Stapleton Public Schools

Reminder: Post-season AD winter parents meeting with Mr. Johnson in Tryon at 6pm tomorrow.

Today Stapleton Speech Team participated in the Maxwell Wildcat Speech Invitational! Out of 24 schools that competed, Stapleton finished 5th overall as a team! Over 200 total students participated today! Medal earners included: Coltan Clouse Informative 3rd (out of 23) Tessa Hansen Poetry 5th (out of 25) Tessa Hansen Humorous 5th (out of 36) Noah Anderson Entertainment 5th (out of 22) They recognized kids that were entered in 3 events today, and gave medals to the top 8 individuals triple entered. Out of 22 students, Tessa Hansen received 9th place and Noah Anderson received 10th place, just shy of medals for the Individual Sweepstakes. Everyone did really well, we had several more come close to earning medals: Lexi Hagan Poetry (9th/25) Kelsey A., Noah A, Elizabeth F. OID (9th/12) Lexi Hagan & Petyon Moore Duet (10th/27) Danny & Cayson Duet (12th/27) Tessa Hansen POI (11th/19) Kempten Florea Serious (12th/28) Kempten Florea Persuasive (14th/21) Noah Anderson Informative (17th/23) Kelsey Amos Humorous (17th/36) Elizabeth Fetty Persuasive (17th/21)

Events for the week of March 4: Monday, March 4: --Spring Sports Practices Begin --Bingo for Books, 5:30-6:30 pm --Speech Night--Pie Social, 6:00 pm, Speech Performances, 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 5: --HS Quiz Bowl at Hershey, 5:00 pm--van leaves at 3:30 pm --Winter Sports Post-season Parent Meeting in Tryon, 6:00 pm Friday, March 8: --Kindergarten Round-up, 9:00-11:30 am --END OF 3RD QUARTER GO MAVERICKS!!

Kindergartners had a great time on Friday celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday! We wore silly socks! 4th graders came down to read Dr. Seuss books to the kindergarteners.

The 5th graders read Dr. Seuss books to the 1st graders today to celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Preschool through 3rd grade celebrated Dr Seuss and Read Across America today. The 3rd graders came in to read their favorite Dr Seuss books with the preschoolers. All students in the lower elementary also designed their own socks that are currently hanging in the main hallway.

Spring Sport Practices begin Monday, March 4 - Track/Golf - and don't forget Pie Social for Speech Monday evening!

Annual Easter Egg Hunt—Saturday March 30

LATE START TODAY: School will begin at 10am today. Buses will run accordingly.

BUS SERVICE TODAY: Due to fire hazards in the area, drivers will take extra precautions taking students home. If we are unable to deliver some students we will return them to the school and contact parents and guardians. Please be patient and safety minded when transporting students or approaching the school.

You’re invited to join our students for the Stapleton Speech Showcase & Dessert Fundraiser. An evening full of talented entertainers, you won’t want to miss it! Monday, March 4, desserts begin at 5:30pm, performances start at 6:20pm.

Winter post-season Parent meeting with AD will be held on Tuesday - March 5, 2024 at 6pm in Tryon. Agenda items include: Changes to athletic handbook - fundraising - summer updates/calendar. Will also include time for Q&A. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Johnson

Events for the week of Feb 26: Monday, Feb 26: --Start of Spring Sports Practices Tuesday, Feb 27: --FFA Fronteer Co CDE Contest @ Eustis, van leaves at 7:00 am Thursday, Feb 29: --Kansas Welding Contest @ Beloit, KS, van leaves at 10:00 am --JH Quiz Bowl @ Broken Bow--9:00 am, van leaves at 7:30 am Saturday, March 2: --Speech Contest @ Maxwell GO MAVERICKS!!!

The 2024 FFA Week came to a fun end with a teacher appreciation breakfast this morning and the elementary students participating in mini FFA contests throughout the day. These are just a few of the pictures from throughout the day.

The Preschoolers celebrated their 100th Day of School with a fashion show. Kindergarten students and Mrs. Weems attended the show. The students shared their one-ok-a-kind creations with the audience. They also completed a 100 exercise challenge, did 100 acts of kindness, created the number 100 with stickers, and counted to 100 by 1s and 10s.

A fantastic day at MPCC's Inter-High Competition!!! Over 450 students from 21 high schools competed in all disciplines from accounting and chemistry to mechincs and welding, and everything in between. Our kids did very well, bringing home several individual medals and a team award. Sheek Bruns - 1st Place, Biology Kyle Kramer - 3rd Place, Chemistry Cameron Berliner - 1st Place, Medical Terminology Kelsey Amos - 2nd Place, STEM Colby Hubert - 3rd Place, Welding Kaden Allen, Porter Thomas, Keith Morash - 2nd Place, Building Construction Stapleton as a team - 2nd Place, Division II

We are planning a Bingo for Books night on March 4th along with the Speech Dessert night.

Info for Boys Sub-district streaming and listening.

The Stapleton Speech team sent 2 Novice and 2 Varsity members to Elm Creek to compete at Varsity level! Out of 8 entries we brought home 7 medals! And as a team (of only 4 students) we placed 4th out of 12+ schools! Individual Medals: Noah A. -1st Entertainment, - 6th Informative Tessa H. -2nd in POI, -2nd Poetry, -2nd Humorous Kempten F. -4th Serious -5th persuasive

Events for the week of Feb 19: Monday, Feb 19: —No School, Teacher In-Service Tuesday, Feb 20: —No School for K-6, Elementary Teacher In-Service —Boys Var BB at Subdistrict vs South Loup in Ansley—7:00 pm, bus leaves at 4:30 Wednesday, Feb 21: —FFA District Career Development at North Platte, Van leaves at 7:00 am Thursday, Feb 22: —MPCC Inter-High Day, bus leaves at 8:00 am —Boys Var BB at Subdistricts—TBA Friday, Feb 23: —Boys Var BB District Final—TBA GO MAVERICKS!!