Keya Paha County Schools

No that’s not Stetson box squatting a small Buick!! Put the time in and 585 will come! He nailed his next set of 625 as well! Good work Stetson!

Grades K-2 will have basketball practice in the multipurpose room, Thursday the 13th, from 3:30-4:30.

If your high school student is taking a college class this semester please look over the qualifications for the ACE scholarship, to see if it applies to your child. This is the scholarship that if qualifications are met can pay for the class. https://ccpe.nebraska.gov/ACE

3rd-6th Grade Little Dribblers will be having practice on Friday 1/14/22 in the HS Gym. We will also be participating in the NCYAC basketball tournament in Bassett on Saturday 1/15/22. Attached is the tournament schedule

Winter Sports Parent's Nights - Basketball - Tuesday, January, 18th @ Keya Paha between the Girls and Boys Varsity Games Wrestling - Thursday, February 10th @ Rock County between the Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball Games

HS Wrestling at Burwell today begins at 11:30AM Live Stream Link: https://striv.tv/channel/burwell/

The picture has the schedule for the little dribblers Saturday, January 8 here at KPCS..

Scholarship Update:

Did you miss the basketball shirt order? Have you seen some of your friends, family, or community members wearing one and wish you could get one yourself? Well, here is your chance! MC Tees is doing another order for those that didn’t get a chance the first time. The store is open until Dec 31st! https://northcentralbasketballapparel2.itemorder.com/shop/sale/

HS Wrestling Triangular Information @ St. Mary's on January 4th, 2022 6:30 PM- St. Mary’s vs. North Central Followed by North Central vs. Osmond Followed by St. Mary’s vs. Osmond

The kindergarten class invited family and friends into the classroom to have some gingerbread fun! We did various STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) projects: building bridges and boats, making and decorating gingerbread houses, and creating gingerbread characters.

The kindergarten class sends a big "Thank you" to whoever gave them a pair of Bombas socks.

3rd and 4th graders enjoying Winter Wing Ding!

3rd and 4th graders enjoying Winter Wing Ding!

Tuesday evening the NC Knights will be hosting basketball games with Gregory. The varsity girls and varsity boys are the only ones that will be playing. Games start at 5:00 and will be live streamed on the following site.https://youtu.be/cV6ZoUYlMig

Animal Science class is finishing their final in Animal anatomy.

Looking for a last minute Christmas Gift? KPCS weight room memberships are available. $100/year for individual membership. $125/year for family membership. See Tammy or Mike.

National FFA SAE Grant Recipients Announced!!!! The Keya Paha FFA Chapter is pleased to announce that Daisy and Morgan have received an SAE Grant each for $1000 to help them expand their current SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience). Daisy's SAE Grant Sponsor was Topcon. She will be using the funds to help expand her hair sheep production SAE. Daisy raises hair sheep to utilize diverse rotational grazing on her families ranch and sells her wethers straight to customers for meat. Morgan's SAE Grant Sponsor was Farm Credit. The grant money will be used to expand his cattle herd by purchasing more heifers. One of his goals is to expand his herd by 20% annually for the next 7 years and plans on using artificial insemination to better his herds genetics in growth rate and maternal characteristics. Congratulations to both Daisy and Morgan! A full list of National SAE Recipients can be found here: https://ffa.app.box.com/s/0gvmqdjiykbhoubtfuipm6ch3e25xhbz/file/895279345771

Nurse Kristy talked to the kindergarten students about germs and then did an experiment with them to see how well they wash their hands.

The kindergarten class participated in a Blast Off activity with NE Extension educators Chandra and Debra. The student learned about being an Aerospace Engineer. The students worked together and made a rocket and then blasted them off.