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Hay Springs Schools will be open from 7am – 1 pm on Monday, March 23rd for pickup and dropoff of educational materials. Materials will be available in the bottom hall of highschool by the music room.

The administration was made aware this morning of the student and parent being tested for the coronavirus has come back negative.  Reminder: parents are encouraged to practice social distancing and keep your children at home. Please contact the school for further questions.

Hay Springs Public School will provide students and a parent/guardian updates for how instructional materials will be distributed to students on Tuesday, March 17th.  The district has cancelled classes and activities from March 16th through March 29th. 

12th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 8:30 a.m.

11th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 8:45 a.m.

10th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in Cafeteria at 9:00 a.m.

9th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 9:15 a.m.

8th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 9:30 a.m.

7th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 9:45 a.m.

6th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 10:00 a.m.

5th graders along with a parent/guardian will meet in the Cafeteria at 10:15 a.m.

A 4th grade parent/guardian is asked to meet in the Cafeteria at 10:30 a.m.

A 3rd grade parent/guardian is asked to meet in the Cafeteria at 10:45 a.m.

A 2nd grade parent/guardian is asked to meet in the Cafeteria at 11:00 a.m.

A 1st grade parent/guardian is asked to meet in the Cafeteria 11:15 a.m.

A Kindergarten parent/guardian is asked to meet in the Cafeteria at 11:30 a.m.

*Please arrive promptly at the cafeteria doors at the designated time.

*Parents with children in multiple grades can choose one of their students’ designated times.   

*The Nebraska Panhandle Health District asks that the size of public gatherings be limited.  For that reason, we ask that only one parent attend these informational meetings.

*Students will also be asked to gather all their textbooks, chromebooks and clean out their academic lockers so a deep cleaning can be done. 

*These meetings will be informational only, if you have questions following the meeting please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Lechtenberg, Mr. Hagge or your child’s teachers.  

*Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Hay Springs Public School are offering two houses for sale to be removed from the property at 342 and 344 North Baker Street. Houses will need to be removed prior to June 15th 2020. The Board of Education will be accepting sealed bids at the April 14th Board of Education Meeting. Bids should be delivered to the Hay Springs School office prior to 4:30 on April 14th 2020. The Board reserves the right to accept or deny any or all bids.

ISO someone interested in taking over the organization of youth baseball/softball this summer.  If you are interested let Adriene Kelly at the school know or get ahold of Chris McDonald or Jim Varvel. Thanks!

Things continue to happen rapidly on a daily basis at Hay Springs School. Our elementary students and staff have just celebrated our 100th day of school and the winter sports seasons are drawing to a close as we prepare to end our third nine weeks. Students continue to be involved in activities outside of the classroom and away form the sports fields and gyms for a few days. The music program has had several students qualify for advanced musical opportunities and experiences. Hay Springs speech team has hosted a very successful speech competition where our team placed second overall. Our FBLA and FFA students are competing in district competition with hopes of qualifying for state. FFA members have completed National FFA Week activities and will be competing in the final district event in Kimball March 4th. We are planning our Greenhand degree ceremonies on March 12th, so please mark this date on your calendar if you have an FFA member. We will have students competing in state competition in both FBLA and FFA in April.

Along with the fourth nine weeks comes the track, golf and branding seasons. As you plan your spring events please consider the fact that we operate on a four day school week and that to the best of our ability we all need to have our students in school as much as possible. Along with this I need to mention that if students are missing school for school activities or other reasons they may need reminded that it is their responsibility to be sure that they get their work made up in a timely manner. As we turn the corner toward the home stretch and the final nine weeks of the academic year please encourage your students to kick it in and finish the academic year as strong as possible. Positive support from those who love and care for them can never be too extreme. Your support for them in their activities and academics helps them realize that you believe in them, and that what they do is very important. As we move forward we will soon be looking at student academic testing so we are in the final stages of pushing students towards total preparedness for academic success. I realize that we have students with academic challenges and the staff at Hay Springs is willing to assist your students with additional support in any way we can, but the student is the one who must take advantage of this additional support. While visiting with your students about their challenges and successes, if they express concerns we can assist with at school, please contact their teacher, coach or the school administration. We are all here to support your student success in any manner that we can.

As we look ahead our seniors will be completing many things for the final time as Hay Springs Hawks. As they look forward to graduation, I would like to thank all of these students for the time and effort they have dedicated the past four years to academic success, sports competition and all intra and extracurricular activities they have been involved in. Successful high school programs have outstanding senior leadership and Hay Springs has always been fortunate to have our seniors step up and be leaders for underclassmen. Senior members of our teams your leadership will be greatly missed.

I would also like to thank the parents and guardians of these seniors for their efforts, time, dedication and commitment to the Hay Springs academic and activities program during the past four years. As the seniors near the completion of their high school academic career at Hay Springs High school I encourage them to finish strong and work toward completion of the best semester of their career during high school. As they go through the stress of college applications and visits and the financial aid process they need our understanding and support.

I realize that we have had a lot of winter weather already, with it beginning in October, yet we have time for a lot of winter weather before spring. It is my hope that if we have the need for school delays or cancellations, that each of you have been getting the information in a timely manner. If we are having school and as parents or guardians you are not comfortable with road conditions and having your children traveling to school please contact the school and excuse them.
As the district superintendent my door is nearly always open and never hesitate to give me a phone call. I am always willing to listen to your concerns, however our policy dictates that the first order in the resolution of a problem is direct communication between parent and/or the student with the teacher and/or coach about your concerns. If we are going to hold true to our mission, vision and goals for the district we truly have to continually work together in this effort.

