Our fall book fair is underway. Books are available for preview in the elementary library after school and during Parent-Teacher conferences on October 24th from 4 to 8 p.m. You can also scan and Shop the Online Book Fair for more choices. The online fair runs through November 5.
What: Let’s get together to make and decorate sugar cookies! It will be a Take Some – Share Some. That is, you will take some of the cookies you made home to enjoy, and, others will be shared with Hay Springs’ elders. We’ll get a youth delivery team together to get the cookies out to our older generation.
Where: At the Hay Springs School Cafeteria
When: Sunday December 8, 2013 Sugar cookie “construction” starts at 1:00 PM and we’ll probably be finished by 3:00 PM.
Has your child ever thought they wanted to play the guitar? If so, now may be the opportunity they have been looking for.
Hay Springs Public Schools, in collaboration with Sandy Ferrel, and Chadron State College will be offering group guitar lessons free of charge this school year. Elementary (grades 3-5) classes will be offered after school on Thursdays and Middle School/High School classes will be offered before school on Wednesdays.
A parent/student organizational meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10th after school in the Elementary School Library. This will determine student interest and answer questions you may have.
Guitar Rental: Haggerty’s in Rapid City will rent guitars with cases for $50 for a three-month trial period. If the student decides to purchase the instrument, the rental will apply to the cost of the guitar, which is approximately $200.
For additional information contact Sandy Ferrel or call the school at (308) 638-4434.
Get your game on during Hay Springs Friendly Festival, August 24th!
Please register by 10 a.m. so that teams may be bracketed!
See flyer for more details!
Looking for a fun, year-round, family activity to do right here in Sheridan County, how about geocaching? Nineteen youth and five adults from Gordon to Chadron and one youth from Bozeman, MT recently learned to play the game of geocaching. A one-day class, part of the Hay Springs Schools summer fun camps, was organized and presented by the University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension as part of their youth programming. The class introduced the participants to how GPS technology works and how to play the geocaching game. Playing the game gives youth an opportunity to use the GPS technology, practice problem solving, get outdoors and see parts of the area they might not otherwise visit and is a fun way to spend time with a key adult.
Geocaching is an outdoor activity, where the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or smart phone and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches”. Geocaching is a world-wide electronic treasure hunt game started in the spring of 2000 when GPS signals with increased accuracy were released for public use. There are hundreds of caches across the state of Nebraska and the Northern Panhandle has well over a hundred. (see map). To learn more about the game, checkout www.geocaching.com or give UNL Extension Educator Cindy Tusler a call at 327-2312. GPS units are available to checkout at the Extension office.
Hay Springs School is hosting a GEAR-TECH-21 geospatial and robotics camp July 29th through August 2nd. The camp will run from 8:30 to 3:30 each day. This camp is for 4th to 8th graders. Please register by July 8th.
Northwest Rural Public Power is offering an afternoon camp on June 13th to any 7th through 12th grade students. This camp will offer an electrical safety demonstration, an actual pole climbing using climbing belts, hooks and hard hat, and exposure to working with rubber gloves/sleeves, hot sticks and extendo’s. The camp will also feature digger derrick truck demonstration and rides. This is an outdoor camp—please wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions and comfortable shoes—no flip-flops. Participants will meet at the school at 1:00 p.m. and be transported to Northwest Rural Headquarters approximately 1/2 mile south of Hay Springs. Please call Shannon or Mrs. Marx to sign up at (308) 638-4434.
I have many withdrawn books to give away. Some are duplicates copies, others are books that no longer meet our current needs. Staff will have first choice of these books. They are on the shelves in the back of the Elem Computer Lab. Beginning Tuesday, elem students will be able to choose one or two books during their specials. Middle and High school students may come after school Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday after 4:00, anyone in the community may come and get books.
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