West Holt Public Schools

The Huskies hopped back on the bus to Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk for the GNAC Speech Meet yesterday, March 9th. It was the last time some events performed this season, and those students stepped up. The Huskies brought home runner-up honors and will carry that energy into districts next week. West Holt will host the C1-5 District Speech Meet on Tuesday, March 17th. Rounds will begin at 9:00, and the public is welcome to attend. Below are results from the GNAC meet. INFORMATIVE: Madison K-3rd Emersyn- 5th PERSUASIVE: Jacob P.- 6th HUMOROUS PROSE Olivia- Runner-Up Peyton- 4th POETRY Madison K- 4th Aila- 5th SERIOUS Elizabeth G.-5th PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION-POI Alyssa- 3rd Peyton- 4th EXTEMPORANEOUS Elizabeth O.- Runner-Up ENTERTAINMENT Olivia R- Runner-Up Madisyn H.-5th ORAL INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA-OID Peyton, Aila, Olivia, Jacob, Emersyn- 4th DUET ACTING Alyssa & Madi H.-4th David & Chance- 6th

The Speech team completed their regular season at the Creighton PrimeTime Invite on Saturday, March 7th. The invite featured two sets of finals, Champs (1st-6th places) and Next-In (7th-12th places). West Holt placed 4th out of 22 teams. Tomorrow, March 9th, the team travels to the GNAC meet at the Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk. Rounds will begin at 9:00 AM. Individual event placings for the PrimeTime Invite are below. EXTEMPORANEOUS Elizabeth O.- CHAMPION INFORMATIVE: Emersyn- 3rd Taylor S- 12th PERSUASIVE: Jacob P.- 5th HUMOROUS PROSE Olivia R.- 2nd POETRY Aila- 9th PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION-POI Alyssa- 6th Peyton- 10th ENTERTAINMENT Olivia R.-3rd ORAL INTERPRETATION OF DRAMA-OID Peyton, Taylor N., Olivia, Jacob, Emersyn- 2nd DUET ACTING Alyssa & Madi H.-4th David & Chance- 12th

Congratulations to Ava Hoffman, who was honored as an NSAA Believer and Achiever at today’s state basketball championships!

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Any sophomore (who plans to take a dual credit class next year - either online or in-house) or junior (who has not taken a dual credit class) will meet on Tuesday, March 10th @ 2:30 in the lecture hall to apply for admission to Northeast Community College. PLEASE attend if this applies to you. You MUST have or know your social security number in order to apply. See Mrs. Ruppert with any questions.

After reading an article about the Flint Water Crisis and learning about potable water, students in Mrs. Hamm's class built water filters and tested turbidity (the cloudiness of the water).

The Junior High Quiz Bowl team competed in Ainsworth on Tuesday, March 3. They answered lots of questions and finished mid-pack with twelve teams participating. Competing on Tuesday were Brianna Pedersen, Graesyn Dockter, Kamrynn Hilkemeier, Brantley Schaaf, Holt Shane, Hayden Leisy, and Colin Anson. They will wrap up the year with GNAC Quiz Bowl on Wednesday, March 18, in Plainview. Great job kids!

UPDATE!!!! JH Track at Ainsworth has been moved to March 31st. Thanks

A reminder for Parents of Kindergarteners
Kindergarten will dismiss early on Wednesday, March 11 due to Kindergarten Round-Up!
Please pick up your student at 1:00pm. Thank you!

Any sophomore (who plans to take a dual credit class next year - either online or in-house) or junior (who has not taken a dual credit class) will meet on Tuesday, March 10th @ 2:30 in the lecture hall to apply for admission to Northeast Community College. PLEASE attend if this applies to you. You MUST have or know your social security number in order to apply. See Mrs. Ruppert with any questions.

Join the West Holt Speech for their Recital and Senior Parents' Night tonight, March 3rd, at 7:00 PM!

It’s time to kick off your child's educational journey with our preschool program! Registration is now open for both 3 and 4-year-olds. To be eligible, your child must be 3 or 4 years old by July 31st. Our preschool offers a nurturing and stimulating environment designed to foster creativity, social skills, and early learning through play-based activities. With experienced educators and a curriculum tailored to young learners' developmental needs, we ensure a supportive start to your child's education. Follow the link https://forms.gle/edWfJjHCS7MkgkaV6

HS PE Baggo Champs. Ezra Sholes and Leighton Slaymaker

GNAC All Conference- BB

GNAC BB Honorable Mention

These boys competed in the Verdigre powerlifting meet on Saturday. Brayden Steskal got third in the 220 weight class in bench. It was a great first meet for them!

The speech team traveled to the Lutheran High Northeast meet on Friday. The team placed 5th. Individual medalists are as follows: Humorous: Olivia- 1st Inform: Madison K.-2nd OID: Peyton, Taylor N., Olivia, Jacob, Emersyn- 2nd Extemp: Elizabeth O. 4th Poetry: Madison K.- 5th POI: Peyton- 6th The speech team invites the public to their recital and senior parents’ night on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00. Speech has one more regular season meet next Saturday at Creighton before they go into post-season GNAC (March 9th) and C1-5 District (March 17th) meets.

Earlier this month, Mrs. Mares's physics class went to the bowling alley to test hypotheses, collect data, make inferences, and learn more about the momentum-collision theory. The class would like to give a HUGE shout out to The Alley and Jared Rentschler for allowing the students to bowl, have fun, and carryout the scientific method for real-life scenarios. They even got to walk on and take measurements from a non-oiled lane for better data collection!

Students in Algebra are planting seeds, growing one set in a classroom without windows and one set in a classroom by a window. They will be recording their growth data, creating graphs, creating lines of best fit, and writing equations of those lines.