This year Volleyball and Football Parent’s Night will be on separate evenings. Volleyball and Cross Country Parent’s Night will be held on Tuesday, October 16th against Hemingford with Football Parent’s Night following on Friday night, October 19 against Potter-Dix. These games are the final home games for the regular season. This will allow parents to enjoy both evenings without having to miss either event.
Click the link below to view the testing schedule for elementary through high school. This schedule is subject to change.
The Board is in the process of updating our list of operational keys for the northwest access door for the center. The Board has chosen to work on getting everyone’s information and access keys in order and will be billing users on January 1st for 12 months use of the facility. There will be a minimal $35/year charge for access. Users will be given and asked to sign an agreement to rules/guidelines for the facility. Please Note: Failure to update information/payment for the keys before the New Year will mean your KEY WILL BE DEACTIVATED.
Please contact Seth Terrell (232-4680) or any other board member for information.
Lister-Sage is hosting a free-will donation hamburger feed during the October 5th football game with Banner County. Proceeds will benefit Lister-Sage community center. Come cheer on the Hawks for their Homecoming game and stop by to support our school-community center. The feed will be hosted on the Lister-Sage balcony!
Time sure flies when we’re having fun! I cannot believe we have been in preschool for over a month! We have overcome many obstacles already and are continuing to grow as little learners! The students have an established routine which helps eliminate unproductive time. Every morning the preschool students start their day with a family style breakfast. They are eager to help serve and have already learned many new manners! We then transition into our day with brushing our teeth. After that we are ready for the day! Our day is busy with whole group time, calendar, singing, games, free play, art, outside time, music with Mrs. Varvel and PE with Mrs. Mandelko. We are also so very thankful to have Mrs. Ray assist us in our room every day!
Some of the themes we have covered so far this year are All about Me, I Have Five Senses, and Shapes. This week we were excited to begin our study of the alphabet. We kicked off the week with “A is for Apples” and are doing many activities integrating both the letter “a” and apples. Literacy awareness is relevant very early in a child’s life. By introducing skills like knowing the alphabet and letter sounds early on, it provides children with the solid foundation they need to continue on to elementary school.
A large part of our focus in preschool is building positive social skills. We are working on an array of skills. We actively participate in sharing our toys and time. We also are working on table manners, saying please and thank you, chewing with our mouth closed. Using kind and helpful words is also important to us. All of these skills are necessary to become independent little kiddos!
Please check the website each week for our weekly newsletter! The newsletter briefly discusses our theme for the week as well as other preschool happenings. Needless to say with 13 students we are busy little bees!
Click the link below to read the October 1, 2012 preschool newsletter.
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” Steve Jobs
EXCELLENCE IS EXPECTED IN HAY SPRINGS!
Reflect back three years ago. Hay Springs Schools were not achieving well academically. We had a large number of students that were not proficient on State Assessment tests, our school district did not meet AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress), and perhaps worse, the State of Nebraska placed us on the “Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools” list – the bottom 5% of all schools in the State. Overall, we were a failing school district academically.
Now, jump forward three years to today. Note the following success:
NeSA Tests (Nebraska State Achievement Test):
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress): Our school district has met Adequate Yearly Progress every year for the last three years. All districts strive for this yearly recognition.
Two years ago our school was taken off the “Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools” list. Because of our high academic success we are not close to being placed on the list again.
ACT Test: If your child plans to attend a four-year college after high School students must take the ACT. This test reflects the achievement of our graduates over time and is an indication of the extent to which our students are prepared for college-level work. The ACT measures English, mathematics, reading and science. Last year’s graduating class and this years senior class are both substantially over the State average. I would note that most schools only test the few students that plan to attend college. In Hay Springs we make an effort to test every student.
We can attribute our academic success to our outstanding teaching staff, hard working students that come to school well rested and prepared for class, a solid curriculum and a supportive Board of Education.
In the last week we have sent home individual student’s State Assessment Test Scores. Read them over, ask your child’s teacher for clarification, and work with your child if there are areas that are low.
As a community we should be proud of our hard working students, supportive parents, and diligent staff. We are all working towards improved learning and successful students.
There is no better place for your child than Hay Springs Public Schools.
Several students and Mrs. Olson have met the 26 mile run/walk goal of the Read/Run marathon. Students also have until January to read 26 books or earn 26 accelerated reader points. Mrs. Olson encourages these students to keep going and continue to run and/or walk each morning. There are several more participants who are still working to reach their 26 mile goal.
Back: Mrs. Olson, Jace Langford, Logan DeCoste, Bailey Scherbarth, Joce Varvel
Front: Hayly Hopkins, Tianna Clark, Acacia Clark, Taylyn Hopkins
See You at the Pole is a student-led, student-initiated movement of prayer that revolves around students praying together on the third Wednesday of September, usually before school and usually at the school’s flagpole. It involves students in elementary schools, middle/junior high schools, high schools, and colleges/ universities all over the world. Hay Springs students participated in this national day. Prayer was led by Fellowship of Christian Athletes member Austin Weyers. 
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