A number of students took a trip to the Omaha Symphony on Sunday. The symphony sounded amazing! Glad to have to have the opportunity to go!
Monday February 5th there will be a JV Boys game only starting at 6:00.
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The sixth graders hosted the January birthday assembly. Minute to win it and fun facts about 100 to celebrate the 100th day of school produced many laughs!
Reading, worksheets, and quizzes....in the art room?! Oh my!
Yes! Learning about different artists and art styles has had a big influence on students this year. Reading these magazines also helps students with their reading comprehension which is part of our HS school improvement goal!
Twenty speech teams competed in Ord Saturday. The varsity team was fourth in its division, and the novice team won the championship in its division!
An update on our snowman-making contest. Please email pictures to tashamm@westholt.org as we cannot have photos posted in the Facebook comments section. Thank you!
Our JH girl wrestlers spent their practice time today cheering on our HS girls! 💪🏼
ATTENTION: SPEECH PARENTS
You will find a link below to sign up to help with the concession stand on February 3, 2024, for the West Holt home Speech Meet. It will be a big day for our speech kids. Thank you in advance for helping with this! If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Vogel.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044EA4A729A7FC1-47512987-west
West Holt Public School is currently accepting applications for the position of Elementary Special Education Teacher beginning in the 2024-25 school year. K-12 or K-6 Special Education endorsement is expected, or a provisional certification in special education. Coaching and sponsorship is also available with this position. More information can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/WHEmployment
For the NVC BB Tournament only individuals with an NVC tournament pass get in free. NVC passes, West Holt passes WILL NOT be Accepted during tournament action.
Winter Speed Work
Athletes not involved in a winter sport have the chance to get in some work 2-3 days a week. On Wednesday athletes did "wickets" and a photobomb from Zane 😂
Schedule Changes for this upcoming week at West Holt.
Thursday, Feb. 1st we are hosting NVC Basketball. We will have a 1pm dismissal.
Friday, Feb. 2nd we are hosting Districts Girls Wresting. We will not have school.
With the increasing temps and large amount of snow, The Employability Class is hosting a snowman building contest! See the details below and post your snowman pictures in the Facebook comments to enter.
Streaming for girls wrestling tonight
https://youtube.com/live/1COqHdTwcGo?feature=share--
Our Husky Spotlight is on Mrs. Vogel. Thanks for all you do for our school!
https://youtu.be/lFRUb79TeGA
HS Wrestling Monday at Hartington CC starts at 6:00
Husky Wrestling fans: please read the below message for State WrestlingTickets. We submitted an order for 94 tickets. We will relieve all of the tickets for sessions 1-4, for sessions 5&6 our order was reduced to 64 tickets. More information will be shared out as soon as we can determine our best course of action for assigning the tickets for session 5&6. Refund information will also be distributed as we find out more information. Thank you for your patience.
I know that everyone has been anxiously waiting for the State Wrestling tickets to be sent out to those that preordered them through the NSAA State Wrestling ticket order form.
First, I want to explain the ticketing process for the NSAA Wrestling Championships that has been used successfully for years.
Schools request pre-sale tickets for state wrestling through the NSAA state ticket order form.
CHI policy states that all events are sold as reserved tickets.
i. The CHI ticket office handles all requests, money transactions and issues.
ii. This allows the ticket office to group fans together as a school.
iii. This also allows schools to avoid the additional “convenience fee” added to each transaction when buying tickets through Ticketmaster.
iv. Most importantly, it keeps outside vendors from purchasing high demand tickets and reselling them at a dramatically increased price.
v. For example, tickets for Sessions 5 & 6 have been advertised for resale by outside vendors for over $200.
Ticket requests for Sessions 1 through 4 will be filled with no issues. Reserved ticket requests for Session 5 and Session 6 exceeded the number of available reserved seats. Therefore, not all requests for those sessions can be filled.
All of the reserved tickets for Session 5 (semifinals) and Session 6 (finals) will be allocated to schools that requested them through the NSAA state wrestling ticket order form. This means no reserved tickets for Sessions 5 & 6 will be available when tickets are opened to the public.
Based on years of ticket sales, each class has had a pre-determined ticket allocation, unchanged for years.
The CHI ticket office determined a ticket limit based on the total number of tickets each class requested, compared to the number of seats allocated for each class.
Ticket orders over the ticket limit were decreased by an average of 24% . Therefore, each class has a different ticket limit per order form.
Schools that didn’t submit a ticket order form will have to buy tickets for Sessions 1-4 when they become available to the public through Ticketmaster or at the ticket window at the CHI Center.
Per CHI policy, “Standing Room Only” tickets can be sold only on the same day and time as the respective session.
Additionally, there will enviably be pre-purchased tickets that will not be used because:
Fans purchased tickets and their wrestlers don’t qualify.
Fans purchased tickets and their wrestler gets beat out of the tournament before session 5 & 6.
Schools overpurchased.
In 2023, when comparing tickets scanned to actual capacity of the CHI Center:
For session 5, 3000+ additional tickets could have sold, if needed.
For session 6, 4000+ additional tickets could have sold, if needed.
Although it will not be as convenient as pre-sale tickets via the order form, we believe that everyone that wants a ticket for Sessions 5 & 6 will be able to purchase one. Those tickets will only be available after the doors open for each respective session.
In the near future, a “ticket exchange” will be available via the NSAA AD Login Page, for those that wish to sell/buy tickets.
There currently is a legislative proposal to add an additional class of girls wrestling for the 2024-25 season. If the proposal passes, a potential format change to the state championships could alleviate these capacity issues.
The Boys Wrestling team WILL NOT be going to ORD on Friday.
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Marine Recruiter Devin Guerin visited West Holt on Thursday, January 18th. Students had to do 50 push ups to earn some Marine swag. Pictured are Carter Gotschall and Ryan Hawkins.
