Fifth graders have spent the last several months raising Rainbow Trout. Last Thursday was release day! We were fortunate to get permission from Nebraska Game & Parks to release them at Walgren Lake. After the release, we went on a “Water Bug Hunt”. Some “water bugs,” or macroinvertebrates, are more sensitive or tolerant of pollutants than others, so they can be a good indicator of water quality.
Fifth and sixth graders dissected trout last Thursday with the Trout in the Classroom program. Students learned about the functions of a trout’s internal and external anatomy. They identified different organs such as the liver, kidney, heart, gallbladder, and stomach. They also extracted the lens from the eye. A fish’s lens is spherical which helps them to see in all directions.
Monday, May 17, 2021 @ 7:00 PM Distance Learning room.
Agenda Item: Superintendent Evaluation
4H has a summer full of fun activities and camps for your kids to participate in! Please check out each of these links to read more about the events and to register:
-2021 Wilderness Wonders Camp – June 2nd and 3rd
-HS Jump Into Summer 2021 – June 7th
-2021 Sheridan County Summer 4-H Workshops – List of Workshops going on throughout the summer
Hay Springs Public School will be streaming the 2021 4th & 5th Grade Spring Concert on Monday, May 10th at 7:00 PM. You may also attend in person, of course!
If you’d like to help us get some push carts for our golfers, here’s the place to do it. Thanks for looking and feel free to pass it along.
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/helping-our-kids-become-golfers-for-life/5524202/
The second and third grade classes went on a field trip Wednesday, May 5th to Agsplosion in Bridgeport, Nebraska. We had a great hands-on learning experience about the importance of agriculture and learned about the farm to table process with beef, potatoes, swine, beans, irrigation, corn, machinery, dairy and wheat.
Congratulations to the two Hay Springs teams that competed! The first team that competed in the Personal Finance Challenge were Hannah Hoos, Ashley Tobiasson, and Gabe Varvel. This team placed third in the Western Region. The second team to compete in the Personal Finance Challenge were Kaden Langford, Spencer Kadlecek, and Sam Hindman. This team placed first in the Western Region moving them on to the State Championship round and they placed third in the State Competition.
On Tuesday, May 4th, the fifth graders attended the Conservation Festival in Chadron hosted by UWNRD. Students visited 8 different presenters who set up hands-on stations to teach about conservation. A few of the stations students experienced were the GPS Scavenger Hunt, Weed Watchers, Migratory Birds Game, Tree Cookies, and always a favorite, the Water Rockets. We had a great day and learned more about how to protect our valuable natural resources. A few students take-aways from the day:
*I learned about aquifers and how water flows through.
*I learned that it is hard for birds to migrate.
*I learned that peeling bark off trees is bad.
*I learned how to use a GPS.
*I learned about different noxious weeds in Nebraska.
*I learned how weeds spread.
*I learned that tree rings will grow bigger if it is healthy.
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