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Junior High Boys Basketball PANCO Bracket for Monday, January 30th in Crawford
JH G/BB PANCO Bracket in Hemingford, December 12th
TOURNAMENT BRACKET
GAME #1 9:00 am Crawford vs Hay Springs
GAME #2 Sioux County vs St. Agnes
GAME #3 Morrill vs Edgemont
GAME #4 GAME #1 Winner vs GAME #2 Winner
GAME #5 Hemingford vs GAME #3 Winner
15 Minute Break
GAME #6 Championship GAME #4 Winner vs. GAME #5 Winner
Crawford
GAME #1 __________
Hay Springs
GAME #4 __________
Sioux County
GAME #2 __________
St. Agnes
Championship __________
Morrill Warm-up will start 15 minutes after GAME#5
GAME #3 __________
Egdemont
GAME #5 __________
Hemingford
JH G/BB game from Nov. 17th has been rescheduled to Dec. 5th
JH G/BB vs. Gordon Rushville at home has been rescheduled to December 5th at 5:00 pm – (Previous date – Nov. 17)
Bees – by the 6th Grade Class
On Wednesday, September 29, we listen and learned about bees. Our speaker’s name was Chris McDonald. He brought in an observation hive of about 1,000 bees out of a hive of around 8,000 bees.
We learned that if a bee larva is not fertilized it becomes a male bee, if it is fertilized it becomes a female. With that being said the males will get kicked out of the hive at the beginning of winter because they don’t work and can’t feed themselves.
After hatching, the larva automatically becomes a nurse bee. A nurse bee feeds all of the baby bees royal jelly. Then they become a worker bee, who puts the honey in the honeycomb which is in the shape of a hexagon. Finally, they become a field bee which gets the pollen and nectar from the flowers.
Our favorite part about the bees was observing what they do in the observation hive and watching the baby bee pop out of the holes. We also thought it was cool when he showed us pictures of the bees.
In conclusion, it is pretty incredible that all those bees can have that whole thing running and making honey and it was awesome learning about it!
By the 6th Grade Class
Potato farm – 6th Grade Class
When our teacher said we were going to a potato farm we didn’t know what to think. Maybe it would be fun or maybe it would be boring, but after going to it we learned a lot more about potatoes. We first had to drive there and once we got to the farm there was more potatoes than we have ever seen in our lives! After picking up some potatoes the farmer who was disking with his tractor told us how they harvested the potatoes and what they did with them afterwards. First, they spray the potatoes to kill the foliage. Next, a machine would go through and pull the potatoes out of the ground and chop up anything that was left. He also said that a second machine would take them up on a conveyor-belt to shake all the dirt off, then it would drop it into a truck. When the truck starts to get loaded the driver lets some air out of the tires to make them wider, so they don’t leave such deep tracks. (More surface area) When they are loaded and at the end of the field they fill the tires back up and drive to the cellar (It’s a place that keeps them cool and dry until they can sell them). Finally, he told us that they would get used for French fries at places like Hardee’s and McDonald’s. It was really neat learning about potatoes and picking them too.
When we arrived at the field we were surprised to see how many potatoes were on the ground and couldn’t wait to pick them up. There were small ones, big ones, and weird looking one too. It was fun to go out and find the potatoes like it was a big Easter egg hunt. We ran out of bags and buckets to fill, so we started to fill the back of the bus. We all got to take potatoes home. But best of all we got to eat the potatoes which were delicious mashed, fried or baked. Thank you for letting us salvage those wonderful potatoes!
6th Graders’ Seasons Greetings
Mrs. Matthews sixth grade class has created some special seasons greetings using the Scratch programming language. Click on the link below to view them!
https://sites.google.com/a/hshawks.com/mrs-matthews/sixth-grade
Sixth Grade Book Trailers
Looking for a new book to read? Check out these book trailers by the sixth grade for some new ideas. The sixth graders used Movie Maker, Creative Commons or Public Domain images, and Creative Commons music to make their trailers. Click on each link below to watch the trailer!
Camp, Counting By 7s, Divergent, Famous Last Words, Joey Pigza, Joey Pigza(again!), Joey Pigza(last one!), Joey Pigza(another one?!?!), The Cay, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas(again!), The Hunger Games, The Little Vampire Book 2, and Warrior Cats: Into the Wild.
Picture Day’s Scheduled for next week. Sept. 29th – Oct. 1st
ELEMENTARY/ML/HS PICTURE DAY
Elementary/ML/HS Picture Day’s has been scheduled for Sept. 29th – Oct. 1st. Shiela L. Studio will be doing our pictures again this year. Pictures will take place in the old auditorium. Please enter through the office doors. Thank you!
Monday, Sept. 29th
1. Individual and Group Band Pictures (during band class)
Tuesday, Sept. 30th
1. Elementary Teacher’s and Para’s (prior to school)
2. PREK (Am) first thing (will eat breakfast at 9am)
3. Kindergarten
4. 1st
5. 2nd
6. 3rd
7. 4th
8. 5th
9. Community Pictures 11:30 am- 12:30 pm – Please call Shiela if this time does not work for you.
10. Janitors (Ricky, Jill, Alan) and Wendy (2pm)
11. Sports – JH VB, JH FB, JH XC and HS XC (after school)
12. Flags
Wednesday, Oct. 1st
1. ML/HS Teachers – (prior to school) Larel and Beth also
2. 6th + class officers
3. 7th + class officers
4. 8th + class officers
5. 9th + class officers
6. Afternoon Pre K (come to school at 11:15am)
7. 10th + class officers
8. 11th + class officers
9. 12th class officers and class picture
10. Admin
11. STUCO
12. HS Big Sports Picture (Wear your favorite jersey, out of all sports which sport do you like the best)
Tentative schedule
Punt, Pass, and Kick – Sept 21
Hay Springs Public School will be hosting Punt, Pass, and Kick on Sunday, September 21st at 3:00 p.m. Boys and Girls ages 6-15 are welcome. Register online @ www.nflppk.com or fill out the entry form available below. There is no charge to participate. All participants must show proof of age at all levels of competition. Please contact Anna Turman 308-430-1849 or Linda Raymer 308-430-0900 with any questions.