West Holt Public Schools

The West Holt Boys Wrestling Team has qualified for the NSAA State Dual Championships! Our boys are fired up for the opportunity to compete this Saturday in Kearney. State Duals apparel is now available to order Ordering closes 02/03 before noon! (TOMORROW!!) Grab your gear and help us show up strong for our Huskies: https://whduals26.itemorder.com/shop/home/

The speech team traveled to the 28th annual Ord Speech Invitational yesterday, Saturday, January 30. The team placed fifth overall in the varsity competition. The following were medalist for the day. Varsity: Emersyn M. 5th in informative Jacob P. 5th in persuasive Olivia R. 3rd in humorous prose Madison K.6th in poetry Peyton O. 4th in POI Elizabeth O. 8th in extemporaneous Peyton O.,Aila N., Olivia R.,Jacob P., and Emersyn M. 5th in OID Novice: Libby G. 3rd in poetry The Huskies will host 17 other schools for the West Holt Speech Invite on Saturday, February 7th with rounds beginning at 8:00.

UPDATE: No HS Boys wrestling tomorrow

HS Boys BB GNAC information at LHNE in Norfolk.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JfGB0WNyHbmeUpIi5z93gXTuQ4FF2gcg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100566155120519755571&rtpof=true&sd=true

HS GBB GNAC tournament information: Note That the 1st round is on Tuesday in Atkinson. ALL fans need to come through the gate as THERE are NO PASSES ACCEPTED. Thanks
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZtBuuXNuNl3x-QykjBZNC2in0WoX0LZ6cbMq7kgbTw/edit?usp=sharing

Hands-on learning in Veterinary Science! 🐷 Students are practicing different suture techniques in class!

Girls District Wrestling Information: Note that there is only digital ticketing this year.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LilYyIamhSR5JRiuGaJmFu709MQD8CUlzVpWPR5SoN0/edit?usp=sharing

HS JV BB Old Rangeland Information.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TgL-XHOR_iPqQt7TtTOfjHQgA992oDlswbK-M-JElqQ/edit?usp=sharing

Our Advanced History class has started American Buffalo by Steven Rinella. This book explores how bison shaped American history, culture, and the American West! We recommend this book!

West Holt Medical Services hosted area juniors interested in healthcare careers on Thursday, January 29th. Students from West Holt, Burwell, Chambers, Stuart and Boyd County attended. They rotated to learn about careers in Therapy Services, Laboratory, Radiology, Nursing and Primary Clinic. They also learned about opportunities at WHMS to job shadow, scholarship opportunities and how to apply for the WHMS Foundation Junior Board Member program.
West Holt students who attended the career day were –
pictured from left to right:
Max Flannery, Aila Nowlin, Emersyn Mlady, Kayli Monasterio and Kearsten Keogh

Today: Boys and Girls HS BB vs O'Neill starts at 4:30 with JV playing at same time. JV girls in main gym, Boys in JH gym. Music and Dance Senior night as well.

The music department has been busy getting ready for all sorts of Honors events and this past Monday, 7 students participated in the UNK Honor Choir in Kearney! Emersyn was in the Honor Choir, David and Taylor were in the Festival Choir, and Claire, Peyton, Leah, and Madisyn were in the Treble Choir. They all sang beautifully and had fun singing with approximately 160 students in each of the choirs. Next up is the WSC Honor Choir on February 6th and the Stanton Junior High Honor Band and Choir on February 14th.
The 5th and 6th graders have been working on reading and speaking rhythms and were playing Rhythm Bingo! The random wheel spinner would choose a rhythm and they had to speak it before finding it on their boards. Everyone said they enjoyed playing!

The Junior High Quiz Bowl team competed in O'Neill today. They came in second place out of 14 teams. Great job kids. Pictured are Graesyn Dockter, Kamrynn HIlkemeier, Brianna Pedersen, Holt Shane, Colin Anson, Brantley Schaaf, and Hayden Leisy.

GNAC Tournament Brackets
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uC4jZTZWz-TYNxTiDJAunvermcv5jzQ-l1h0szoBjSA/edit?usp=sharing

Ainsworth Girls Wrestling information
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zts2s9FPVr__bV5VW8pas2f4vk0Qw4gyNkWHreMCMbc/edit?usp=sharing

The Speech class is learning about the importance of tone of voice when delivering a speech. The improv game "Hitchhiker" challenged them to come up with different vocal tones to deliver their message.

Information for HSBB at Neligh.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T7s4Pw_DvHEiqTky9CInT_PC2qbC8vJJiS6Wn53UQIg/edit?usp=sharing

Students are busy with projects in Mr. Kraus' classes. Wood's project are coming together, construction class helped renovate in the lecture hall, and 7th graders built rubber band powered airplanes.

The JH Boys played hard in the West Holt JH Basketball Tournament, earning 2nd place!

UPDATE: JHBB with Elkhorn Valley is on Saturday at 10:00 am NOT on Friday. Game is at Tilden