Area elementary students were invited to participate in the Chadron State College Spirit Team Coloring Contest. Five Hay Springs students were chosen as winners for their grade level. These kiddos got to ride in the CSC Homecoming Parade with the Spirit Team! Thank you CSC And CSC Spirit Team for a fun morning!
Our smallest Hawks took to the hallways in a spooky Halloween costume parade.
The older Hawks lined the hallways “oohing” and “ahhing” over the costumes and teachers handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters!
🎶 OUR LITTLE HAWKS TOOK THE STAGE! 🎶
Our K–2 students recently packed the house for a wonderful afternoon of music, dancing, storytelling, and plenty of smiles!
🐘 Kindergarten presented Elephant’s Story, narrated by student teacher Ms. Madison Schaefer.
🎵 1st & 2nd Grade presented BINGO
Both groups did a fantastic job telling their stories through lots of singing and dancing!
A fan favorite may have been “I Wanna Be a Kid Again.” And after this performance, we’re thinking some of these Hawks just might have a future in singing telegrams!
A huge THANK YOU to music teacher Raime Varvel and student teacher Madison Schaefer for putting together such a great program!
Special thanks also go to Jodie Garrett for creating the sheep masks and canes, Larel Reimann for helping with sound, and all of our staff members who helped behind the scenes to make the show a success.
And finally, THANK YOU to our families and community members who came out and packed the house to support our little Hawks! We love seeing our community show up for our kids!
The second grade students had a fun and educational field trip learning about agriculture! We explored swine, corn, beef cattle, dairy, agricultural technology, potatoes, wheat, and beans. Students learned how farmers care for animals, grow crops, and use technology to help produce the food we eat every day. It was a wonderful opportunity to see how agriculture connects to our daily lives!
WHAT A GREAT DAY CELEBRATING OUR HAWKS!
On Monday, October 19, Hay Springs faculty and administration brought our PK–12 Hawks together to celebrate an incredible first quarter!
We kicked things off in mixed PK–12 small groups, where our older Hawk leaders helped lead some fun “Would You Rather?” questions and activities. Then the students battled in a VERY competitive schoolwide Rock, Paper, Scissors battle, with first grader, Baylen, emerging as our CHAMPION! 🪨📄✂️🏆
Then it was time to recognize all of the GREAT things our students accomplished during Quarter 1!
⭐ Perfect Attendance: recognizing students who were here and ready to learn all quarter! In the first quarter there were 37 students who received recognition.
🐎 Quarter 1 Horse Race Champions: Our 6-8 grade classes and 9-12 high school classes battled throughout the quarter to see which class could combine the best attendance percentage AND passing grade percentage. Results were tabulated each week and tracked in the conference room. Congratulations to our 8th and 11th graders for taking the Quarter 1 titles! 🏆
🎟️ Super Pass Winners: Students earned a Super Pass by finishing the quarter with:
• Zero phone infractions
• Zero office referrals
• No more than two tardies
• Zero academic ineligibilities
There were 7 middle level students and 19 high school students who received passes.
📚 A and A/B Honor Roll: celebrating the hard work and academic achievement of our Hawks! 3rd through 12th grade is recognized for their honor roll achievements.
💵 Caught Being Good Chamber Bucks Drawing: Throughout the quarter, students in elementary, middle school, and high school received “Caught Being Good” tickets when staff noticed them “S.O.A.R.ing” and doing something positive. Tickets were entered into our Quarter 1 drawing for Chamber Bucks!
And the best part? Those tickets aren’t finished yet! Every ticket earned throughout the year will go back into the drawing for an even bigger end-of-the-year celebration! 🎉
🍽️ One more surprise is still coming! Our National Honor Society students will draw the names of 10 additional elementary students who will get to enjoy a special lunch with NHS members!
Days like this are about more than awards. They are about celebrating showing up, working hard, making good choices, being kind, and being part of something bigger than ourselves.
We are incredibly proud of our Hawks and loved having the opportunity to celebrate so many students from PK through 12th grade!
Keep SOARing, Hawks!
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.
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