It's a great day to be a Dragon!
At the Thayer Central Speech Invite, Jordan LeFave placed fourth in Novice Humorous Prose and freshman Danica O'Neal brought home first in Novice Poetry! We are so proud of you two!
At the Centennial Girls Wrestling Invite, Carlee Hinz got second place. The Lady Dragons defeated LN in girls' basketball and the JV BB boys went 1-1 in their tournament.
This is a reminder for tonight's BB games...there are ONLY TWO QUARTERS of girls' JV, so varsity may start early. Anticipated times are 3 and 4 PM. Informational booths will be set up again tonight for the pontential building project, including voter registration forms, drawings of the possible addition, and an interactive spreadsheet to show the effect the bond could have on your residential or land taxes. Be sure to check it out in person or here: https://bit.ly/DPSBOND2024. Voters need to be registered by Feb 23rd; ballots are due by Mar 12th (mailed out the week of Feb 19th). A display will also be up in the teacher workrooms and Midwest Bank starting next wek. Public informational meetings will be held on Feb 7th and Feb 18th which include building tours. Note that there is a free meal to the first 250 people in the door with the meeting on Feb 18th. Want to calculate the effect on your taxes from home? Make a COPY of this spreadsheet, and type in your current tax statement to know... https://bit.ly/DPSBONDCALCULATOR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE: DESHLERPUBLICSCHOOLS.ORG - Just click on the button DPS BOND INFORMATION at the top of the website.
Deshler FFA senior Gracie Hinz was selected to be a part of the 2024 State FFA Chorus. Gracie submitted an application and audition tape in December, and Mrs. Kroeger was notified of her selection today. A special thank you to Mrs. Schardt for filling out a recommendation as well.
Gracie will perform with 100 other talented Nebraska FFA members at each session of the 96th Nebraska FFA Convention in Lincoln on April 3-5. Congratulations, Gracie!
The wrestling meet for today at Thayer Central has been cancelled. Good luck to the girls tomorrow at their meet in Utica!
The team will compete again on Sat., Jan. 27th at the SNC meet and girls' wrestling meet at Red Cloud.
GAMES ARE ON FOR TONIGHT! We are planning on BB v Harvard, as well as Little Dragon Cheer & a meal deal by StuCo. Boys JV at 4, followed by girls' varsity at approximately 5:15 PM, and boys' varsity at 6:45 PM.
We also received flyers this morning for our potential building project & will have an informational display at the games tonight & tomorrow, as well as website information available by next week hopefully!
The wrestling meet for today has been postponed - date TBD. Speech Meet for tomorrow is now beginning at 9 AM, and the NHS dance for Saturday is CANCELLED.
GO DRAGONS!
No school at DPS on Friday, January 19th.
Stay tuned in regard to the school activities scheduled for Friday: BB at Deshler v Harvard, Wrestling at TC, and Little Dragon Cheer.
K-6 Parents: We are looking forward to recognizing our DPS students who scored at or above benchmark on Winter MAPS testing at halftime of the girls' varsity game on Jan 25th.
7-12 students will also be recognized, but we are still finishing testing...so those names are TBD.
REMINDER: If you are taking dual credit classes & believe you would qualify for the ACE scholarship, APPLY TODAY!
NOTE: If you qualify for free/reduced lunches, you often qualify for this scholarship as well!
https://ccpe.nebraska.gov/ACE
Good luck to our JV basketball teams as they compete at the Harvard Tournament on Saturday, January 20th! First game is at 9:00am!
The Dragons will be taking on the Harvard Cardinals at home on the hardwood! Come and show your Dragon pride and cheer them on!
REMINDER: POST PROM MTG TONIGHT AT 7 PM @ THAYER CO ACTIVITY CTR.
This Thursday's JH BBB game v Sterling has been POSTPONED to WEDNESDAY, JAN 31ST at 2 PM.
FRIDAY: HS BB vs. Harvard, No JV Girls, 4, 5, & 6:30 PM.
SATURDAY: JV Boys @ Harvard Tournament - 10:15 AM (see tournament schedule attached).
SATURDAY: GBB v LN (Girls' JV @ 3 PM; Varsity @ 4 PM).
WED, 1/17: Welcome back! FFA officers mtg at 7:30 AM in Ag room; 7-11 MAPS testing after 1st prd; and Staff Potluck. Post-Prom Mtg at 7 PM at Thayer Co Activity Ctr.
NOTE THAT THE HS BB GAMES FROM TODAY moved to SAT. Please review the daily here https://bit.ly/DPSDAILYNEWS
The TeamMates Mentor and Mentee breakfast scheduled for Wednesday, January 17th will be changed to Wednesday, January 24th at 7:30 AM.
There will be NO SCHOOL for DPS on Tuesday, January 16th. Please stay tuned for rescheduled activities.
There will be NO SCHOOL for DPS on Monday, January 15th. Stay tuned for rescheduled activities.
Stay home and stay safe!
UPDATE: Girls' & Boys' State & Junior Legion Applications are due 2/5 (not 3/1). Please return to Mrs. Heldt.
REMINDER: We need lots more of you to complete our Parent Perceptual Survey - please help us out by reviewing this letter & completing the survey at the bottom by TOMORROW, 1/15/24: https://bit.ly/DPSPARENTLETTER2024.
Please review the daily as there are LOTS of changes in the coming weeks: https://bit.ly/DPSDAILYNEWS.
Note that tomorrow's varsity games are scheduled for 3 and 4:30 PM in Deshler; JH games were moved to Tuesday; and JV games were cancelled.
Pizza will still be served by the Post-Prom group on Mon! No concessions on Tue!
Come cheer on the Lady Dragons as they take on the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders at home! Boys games will be played on a different date!
ATTN: JUNIORS...Applications due 2/5 for Girls' & Boys' State & Junior Law Cadet Programs. Girls' & Boys' State: June 2nd - 8th. Junior Law Cadet for the girls is June 17th-18th and for the boys, June 20th-21st. Applications here: https://bit.ly/2024AMERICANLEGION.
The speech meet that was scheduled for Saturday in Fairbury has been moved to March 2nd!
The JH BBB Tournament @ Dorchester is CANCELLED for Sat, Jan 13th. A determination has not yet been shared for the Speech Meet @ Fairbury on Sat.
PARENTS: With less than 20 surveys returned, we really need your input for our external review: https://bit.ly/DPSPARENTLETTER2024!
