ties.

The Deputy Commis-

sioner and other appro-

priate NDE personnel

are planning on making

another visit to Taylor

on Friday, February 5.

The purpose of this vis-

it will be to introduce

the NDE personnel to

Loup County staff and

to give the visitors a

little exposure to the

school itself.

Commissioner Blom-

stedt is planning on

attending a future Loup

County Board of Educa-

tion meeting to share

with our Board mem-

bers and answer ques-

tions they have on the

AQuESTT process. The

Board, the administra-

tion and the Loup

County staff look to this

process as just another

way of the continuing

effort of everyone in-

volved in the Loup

County School system

to help all district stu-

dents achieve academ-

ic success and to grad-

uate career and college

ready.

On Wednesday, Janu-

ary 13 I met with the

Nebraska Commission-

er of Education, Dr.

Matt Blomstedt and the

Deputy Commissioner,

Dr. Deborah Frison in

my office in Taylor.

They were here to lis-

ten and visit in regard

to the AQuESTT classifi-

cation of schools. It

was a very open and

rewarding conversa-

tion. They listened to

my questions and com-

ments concerning the

selection of Loup Coun-

ty Public School as a

priority school. It be-

came obvious to me

that it truly was a selec-

tion process. The Com-

missioner and Depart-

ment of Education per-

sonnel had spent a lot

of time in the selection

of the three priority

schools from the rough-

ly 110 schools that

were in the “Needs to

Improve” group. It was

conveyed to me that

the three schools se-

lected were purposely

chosen to represent

three distinctly differ-

e n t de mog ra ph ic

groups. The selection

of these particular

three schools were so

that what was gathered

from them could be

used to assist other

schools in the same

general type of demo-

graphic group. It is

hoped that the suc-

cesses and strategies

that are found to work

in these three schools

can be transferred to

other schools in the

state. Therefore, it

would have limited the

variety and scope of

things learned if all

three schools selected

were in the same de-

mographic mold.

During the visit it be-

came obvious from our

conversation that both

the Commissioner and

Deputy Commissioner

understood that small

sample numbers often

times give a skewed

view of what is really

going on. They also

agreed that with small

sample numbers per-

centages can change

to the extreme from

year to year. The meet-

ing concluded with a

tour of the LCPS facili-

From the Desk of the Superintendent, Mr. Rusty Ruppert

Williams Street Journal

Special points of

interest:

Seniors can start

working on the

FAFSA if income

taxes have been

completed.

Valentines are

for sale. See

page 13 for an

order form.

February is Na-

tional Career &

Technical Educa-

tion month.

Thank you for

supporting our

FFA and FBLA

chapters!

Loup County Public School February 2016 Volume 11, Issue 5

Inside this issue:

Certification, Principal 2

Music, FAFSA 3

Elementary 4

Driving Safety,

Environmental Science,

FBLA

5

Speech, New Student &

Staff 6

Sports 7

Menu, Calendar 8-9

Preschool, Art Contest 10-

11

Autism Awareness Shirt,

Valentines Order Forms

12-

13

Loup County Public

Schools announced they

have awarded 21 Mi-

crosoft Office Specialist

(MOS) certifications, an

i n d u s t r y - r e c o g n i z e d ,

standards-based creden-

tial for validating Mi-

crosoft Office Skills.

“As we reach this mile-

stone of certifying 11 stu-

dents in the first semes-

ter for the 2015-16

school year, we have

seen the immediate ben-

efits of implementing the

Microsoft IT Academy pro-

gram and helping our stu-

dents earn the Microsoft

Office Specialist certifica-

tion, said Mrs. Amy Sa-

batka, Loup County Busi-

ness Teacher. “We look

forward to helping even

more students earn this

valuable industry creden-

tial in the coming years.”

The MOS certification is

recognized globally by

academia and business

as the premier credential

for individuals seeking to

validate their knowledge,

skills, and abilities related

to the Microsoft Office

applications. Loup County

began offering the MOS

certification in the 2014-

15 school year to the stu-

dents in the Information

Technology Applications

courses, through their

partnership with Certi-

port, a Person VUE busi-

ness.

