Today's speech meet in Fairbury has been CANCELLED. The next meet is Sat., Jan. 22nd, at Thayer Central.
The JH BBB Tournament for today in Deshler is stlil on...Deshler will play at 9 AM & the games are on STRIV.
Congratulations to Holden on his first place finish in the 106 bracket and to Cole (106 lbs) and Angel (182) on their third place finishes in today’s Superior Meet — and to the Lady Dragons on their win over McCool Junction! It’s a great day to be a Dragon!
If you can't make it to the JH BBB Tournament tomorrow in Deshler, you can watch the game on STRIV at https://striv.tv/channel/deshler/. Good luck to the Dragons!
The start of tomorrow's speech meet has been pushed back to 10 AM. The team will now leave at 9 AM for Fairbury. Good luck to the team!
The preschoolers enjoyed a guest reader this week! Mrs. Epley came and read the book "A Sled for Gabo". Thank you, Mrs. Epley for taking time out of your day to read to us! We appreciated it!
During a recent Handwriting activity (Alphabet Animals on Parade) the preschoolers worked on recognizing and identifying basic colors, observing and sorting cards and working with others to solve problems.
Our Preschool classes talked about the letter I this week. On Thursday we had Show and Share, and the children brought an item from home that started with the letter I to talk about. We also enjoyed ice cream for snack! Hooray for ice cream!
The Thayer County Spelling Bee will be on Mon, Jan 17th. The 5th/6th graders will leave @ 8:30 AM with Mrs. Epley and 7th/8th graders will leave @ 10 AM with Mrs. Buckles. Parents are welcome to attend this event. Good luck to our Dragons competing in this contest!
ACE & Lunzmann Memorial Scholarship DUE BY 1/15. Also, if you are on an IEP/504 plan...in order to be considered for accommodations, YOU must turn in your request to the college - the school can't do this! Read more here: https://bit.ly/DPSCollegeCredit2
8th Period Strength Training enjoyed the Interactive ClearTouch TV while doing some yoga and ab workouts today.
Sports pictures for today for the high school teams have been cancelled...stay tuned!
Good luck to our JH boys' basketball team on Saturday in their tournament!
Update on Thu & Fri activities...the wrestling meet at SANDY CREEK (not Don Trumb) will begin at 5:30 PM today. Friday's BB games in McCool Junction will begin with girls JV at 4:30 PM (2 qtrs of both JV teams) with varsity games at 6/7:30 PM (not 6:30/8 PM). Travel safe!
Still interested in trying out for the High School Quiz Bowl team? Tryouts are being held Monday, January 17th during Homeroom in Ms. Kendall's room. If you didn't sign up previously, you still can!
All juniors will begin the John Baylor ACT Test Prep next week. On Wednesday, Mrs. Unruh ensured that all juniors could get into their account and showed them the introductory video. Their practice test will be February 22nd and the statewide test is March 22nd.
The NE Community Foundation and Deshler Community Foundation met with juniors and seniors this morning for the “Youth Make the Ask” presentation. Thank you to these foundations. Our FFA students will put this to use as they ask for help raising money for their greenhouse!
We didn’t get pictures of all of them, but they are the best around…the DPS bus drivers! Thank you for getting us where we need to be day in and day out safely. You are appreciated!
GJVBB on Fri, 1/14 will start at 4:30 (not 4 PM), rolling schedule from there at McCool Junction. Can't make the game? Watch it live at: https://striv.tv/channel/mccool-junction/. This is also Parents Nt for our wrestlers in Superior (3 PM start instead of 4 PM). GO DRAGONS!
The Lady Dragons controlled the game from start to finish, with a final score of 38-20 over the Sandy Creek Cougars. Good work, Lady Dragons!
The 2nd graders had fun creating different landforms!
