Santa Soup Cook Off and Concert Postponed

Due to the weather, we are moving the Santa Soup Cook-off & the Night, The Lights & Music Concert (7/8 band & choir; High school band & choir) to Sunday, December 11th. The concert will begin in the auditorium at 4pm with the Santa Soup Cook-off from 4pm-7pm in Lister.  To clear up any confusion, the Santa Soup Cook-off is open for shopping at 4:00 PM and soup tasting begins at 5:00 PM, the same as it was scheduled before.

High Plains Honor Choir and Honor Band

Congratulations to Kaden Langford for being selected to High Plains Honor Choir and Abigail Russell for being selected to High Plains Honor Band. The Band & Choir will be held at Chadron State College on Monday, February 6th & Tuesday, February 7th. There will be a concert that is open to the public, held in Memorial Hall on Tuesday, February 7th at 5pm.

Upcoming Activity Info

Changes
*No Junior Varsity Boys or Girls basketball until further notice.*
Dec. 6th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 5:00 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 9th, Varsity Girls ONLY against Hot Springs with tip off set for 6:00 PM.
Dec. 13th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 5:00 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 15th, Varsity Girls will tip off at 4:30 PM followed by the Varsity Boys.
Dec. 17th, Varsity Girls ONLY will travel to Sioux County to take on Lusk, WY at 12:00 PM.

Monday, December 5th, 2022
What: Varsity Wrestling Triangular
Where: Crawford
When: 5:30 PM

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Morrill – No JV games
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 5:00 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Thursday, December 8th, 2022
What: Santa Soup Cookoff
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 4:00 – 7:30 PM

What: The Nights, The Lights, and Music Concert
Where: Hay Springs High School Auditorium
When: 7:00 PM

Friday, December 9th, 2022
What: Varsity Girls Only vs. Hot Springs
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 6:00 PM

Saturday, December 10th, 2022
What: Girls JH Basketball vs. Crawford JH
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 10:00 AM

What: Varsity Wrestling @ Gordon-Rushville
Where: Gordon-Rushville High School
When: 10:30 AM

Monday, December 12th, 2022
What: Girls JH Basketball Tournament
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: 9:00 AM

Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Hemingford
Where: Hay Springs Lister Sage
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 5:00 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Thursday, December 15th, 2022
What: Varsity Basketball vs. Creek Valley
Where: Creek Valley High School
When: Girls Varsity tip off at 4:30 PM, followed by Boys Varsity

Saturday, December 17th, 2022
What: Varsity Wrestling Tournament
Where: Sidney High School
when: 9:00 AM

What: Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Lusk, WY
Where: Sioux County High School
When: 12:00 PM

All Conference/All District

Congratulations to these student athletes for making All District and All Conference!

All Conference
Dylan Young
Dylan Raymer
Gage Mintken
Jordyn Anderson
Toby Scherbarth
Cutter Scott

All District
Gage Mintken
Dylan Raymer
Dylan Young
Cutter Scott
Toby Scherbarth
Jordyn Anderson

Santa Soup Cookoff

Join the Hay Springs FFA and The Hip Hop as they host the Santa Soup Cook-off Thursday, December 8th from 4:00-7:30 at the Lister Sage Community Center. We have a nice assortment of craft & food vendors who will be ready for the public at 4:00 PM. Great time to do some Christmas shopping!

There are 12 soup contestants vying for the Judge’s Choice and the People’s Choice awards. Soup sampling begins at 5:00PM sharp.

The Hay Springs Senior Center ladies will have their delicious desserts available for after (or before!) you eat some soup.

Santa & Mrs. Claus will be there from 5-7 to visit with the kids and pose for pictures, compliments of “moments” by Bev.

The Middle Level & High School Band & Choir, along with the Community Choir, will present a concert at 7:00 in the auditorium.

State Accountability Ratings

Last week, the Nebraska Department of Education lifted the embargo on information on state accountability ratings. Congratulations to everyone in our district who has and is leading and educating our students. We are very pleased to announce that our schools have rated very well! Here are the links to our school’s results:

Hay Springs Elementary is rated – Excellent
Hay Springs Middle School is rated – Great
Hay Springs High School is rated – Excellent
Hay Springs District is rated – Great

We will continue to do the right work with the goal of the best possible education for all students and support our teachers and leaders in their daily work!

CSC Scholastic Contest

On November 9th, twenty-six Hay Springs students traveled to Chadron to compete in the annual CSC Scholastic contest. The contest hasn’t taken place for the past two years because of the pandemic. CSC decided to try holding Scholastic Day in the Fall this year because of the unpredictable weather that usually occurs in the spring (ironically, the campus opened late that day due to snowy road conditions). Hay Springs placed 3rd in Division IV. The following students placed in the top 25% in their tests!

Jordyn Anderson – 6th in Algebra II and 7th in Personal Finance
Colter Meeks – 1st in Animal Science (receives a $500 tuition waiver to CSC and a sweatshirt!)
Lillian Dorshorst – 3rd in Business Math (medal)
Hally Johnson – 5th in Literary Analysis
Sam Toof – 6th in Literary Analysis
Mia Skinner – 7th in Physics
Dylan Raymer – 8th in Plane Geometry
Abigail Nelson – 5th in Vet Science

Way to go Hawks!

STEM Fair

Please plan to attend the STEM Fair this Sunday, November 20th in the Lister Sage building from 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM.  In addition to the free-will-donation pulled pork meal, there will be numerous activities such as a Lego station, a coloring contest, a building competition, and many fun science experiments!  Bring the whole family and enjoy an evening of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!

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