively participating in it.