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The Ewing speech team traveled to the Niobrara Valley Conference speech meet, at Keya Paha County School, in Springview, March 2. Tiger speakers finished sixth of 14 teams. Stuart won the championship and Chambers finished in the runner-up position. Five Ewing speakers earned medals. Katie Hawk finished third in humorous prose and Elizabeth Nordby earned a fifth place medal in poetry interpretation. Sidney Stallbaum teamed with Hawk to earn bronze in duet acting. Hawk, Nordby, Allison Schrunk,...
Katie Hawk, a senior at Ewing High School, finished in the top five of the Nebraska Poetry Out Loud finals competition, held Sunday, March 8, at the Sheldon Art Museum, on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Each student recited, from memory, two poems, and the top five recited a third poem. Juan De La Cruz, from Gordon-Rushville High School, won the competition. Jayden Leonard from Thayer Central was named first runner-up and Lauren Hubert, Skutt Catholic High Schoo, was second...
Orchard Public School preschool through 12th grade students collected $402.38 for individuals with blood cancer and will donate the funds to Pennies for Patients, a school and youth program that gives students an opportunity to collect something as little as spare change to help people who have an illness. Students participated in themed dress-up days, including pajama penny day, neon nickels day, dazzling dimes day, with shiny clothing and crazy quarter day, with crazy hats or socks featured....
Orchard FFA had a strong showing at district career development events in Norfolk last week. The chapter took 25 members who competed in nine different contests. The ag sales team earned a red ribbon and placed fifth. Avery Cheatum finished 10th. Other team members include Morgan Erhardt, Taelyn Switzer and Larissa Thomson. In agriscience, Trevor Thomson ended 39th and earned a red ribbon. The team, which also includes Emma Kerkman and Jaykwon Petite, finished 14th and received a red ribbon. The...
Ewing speech team individuals placed in five events at Saturday’s Creighton Speech Invitational. Twenty-one teams participated and Ewing finished eighth in team standings. Speakers qualified for championship finals in three events. Elizabeth Nordby earned bronze in poetry interpretation, while Katie Hawk finished third in humorous prose. The OID team of Skylar Eacker, Kyra Nilson, Emily Nordby, Elizabeth Nordby and Hawk earned fourth place medals. Two individuals qualified for the next-in finals. Sidney Stallbaum received the silver medal in e...
Clearwater quiz bowl members participated in the Educational Service Unit 8 contest, March 3. In the first round, the team lost to Battle Creek and earned a victory over Plainview. In round three, Madison downed Clearwater....
Orchard School junior and senior high quiz bowl teams competed in the Educational Service Unit 8 quiz bowl competition Tuesday and Wednesday. The high school team lost to Osmond in the first round and fell to Neligh-Oakdale in the consolation bracket during Tuesday's competition. Results were not available for the junior high squad....
A meeting of the Summerland Oversight/Board Committee will be held Thursday, March 19, at 3 p.m., at Orchard Public School. Agenda items: 1. Design and budget update for new school 2. COVID-19 discussion 3. County update on roads/permits 4. Board communication for project going forward 5. Adjourn The tentative agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of distribution. A copy of the agenda, reflecting any changes, will be available for public inspection at the administrative offices during normal business hours. This agenda may be...
Elementary students in Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard kicked off Read Across America Week with activities, wacky attire and creative treats....
On Feb. 27, nine members of the Clearwater/Orchard SkillsUSA Chapter attended the middle school conference, in Grand Island, along with two of their sponsors, Amy Selting and Carrie Williamson. Students competed in a variety of events, including team engineering, metric 500, applied math, job skill demonstration and prepared speech. The Clearwater/Orchard chapter had four students place in the top three of three different contests. Keaton Thiele and Logan Kester tied for third in applied math....
Ewing kindergarten students studied fairy tales during February. They learned about story patterns, including how fairy tales have a happily ever after ending. After reading a tale, an element from the story - a beanstalk, dragon, cage, haystack, pea, or spinning wheel, would appear in the classroom....
The Ewing Tiger speech team tied for second with Stuart in the O/C Whirlwind Invitational speech meet, Feb. 29. Creighton won the meet Kyra Nilson earned gold in serious prose. Katie Hawk and Sidney Stallbaum finished first in duet acting, while Nilson and Emily Nordby ended fourth. Hawk claimed the gold medal in humorous prose. Stallbaum finished second in entertainment speaking and third in persuasive speaking. Three speakers placed in poetry interpretation: Elizabeth Nordby, third; Natalie Stallbaum, fourth and Olga Mendoza, sixth. The oral...
The Ewing FCCLA chapter joined more than 450 other Nebraska FCCLA members and advisers at the state peer education conference, in Kearney, Feb. 24. Freshmen Olga Mendoza and Emma Hoffman, along with their adviser, Chelsey Greene, participated in the conference. The theme of the meeting was “SPOT The Difference Peer Education is Making.” The state peer officer team has joined state officers to promote the Live Like Lisa kindness challenge. Members are encouraged to nominate other chapter members or advisers who go above and beyond to be the kin...
