NO PRACTICES TODAY: Due to the range fire and smoke, we are canceling all practices today after school.
Hello McPherson County Families! Just a reminder to all of our students about digital citizenship and safety when using electronic devices.
April 2025 District Calendar
***SCHEDULE CHANGE*** The Hershey/NPSP track meet for Saturday has been moved to Friday, March 28th. Start time has also changed to 9:00 a.m. for field events and 11:00 for running events. Cost: Adults: $6, Students: $5 (NO PASSES).
🌟 Exciting opportunity for our student leaders! On March 27, one student from our school will meet virtually with Governor Pillen to discuss leadership, government, and Nebraska’s future! #GovPillenEvent #NebraskaLeaders @esucc.org
Good Morning! We have about 100 (or so) older folding chairs that we are selling for $2/chair. Anyone in need of any for brandings coming up? Graduation parties? Call the school (308) 587-2262. Checks need to be made out to McPherson County Schools and chairs must be picked up ASAP.
Good luck to our students taking the ACT this week, Quiz Bowl, State Speech, and Track! You will all do amazing! Remember to get your assignments ahead of time from your teachers if you are going to be gone. It is the responsibility of the students to contact their teachers for assignments and get them turned in.
Congrats to the JH Academic Quiz Bowl team for their 3rd place finish in MNAC.
Sending out a birthday shout out! Happy birthday Mr. Kiai! We hope you have an excellent day!
HUGE shout out to all the staff, students, and community members that helped today at MNAC Quiz Bowl! You are all ROCKSTARS! Thank you for everything!
Mrs. Florea and Ms. Choat
5th/6th candled their eggs in the incubator. Can't wait for March 31st for some chicks.
Sending out a birthday shout out! Happy birthday Saije! We hope you have a wonderful day!
As we prepare to start the Spring Testing season, please remember to encourage good sleep and eating habits for our students. Also, students will need to have fully charged computers for testing days.
The Nebraska Department of Education and NWEA have released the attached information regarding NSCAS for students in grades 3-8. This is the same assessment series that our students take in Fall and Winter, the only change is that their Spring scores are reported to the State Department.
Spring Assessment Schedule:
Tuesday, March 25 - ACT (all Juniors)
Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11 - MAP/NSCAS @ High School (grades 7-11)
Tuesday, April 15 - Thursday, April 17 - MAP/NSCAS @ Elementary (grades K-6)
I still need 8-9 people to help, students welcomed to help. 1 timer and the rest would be scorekeepers. Let Mrs. Florea know if you are able to help, 308-587-2262. We are going over all of the information at 8 with help, competition starts at 9:30.
The McPherson County Speech Team competed in the district tournament today. I am proud of the students' tireless efforts, determination, and growth, both individually and as a team. Commendable job, students! Your dedication has paid off.
Isaac and Jackson's duet won 5th place medals.
Nevaeh and Addie's duet narrowly missed the finals.
Isaac Goosey took second place in extemp and will represent the team at the state level.
If you cannot stay for awards at District Speech, they will be streaming it. Here is the information:
The Wallace Striv team is planning to stream the awards ceremony. I cannot predict the time exactly- as early as 5:30.
Here is the link- https://striv.tv/channel/wallace/.
The team will send out a notification on our social media when it's time.
Are you into trivia? We could use your help! We need a few more volunteers on Friday, March 21 at the high school for the MNAC High School and Junior High Quiz Bowl tournament. We will go over rules and training at 8:00 a.m. with the competition to start at 9:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided. Contact Ms. Choat or Mrs. Florea at the school for more information. 308-587-2262.
Tomorrow, March 18th, we will leave the school at 7:30 for the district speech. We will be competing at Wallace High School. All speech kids need to bring professional dress, binders, food or money, and positive attitudes. The first round starts at 10:00 a.m.
Sending out a birthday shout out! Happy birthdayEli! We hope you have an outstanding day!
Start of the last quarter of the year! Good luck to our speech and quiz bowl teams as they compete this week. Spring sports pictures are Monday, remember your uniforms/shirts! Junior High bring black shorts.
