Fall Book Fair Underway

Our fall book fair is underway. Books are available for preview in the elementary library after school and during Parent-Teacher conferences on October 24th from 4 to 8 p.m. You can also scan and Shop the Online Book Fair for more choices.  The online fair runs through November 5.

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2nd Annual Santa’s Bake Shop

christmas cookiesWhat:    Let’s get together to make and decorate sugar cookies! It will be a Take Some – Share Some. That is, you will take some of the cookies you made home to enjoy, and, others will be shared with Hay Springs’ elders. We’ll get a youth delivery team together to get the cookies out to our older generation.

Where:   At the Hay Springs School Cafeteria

When:    Sunday December 8, 2013   Sugar cookie “construction” starts at 1:00 PM and we’ll probably be finished by 3:00 PM.

How Can You Design a Solution to a Problem?

The fifth graders have been learning about the process engineers go through to find solutions to everyday problems.  To practice the design process, students used modeling clay to design a raft that would float.  Then they added pennies to the raft until it sank.  They worked through the design process, by redesigning their raft, or by placing pennies in the rafts in different positions, to find the most pennies the rafts could hold without sinking. The students had a lot of fun designing and sinking their rafts.

Homecoming Bonfire moved to Tuesday night after Blind Volleyball!

Because of makeup volleyball games in Gordon/Rushville we have moved the Bonfire to Tuesday night after the blind volleyball. Events on Tuesday 10/15 will include:

  • Senior Hot Dog Feed in Lister or after practices are over
  • Blind Volleyball – 6:30 pm. Class vs. Class
  • 7:30 pm – Bonfire at north end of school property

Come out and join the fun!

Homecoming Days:

Monday, 10/14 – 80’s Day, Coronation at 3:30 pm in Lister, 5:30 pm JH VB @ home vs. Hemingford, 6:30 pm HS VB in Gordon/Rushville.

Tuesday, 10/15 – Opposite Sex Day, JH VB and FB in Cody 4:30 MT time, 6:00 pm Senior Hot Dog Feed in Lister, 6:30 pm Blind Volleyball in Lister, 7:00 pm Bonfire

Wednesday, 10/16 – Redneck/Western Day

Thursday, 10/17 – Homecoming and Parent’s Night,  Hat and Jersey Day, 1:00 pm – Pep Rally downtown (students will return to class after the pep rally), 3:30 pm JV & V Volleyball v. Crawford (parents need to be in gym for volleyball parents night no later than 4:00), 7:00 pm FB v. Crawford (parents need to be in the stands no later than 6:30pm)

We encourage the Elementary to dress up as well!!

Friday, 10/18

7:30 -11 pm – ML Homecoming Dance

Saturday, 10/19

8:00 pm – 12:00 am – HS Homecoming Dance

*** Attention *** HS VB Rescheduled from 10/7 in Gordon/Rushville will be played on Monday,10/14 at 6pm in Gordon.

This is the only time we could make it up, so…  Homecoming changes on Monday will be taking place also. The Bonfire that was scheduled for Monday, 10/14 will now be on Tues. 10/15 after Blind Volleyball. Fingers crossed there will be no more changes. 🙂

PreK-5th grade participating in the “Pennies for the Hungry” Pizza Hut program.

All through the month of October PreK-5th grade will be collecting pennies to help fill up their classroom pumpkin and at the end of the month whoever has the most pennies will win a free pizza party from Pizza Hut. Start saving your pennies to send with your children!

International Dot Day

The first grade celebrated International Dot Day on Monday, September 15th, the kindergarten on Tuesday, September 16th.  International Dot Day was started by a teacher in Iowa in honor of the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.  We watched a video interview with the author describing how he was inspired to write the book.  Then he read the book.  Mr. Reynolds dedicated the book to his 7th grade math teacher who dared him to “make his mark.”  You can watch the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKVDaHiM4E

After hearing the book each student made his own “dot” using a special page from http://www.thedotclub.org/ and Colormix.  When viewed with a special app the flat pictures become three-dimensional. You can get the app from Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Check out http://www.colarapp.com/ for coloring pages.

Here are a few of the finished “dots.”

The Week of Nostalgia

Starting on October 14 Hay Springs High School will be looking back as the faculty and students celebrate Homecoming. Monday morning will kick off the eventful week with 80’s day, coronation at 3:30, and the bonfire at 7pm. The Jr. High Volleyball Team will also be hosting Hemingford at 5 pm on Monday.

Tuesday will keep the festivities going with opposite sex day, a hot dog feed at 6:30 at Lister Sage, and blind volleyball also at Lister Sage. Jr. High volleyball and football will be traveling to Cody to compete this day as well.

Following opposite sex day is, redneck/western Wednesday. As always, Thursday will be hat and jersey day, with a pep rally will be held at 1 pm in downtown Hay Springs. The Hay Springs Lady Hawks volleyball game against the Crawford Rams begins at 3:30 pm. The football game will follow starting at 6:30. The Jr. High will have their homecoming dance on Friday. With the High School having their homecoming dance the next night following the Lady Hawks Panhandle Conference tournament in Sioux County.

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