Mason Hoke, a sophomore at Orchard Public School, is the artist of the week for his painting and colored pencil project that is a tribute to Kobe Bryant....
Ewing high school and junior high quiz bowl teams will begin the competitive season the first week of March. On Tuesday, March 3, high school students will compete in the Educational Service Unit #8 high school quiz bowl contest, in Neligh. Junior high students will participate in the ESU #8 junior high quiz bowl contest, in Neligh, on Wednesday, March 4. Both days of competition are slated to begin at 9 a.m. Members of the high school team include Adrienne Parker, Katie Hawk, Jeremiah...
The Ewing Tiger speech team took top honors in team sweepstakes at Saturday's Ainsworth Invitational speech meet. In the field of 10 teams, West Holt was second; Gordon-Rushville, third and Ainsworth, fourth. The team earned three first-place medal in three events: the oral interpretation of drama team of Liz Nordby, Katie Hawk, Skylar Eacker, Kyra Nilson and Emily Nordby; duet acting team of Hawk and Sidney Stallbaum; and Liz Nordby in oral interpretation of poetry. Nilson and Emily Nordby...
Five Cyclone speech team members earned medals during competition last week. On Feb. 21, team members participated in the Howells-Dodge Invite. Maddy Melcher finished sixth in varsity serious prose. Brynna Umphress and Faith King placed sixth in novice duet acting, while Lizett Marino ended seventh in novice poetry interpretation. On Saturday, the Cyclones competed in the Fullerton Invite. Jackie Olivan brought home the gold medal in varsity entertainment speaking. Melcher earned silver in...
Katie Hawk, a Ewing High School senior, competed in Poetry Out Loud regional competition, Sunday, in Kearney. She will move on to state finals, scheduled March 8 in Lincoln. Hawk recited "Silence" by Thomas Hood and "Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser in regional competition and will add "The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as she heads to the state competition....
The Ewing speech team traveled to Burwell, Saturday, where they placed third of 19 teams, behind Ord and Stuart. Medal winners included Liz Nordby, Oral Interpretation of Drama and poetry interpretation, third; Skylar Eacker, OID, third; Katie Hawk, third, OID and duet acting and fourth, humorous prose; Sidney Stallbaum, third, duet acting; (back row, l-r): Allison Schrunk, third, informative speaking; Olga Mendoza top novice informative speaking; Emily Nordby, second, duet acting and third,...
Clearwater industrial technology students attended the Niobrara Valley Conference tech day, Feb. 12. Rafe Grebin earned two top awards, finishing first in the building construction and welding tests. Colby Hupp finished first in computer aided drafting, while Lena Bolling ended second and Emily Ahlers, fourth. The quiz bowl team, comprised of Grebin, Anthony Umphress, Hupp and Trenton Fletcher finished second. In the high school airplane hang time contest, Grebin ended third and Umphress, fourth. Christian Behnk won the junior high airplane...
Cyclones speech team members have been fine-tuning performances for competition. Jackie Olivan displays a first-place medal she won at the Stuart Speech Invite, Feb. 8. Olivan, a member of the OC Speech team, was the lone medalist for the Cyclone team. Cyclone junior varsity speakers earned hardware in the novice division at Saturday's Wausa Invite. (l-r): Earning medals were Jacob Behnk, sixth, entertainment speaking; Brynna Umphress, fifth, duet acting; Faith King, fifth, duet acting and...
Summer Schroeder, of Clearwater, has been awarded a dean's commitment scholarship, valued at $2,000, to continue her education at Wayne State College. Summer, the daughter of Brian and Kam Schroeder, will graduate from Ewing Public School in May 2020. Schroeder is involved in multiple activities, including volleyball, basketball, track, student council, National Honor Society, TeamMates, choir, art Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Ewing Letterman's...
Orchard eighth-grade students are named artist of the week. Instructor Shannon Schumacher said students recently made tape sculptures. "Students had to wrap each other in plastic wrap, part by part. Then they would cover the plastic wrap with clear tape. When finished with tape, they cut it off and started assembling bodies....
Ewing speechsters brought home hardware in six events and the varsity team ended seventh of 15 teams at Saturday’s Stuart Speech Invitational. In varsity competition, Katie Hawk and Sidney Stallbaum earned silver in duet acting. Hawk teamed with Skylar Eacker, Liz Nordby, Kyra Nilson and Emily Nordby to earn the silver medal in oral interpretation of drama. Allison Schrunk picked up the bronze medal in informative speaking. Stallbaum ended sixth in persuasive speaking. She was unable to p...
Katie Hawk, a senior at Ewing Public Schools, recently won the school's Poetry Out Loud competition. Ewing Public Schools participates in the program annually. Students memorize two poems and recite them. One judge scores accuracy, while a panel of judges rate each student on physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding and overall performance. In addition to Hawk, Olga Mendoza finished second and Adrienne Parker, third. Other classroom winners...