“We are pleased Loup

County has successfully

implemented the Mi-

crosoft IT Academy pro-

gram and is awarding

these valuable MOS certi-

fications which help so

many students prepare

for further education and

build their resume,” said

Mrs. Sabatka. “As more

students realize the value

of certification, their pro-

gram will continue to

grow and these individu-

als will begin to prolifer-

ate and improve the work-

force.”

Eleven Students Earned 21 MOS Certifications First

Semester

From the Desk of the Principal, Mr. Ken Sheets

We are blessed that we

have so many activities

for the students. We are

trying something new with

MAPS testing. Instead of

testing in the spring

(April) we are going to test

in February. This will allow

the students to focus

solely on NeSA testing at

the end of April. Please

be sure that your student

is getting plenty of sleep.

Be sure to contact your

student’s teachers if you

have a question, concern,

or praise. It is only

through a cooperative

attitude that we can strive

for excellence and suc-

cess through responsibil-

ity and respect! Respect/

Responsibility/Results.

February is an exciting

month in the education

world. We are winding

down basketball and

wrestling seasons. We

are getting into full swing

with Speech season.

There are more FFA con-

tests and FBLA activities,

along with planning for

prom and other class ac-

tivities. Make sure you

talk with your student so

that you are up to date.

Page 2 Williams Street Journal

MAPS testing

will be Feb. 8-

19. This is a

change from

the previous

years.

Eleven students earned

21 MOS certifications

during the first semester

of classes.

Music dates for you calen-

dar:

The MNAC Instrumental

clinic will be in Arnold on

March 8th. A concert of

the music for that day

will be at 5:30 p.m., a

bit earlier than usual.

This group will be mostly

9-12th grade band stu-

dents.

MNAC Music contest is

on March 29th in Arnold

(possibly will move to

Merna but still hosted

by Arnold).

The District Music Con-

test is in Ord on April

22nd.

Music contest are for

both the vocal and the

instrumental students

and for grades 7-12.

The jr. high students

can take part in any part

of the contest except for

solos. The 7-12th grade

band does compete as

a group, so attendance

for them is mandatory.

On Feb. 20th, nine 5th and

6th grade singers will be trav-

eling to Bartlett for the Sing

Around Nebraska Children's

Choir. These students

signed up in November,

which seems like a very long

time ago. Now we have

started the music and look

forward to a day of singing.

The choir in Bartlett will

have 130 singers, which is

the biggest one yet! The

event received its name be-

cause multiple concerts are

held across the state at the

exact same time, with the

exact same music. The pop-

ularity of this event has

grown so much that the

event now takes place in 12

different sites on four differ-

ent dates. The purpose of

the event is to give students

the experience of singing

quality music with a group of

fellow singers ready for such

a challenge.

On Saturday, Jan. 16th, 7th

grade band students Wes-

ton, baritone, and Karina,

trumpet, attended the North

Platte Middle School Honor

Band. They joined 75 other

students from 20 different

schools to work under the

direction of Mr. Virgil French,

former director of bands at

North Platte Public Schools.

The students spent the day

working on five songs with

Mr. French and in break-out

sessions with some of the

attending instructors. At

4:00 p.m. they presented a

great concert for the public.

This was a great opportunity

for small town students to

play in such a large group,

and our two reported having

a great day!

~Mrs. Kayla White

Music Notes

Volume 11, Issue 5 Page 3

Be sure to

mark your

calendars for

upcoming

music concerts

and contest.

username and password to

electronically access person-

al information. If you have

question call Mrs. Armbrust-

er at the school or Educa-

tionQuest, 2106 2nd Ave,

Kearney, NE 68847, call

3 0 8 . 2 3 4 . 6 3 1 0 o r

800.666.3721. Education-

Quest is a free service and a

very helpful group.

