John Baylor has started a weekly, one-hour radio show, the John Baylor College Prep Show. It is available at the following address: http://www.johnbaylorcollegeprepshow.com/ There is a link on the hshawks homepage as well.
Later in the fall, I would like to offer Life Skills to 7th-12th graders. I have had several students ask for some classes in these areas. Nutrition, Clothing: Sewing and Purchasing, Craft Sewing: Quilting, Dolls, etc., Home Furnishing: Purchasing and Arranging, are just a few things that have come up in conversation. Students and/or their parents who are interested in these kinds of courses or anything having to do with Family Consumer Science, please contact the school or me personally, and let me know what you would like to take a few hours on a Friday morning to learn about. If it is something I don’t know, I will find someone who can teach it. The school’s number is 308-638-4434 or you can reach me at 308-874-5031.
According to Superintendent Steve Pummel, Hay Springs has received more than a 20% influx in student enrollment this year; almost every class in the upper level has gained at least one new student. Hay Springs High School has received three new juniors, two new sophomores, and one new freshman. The Junior High also received new students, including one new seventh grader and two new sixth graders.
Zade Henry, Charles Jerrell, and Quinn Tiensvold have all been added to the junior class. Zade is from Clifton, Arizona, but has visited Hay Springs frequently during the summers, although he spends most of his time working. His mom, Shelli Rose is a beautician, and he is an only child. He plans to play football and wrestle this year.
Charles also plans to wrestle this year, but that is the only sport he is interested in. Although Charles has attended Hay Springs High School before, he most recently moved here from Annapolis, Maryland. He lives here with his dad, Charles Jerrell Sr., who is a retired member of the military. He has one older brother and two older sisters. Charles favorite class is P.E. because of the fun people and he likes to sleep in his spare time.
Quinn, the only girl to transfer into the junior class, lives in Gordon, where she used to attend school with her younger sister, Sage, who is now a freshman at Hay Springs High School. Her parents, Mark and Ila, raise buffalo/ She is going to be part of the volleyball team this year, although she also enjoys reading, swimming, and boxing. Quinn’s favorite class this year is English because she finds it fun.
The sophomore class received one new boy and a new girl, who happens to be a foreign exchange student from Germany. Leah Griese, is from West Germany, where she used to ride horses for sport, read, and listen to music. This year she is trying out volleyball at Hay Springs High School. In Germany, her biological parents are Sandra and Ulf, and she has a younger sister. Her mother helps blind children at an elementary school in the area and her father is an IT consultant. So far this year, her favorite class is band, because she enjoys music.
Tyler Merritt also transferred to the sophomore class this year (just what they need, another boy). He moved from Olathe, Kansas with his father Shane, who works for BNSF Railroad in Alliance. His mom, Stephanie, is a manager at Olive Garden. Tyler has a step-brother, a step-sister, and a sister. This year, he is going to go out for football, basketball, and track, and in his spare time he likes to hang out with his friends. His favorite class is woods with Mr. Badje, because he doesn’t have to learn that much.
Sage Tiensbold, sister of Quinn, is the only new face in the freshman class. She also transferred here from Gordon schools and is going to play volleyball this year. She also enjoys swimming and hanging out with her friends. She also lives with her parents Mark and Ila. She enjoys taking choir, with Mrs. Varvel.
In the Junior High, two girls and one boy arrived this year. Bayli Bilby is a seventh grader, and Augusta McMillin and Levi Glines, are both in the sixth grade. Bayli transferred here from Chadron Middle School, and she plans to participate in cross country, basketball, and track. She lives with her father, Burt, who is a rancher and her mother, Dawn, who runs a daycare, and her younger brother. When she isn’t in school, she enjoys riding horses, working with her dad, and going to rodeos.
Augusta is also new into the Junior High. She is in the 6th grand and plays volleyball, basketball, and track as well. She is part of a large family; four brother and two sisters. Her parents, Jennifer and Bruce own a buffalo ranch, and her mother teaches as well. She moved here from Kadoka, South Dakota.
