4th Grade Spotlight

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4th grade is really excited about working with Chaley Jensen and Jade (from the bird conservancy) on our pollinator garden. We received a $750 grant to help us with our project.
We are researching the best plants and flowers to bring in pollinators, and to bloom from spring until fall to help keep our school beautiful! We are hoping to get some donations from our wonderful residence of Hay Springs when they thin out their flower gardens in the spring, as well as we plan to grow a lot of our flowers to help save money.
The plan is to do some landscaping, in front of our school, make a path where people can wander to enjoy flowers, as well as to convert an eye sore to something beautiful!

Horse School

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On a beautiful November 19th day, Megan Reimann brought her two Morgan horses, Rusty and Harvey, and showed the preschool and first grade classes some of the tricks they know. Rusty demonstrated how he can fetch, play an instrument, and rope a “calf”. Harvey was too shy to dance very much but showed that he knows his colors almost as good as the children, choosing between blue and yellow balloons when asked.

A/B Honor Roll Celebration

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Students who were on the A/B Honor Roll for the first quarter were treated to a pleasant surprise this afternoon!  Mr. Hagge called those students in grades 2nd-6th to the football field this afternoon at 3:00 to have a celebration.  The students enjoyed games of kickball and football or even just had a good time visiting with each other on this beautiful 57 degree day in November.  Congratulations to all students at Hay Springs Public Schools for a great first quarter!

Pumpkin Investigation

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Is there a relationship between the number of lines on a pumpkin and the number of seeds? Or between the circumference of a pumpkin and the number of seeds? Fifth graders explored these questions on Halloween, and while we didn’t come up with a definitive answer, we sure had fun getting our hands dirty!

National FFA Convention and Expo

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From October 29th through November 2nd, our chapter advisor and ag teacher, Mr. Lechtenberg and six members of the Hay Springs FFA Chapter (Logan DeCoste, Braydon Binger, Jaiden Anderson, Hannah Hoos, Rylee Wolken, and myself, Jett Rasmussen) visited the great city of Indianapolis for the 92nd annual National FFA Convention and Expo. While there, we met other members from all over the country-places like Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas, and many more. Throughout the three days at the convention, we were able to see some amazing national talent performances, got an inspirational and encouraging message from a leadership workshop, listened to speeches by Bob Goff, Michelle Poler, and National FFA Officers, and probably did too much shopping. On the third day of our trip, we were also lucky enough to be given a tour of Purdue University because Mr. Lechtenberg’s brother, Vic, was the former dean of the college of agriculture. When we were given the tour, we got to learn about the fish hatchery, the meat lab, how big the classrooms are, the entomology labs, the “Farmer Olympics,” and even where they brew their own beer! Overall, it was a great experience and an excellent learning opportunity, and although we had some long days, early mornings, and late nights, we would do it all again in a heartbeat. We are all grateful for the chance to go and expand our knowledge of FFA. — Jett Rasmussen

Chemical Reactions

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Fifth graders have been learning about properties of matter and chemical reactions.  On Wednesday, we explored the idea that chemical reactions create new materials that have useful and interesting properties.  We then mixed 2 substances together to see if we could cause a chemical reaction, and as a result, a new substance.

PANCO Honor Band

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On Wednesday, November 6th the high school band students participated in the PANCO mass band. The PANCO schools band students came together and created one large band, rehearsed throughout the day with a guest clinician, Dr. John Wojick from Chadron State College. They then performed a concert with each school performing a featured selection at the concert. Despite long rehearsals and some pretty scary roads, it was an enjoyable day!