Senior Parents and seniors:

If you have your income tax-

es completed, you can begin

the process to apply for Pell

Grants, Stanford Loans,

Work Study and possibly

other scholarships! The pro-

cess is done online at

https://fafsa.ed.gov. IRS

Data Retrieval Tool will be

available February 7, 2016.

Federal Student Aid PIN was

replaced by FSA ID which

consists of a user-created

Attention Senior Parents and Students!

Two middle school band stu-

dents, Weston and Karina,

participated in the North Platte

Middle School Honor Band on

Jan. 16.

Thank you to everyone who brought goodies in December for the

school staff. We appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Kindergarten and First

Grade were working to gath-

er a list of holiday traditions,

many that we enjoyed in

December. They were draw-

ing and writing to make a

scrapbook of these tradi-

tions. They have participat-

ed hands-on in several tradi-

tional activities around the

community including the

kids activities and cookie

bake, decorating and deliv-

ering fruit bags to homes in

and around town, and they

were eagerly looking forward

to the Pancake Feed, per-

forming at the school con-

cert, and seeing Santa at

the Jamboree.

Kindergarten math counting

is getting way up there and

we celebrated 100 Days of

School by counting and writ-

ing numbers to 100! Skip

counting by 10s, 5s, and 2s

is a daily practice along with

counting back and begin-

ning addition.

Regrouping is a challenging

skill as First Grade works on

Accelerated Math. Renam-

ing numbers is more fun

with games and every num-

ber has many ways to be

named.

Social Studies and Science

are focused on how living

things grow and change. It’s

most fun to look in the mir-

ror to see their own growth

as they compare to their

baby picture and clothing.

The new year also brought

new life: our first caterpillar-

chrysalis emerged as a

beautiful butterfly!

~Mrs. Sally Hart

that each student invented

a new kind of ice cream.

They had to tell the name of

their new ice cream and

what they would put in it.

Some of the ice creams

would blow you away, while

others did not sound good

at all! The 4th Graders have

been busy writing and pre-

The 3rd/4th Graders are offi-

cially 100 Days Smarter! We

celebrated by everyone

bringing something to fill the

elementary piñata and see-

ing who could break it. We

have been busy writing a

little every day in our jour-

nals. One of the most fun

journal topics I think was

paring for their State Writing

Assessment. The 3rd Grad-

ers have been busy learning

how to tell time to the mi-

nute on clocks. We hope

everyone is having a good

winter!

~Mrs. Teri Smith

K-1 Gather Information About Holidays

Third & Fourth Grades Celebrate 100 Days of School

Second Grade Has a Dream

sandwich, how to make a

Root Beer float and how to

paint a picture. The kids had

a lot of fun showing the stu-

dents “how to” then eating

their work. We’ve also cele-

brated a couple events this

month such as our

100th Day of School with a

piñata and stories about if

we were 100 years old and

Martin Luther King Day. We

talked about his dream and

then we created our own

writings about what our

dream for the world would

be.

I Have a Dream…..

Hayden: “I was in a band.”

Ella: “that people won’t

litter.”

Karyme: “that everyone

would be nice to one anoth-

er.”

Claira: “all countries are

kind to one another.”

Henry: “that everyone will

stop littering.”

Hudson: “that cops could

have more advanced gadg-

ets.”

Everett: “that more cars

don’t pollute the air.”

Garek: “to stop pollution.”

~Miss Ashley Iwanski

This month the 2nd graders

have been working hard

with subtracting two-digit

numbers with and without

regrouping in Math. In Sci-

ence, they’ve learned about

energy and how/why we

need to save it. In Social

Studies, we talked about

facts and fictions about the

Titanic. The second graders

are starting off strong to

reach their AR goals. In writ-

ing the second graders are

also learning the process of

how to write a paragraph, so

they wrote a “how to”. Some

ideas were how to paint your

nails, how to make a Nutella

Page 4 Williams Street Journal

College goals don't just grow

on their own--they must be

nurtured by the family at

home, the staff at school,

and the community at large.

