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  • Board accepts teacher resignations

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Dec 24, 2020

    Six Summerland School certified staff members submitted letters of resignation at the board of education's Dec. 14 meeting, in Orchard. Amy Ritter, first grade instructor, in Ewing, submitted an application for the early retirement program. Barb Roland, Title 1 coordinator, submitted her resignation, effective at the end of the first semester. Jan Schwager, part-time counselor at the Ewing site, will not return in the fall. Carrie Williamson, technology and business instructor, at Orchard,...

  • Proceedings Summerland Public School Board of Education

    Dec 24, 2020

    PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION December 14, 2020 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Dec. 14, at the Orchard site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, published in the paper dated Dec. 9, 2020, to order at 6 p.m. The Open Meeting Act posted in the room was noted. Roll call and all members were present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman,...

  • Bobcat wrestling on hiatus

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Dec 10, 2020

    Summerland School's wrestling team will take a temporary break from competition. Per the school's information system, "Summerland wrestling will be shut dwon until Dec. 28, due to COVID-relate illnesses and quarantines." The team will not hold practices or attend meets. Originally, the grapplers were scheduled to participate in a varsity wrestling duel at Battle Creek, tomorrow, at 9 a.m., as well as the EPPJ wrestling Invite, scheduled for Dec. 19. Questions may be directed to Principal Mike...

  • Proceedings Summerland Public School Board of Education

    Oct 22, 2020

    PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION October 12, 2020 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at Summerland Public School at Clearwater. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Attendance was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. President Nordby noted the Open Meeting Act posted in the room. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented....

  • School board gives nod to proposed sale of Clearwater building

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Sep 24, 2020

    A proposed sale of the Clearwater site building was okayed by the Summerland School board of education, contingent on approval of a sales agreement, during its Sept. 14 meeting. Principal Mike Sanne said talks with ESU 8 administrator Corey Dahl have led to a sales price of $58,000. With the Sept. 14 vote, school and ESU 8 officials will begin the process of drawing up a purchase agreement. Several items will remain in the building. “Some pieces of kitchen equipment, there will be some other equ...

  • Plus one: Ainsworth applies to join NVC

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Sep 24, 2020

    The Niobrara Valley Conference may expand its membership. Ainsworth approached NVC schools, sending a formal request to join. Summerland’s board of education discussed the application during its Sept. 14 meeting. Superintendent Dale Martin said 75% of member schools would need to cast an affirmative vote for the measure to be approved. In the request, Ainsworth superintendent Dale Hafer and co-activities directors Jared Hansmeyer and Scott Steinhauser, wrote that while the school has enjoyed b...

  • Proceedings Summerland Public School Board of Education

    Sep 24, 2020

    PROCEEDINGS Summerland Public School Board of Education Sept. 14, 2020 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Sept. 14, 2020, at the Orchard site. President Ed Nordby called the regular meeting that was duly published in Antelope County News on Sept. 9, 2020, to order at 7:21 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the room. Roll call was taken with all members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve th...

  • RIF, early retirement policy details discussed

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Aug 20, 2020

    Discussion on reduction in force and early retirement policies occurred during the Summerland School Board of Education’s Aug. 10 regular meeting, in Ewing. In July, the board tabled discussion of RIF policy criteria, seeking input from the school’s attorney, Steve Williams of KSB Law, regarding the use of formal and informal teacher evaluations as one criterion. Superintendent Dale Martin said Williams does not advise using evaluations as a criterion. ms said evaluations are subjective and ope...

  • COVID-19 case reported at Clearwater school site

    Aug 20, 2020

    The North Central District Health Department, in collaboration with Summerland Public School, has been notified that a positive COVID-19 case has occurred with a student at the Clearwater site. Principal Mike Sanne confirmed Monday that a high school student has tested positive for the virus and has been asked to self-isolate until Aug. 30. According to communication sent to patrons by the school, received by the Advocate-Messenger Monday morning, "Family and other close contacts are also being...

