Skype A Scientist

On Monday the 18th of November, the 8th grade science class ‘talked’ via Skype to PhD candidate Melina Giakoumis from City College in New York city. Ms. Giakoumis studies starfish genetics on the east coast of the United States and the east coast of Europe. She is using genetic profiling to study how the starfish are changing over time. Starfish are a keystone species, meaning that when they are present in an ecosystem, that system is much healthier and more diverse. The students are studying how environmental conditions and genetics are linked together in an ecosystem, so this talk was right on point. Earlier this year the 8th grade class talked to PhD candidate Samantha Summer from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. That talk was mostly about how chemists study new molecules and about coming from a small town and going on to college for an advanced degree. Both Ms. Summer and Ms. Giakoumis talked to the students about being in a STEM career. The 7th grade had a presentation from Dr. Quinn Sorenson from UC Berkeley about post fire reforestation programs and ecosystems in general. At the time the 7th graders were studying how living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem interact. This program is free from Skype and is called ‘Skype a Scientist’.

Junior High Girls Basketball – Updated

Junior High Girls Basketball began practice on October, 21st. The team consists of twelve girls from grades 6th through 8th. Three of them will be returning players from last year, so we will have a young team. The girls ended their last season with a 9-1 record, and were crowned Panhandle Conference Champions! The girls will once again be coached by Ron Olson and Linda Kudrna. The season opener will be at home on November 9th at 10:00 am against Sioux County. We are all looking forward to another great season!

Junior High Volleyball Wrap-up

Although our season didn’t wrap up with as many wins as the girls hoped we had a lot of wins in other ways! And a lot of the losses in the score book were some really close games that could have gone either way!

Coach Scherbarth and I had a fairly young team this year with a few girls brand new to the sport or this level of play. We spent a lot of time focusing on fundamentals and are so proud of each and every girl and the improvements that she made!

This season saw quite a few girls figure out their overhand serves, and get quite good at them! When looking beginning of the season to end we got easily double the number of set ups and hits per game. Although some didn’t result in the points going our way it was amazing to see the girls using all their skills. There were also a lot of plays where we were able to rally back and forth and keep the ball alive. We also had girls who moved into different roles from the year or years before, or even games before.

As always I will be sad to see the girls move on to the next level, but am so excited to see what they will do and am so proud of what they have accomplished! I can’t wait for Midnight Madness to get one last opportunity to coach the 8th graders.

Our team this year consisted of 8th graders; Gabby, Alexa, and Abby Nelson, 7th graders; Darian, Lilly, Kaylee, Jacey, Zahaven, Jaelyn, and 6th graders; Bo, Julia, and Mya.
–Coach Kerisa Marx

Hawks Stadium Chairs – FINAL ORDER

This will be the last call for these chairs! You MUST order by Oct. 14th if you would like one or two of these chairs!

Canvas seat with sturdy steel frame features bungee cord cushioning for springy comfort on the hardest bleacher seats! 17.58” x 21” holds up to 400lbs.
$50 each or 2 for $90

You must text or contact Ms. Garrett @(308)360-0990 or Mrs. Marcy @ (402)741-1650.

Junior High Football

The 2019 junior high hawks football team will be bringing back 7 players from last year’s team and 3 new 7th graders that joined this year. The kids are picking up the new offense very well and are working very hard. Coach Paben and coach Salazar were the junior high track coaches the previous season. Coach Paben has also been the assistant high school football and boys’ basketball coach the past two seasons. He is excited to be the head junior high football coach. Coach Paben says, “The boys are extremely coach-able and are looking forward to their games.”

First Day for ML/HS School Delay

Due to construction delays the first day of scheduled classes for students in grades 6-12 has been pushed back to Mon., Aug. 12th. All Pk-12 students are asked to report to school by 8:00. Elementary students will be dismissed at 4:00. Middle School and High School students will be dismissed at 4:15. We are very excited to welcome our students back into the building. However, we want to be certain that our custodial team has time to make sure all new systems are functioning correctly and our learning environment is ready for students. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Spring Ball aka. Winter Ball

Student Council is trying very hard to have a “Winter Ball”. We are now calling it a “Spring Ball” and hopefully, the 4th time is the charm! May the 4th be with us!
We have found one more date that works for everyone.

Mexican Fiesta Spring Ball
Saturday May 4, 2019
7:30-10:30

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