Loup County Public School

students on the Driving

Safety committee spent a

day on the UNK campus

having fun and doing some

dream building about their

futures. Along with infor-

mation about campus ma-

jors and classes, students

toured the physical science

facilities, climbed the UNK

rock wall, viewed the plane-

tarium show, and flew a

Cessna (simulated, of

c o u r s e ! ) .

These students have taken

the lead in the Taylor school

system by emphasizing safe-

ty and personal accountabil-

ity through their earlier ral-

lies. So far, LCPS students

received texting/driving dan-

gers, rode the state patrol

seat belt convincer, viewed

the state patrol roll over car,

heard CPR and defibrillator

basics followed by hands-on

practice, and have safe driv-

ing slogans plastered

throughout the school.

Sponsors Kristi Meeks and

Sandra Mann are proud of

them and the school that

makes experiences such as

t h i s p o s s i b l e .

This is our future, and we

are in good hands. Now

we're on to planning our

spring LCPS rally!

~Mrs. Sandra Mann &

Mrs. Kristi Meeks

Driving Safety Committee Takes Trip to UNK

Environmental Science Creating Projects

ter and provide a place for

robins to build their nests

and shelter their babies. The

nesting box will also be a

protective place from preda-

tors. Emily will place the box

at her home.

Levi and Austin are building

a starling trap. The trap is

beneficial to a large variety

of different birds. The Euro-

pean Starling is an invasive

species that destroys other

birds’ nests, kills their off-

spring and competes for

nesting cavities and food.

The trap will help reduce the

starling population.

The environmental class has

begun their annual bird

identification unit. The class

identifies birds and mark

down the date that the birds

are first seen. The class vis-

its different feeding sights

and areas to view birds on a

weekly basis. This unit con-

tinues until the end of the

year. At the end of the bird

viewing unit the students

must sight identify 60 differ-

ent birds for the final exam.

~Mr. Loren Sandoz

The Environmental Science

students are working on

their third quarter projects.

The students are required to

research a project that

would be beneficial to an

organism or group of organ-

isms in the environment and

pursue making or doing that

project during class time.

The project could be building

houses, nests, or improving

habitats in any way possible.

They are allowed to work in

teams or as individuals.

Emily is building a robin

nesting box to benefit robins

or other platform nesting

birds. The box will give shel-

Volume 11, Issue 5

Emily is

building a robin

nesting box,

while Levi and

Austin build a

starling trap for

Environmental

Science.

Driving Safety Com-

mittee spent time at

UNK having fun and

thinking about their

futures.

Page 5

FBLA Starts 2016 with Pizza Sales

through the 13th. All the

members are really looking

forward to dressing up and

having a fun week together.

On Monday every member is

a surprise in their lockers.

On Tuesday the plan is to

play a business related

game, during lunch and

study hall. Everyone will

bring something to snack on

to make it even more fun.

On Wednesday they are go-

ing to wear their business

attire and on Thursday the

official t-shirts will be worn.

For Friday a breakfast with

staff is going to take place.

They decided to elect new

officers in February, so eve-

ryone has the chance of

taking a new role and facing

a new challenge.

~Michelle, Journalism Staff

In January the members of

FBLA started their Pizza

Sales. In about two weeks,

the chapter sold 125 items

from Little Caesars and they

are really happy with their

results. The chapter also

wanted to thank everyone

that supported them to give

them the opportunity to go

to State FBLA in Omaha.

Furthermore FBLA week will

take place from February 7th

Pizzas will be

available for

delivery starting

Jan. 27.

Thank you for

supporting us!

The Speech team started off

their season with a kick off

meeting on January 12.

While eating tacos and en-

chiladas the team went over

the handbook. There is a

speech work night every

week and the first official

meet is on January 30 in

Ord. This year Whitney,

Michelle, Hunter, Ethan and

Paul are doing an OID. Brady

and Braden are starting with

a Duet. There even are

some freshmen on the

team, Jordan and Grace,

furthermore JW and Devon

are on the team too. Speech

Coach Mrs. Leick said, “We

are preparing for contest

and we have numerous stu-

dents with fun selections on

our team.”

