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  • Glitz and glamour at Summerland prom

    Apr 10, 2024

    Summerland's junior class hosted the junior-senior prom, Saturday, April 6, at the school. Following photos in an enchanted forest, students participated in the Grand March....

  • Windmill project places third in Ken Iverson Project competition

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Mar 20, 2024

    That's where a 12-foot windmill, designed by Summerland art student Caydence Schumacher and constructed by advanced welding students Garrett Napier and Mike Umphress, finished in voting at the Norfolk Home and Garden Show. Summerland industrial technology instructor Michael Odell announced how the project fared on Monday. The competition honors the legacy of Ken Iverson, former president of Nucor Steel. The windmill will be displayed at Johnson Park in Norfolk for a year. Odell said the IT...

  • Summerland students' steel project selected for Norfolk home show

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Mar 13, 2024

    One of the most iconic symbols of Nebraska and its history still dots the state's landscape, blades circling in the air, pumping clean clear water from the ground. Three Summerland students believe a windmill designed and constructed at the school will pay homage to Nebraska's roots - and be a visitor favorite - at this week's Norfolk Home and Garden Show at the Chuck M. Pohlman Agriculture Complex in Norfolk. The 12-foot windmill, designed by Summerland sophomore Caydence Schumacher, and...

  • Summerland students excel at Nebraska SkillsUSA competition

    Apr 20, 2023

    Faith King is no stranger to the award stage at Fonner Park in Grand Island. The Summerland SkillsUSA Chapter president landed there again Saturday, for the fourth time, when she was named winner in job skills demonstration A at the 2023 Nebraska SkillsUSA Convention. King, along with Carlee Livingston and Julie Olivan, struck gold in their respective categories. They will represent Nebraska, June 19 to 23, at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia....

  • Coyotes halt Bobcats' post-season dreams

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Oct 28, 2021

    Summerland faced a stingy Anselmo-Merna squad, Thursday, in the first round of the 2021 Nebraska School Activities Association Football Playoffs. The Coyotes' defense held the Bobcats to 187 all-purpose yards en route to a 36-6 win, in Merna. The Bobcat defense held the home team to one touchdown in each of the first two quarters, and after a scoreless third quarter, seemed to be picking up momentum. Then, A-M intercepted a Bobcat pass punching it in for a pick six and added the PAT to go up...

  • 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 Public announces first quarter honor roll

    Oct 31, 2019

    Six Clearwater students earned all A's during the first quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Named to the principal's list were Ava Rittscher, Lenora Kester, Hunter Klabenes, Aislynn Kester, Adyson Mlnarik and Kelsey Schlecht. Twenty-four students landed on the honor roll for the first quarter, including Bailey Ahlers, Cassidy Bearinger, Jackie Olivan, Eli Thiele, Dillon Moser, Taylor Anne Bolling; Faith King, Sydni McConnell, Matt Umphress, Lauren Behnk, Rafe Grebin, Kierra Bearinger, Alex...