Mission Statement
The Mission of Hay Springs Schools in cooperation with families and community, is to empower students within an emotionally supportive and physically safe environment with the academic, social, physical and technological skills to achieve success as responsible, self-disciplined citizens of a global society.

Vision Statement
“Empower Students to Achieve Lifelong Success.”

Hay Springs Goal
80% of Hay Springs School students will meet projected growth and/or 80% of students will be proficient on NWEA MAP assessments in Math, Reading, Language Arts and Science.

Please know that the employees at Hay Springs are very dedicated to providing your children with the best possible opportunities to learn. If we do not have some struggling students, then we clearly do not have the bar high enough. It is my hope that the majority of our students are academically challenged on a daily basis. With challenges comes the additional need for encouragement and support from staff and parents.

It continues to be one of my goals to help our entire staff and student population focus on the many blessing we have in life and support each other in positive ways as we work together to pursue our Mission, Vision and Goals at Hay Springs School.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support of our educational system.

Mr. Lechtenberg
Superintendent

Dear Hay Springs families,

We want to update you on our district plan regarding Coronavirus. As with any contagious illness, we are working closely with the Panhandle Public Health District and will follow all guidelines they share with us. If you suspect your student is ill, please keep them home from school. As always, you are your child’s best advocate; you can keep your child home if they feel sick or you have concerns.

We also encourage you to check out the following resources regarding Coronavirus from the Centers for Disease Control
·  Coronavirus Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
·  Frequently Asked Questions & Answers: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

Thank you for your support!

Hay Springs Public School

As we move through our third nine weeks of academic instruction things continue to happen rapidly on a daily basis. Students are involved heavily in activities outside of the classroom as the sports seasons are winding up. Music is actively preparing for competition and our speech team begins competition this weekend. Our FBLA and FFA students are competing in district competition with hopes of qualifying for state. As we turn the corner toward the final home stretch for the academic year please encourage your students to kick it in and finish the third quarter and the academic year as strong as possible. Positive support from those who love and care for them can never be too extreme. Your support for them in their activities and academics helps them realize that you believe in them, and that what and how they do is very important. As we move forward we will soon be looking at student academic testing so we are in the final stages of pushing students towards total preparedness for academic success. I know that we have students with academic challenges and the staff at Hay Springs is willing to assist your students with additional support in any way we can, but the student is the one who must take advantage of this additional support. While visiting with your students about their challenges and successes, if they express concerns we can assist with at school, please contact their teacher, coach or the school administration. We are all here to support your student success in any manner that we can.

As we look into February the basketball and wrestling season will be coming to the end and for our seniors the final time they will wear the Hay Springs Hawk green and gold uniforms. I would like to thank all of these athletes for the time and effort they have put into their respective seasons. I would particular like to thank the senior members of our teams and their parents and guardians for their efforts, time, dedication and commitment the Hay Springs activities program over the past four years. Your leadership will be greatly missed.

As the seniors near the completion of their high school academic career at Hay Springs High school I encourage them to finish strong and work toward completion of the best semester of their career during high school. As they go through the stress of college applications and visits and the financial aid process they need our understanding and support.

As I look ahead to February and March I realize that we have time for a lot of winter weather yet before spring. It is my hope that if we have the need for school delays or cancellations, that each of you have been getting the information in a timely manner. If you have not been receiving timely information, please contact the school office and let us know so we can rectify the problem.

As the administrator my door is nearly always open and never hesitate to give me a phone call. I am always willing to listen to your concerns, however, our policy dictates that the first order in the resolution of a problem is direct communication between parent and/or the student with the teacher and/or coach about your concerns. If we are going to hold true to our mission, vision and goals for the district we truly have to continually work together in this effort.

Mission Statement
The Mission of Hay Springs Schools in cooperation with families and community, is to empower students within an emotionally supportive and physically safe environment with the academic, social, physical and technological skills to achieve success as responsible, self-disciplined citizens of a global society.

Vision Statement
“Empower Students to Achieve Lifelong Success.”

Hay Springs Goal
80% of Hay Springs School students will meet projected growth and/or 80% of students will be proficient on NWEA MAP assessments in Math, Reading, Language Arts and Science.

Please know that the employees at Hay Springs are very dedicated to providing your children with the best possible opportunities to learn. If we do not have some struggling students, then we clearly do not have the bar high enough. It is my hope that the majority of our students are academically challenged on a daily basis. With challenges comes the additional need for encouragement and support from staff and parents.

It continues to be one of my goals to help our entire staff and student population focus on the many blessing we have in life and support each other in positive ways as we work together to pursue our Mission, Vision and Goals at Hay Springs School.

At the Hay Springs January board meeting we were blessed to have all the same board member returning for the upcoming year and the board voted to retain the same officer leadership team as we had for 2019.

I would like to give a special Shout Out to our Board of Education for their service to our community and our school district. This is a thankless position but truly one of the most important positions one can hold for the benefit of children and the future of our country. If you get the opportunity please take a moment to thank them for their service on the Board of Education.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support of our educational system.

Mr. Lechtenberg
Superintendent