At the February OPSD School Board meeting, the board honored 3 model students! These students have shown what it means to do things “The OG Way.” They are risk-takers in and out of the classroom. They show grit in all they do. And they take ownership of their learning. We are so proud of our February students of the month, Ridley Cone (elementary), Jagger Barnhill (middle grades), and Hailey Webber (high school). Keep up the great work!
We greatly appreciate our community sponsors for donating prizes for these individuals to honor their accomplishments!
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Cedric, an OHS Woods student, created this beautiful toy chest for OPSD staff member Joe Peters. We love seeing our students use their talents in such a caring way!
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🏀Basketball Livestream for Thursday, Feb. 23rd🏀
Subdistrict Final Game between the Ogallala Indians and the Sidney Red Raiders!
Games are available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required).
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824
NFHS: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne
Mrs. Waitley's 3rd-grade students have been enjoying working on their ASL skills while playing sign language BINGO and UNO! We love to see students learning and practicing valuable communication skills!
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🏀Basketball Livestream for Tuesday, Feb. 21st🏀
Games are available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required).
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824
NFHS:
Ogallala High School vs. Valentine High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Feb 21st, 2023 at 2:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network!
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamb5b2f4d698
Sidney High School vs. Chadron High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Feb 21st, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network!
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gambeff9acf3c
Prairie View Ambassadors presented their idea to the Youth Inspired Philanthropy Contest! The group of students presented their idea of gifting each new student to Prairie View with a welcome bag full of goodies for them to use as they start their educational journey at Ogallala Public Schools. We are SO proud to announce that the Ambassadors earned the funds to kick off their project! Way to go, Ambassadors!
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‼️Change of schedule for Boys Basketball Subdistrict C1-12‼️
Games on Tuesday will be as follows:
4:00 pm MST Chadron vs. Sidney
5:30 pm. MST Ogallala vs. Winner of Mitchell/Valentine.
Doors will open at 3:30 for spectators.
We hope to see you there!
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Ogallala Speech Team hosted the Ogallala Invite yesterday! The team placed 3rd out of the 22 teams that attended.
The following students placed:
Extemporaneous Speaking: Caleb Most 1st
Informative: Caleb Most 2nd
Poetry: Isabella Holthusen 7th, David Tyler 9th
Program of Oral Interp. Isabel Rodriquez 2nd, Isabella Holthusen 4th
Persuasive Speaking: 4th
Serious Prose: Erica Hesser 4th
Next Saturday Ogallala Speakers will go to North Platte to compete in the Best of the West tournament. Then they will go to the Southwest Conference tournament in Cozad on the 27th.
📣Activity update for the week of February 20th.
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Mason & Trey built a robot to wheel their items on for "Bring Anything but a Backpack Day" at the high school.
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Middle School Digital Literacy classes with Ms. Burgett have been coding and designing block-based programs such as Star Wars, Minecraft, and Dance Party on Code.org. Students have had fun exercising their critical thinking skills and creativity application through pair programming. In pair programming, one student is the "driver" writing code while the other is the "navigator" reviewing and providing guidance. Students switch roles often.
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OHS Spanish Honor Society is working hard and showing grit to host the concession stand for the Ogallala Speech Meet today! The money raised will go toward scholarships for graduating seniors!
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🤼♀️State Wrestling - Day 2 (Friday) Update🤼
Lake McClure lost her second match of the tournament. She showed grit and determination but came up short.
Logan Stephens went 1-2 during the tournament and was defeated in the consolation round 2.
Cole Stokey went 2-2, but was knocked out during the consolation round 3.
We are so proud of our OHS Wrestlers and the incredible season they had!
Regular season play comes to a close with OHS Boys Basketball hosting Gothenburg. The varsity squad defeated the Swedes 67-42. The JV team battled hard, but fell short 46-52. It was a great night at Prairie View celebrating our seniors that have been dedicated teammates!
OHS Boys will kick off subdistrict play this coming week!
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🏀Basketball Livestream for Friday, Feb. 17th🏀
Games are available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required).
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824
NFHS:
Ogallala High School vs. Gothenburg High School. Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Friday, Feb 17th, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network!
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamc3da62bba5
Ogallala High School vs. Gothenburg High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Friday, Feb 17th, 2023 at 5:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network!
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam731ceb95db
Caiden Castillo built this beautiful chest in Mr. O'Neil's woods 2 class! Such a timeless creation!
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🤼♀️State Wrestling - Day 1 (Thursday) Update🤼♂️
Cole Stokey and Lake McClure lost their 1st match and will have a chance to wrestle back through the consolation rounds today.
Logan Stephens won his first match and lost his second. He will have a chance to wrestle back today starting in the 2nd round of consolations today.
Matches are available to be streamed on the NFHS Network (subscription required): https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/nsaa
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✏️🖍📚Kindergarten Registration is open NOW at Prairie View School!📚🖍✏️
If your child will be 5 by July 31, 2023, they are old enough to attend Kindergarten for the 2023/24 school year. Come in Monday-Friday from 9 am-3 pm to register. Bring their State Certified Birth Certificate and current immunization records. Your child must be registered to participate in Kindergarten Round-Up, which will take place in April. Kindergarten Round-Up is a very important part of getting your child ready for Kindergarten! Please call the school at (308) 284-6087 or (308) 284-4478 with any questions you may have. We look forward to having your child join our 2023/24 Kindergarten Class!
Ethan Skalsky and Zach Plasch, students in Mr. O'Neil's woods classes, built these awesome benches! Ethan's bench is made entirely from the bleacher boards removed from the high school gym. We love the finished product!
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OPSD is excited to announce that John O'Neil will be Ogallala High School Principal for the 2023/24 school year! Mr. O'Neil has been a loyal member of OPSD for 17 years. We cannot wait to see all he will accomplish in this position!
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