Stapleton Public Schools

2-3-24 North Platte Middle School Honor Band Two students in the Stapleton Junior High Band performed in the 2024 North Platte Middle School Honor Band at North Platte High School. Jaxon McEntee and Hope Correll were among the 78 students that performed in the Honor Band under the direction of Mr. Brett Bradley, retired Director of Bands at North Platte High School.

Events for the week of Feb 5: Monday, Feb 5: --MNAC Band Festival at Arnold HS, Concert at 5:30 pm, van leaves at 8:30 am Tuesday, Feb 6: --MAPS Testing--8:00 am --G/B BB at Cozad--4:30/6:00/7:30, bus leaves at 2:15 pm Wednesday, Feb 7: --MAPS Testing--8:00 am --MNAC Speech Contest at Taylor, vans leave at 6:00 am --G/B JH BB at Merna--1:00/2:00, bus leaves at 11:30 am Thursday, Feb 8: --MAPS Testing--8:00 am --MPCC Tech Rep Visit--12:00 pm --WNCC Rep Visit--1:00 pm --G/B BB at Mullen--5:00/6:00/7:45 pm, bus leaves at 2:15 pm Friday, Feb 9: --NO SCHOOL--Winter Break --Boys WR Districts at Bayard --Girls WR Districts at Broken Bow--2:00 pm, van leaves at 10:00 am --G/B BB with Perkins Co in Stapleton--5:00/6:00/7:30 pm, PARENTS NIGHT Saturday, Feb 10: --Boys WR Districts at Bayard --Speech at Burwell, vans leave at 6:00 am GO MAVERICKS!!!

The Speech team traveled to their first meet of the season at Gothenberg, who hosted 29 schools and 400 entries! Noah Anderson (9th grade) received the gold medal for Novice Entertainment Tessa Hansen (12th grade) received a 7th place medal in Varsity Poetry. With the super limited practice they have had, they all performed very well, many of them placing in middle or the top half of their event. Most Varsity events averaged 30 participants! Stapleton placed 16th out of 29 schools as a team! Congratulations and good luck at MNAC Speech in Taylor Wednesday!

Today the Lady Mavericks wrestlers had a good day. We will be sending 3 girls to districts. Mariah broke the fast pin record by pinning her girl in 9 seconds.

SUPERINTENDENTS DESK: Please see my latest news posting at the included link, as it contains important information regarding Friday late starts and release times, among other things. https://www.stapletonschools.org/article/1442243

Girls sub-district wrestling livestream for tomorrow: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/grant/organization/10818/perkins-county-high-school/video

Basketball tonight verses Brady: JV Boys Basketball starts tonight at 4pm - Varsity Girls at 5pm - Wrestling parents night will take place between the end of the Varsity Girls ending and beginning of warm ups for Varsity boys. Come celebrate our athletes and their parents tonight in Stapleton! GO MAVS!

2024 Stapleton Spelling Bee The 2024 Stapleton School Spelling Bee was held today, Jan 31st, in the High School Gym. Two students from each class in Grades 1-8 competed in the Spelling Bee. In each round, students were given and word that they were to spell in the contest. The top two students in the School Spelling Bee then completed for the title of Logan County Spelling Bee Champion and qualified to compete in the State Spelling Bee in Omaha on March 9th. Spelling Bee Contestants were: 1st Grade: Leia Joedeman & Jalissa Deardoff 2nd Grade: Conner Kinderknecht & Xavier Bruns 3rd Grade: Makaydn Knievel a & Lily Ramirez 4th Grade: Duke Joedeman & Joei Stewart 5th Grade: Micah Weems & Landon Swim 6th Grade: Lucy Joedeman & Paige Morash 7th Grade: Killian McGinnis a & Hunter Schaeffer 8th Grade: Abi Torrez & Dylan Heinemann The Logan County Spelling Bee Champion was Dylan Heinemann and the Runner Up was Abi Torrez. The Championship Word was "referee". Congratulations to all our Spelling Bee Contestants and good luck Dylan at the State Spelling Bee.

Parents and students in grades 4 - 12 sign up for PowerSchool. This will allow you to be aware of your students' grades daily. Your child can also sign up for PowerSchool so they know their grades and if they are missing any assignments. Contact Bridget Weems at bridget.weems@stapletonschools.org and she will help you get set up.

SPELLING BEE: Spelling bee will be held in main gym as originally planned. 2pm today. Please stay tuned for a more detailed write up. Thank you and good luck to our spellers today!

REMINDER: Still looking for individuals to help with our UNL concession fundraiser. Great opportunity to come together and support our activities in a unique way! https://www.stapletonschools.org/article/1411917

The spelling bee scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 1/31 will be held in the Bronco Room. Thank you

The FFA chapter is still looking for a volunteer to drive a van to District contests on Wednesday Feb 21st. If you would be available please contact Miss Nichols.

NO ACTIVITY VAN: There will be no evening activity van this week - please plan accordingly

Events for the week of Jan 29: Monday, Jan 29: --Honor Roll Celebration--1:00 pm Tuesday, Jan 30: --G/B WR at MNAC at Sandhills-Thedford (Dunning)--10:30 am, van leaves at 6:30 am --JH G/B BB with Hyannis in Stapleton--2:00pm --G/B BB with Hyannis in Stapleton--4:30/5:30/7:00 Wednesday, Jan 31: --FFA District Career Development in North Platte --Stapleton Spelling Bee (Grade 1-8)--2:00 in Main Gym Thursday, Feb 1: --G/B BB with Brady in Stapleton--4:00/5:00/6:30 Friday, Feb 2: --B WR at Southwest HS--10:00 am, van leaves at 5:00 am --G/B BB at Paxton--4:00/5:00/6:00/7:30, bus leaves at 3:00 am Saturday, Feb 3: --North Platte Middle School Honor Band at North Platte HS--Concert 3:00 pm, van leaves at 7:30 am --Speech at Gothenburg HS --G WR at Subdistricts at Perkins Co.--12:00 pm, van leaves at 8:15 am GO MAVERICKS!!

CANCELLED: The JH games scheduled for Saturday, Feb 3 have been cancelled. They will not be rescheduled.

Reminder: Girls Basketball tips off vs South Loup at 6:30pm in Arnold in the MNAC Consolation Bracket: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/arnold/organization/39450/south-loup-high-school

On January 26th the preschool class shared muffins with mom. The students helped make the muffins, made bath salts for their moms and filled out a survey all about their mom. Ms. Syd, Ms. Denise and Ms. Heather were busy assisting the students in all of their creations. The students and moms had a great time and ate yummy treats!

Reminder: Boys Basketball this afternoon 4:30 pm tip off in Broken Bow for MNAC Semifinals

ACTIVITY VAN: There will be no activity van tomorrow, Thursday - Jan 25 or Friday, Jan 26.