~Michelle, Journalism Staff

ed from Burwell Public

School and attended college

at UNK. Some of her hob-

bies include reading books

and drawing. If she could

visit any place she would

travel to Ireland and explore

the scenery. If Ms. Rowse

could meet anyone it would

be the late Princess Diana.

Her most inspirational per-

son while growing up was

her mother because she

was always there to support

and advise her. Ms. Rowse’s

favorite part of teaching is

helping others learn new

things while guiding and

supporting them throughout

their educational develop-

ment.

Mr. Tanner Dunbar is the

new Ag teacher here at Loup

County Public School. He

graduated from Sargent

Public School in 2008 and

attended college at UNL. His

hobbies include playing bas-

Mrs. Teri Smith is the new

3rd and 4th grade teacher at

Loup County Public School.

Mrs. Smith went to high

school at Sandhills High

School. She attended col-

lege at Mid-Plains Communi-

ty College and Chadron

State College. Mrs. Smith’s

hobbies include being out-

side with her boys in the

summer and riding horses. If

she could meet anyone it

would be Temple Grandin. If

she could visit anywhere it

would be Australia. Mrs.

Smith’s most inspirational

person is her mom because

of how hard she worked to

achieve her dreams. Mrs.

Smith said the best part

about teaching is seeing the

kids understand something

that they have been strug-

gling with.

Ms. Sandra Rowse is the

new para at Loup County

Public School. She graduat-

ketball and attending Husk-

er sporting events. If he

could visit any place in the

world he would, with no

doubt, travel to Australia. If

Mr. Dunbar could meet any-

one it would be Clint East-

wood. His most inspirational

people while growing up

were his mom and dad. His

mom because of all the

things she did for him and

his dad because of his end-

less work ethic. Also Mr.

Mike Kozeal, his coach and

FFA advisor in high school,

was also inspirational be-

cause of all the time and

effort he put into helping

him grow and succeed. Mr.

Dunbar’s favorite part about

teaching is helping students

become well-rounded young

adults, as well as helping

them discover career oppor-

tunities that can take them

all over the world or bring

them back to the place that

raised them.

~Emily & Haley,

Journalism Staff

Speech Season Begins

Welcome New Staff Members!

Welcome Michelle!

be invisible. If she could live

anywhere in the world it

would in Australia because it

looks so beautiful. One thing

should would add to the

school lunches is Reese’s

because they are her favor-

ite snack. Michelle said that

she really enjoys being here

and all the people in the

school. Currently her favor-

ite class is Psychology and

her favorite teacher is Ms.

Glinsmann.

~Haley, Journalism Staff

Michelle is the foreign ex-

change student that joined

Loup County this year.

Michelle is from Switzerland

and has joined the junior

class. Michelle said she

wants to have a photograph-

ic memory and the power to

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First official

speech meet is

Jan. 30 in Ord.

Michelle is one

of the exchange

students who is

calling Loup

County home

for the year.

The Twin Loup Wolves junior

high girls basketball team is

off to a good start this sea-

son. Their record is currently

2-0. The first game was in

Dunning against the

Sandhills/Thedford Knights.

The girls won that game 10-

6. The next game was in

Merna against the Anselmo/

Merna Coyotes. This game

had the same outcome. The

Wolves brought home the

win with a score of 22-12.

Macy said that she believes

her team could improve on

their shooting but thinks

that overall the team is do-

ing well. Maddie and Alicia

both agreed that the biggest

thing that the team needs to

work on is working together

and they are both looking

forward to keeping this win-

ning streak.

