
JH Basketball Practice: Junior High Basketball Practices will be held this week. Boys will be practicing in Tryon from 1:50 to 3:30 (Jan 3,4,5) (Transportation from Stapleton will be provided) Girls will be practicing in Stapleton from 2:00-3:30 (Jan 3 and Jan 5 - no practice Thursday Jan 4). If you have any questions please contact Mr. Johnson - thank you!

Christmas fun in the FCS room. Students competed in an Iron Chef competition. 3 teams were given, ham, cinnamon, green onion, crescent rolls, and cranberries to make a dish fit for the teachers. Three fabulous dishes were made and 3 judges tasted the fixings. The winning team was Kaden Allen, Chloe Schaeffer and Cayson Johnston with a garlic, ham, monkey bread with a cranberry sauce to compliment the dish. The winners took home the gold spatula!!!








Christmas fun in the FCS room. Students competed in an Iron Chef competition. 3 teams were given, ham, cinnamon, green onion, crescent rolls, and cranberries to make a dish fit for the teachers. Three fabulous dishes were made and 3 judges tasted the fixings. The winning team was Kaden Allen, Chloe Schaeffer and Cayson Johnston with a garlic, ham, monkey bread with a cranberry sauce to compliment the dish. The winners took home the gold spatula!!!








Check out the amazing graham cracker houses some of the high school students made today. The broken one died in transport, but the boys who made it started referring to it as a beaver dam. 😊






This morning students 7-12 started the day with a 6 team dodgeball tournament. The winners got bragging rights and had a great time!


For our 8th grade cummulative project student's were challanged to make a Santa's sleigh that could roll and survive a crash at various heights down a ramp. The students had a great time and learned a lot about balancing a cargo and how important balanced wheels are to a successful vehicle.


This week has been so fun. It started with 5th grade student participating in science labs prepared by the Chemistry students. The Chemistry students developed labs thant introduced students to chromatography, series and parallel circuits, elephant toothpaste, and endothermic and exothermic reactions by making ice cream.







Mrs.Burnside and her FCS classes treated the JR and SR high school students and teachers to some hot chocolate and home made goodies. We wish you all a Merry Christmas!




The FFA Chapter is looking for volunteers to drive the second school van to our district CDE competitions and take students to get lunch in between their contests.
Dates: 1-31 & 2-21
Location: D&N Event Center (some competitions are on MPCC campus)
Please let Miss Nichols know if you are interested in helping us out.

Stapleton Elementary celebrating with ugly Christmas sweaters!


Maxwell Holiday Tournament info: Girls BB start at 6pm followed by boys at 7:30 - live stream is on Maxwell's youtube site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_3nfVhuBnAz1RnM7ndBLA

Basketball tonight: Maverick teams play against Wauneta-Palisade starting at 4:30pm - Youth SVM teams will be scrimmaging during halftimes of both varsity games - come check it out! Live feed can also be found at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/stapleton/organization/40010/sandhills-valley-high-school

Events for the week of Dec 18:
Monday, Dec 18:
--G/B Var BB at Maxwell Tournament--6:00 pm / 7:30, bus leaves at 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Dec 19:
--G/B Var BB at Maxwell Tournament--TBA
Wednesday, Dec 20:
--AR Party--2:45 pm
Thursday, Dec 21:
--End of 1st Semester, Early out at 3:02 pm
GO MAVERICKS!!

Congratulations to the Fall Activities winners!!!! https://nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com/awards/ncpaacademicallstate/2023-2024/2023FallNCPAWinners.pdf

The Stapleton Elementary students are celebrating in style. They dressed up for Wild hair and Christmas Shine Days. Tomorrow is Look Rad in Plaid.


The Stapleton Elementary students are celebrating in style. They dressed up for Wild hair and Christmas Shine Days. Tomorrow is Look Rad in Plaid.


BASKETBALL FRIDAY: Friday's games versus Twin Loup will be played in Taylor. It has been changed on the calendar. JV Boys begin at 5pm (2 quarters) with Girls Varsity starting approximately at 6pm. Varsity boys to follow. Stream will be on Twin Loup's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCej1YkPZb8QidFa_tj4HHLQ

Activity van update: There will be no activity van available tomorrow 12/12 and Friday 12/15 due to school events

The FCS class has been busy making Christmas ornaments for their Sewing Unit. They have learned to do different kinds of stitches and how to appliqué designs on felt to make these ornaments.


Events for the week of Dec 11:
Monday, Dec 11:
--Preschool Field Trip, 9:00 am
--School Board Meeting in Library, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, Dec 12:
--B WR at Axtell, 11:00 am--vans leave at 6:00 am
--G/B BB with Maywood-Hayes Center in Stapleton--5:00 / 6:00 / 7:30
Wednesday, Dec 13:
--G/B JH BB with Sandhills/Thedford in Stapleton--2:00 / 3:30
Thursday, Dec 14:
--G WR at McCook, 4:00 pm--van leaves at 11:15 am
Friday, Dec 15:
--G/B BB at Twin Loup in Sargent, 5:00 / 6:00 / 7:30--bus leaves at 3:35 pm
Saturday, Dec 16:
--G/B WR at Cambridge, 10:00 am--vans leave at 5:00 am
--G/B BB with Wauneta-Palisade in Stapleton, 4:00 / 4:30 / 5:30 / 7:00
GO MAVERICKS!!!