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Summerland Public School announced superintendent candidates who will be interviewed Tuesday, Feb. 6 and Wednesday, Feb. 7. Shari Becker, director of education leadership search services, said candidates include: • Molly Aschoff, Assistant Administrator at ESU #8 • Chris Lecher, Superintendent at Franklin Public Schools • Dr. Nick Mumm, Superintendent at Giltner Public Schools • Nathan Weaver, K-12 Principal/Transportation Director at Loomis Public Schools....
Getting kids involved with other cultures and people from different countries is one way many schools benefit in the United States. Orchard Public Schools is blessed with a second foreign exchange student for the 2019-20 school year. Silvia Bode-Garcia, an 18-year-old from Margarita Island, Venezuela, joins Madleen Repein, from Germany. Bode-Garcia will reside with Sam and Barb Schwager during the school year and will be a member of the senior class. Silvia wanted to become an exchange student...
Close Up participants from Clearwater and Orchard will host a breakfast, Sunday, Oct. 20. Serving will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. at the Clearwater Public School multi-purpose room. A free-will donation will be accepted. Funds raised will be used to defray trip costs....
Ewing Public Schools seniors Ashley Koenig and Katie Hawk and Alyssa Moser, of Clearwater, a senior at O'Neill Public Schools were announced as school recipients in the Believers & Achievers program, sponsored by U.S. Bank ® and Nebraska School Activities Association. According to the NSAA, "All of the students nominated for the Believers & Achievers awards program represent the very best of Nebraska's high schools. All nominees this year are outstanding leaders within their schools and...
Olga Mendoza and Adrienne Parker, from Ewing High School, along with their adviser, Chelsey Greene, recently attended the Nebraska Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Fall Leadership Workshop. The annual event was held at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney, and featured more than 584 students from all corners of Nebraska. The theme for this year is Fuel Your Passion as Nebraska FCCLA works to provide members with opportunities to discover and find their passion for their...
Preliminary enrollment figures for area schools were released recently. Enrollment at Clearwater Public Schools, Ewing Public Schools and Orchard Public Schools show a decrease from 2018-19 numbers. Clearwater Public Schools All three schools in the Unified District report fewer students. Superintendent Dale Martin listed the number of students per grade at each respective site, in a report released Aug. 21. Clearwater Public Schools boasts the largest enrollment of the Unified schools, with...
After a mild day for a parade and coronation, Mother Nature cut loose in Ewing, Aug. 30, causing a rain delay in the Renegades versus Hartington-Newcastle football contest. The game will continue Sept. 20, at 2:30 p.m., in Ewing, with the Renegades leading 14-8 with 10:33 remaining in the third quarter. Earlier in the day, students in kindergarten through 12 grade participated in the annual parade and pep rally. Wyatt Wagner and Tiana Thramer were crowned homecoming king and queen,...
Ewing Public Schools graduate Sarah Hawk has received the Dr. Robert W. Waters Memorial Scholarship. Avera St. Anthony's Hospital announced the award Aug. 22. Hawk recently completed a program as a mentor to young health care students at Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She has been accepted to the University of Nebraska Medical center College of Allied Health, where she will continue her education in clinical settings. Hawk is the daughter of...
Three Ewing Public Schools musicians spent a month traveling Europe, as part of the Nebraska Ambassadors of Music program. Allison Schrunk, Hailey Rotherham and Emily Kurpgweit, accompanied by Ann Kurpgeweit, tourned seven countries and performed in various venues across Europe. Emily Kurpgeweit said the Ambassadors of Music program has existed for 40 years. "They work with 35 different states organizing trips to Europe," she said. Trips alternate throughout summer months. The Nebraska touring...
Clearwater Public and Orchard Public Schools will celebrate homecoming, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3. Dress up days will be held in each school. Clearwater students will strike their best movie star pose on Tuesday, relive the past during decades day, Wednesday, and sport blue and black for the Bobcats on Thursday. Orchard students will have a dress up day on Tuesday, celebrate wacky Wednesday and pair up for duo day on Thursday. Both schools will cheer for the Cyclones and Bobcats Friday. The...
Ewing Public Schools will celebrate homecoming festivities, beginning Monday, Aug. 26. Be on the lookout for creative costumes and decorative posters in the halls of EHS. On Monday, students will don apparel from their favorite decade, while Tuesday's garb will include hunter and camo gear. Opposite day is scheduled for Wednesday, with Thursday relegated as Bobcat Day. Orange and black will be the predominant theme Friday, as Renegade gear will showcase school spirit. Like their high school...
School is officially here, which means back to school shopping has also arrived. Ever wondered what another peer does for back to school shopping? Then you are reading the right article. Maryssa Long, a junior at Clearwater High School, was interviewed to find out what kinds of things she does to get ready for the new school year. To get things started, where's Long's favorite place to shop? One of Long's favorite places is Burlington. This place is a must for her because Long can find quality...
Ewing elementary students will get a few extra days of vacation. The start date, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 14, has been bumped to Monday, Aug. 19. A school alert was sent Monday, Aug. 12, at 11:44 a.m. According to Ewing Principal Greg Appleby, late spring and early summer rains caused considerable damage to the elementary gym. "The delay allows time for summer work and cleanup to be completed and to insure the damp areas of the facility are air quality safe and stabilized,"...
Not every day do you get to talk to someone from a different country, but students from several communities will get the opportunity every day. Maddy Repein is a foreign exchange student from Cologne, Germany, and she is living with Bob and Bev Krutz of Orchard until June 2020. Repein is only 15 years old, and she will be a senior at Orchard Public Schools. Maddy would be a sophomore back in Germany, and she does not receive credit for spending a year in America. When she returns to Germany,...
Space, according to the Star Trek monologue, is be the final frontier. Krista Holliday, 7-12 grade science instructor may agree, after spending three days at a workshop at Kennedy Space Center, July 23 to 25. The conference's theme - Space 2019 - focused on how to implement space exploration in the classroom. Computers used to fly the Apollo missions had 1,000 kilobytes. "That's like one megabyte. Our smartphones have four gigabytes," Holliday said. "If you think about that, it's amazing with...