~Haley, Journalism Staff

girls won the next game in

Palmer with a score of 57-

26. Hailey had six and Whit-

ney had seven points. Twin

Loup brought home the win

in the next game too. The

game against SEM ended

with the score of 55-36. Hai-

ley had a total of four points

and Whitney had a good

game with 12 points. The

game against Riverside did-

n’t end as well as the

Wolves would have hoped

The Twin Loup Basketball

girls’ team currently has a

record of 3-9. The game

against Stapleton was held

in Taylor. The final score of

this game was 48-28 with

the Wolves on top. Hailey

scored eight points and

Whitney scored four. The

next game was in 34-38.

This close game ended with

the Burwell Longhorns win-

ning. Hailey had two points

and Whitney had ten. The

with a score of 39-59; River-

side on top. Hailey had four

points again and Whitney

had another good game with

14 points. The Wolves lost

the game against North Cen-

tral with a score of 41-57.

The girls went to Arcadia

and lost against the Arca-

dia/Loup City Rebels with a

score of 37-66.

~Haley, Journalism Staff

Junior High Girls Start Off Strong

Girls Basketball Defeat Stapleton by 20

Junior High Boys Continue to Work Hard

fairly well as a team and

they are excited to see how

the rest of their season will

turn out. Raif has the goal to

end the season with a win-

ning record and beat the

next team. Coach Young has

set goals as well, to work

harder than the other team,

rebound harder, and play

better defense. Coach

Young said that the boys are

doing great so far, but there

is always room for improve-

ment.

~Emily, Journalism Staff

Our junior high boys are 1-1

for the start of their basket-

ball season. Their first game

was held in Dunning and

they walked out with a victo-

ry. Their second game was

hosted by Merna that ended

in a devastating loss. The

boys think they are doing

Volume 11, Issue 5 Page 7

ed with a score of 52-67 for

the opponents. The next

team we faced was River-

side and they defeated us

67-38. First win for the

Wolves was against North

Central. They scored 51

points and North Central

scored 44. Coach Yilk said,

On December 22 the Wolves

played the Burwell Long-

horns. They had a good

game but ended up losing

51-63. First game of the

new semester was dominat-

ed by Palmer. We lost 36-

55. The game against SEM

was very intense and it end-

“We played well versus

North Central. They are a

good team, but we took con-

trol in the second half, even-

tually pulling away and se-

curing a victory from the free

-throw line late in the game.”

~Michelle, Journalism Staff

Boys Basketball Takes Control Against North Central

Twin Loup Wolves wrestling

continues into the second half

of the school year. Their last

meet which was held in Bur-

well, showed improvement in

our boys from their first meets

of the year. JD, wrestling at

106, didn’t have the outcome

he was hoping for with a score

of 0-2. JW ended up in the con-

solation round competing for

third place at the Burwell meet

and coming out with fourth

place. Shad’s first meet back

ended up with the score 0-2,

but he is excited for what the

rest of the season will hold for

him and the improvements he

is hoping to make. The Wolves

competed in three duals, the

first one being held at Sargent

with JD winning and JW was

defeated. Fullerton was the

second dual our boys attended

with JD walking away with yet

another win and JW with a win.

Their third and final dual was

hosted by Central Valley, JD lost

his match and JW with another

win. The Twin Loup Wolves

have experienced a change

from being combined with Bur-

well to be on their own. The

boys think that it’s a good

change because they get a lot

more one-on-one time with the

coaches. They think they could

improve on their wrestling skills

and have goals to achieve. JW

has the goal to make it to state

and JD has a goal that involves

the whole team and hoping

that they at least make the top

three as a team. This wrestling

season holds a lot more im-

provement and great things for

our wrestlers and we can’t wait

to watch them.