  • Summerland classes begin August 13

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Aug 6, 2020

    Summerland Public Schools will begin classes, Thursday, Aug. 13. A 2 p.m. dismissal is scheduled that day. Clearwater site The school building will open at 7:45 a.m. and breakfast will be served at this time. Students not eating breakfast at school or being supervised by a teacher should not arrive before 8 a.m. Classes will end at 3:32 p.m. Preschool classes, in Clearwater, are set to start Monday, Aug. 17. Mike Sanne serves as site principal. Ewing site Regular dismissal times will begin Aug....

  • ESU 8 entertains discussion to purchase Clearwater school facility

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jul 16, 2020

    Clearwater site Principal Mike Sanne told Summerland Board of Education members he met with Educational Service Unit 8 administrator, Corey Dahl, to discuss the service unit’s potential purchase of the Clearwater facility. “We are negotiating a few things. There are concerns about a few things,” Sanne said. ESU 8 would like to include a storage shed located behind the school. “To prevent them from having to move the shed and running cement, hopefully we can negotiate a situation where they ca...

  • Brave New World

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jun 25, 2020

    Clearwater Public School seniors did not let the coronavirus spoil graduation, despite limited attendance at Saturday's commencement exercises. The ten graduates turned a stressful final quarter of classes into a memorable celebration. Jackie Olivan welcomed family members and guests. Lauren Behnk, valedictorian, and Kierra Bearinger, salutatorian, shared memories and provided their take on spending one-fourth of the year learning at home following the school's March 13 closure due to COVID-19....

  • Clearwater graduation set for Saturday

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jun 18, 2020

    They survived a global pandemic and spent the final quarter of their high school career learning via virtual technology. On Saturday, at 1 p.m., 10 Clearwater seniors will walk across a stage in the school's gymnasium and receive their diplomas, the last Clearwater Public Schools class to note the distinction. Kierra Bearinger, Lauren Behnk, Taylor Ann Bolling, Taylor Rose Bolling, Trenton Fletcher, Zach Hoffman, Tyler Hupp, James Kester, Brooke Knievel and Jackie Olivan will receive diplomas....

  • History made: Summerland board holds inaugural meeting

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jun 18, 2020

    The inaugural school board meeting of the new Summerland School District featured a flurry of firsts, when its six members gathered in Orchard, June 9. Since the passage of a consolidation bond issue in November, the oversight/board committee has been working behind the scenes, preparing for the district's first official day, which was Saturday, when the agreement for Nebraska Unified District #1 expired. After taking the oath of office, the group elected its first president. Ed Nordby, of...

  • Graduation date set for Clearwater seniors

    Jun 4, 2020

    Clearwater Public Schools will host commencement exercises, Saturday, June 20, at 1 p.m., at the school gymnasium. Social distancing requirements will be enforced. Chairs will be set up throughout the gym. Use of bleachers will be prohibited. Household members of graduates will be seated toward the front. Groups shall be no larger than six individuals, with one exception. Families who live under the same roof may sit together. Principal Mike Sanne said the ceremony will be as traditional as possible; however a few honored traditions will not...

  • Case of man who claimed sovereignty dismissed

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|May 28, 2020

    A 23-year-old Oakdale man, who filed an appeal of his Antelope County conviction of two misdemeanor traffic counts with the Nebraska Supreme Court this past winter, faced the Honorable Donna Taylor again last week. The case found its way to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, where Hill’s appeal was “summarily” dismissed and returned to Taylor with a mandate to sentence. Antelope County was taxed $126 in costs for the appeal. Taylor, on Wednesday, May 20, in the Antelope County courtroom, dismissed the case against Garrett A.H. Hill, due to proce...

