West Holt Public Schools

Winter 2026-2027 Rosters

🐾🗓️Here's what's happening this week at West Holt!🗓️🐾

GO HUSKIES!!!
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West Holt sophomores traveled to O’Neill Friday, November 13th to participate in Northeast Community College’s Early College/Career Exploration Day. NECC offered students 12 different sessions to pick from. Students were able to pick 6 to attend. Approximately 150 students from area schools attended the event on the O’Neill campus. Sessions they had to choose from were: Precision-Agriculture, Business Administration, Building Construction, Criminal Justice, Information Technology, Nurse and Medication Aide, Nursing, Pre-Engineering, EMT, Robotics, Welding, Wind Energy and Truck Driving. The purpose of the event is to expose students to possible career paths and education opportunities at Northeast Community College.

West Holt sophomores traveled to O’Neill Friday, November 13th to participate in Northeast Community College’s Early College/Career Exploration Day. NECC offered students 12 different sessions to pick from. Students were able to pick 6 to attend. Approximately 150 students from area schools attended the event on the O’Neill campus. Sessions they had to choose from were: Precision-Agriculture, Business Administration, Building Construction, Criminal Justice, Information Technology, Nurse and Medication Aide, Nursing, Pre-Engineering, EMT, Robotics, Welding, Wind Energy and Truck Driving. The purpose of the event is to expose students to possible career paths and education opportunities at Northeast Community College.

Congratulations to our All Conference Honor Choir members Madisyn Hilkemeier and Emersyn Mlady!

2nd grade is beginning their unit on geography. They kicked off the unit by learning about maps and creating their own treasure maps!

Come join our team!

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UPDATE: The JH GBB game against Laurel on Saturday is at Coolridge NOT LAUREL.

The Ainsworth One Act Festival scheduled for Saturday, November 14th has been postponed.

Come see the show on Monday, November 16th at 7pm in the West Holt Lecture Hall as we celebrate our outstanding seniors and parents.

Tuesday, November 17th, the team travels to GNAC competition hosted by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.

Our Advanced History class has started Pioneer Girl by Andrea Warren. Students will explore Nebraska pioneer life through the eyes of a young girl!

The High School Choir is excited to be participating in the GNAC Conference Choir Clinic held at Hartington-Newcastle today! Congratulations to our choir members today: Megan Alder, Madisyn Hilkemeier, Emersyn Mlady, Elizabeth Griess, Abby Fritz, and Kamryn Hilkemeier! Special congrats to our Honor Choir participants: Madisyn and Emersyn!

The JH reading class finished, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen at the end of the quarter. 🪵🐟 They have recently moved on to their next novel and dove into the magical world of, Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling. 📚🧙🏼🪄

Students in Industrial Tech classes are starting to complete their first projects of the year.

Reading Fun Night, 2026, is in the books! It was a magical night and a fun time was had by all! Thanks to everyone who came to watch the magician and to everyone who helped our event be a success!

Tonight is the night! Everyone is welcome to come to the magic show at West Holt! Johnny Impossible will be performing at 6:30. Bring the whole family!

It's not too late to have your veteran's picture on the West Holt Veterans Day Presentation. The deadline to send in photos is Mon., Nov. 9th. Send photos to sanmeyer@westholt.org.

Congratulations to senior Emersyn Mlady who was chosen from over 350 auditions to sing the National Anthem for the NSAA State Girl's Wrestling Championship at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Tuesday, February 16th, 2027!

Student who want th take the ACT on December 12th - the last day to register, without a late fee, is Friday, November 6th. Students must register and pay online at www.act.org. Contact Mrs. Ruppert with any questions.