Track practice will begin after school Monday, March 3rd for all HIGH SCHOOL athletes except boys basketball players. If you played another sport this year, your physical is on file. If this is your only sport, make sure you have your physical turned in! If you don't know, see Mrs. Kraus. If you have other questions, see Mr. Kraus.
The 2nd graders heard many stories and a speech from our high school students! We appreciate that they took time from their busy schedules to be our Guest Readers! Thank you to Zach, Allie, Hudson, Daleni, Avery, and Aleigha!
The 2nd graders had Guest Readers the last two week! We enjoyed learning about their activities! Thanks so much!
Read Across America is being celebrated in the elementary next week! Join in on the fun with our dress up days!
*Poster made by Madelyn Vogel.
Register to take the Saturday, April 5th ACT (this is NOT the district-wide ACT that juniors take) by February 28th to avoid a late fee. Contact Mrs. Ruppert if you have questions or need help registering. Register online at act.org.
Merri Schneider, with Northeast Community College, will be at WH on Monday, March 3rd to help students apply for admission. This is the first step in taking dual credit courses. Contact Mrs. Ruppert if you have questions.
The Girls on the Run season is right around the corner! Flyers were sent home on Thursday with all 3rd through 6th grade girls on how to register. Our first practice will be on Tuesday, March 11th from 3:30-4:45! Please reach out to Mrs. Gotschall if you have any questions!
West Holt Speech placed 7th in the highly competitive Battle Creek Braves Classic on Saturday. The meet featured multiple state championship and runner-up squads from the 2024 State Speech Meet. The meet had two sets of Varsity finals plus JV finals.
Champs Finalists:
-Elizabeth- 2nd Extemporaneous
-Hannah- 6th Informative
-Olivia- 4th Humorous
Honors Finalists:
-Drew- 1st Entertainment
-Brooklynn- 2nd Extemporaneous
-Peyton- 6th Humorous
-Peyton- 5th POI
-Lily- 6th Persuasive
JV Finalist:
-Taylor S- 6th Informative
The Huskies will have two competitions next week. They will travel to Norfolk for the Lutheran High Northeast Eagle Classic on Friday and the Ainsworth Invite on Saturday.
4th place finish for Jamison Slaymaker. What a great tournament for the sophomore! Way to go!!
Jamison with the pin! Will be wrestling for 3rd place in the next round this morning!!
WH Boys BB with the win Tonight, will play again on Tuesday at 7:30 in Hartington.
Jamison Slaymaker goes at in again tomorrow morning in boys wrestling, Good Luck Jamison
Jamison Slaymaker falls in the semifinals. Will wrestle at 9am to determine his medal placement! Keep working hard Jamison.
State Wrestling update:
Keagan had to injury forfeit. Bad deal but he stayed tough.
Ian lost his 1st round consolation match and is eliminated. Great season to Ian!
Grant won his first round consolation match, then lost his second round consolation match. He is also eliminated. Grant had an awesome season as well.
Jamison still to wrestle in the semifinals tonight at 6:00pm! Good Luck!
Spanish III is working on word analysis as they do final preparations before taking the STAMP test to try to earn their Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy.
WH Girls on the Run Needs student-coaches!!
Jamison Slaymaker is headed to the semifinals tomorrow night! Awesome!
Keagan, Ian and Grant lost their first match at state. They will wrestle back tomorrow morning @ 9:30am
Jamison with the win! Will wrestle again soon in the quarter final match!
What an amazing season for Felycia Kerkman! 2nd place finish at 125lbs in Class B! Way to go!!
Due to extreme frigid temperatures, West Holt Public Schools will have a 10:00 AM Late Start tomorrow, Thursday, February 20th. There will be no morning preschool.
Shae Jackson finishes with a 4th place medal. Way to go!!