  • Clearwater students receive academic awards

    May 28, 2020

    Clearwater Public Schools recently announced award winners in scholastic courses. NVC Principal’s All-conference - Mike Sanne Hunter Klabenes, Eli Thiele, Taylor Anne Bolling, Tyler Hupp, Kierra Bearinger, Lauren Behnk and James Kester NVC Superintendent’s All-conference - Mike Sanne James Kester High School Honor Roll - Mike Sanne Ava Rittscher, Keaton Thiele, Matt Umphress, Kelton Bruhn, Julie Olivan, Aislynn Kester, Alex Thiele, Cassidy Bearinger, Dillon Moser, Jacob Behnk, Eli Thiele, Taylor Anne Bolling, Kierra Bearinger, Lauren Behnk Hig...

  • Clearwater board of education sets graduation date

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|May 7, 2020

    Clearwater Public School's class of 2020 will graduate June 20. The original board of education approved the date, and set a second date as a back-up plan, at its May 5 meeting. If a traditional ceremony cannot be held in June, some type of ceremony will take place on that date, with July 25 as the alternate date for a traditional ceremony. If neither are permitted, due to regulations, no traditional ceremony will be held. The motion, made by Amy Thiele, and seconded by Duane Kester, passed on...

  • Leisy taught everyone how to win the day

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Apr 9, 2020

    When ESPN commentator Stuart Scott accepted the Jimmy V ESPY award in 2014, Scott said, about his fight with cancer, "I'm still here, I'm fighting. I'm not losing." Scott Leisy, physical education instructor at Clearwater Public Schools and co-coach for the Summerland Bobcat girls' basketball team, said similar words to the Advocate-Messenger in July 2019, in an article which appeared in the July 25th inaugural issue. Leisy's fight with colorectal cancer lasted a little more than two years. The...

  • Man who alleged jurisdiction of Antelope County Court convicted

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Jan 23, 2020

    An Oakdale man was convicted of two crimes last Wednesday during a trial to the bench at the Antelope County courthouse in Neligh. Twenty-three-year-old self-litigant defendant Garrett A.H. Hill faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the last case on the Jan. 15 docket. With other court activity wrapped up for the day, the courtroom was mostly clear, with the exception of a woman who accompanied the defendant, court staff, local media and several law enforcement officers - from the Nebraska State Patrol, Antelope County sheriff’s and Neligh p...

  • Suspect arrested after auto theft in Antelope County

    Dec 5, 2019

    A 35-year-old South Carolina man is lodged in the Antelope County Law Enforcement Center following a multi-county chase, Thursday. Robert Wagle, of Summerville, South Carolina, was arrested for felony flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, assault and possession of a stolen vehicle. Additional charges are pending. The incident began after an auto theft was reported in Antelope County Thursday morning. Several law enforcement agencies in northeast Nebraska were alerted to be on the...

  • Discussion about new Summerland district underway

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 28, 2019

    Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard school boards covered a long list of agenda items, Nov. 20, during a three and one-half hour meeting, in Ewing. Discussion focused on the new Summerland school district, which will take effect June 6, 2020. While a chunk of the meeting was spent discussing staffing and administration timeline, other topics included the new district's reorganization petition, selection of Summerland school board members, policies, curriculum and sales of assets. Steve Williams,...

  • Krebs tenders school board resignation

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 21, 2019

    After being selected to fill a position on another elected board, Regina Krebs, of Clearwater, offered her resignation from the Clearwater Board of Education at the Nov. 13 meeting. Principal Mike Sanne said the position would be advertised, with interview of potential candidates planned for the Dec. 9 meeting. Board members discussed the bond election outcomes and potential items to be considered during the Nov. 20 joint board of education meeting. In other business, the board discussed: • A r...

  • New school Civics law in effect

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Sep 5, 2019

    Changes to the way Nebraska students learn about civics went into effect Sept. 1, revamping a law which originally entered the books in 1949. A school board's committee on Americanism is now known as the committee on American civics, thanks to passage of Legislative Bill 399, introduced by Sen. Julie Slama, of Peru. The bill requires two committee meetings per calendar year, where public testimony can be entered into the record for each district. Slama, who did not respond to a SAM request for...