-Due to impending weather Parent Teacher Conferences have been canceled for tonight(March 6) and will not be rescheduled. If you have any concerns please reach out to teachers to schedule a meeting time. Thank you and stay safe!
-Due to impending weather Friday School for tomorrow(March 7) has been canceled.
Hay Springs School is changing the normally scheduled day on March 6th to an early release day. The school is holding Parent/Teacher conferences that afternoon and we need to provide adequate times for our parents and teachers to meet that day.
Students will attend school from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Elementary students will be served regular lunch at 11:15 a.m., middle and high school students will be able to get a grab-and-go lunch if they desire.
Teachers will be scheduling a 30 minute dinner break during the Parent/Teacher conferences. Each teacher will post the time they will be out of the classroom on their door. Thank you for your understanding, if you have any questions please reach out to Mrs. Digmann or Mr. Clear.
March 6, 2025
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. School
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Teacher lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Teacher meeting
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Teachers prep for conferences
2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. P/T Conferences
Hay Springs Public School is canceling school on Monday, January 20, 2025. Wind chills are predicted to stay at -24 degrees throughout the day. There will be a 10:00 AM late start on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. All activities are canceled on Monday and there will be no practice. Please be safe!
To help ensure the safety and well-being of our students and staff, Hay Springs Public Schools would like to remind all community members of the Board of Education Policy 903.02, which states, “During regular school hours, flow of traffic into and out of buildings shall be closely monitored and limited to certain doors. Visitors shall be required to check in to show proper identification and reason for being at the school and shall wear name tags identifying them as visitors.”
All entry into Hay Springs Public Schools shall be through the Main Door. This includes visitors, parents, staff, and students. Visitors must check in at the office and receive a badge before being allowed to proceed further into the building.
Hay Springs Student Council will be selling candy canes after school until Christmas Break. They will be selling to elementary students at 4:00 PM by the office and then to middle school/high school students at 4:15 PM from Mrs. Deines’s room.
There are two options for candy cane purchases. Students can purchase to take with them immediately or send a gram to a friend. Parents may also come in to purchase or if unable to come into the school please communicate with Mrs. Marcy or Mrs. Deines to set something up.
Cost: 1 candy cane for $1 or 3 candy canes for $2.
On Tuesday, December 10th, candy cane sales will happen down in Lister at the basketball games.
Candy cane grams will be delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays to the appropriate classrooms and handed out at the end of the day.
The state released NSCAS results and AQuESTT classifications last week. I am pleased to report that all Hay Springs schools and the district earned the classification of Great. This is a reflection on the hard work of our students, teachers and families. I have enclosed links from each school for your reference.
District Data – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/district/snapshot?dataYears=20232024&agencyId=81-0003-000
Early Childhood – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/school/snapshot?dataYears=20232024&agencyId=81-0003-006
Elementary School – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/school/snapshot?dataYears=20232024&agencyId=81-0003-002
Middle School – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/school/snapshot?dataYears=20232024&agencyId=81-0003-003
High School – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/school/snapshot?dataYears=20232024&agencyId=81-0003-001
State Snapshot – https://nep.education.ne.gov/#/profiles/state/snapshot?dataYears=20232024
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Mr. Clear
Nebraska SMART is a free virtual tutoring program for students in grades K-12. Teacher education candidates from Chadron State, Peru State, and Wayne State Colleges remotely tutor students in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13 through an online tutoring platform. This program is made possible by a Nebraska Department of Education grant awarded to the Nebraska State College System to launch a rural tutoring program.
The Nebraska SMART Video can be viewed for more information: https://youtu.be/fSd1-uvSJHQ
Parents who wish to gain access to tutoring must register their child(ren) by visiting: http://www.nscs.edu/nebraskasmart
Parents must first create an account and register their child(ren). Once parents have created their account and added their child(ren), the student (or parent on their behalf) can schedule a tutoring appointment. Students can also join on-demand tutoring to be connected with the next available Tutor.
The Parent Guide(https://www.nscs.edu/_resources/e30d:s88r3a-2a3/files/77108154zc714d33b/_fn/Nebraska%20SMART%20Parent%20Guide.pdf) provides steps for parents to register their child(ren), schedule a session, request on-demand tutoring, and more.
Students should provide homework for which they wish to receive help or topics that they would like to cover. When connected to a Tutor, students (or parents on their behalf) can share files with their Tutor. It is recommended that students (or parents on their behalf) have saved their homework to their computer prior to connecting to a Tutor.
The Nebraska SMART tutoring platform can be accessed via a laptop, desktop, or Chromebook. Please note that smartphones and some tablets are not currently supported by this platform. See below for Nebraska SMART’s technology requirements.
*The Nebraska SMART tutoring platform is not affiliated with Hay Springs Public Schools.
Hay Springs Public Schools will be dismissing all students, K-12 at 12:05 p.m. on November, 26th. We will be serving lunch to our elementary students in the cafeteria, and the 6th through 12 grade students will have a grab and go lunch option. All teachers will be attending the data retreat that afternoon at the school.
Preschool will not meet on November 26th.
The reason for this change is that the school district had scheduled a data retreat with all teachers in October and that retreat has been rescheduled twice due to scheduling issues and illness within the school.
We apologize for any inconvenience this schedule change may cause. I hope this early release will allow some families to be able to start travel plans for the Thanksgiving Holiday a little earlier.
Last call to get your winter sports apparel! This store closes on the 19th!
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/2024HSWA
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Each year this day is used to raise awareness about diabetes and the impact it has on people’s health as well as advocate for improved diabetes prevention, diagnosis, and care for those who have it.
Please join us on Thursday, November 14, as we wear BLUE to show our support of the people in our lives who have diabetes.
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