Stapleton Public Schools

Events for the week of March 20th: Monday, March 20: --School Board Meeting in Library, 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 21: --ACT Test for Juniors, 8:00 am Wednesday, March 22: --Blood Drive in Community Center, 11:00 am -- 5:00 pm Thursday, March 23: --Hirschfeld's Tux Ordering, Bronco Room, 4:00 pm --Stapleton Quiz Bowl Friday, March 24: --Kindergarten Roundup, 9:00--11:00 am Saturday, March 25: --UNK Flute & Clarinet Workshop, 9:00 am--van leaves at 7:00 am --Track at Hershey--10:00 am

Congratulations to the Stapleton Speech Team on finishing out their 2023 season! Cayson Johnston brought home a state medal for Stapleton, receiving 6th place in Extemporaneous Speaking! This was Cayson’s first trip to State Speech. Extemp is a tough event, where the competitors are required to write a 5-7 minute argumentative speech on a drawn topic, usually political in nature. Cayson had to write and perform FOUR speeches yesterday to receive his 6th place medal! The other students performed very well against some very tough competition in their 3 preliminary rounds. Tessa Hansen nearly made finals in POI, which was decided by a tie breaker, receiving 7th place overall. Tad Dimmit was also very close to making finals in Persuasive Speaking, receiving 8th place overall. This was Tessa and Tad’s second year at State Speech but they were competing in different events. Also competing for their first year at state were Emma Nicholson in Poetry, and Cameron Berliner in Serious Prose.

BOOK FAIR: Because of the snow storm we will be keeping the Book Fair open on Monday and Tuesday. I will be able to sell books from 3:15 - 4:05 on Monday and Tuesday. Hope to see you then - Gary Halstead -Thank yYou!!

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES CANCELLED: due to weather conditions there will be no parent teacher conferences today. Teachers are not required to report.

LATE START TODAY: Due to weather we'll begin Parent Teacher Conferences at 10am. We'll do our best to reschedule those conferences that were scheduled before 10am.

Wishing all the best to our state speech qualifiers!!!

4-H Promotion day is 3/15 at Stapleton Public School. Please wear your 4-H shirt. Any county is welcome!!!!!

Happy Pi Day! The secondary math students had a great day eating pie and being amazed by people reciting up to 52 digits of pi! It was a fun day for math class!

A pep rally will be held for the State Speech Qualifiers at 12:55 PM on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in the big gym at the school.

The seniors made it home safe and sound from their class trip to South Dakota! One day skiing at Terry Peak, one day exploring Rapid City, lots of great food, fun games, and shopping. Memories to last a lifetime. ❤️

Events for the week of March 13: Tuesday, March 14: —Book Fair in Library Wednesday, March 15: —Book Fair in Library Thursday, March 16: —Book Fair in Library —No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences, 8:00am-7:30 pm Friday, March 17: —No School, Spring Break —State Speech Contest @ Kearney

The Stapleton Public Schools Gala was huge success! Thank you to all of the amazing people and businesses who volunteered and donated items for the gala. We greatly appreciate your generosity and support! Keep a look out in the Stapleton Enterprise for a complete story. Thank you to all of the following: Stapleton Golf Board Johnston Well Service Live Fit Gym Farm Credit Services of America Lovitt-Amos Charolais Nebraska Land Brokers, LLC Jim & Kristy Opela Village of Stapleton First State Bank Adams Bank & Trust Country Partners Coop Creative Printers Party On Productions, Klint Saner Community First Bank Robin Dimmitt Rex & Jeana Hanna Sublime Boutique Frey’s General Store Rich Burnside Seed/Dekalb Asgrow Riddle’s Jewelry Stapleton Education Association Frey Pivot Service Extreme Ag Bomgaars Willow Skincare Studio The Feed Bunk Arnold Insurance Agency Country Envy Kimber’s/Sinclair Troyer Enterprises Stapleton Chamber of Commerce Tony & Kendra Cutler Eric Frey Bryan Rooney Amber Rooney Melissa Anderson Charron Lawn Care & Sprinklers NebraskaLand Bank Stapleton FFA Skip Hecox/South Loup Seed North Platte Stockyards Burwell Livestock AKERS Equipment Titan Machinery Erin Lindeman Mrs. Burnside & Food Prep Class North Platte Kubota LLC KJs Western Wear Flash Photography Sports Shoppe Kuhlmann Ranch Dawson Tire The Wild Daisy by Luella Joedeman Twisted Cactus by Citori Kramer Noah Anderson Coy Johnston Sandhills Equine, LLC Anita Harwager Valerie Mikkelsen Stapleton Cooperative Market and Deli Sandhills Corral Fat Dogs Arrow Plus Industries LLC Aviation Needs LLC Red Willow Ag MJK, CPA Jon Hill Lincoln County Feedlot TO Haas Diane Knievel North Platte Saddlery Hamilton Builders TK Welding Joe Shown Ann Wells Sally Schaeffer Opela’s Outpost Logan County Ag Society North Platte Hardware/Do It Center

LATE START THIS MORNING: Due to slick roads we will have a 10am start this morning.

Students in 7th Grade Science participated in a lab today to determine if you can add two different substance together and get a new substance. After doing the lab at the macroscipic scale (what we can see with our eyes) students repeated the lab on a simulation where they could observe what is happening at the atomic level.

We want to take a moment to highlight some of our students who donated items to the foundation gala. They made and donated items for the gala auction, and we want to show off their talents! Citori and Luella made jewelry Noah made the leather coasters Coy made the rifle sling Roper made the horseshoe cross

Our talented Stapleton Speech team brought home 2nd place, Class D1-5 Runner-up! We also received individual hardware in 17 out of 20 entries! Students advancing to the state competition on March 17: Cayson Johnston 1st Extempt Tessa Hansen 1st POI Tad Dimmitt 2nd Entertainment Cameron Berliner 2nd Serious Emma Nicholson 3rd Poetry Tad Dimmitt 3rd Persuasive Students receiving medals: 4th place: Cooper Layher - Entertainment Cameron Berliner - Extempt Caleb Burnside, Jared Trimble, Tad Dimmitt, cayson Johnston, Cooper Layher OID Caleb Burnside & Jared Trimble - duet 5th place: Abi & Emma Nicholson, Arena & Elizabeth Fetty, Jay Dimmitt - OID Tessa Hansen - Poetry Lexi Hagan - POI Haylee Dimmitt - Persuasive Cayson Johnston-informative 6th Place: Elizabeth Fetty-Serious Kempton Florea -Informative

Reminder: Spring Sports pictures are tomorrow for both junior high and high school. Don't forget your jerseys!

We still have reservations open for the gala on Saturday night. If you are able to come, you can pay at the door. Social hour starts at 5:00 PM. Check out these awesome auction items! 1.5 hour flight "Tour of the Sandhills" for two donated by Aviation Needs LLC (Mike and Michele Needs) Earrings and Cutting Board donated by Arrow Plus Industries (Nate and Bridget Weems) Rifle Sling by Coy Johnston Necklace and Earring Set from Riddles $100 Gift Certificate and Sweatshirt donated by Sandhills Corral Cooler from First State Bank

The third grade took another trip this week. This time we walked down to the Village office inside the community center to talk with the Village clerk, Stacey Anderson. She taught the class how our community makes laws.

The Stapleton School Foundation Gala will begin at 5:00 PM on Saturday March 4, 2023 at the Community Center.