~Emily, Journalism Staff

Wrestling

Season

Continues

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14 15 Breakfast Bites, Fruit, Juice, Milk French Dip, Vegetable, Fruit, Milk

16 Breakfast Burritos, Cere-al, Fruit, Juice, Milk Chicken Rings, Vegeta-ble, Fruit, Milk

17 Early Riser, Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk Brisket Sandwich, Vege-table, Fruit, Milk

18 Yogurt, Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk Tuna & Noodles, Vegeta-ble, Fruit, Milk

19 NO SCHOOL WINTER BREAK

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22 Yogurt, Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk Spaghetti, Vegetable, Fruit, Milk

23 Donut, Cheese Stick, Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk Chicken Tenders, Vege-table, Fruit, Milk

24 Waffle Sticks, Cereal, Juice, Milk Hot Dogs, Vegetable, Fruit, Milk

25 Breakfast Pizza, Cereal, Juice, Milk Mac & Cheese, Ham, Vegetable, Fruit, Milk

26 Pancakes, Sausage, Cereal, Juice, Milk Hamburger, Vegetable, Fruit, Milk

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29 NO SCHOOL MNAC SPEECH CON-TEST

Menu subject to change.

All meals are served with 1% milk.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

February 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 JH BB @ Taylor vs. Central Valley (NLSGW) 1:00/2:00

2 3 4 BB @ Sargent vs. A/M 6:00/7:30

5 W : MNAC Confer-ence @ Mullen 10:00

BB @ Taylor vs. Elba 6:00/7:30. GJV @ 5:00. No BJV. Parent’s Night

6 ACT Test Day Pee Wee Basketball Tournament

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8 JH BB @ Callaway vs. South Loup 1:00 (G/B play @ same time)

Start of MAPS Testing (through Feb. 19)

9 BB @ SEM vs. SEM 6:00/7:30

10 FFA State Degree Interviews Board Meeting. 7:00

11 2:00 Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conferences 2:30-6:30

12 BB @ Greeley vs. NLSGW 6:00/7:30

Valentines w. CMHC (Burwell)

13 Burwell Speech Invite

14 15 JH BB @ Sargent vs. A/L 1:00/2:00 FFA District Career Development Events

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17 Spelling Bee

18 GBB: Sub-Districts

19 No School Winter Break BBB @ Taylor vs. Mullen 6:00

20 National FFA Week Red Raider Speech Invite @ Loup City

21 22 FFA Livestock Judg-ing @ Broken Bow

23 24 2:00 Dismissal Teacher In-Service

25 BBB: Sub-Districts

26 GBB: Districts

27 W: State Duals @ Kearney

28 29 No School MNAC Speech Meet @ Taylor Start of Spring Prac-tice

MAPS Testing: Feb. 8-19

Pennies for Patients: Feb. 1– 19

February 2016

National FBLA Week

W: District Competition @ Cambridge

GBB: Sub-Districts @ Kearney Catholic W: State Competition @ Omaha

National FFA Week

BBB: Sub-Districts @ Kearney Catholic

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VALENTINE CARDS! Loup County High School and Junior High Volunteers will be selling

Valentine cards with a sucker. The cards will sell for 50 cents apiece or 3 for $1.00. The proceeds will go to Rainbow House in Omaha, NE! The group will start selling the Valentines on Monday February 1, 2016 and continue until February 12, 2016. Valentines will be delivered at school and in the town of Taylor or pick up your order at school. If you have questions or want to place an order give us a call at the school, (308) 942-6115, or send choices by mail, email me at sarmbruster@loupcountyschools.org or the students can pick out their own here at school. ______ 1. Bear holding a heart: I Like You Beary Much! ______ 2. Two Elephants with trunks twisted: You’re Unforgettable ______ 3. Two Birds: Tweet! Tweet! You’re Sweet ______ 4. Two Owls: OWL BE your valentine! ______ 5. Dog: You’re DOGGONE GREAT! ______ 6. Page from book: Are you made of copper and Tellurium? Because you’re a CU (29 copper) (52

Tellurium) ______ 7. Heart: Happy Valentine’s Day ______ 8. Three little monsters: You’re a Monstrously Great Friend! ______ 9. You’re just like BACON you make everything better ______10. Nicholas Cage: U caged my heart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO__________________________________________________________________________________ FROM_______________________________________________________________________________ CARD NUMBER________________________________________________________________________

Thank you!