The McPherson County JH had the privilege to travel to Red Cloud and visit the Willa Cather Center. They also went on a tour of Willa Cather's Childhood Home, J.L Miner House, the Burlington Depot, Grace Episcopal Church, St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church, and the Red Cloud Opera House.
The whole experience was unique, educational, and just plain fun. The staff at the Willa Cather Center were very professional, accommodating, and knowledgeable. Lastly, our students were so well behaved. The ladies running The Willa Cather said they were the best students they have had and tried to keep them all, lol.
One-act students are working hard on their lines and prepping for their first competition coming up this Saturday, November 6th.
*All cast and crew need to be at the school by 9 a.m. Saturday.
*Bring money for meals. Gothenburg will have Husker hotdogs, pizza, and walking tacos available at their concession stand. All items are $3 each.
*North Platte kids will be dropped off at Cody Park on our way back. We should be at Cody Park around 4:15 and back at the school by 4:45.
See what is happening this week at McPherson County!
Please mark your calendars on November 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to come and honor our Veterans.
FFA members enjoyed a fun evening carving pumpkins and watching the 3rd general session of the 94th National FFA Convention!
I just received word, 3:25 p.m. October 27, that there is a food pantry on the south side of the fair building. If you would like free groceries, please head over there now. I am not sure how long they will be there. Thank you!
Reminder that the Jr. High will be going to the Willa Cather Center tomorrow, October 28. They will leave Tryon at 6:30 a.m. and pick up in Cody Park at 7:05 a.m. Students need to bring their permission slips or they will not be able to go. They will be back to North Platte around 3:30 p.m. and in Tryon around 4:05 p.m. They will not be going to Stapleton to drop off kiddos.
See what is happening at school this week!
McPherson County FFA will have a pumpkin 🎃 🎃🎃🎃carving (maybe pie baking) event on Thursday, October 28 @ 6pm (which is after one-act practice). Pumpkins will be provided! Supper is TBD. Students and staff will have an opportunity to judge the pumpkins on Friday! The winner(s) will receive a prize! 🎃
Ms. Melvin and her strength training class took some time to enjoy Spikeball.
Welding students are continuing to practice oxy-acetylene welding!
Floriculture students are learning the parts to a flower through dissecting a carnation!
Students in Intro to AFNR are completing components of ten Career Development Events.
7th grade finished their candy dispensers last week!
Brayden earned not one, but TWO pieces of pie in the month of October for his hard work in his ALEKS math work! Enjoy!
Reminder that tomorrow, October 21, is a 1:00 dismissal. We will be running our early out schedule tomorrow. Bus will run accordingly.
Monday, our data collection team and administration had some follow up training on a new data collection system, eduCLIMBER. This program will be a great asset to our district and help our teachers and administration with future decisions on best practices.
Meet our new secretary! Ms. Bethany Keller. She is taking the spot of Shelly Apperson, who left us last week for a new job opportunity. Stop in and say "Hi" to Bethany!
Until we meet again Mrs. Apperson. Friday, November 15th was Mrs. Apperson's last day at McPherson County School. She has a wonderful job opportunity to work at MPCC in Broken Bow and do some side work with her husband at the radio station. We wish you the best of luck Shelly!
One-Act Highlights