The only boy new to Hay Springs Junior High is sixth grader Levi Glines. He used to live in the country near Pine Ridge, with his mother Nicole, who is a dental hygienist, his father Chris who works in construction, and his two younger brothers. His favorite class this year is math, and he likes to work on remote control planes in his free time.
We did a project on windmills and transferred wind energy to mechanical energy. Creating these windmills taught us little things make a big difference in spinning in windmills. Pitch of the blades helps the windmills generate more energy. The materials also made a difference. Our class had a wide variety of materials for the wind vanes. Some of the materials used were paper, metal, straws, Legos, and cardboard. We each created two windmills to determine the different that make a windmill spin. Thanks to our parents for aiding us in our science project.—Nathan, Chris, Garrett,Drew
We created windmills for a science project to see which windmill worked best. We learned that we have to bend the wind vanes to catch the wind. We used a fan as the wind source and some of the vanes worked, but some didn’t work at all. The pinwheel design worked the best. We also learned that little changes in the vanes make a big difference in how they spin. We thank our families that helped us make our windmills.—Sydney, Alexis, Tanna, Kristen
John Baylor ACT Prep will be offered the first week of June for those students taking the June 8th test. Sessions will be Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to approximately 1:00 pm. Please contact Mrs. Marx to register or for questions.
Students in Mrs. Efta’s Personal Finance class listened to a presentation by Karen Kollars, Western Tourism Consultant for the Nebraska Tourism Commission. Ms. Kollars shared the mission of the Nebraska Tourism Commission, which is “to expand Nebraska’s dynamic and diverse travel industry, making it more viable by creating awareness and attracting increased visitors, which results in greater tourism revenue and economic gain throughout the state.” Travelers spent almost $4.0 billion in Nebraska in 2010, which means more business and jobs in our communities.
Ms. Kollars shared her personal career path with the students. They learned that even by volunteering, as Ms. Kollars did for the Junior Chamber of Commerce when her children were in school, they are beginning to develop skills that can lead to a career. Tourism is a very diverse career field, with jobs that include administration, planning, management, journalism/marketing, accounting, agriculture, science, and culinary arts. It’s a career field that’s open to people from many different educational and experiential backgrounds.
Ms. Kollars’ presentation met Nebraska Standards for Career Ready Practice. Standard 10. Manages personal career development. a.) Identifies opportunities in one or more career pathways that align with personal interests and aptitudes. Students took notes on the presentation for classroom discussion and viewed a virtual tour of the VisitNebraska.com web site. Ms. Kollars provided every student with a bag of current Tourism publications and a copy of her PowerPoint presentation for the class. Her great photos of people having fun in western Nebraska’s natural environment made everyone want to get out and enjoy summer soon!
HS/ML Awards Banquet
We will have the annual carry-in dinner and awards presentations on Thursday, May 9th. The dinner will take place in the cafeteria at 5:30 pm followed by the awards in the old auditorium at 7:00 pm. All families participating in the meal need to bring 2 covered dishes with serving pieces ( side, salad or dessert). Security First Bank is providing the meat. Table service and drinks will be provided. Families can drop food off in the cafeteria anytime after 5:00 pm. Students need to be accompanied by their parents. Remember to take your dishes after the Awards Banquet.
Families are welcome to go directly to the auditorium at 7:00 pm for the Awards Program, if you do not wish to atttend the pot luck dinner. Thank you and see you there!
The public is welcome to come and see what the students have been up to in the classrooms. Projects will be on display in Lister-Sage May 14th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Stick around after the fair to see students in grades K-5 perform their Spring concert pieces beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
Hay Springs High School
Class of 2013
Class Colors
Green & Silver
Class Flower
Venus Fly Trap
Class Motto
Go not where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Graduation will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the Lister-Sage Community Building. The doors will be open to the public at 1:00 p.m. Each family will have reserved seats on the floor. If you do not have a reserved seat, please sit in the stands.
Kindergarten Registration will be Friday, April 19, 2013 from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. in the Kindergarten room. A child must be 5 by July 31st to register. Please bring a copy of your child’s certified birth certificate, social security number, and immunization record. The 2013 Kindergarten will visit school Thursday, April 25th from 8:00 to 11:00. If you are unable to attend registration at this time please contact the school at (308) 638-4434.
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