Ogallala Public Schools

🏀Basketball Livestream for Monday, Jan. 30th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  7th Grade at Aud Ogallala vs. Cozad. Watch Boys Middle School Basketball Monday, Jan 30th, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam4fe93cea18 8th at High school Ogallala vs. Cozad. Watch Boys Middle School Basketball Monday, Jan 30th, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam5ef52c4b1a

Ogallala Speech Team competed at the Perkins County Speech Meet yesterday. The team placed 2nd! The following students places: Informative Speaking: Caleb Most 1st, Reegan DeVries 3rd, Payton Kieckhafer 10th Serious Prose: Erica Hesser 1st, Kiara McGuire 5th, Isabel Rodriquez 7th and Isabella Holthusen 10th Program Oral Interp.: Michael Tophoj 2nd, Isabel Rodriquez 3rd, Isabella Holthusen 4th Poetry: Michael Tophoj 1st, Isabella Holthusen 4th, David Tyler 7th Persuasive Speaking: Erica Hesser 3rd Oral Interp. Of Drama: Iziaha Skiles, Josh Christensen, Payton Catlin, David Tyler and Kooper Williams 3rd Extemporaneous Speaking: Caleb Most 2nd, Ella Schlake 7th Entertainment Speaking: Lauren Henning 1st, Ashley Pluard 6th The team goes to Gothenburg next Saturday.

📣Activity update for the week of January 30.

🏀Basketball Livestream for Saturday, Jan. 28th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  7th BB at High School Ogallala High School vs. Gering High School. Watch Boys Middle School Basketball Saturday, Jan 28th, 2023 at 10:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam940b7c27e7 8th BB at Aud Ogallala High School vs. Gering High School. Watch Boys Middle School Basketball Saturday, Jan 28th, 2023 at 10:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam64bf7d9171

🏀Basketball Livestream for Thursday, Jan. 26th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Girls Freshman Basketball Thursday, Jan 26th, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamae60cca338 Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Boys Freshman Basketball Thursday, Jan 26th, 2023 at 5:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam917f519770

OPSD has a dedicated and enthusiastic Board of Education. We appreciate all the Board does to assist our school. Be sure to thank our devoted Board Members for their commitment to Ogallala Public Schools!

Winter Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for February 8th and 9th. There will be no school on February 10th. We look forward to visiting with you regarding your student! #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #CultureOfConfidence

🏀Basketball Livestream for Tuesday, Jan. 24th🏀 ***Southwest Conference Basketball*** Games 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 Girls Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Jan 24th, 2023 at 4:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam5e485636e8 Ogallala High School vs. Valentine High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Jan 24th, 2023 at 6:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam541caa68a9

With little time to practice this week, OHS Speech Team took only a handful of students to the Alliance Speech Meet on Saturday. The following students came home with hardware: Caleb Most Informative ,1st and Extemporaneous Speaking ,2nd Erica Hesser Serious Prose, 4th Michael Tophoj Poetry, 2nd Isabella Holthusen Poetry , 5th Lauren Henning Entertainment,3rd Ogallala will be going to Perkins Country next Saturday.

📣Activity update for the week of January 23rd.

Tim Ryan was sworn into the Ogallala Public Schools Board of Education at the January meeting. We look forward to having Tim on our School Board. Welcome, Tim!

At the January School Board Meeting, OPSD Board honored Dave Kling for his years of service and dedication to OPSD. We are so appreciative of all Dave did to serve our school. Thank you, Dave!

🏀Basketball Livestream for Friday, Jan. 20th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamee82703609 Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Girls Junior Varsity Basketball at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game2961f1854 Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Girls Varsity Basketball at 5:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamaae394a1d0 Ogallala High School vs. Alliance High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball at 7:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamd730b1191e

Ogallala Public Schools is hiring! Ogallala Public Schools provides great benefits, including full family benefits, a positive and family-first work environment. Come work with us! Apply online at applitrack.com/ogallala/onlineapp.

With one week of practice, Ogallala Speech team brings home 2nd at the Scottsbluff Speech meet this weekend. The following students placed: Caleb Most placed 1st in Informative Speaking and 3rd in Extemp. Lauren Henning 2nd in Entertainment, Isabella Holthusen 3rd in Poetry, Isabel Rodriquez 3rd in , Program of Oral Interp. Michael Tophoj 5th in Poetry. Way to go, Ogallala Speech Team!

This week we are highlighting OHS Alumni, Carter Franklin! To see our current ProOG Alumni Database, please visit https://www.opsd.org/page/proog-alumni-database . To be added to our Database, please email socialmedia@opsd.org with your name, graduation year, occupation, and a headshot. #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #ProOG #CultureOfConfidence

📣 Activity update for the week of January 16th. #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #CultureOfConfidence

🏀Basketball Livestream for Saturday, Jan. 14th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  7th Grade Boys vs. Sidney at 9:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam5c427bd1ad 8th Grade Boys vs. Sidney at 9:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam5ce251c705 Ogallala High School Boys JV vs. Valentine at 1:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gama68431a2ae Ogallala High School Girls JV vs. Valentine at 1:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam1620a25669 Ogallala High School Girls Varsity vs. Valentine 2:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game67bf15ff8 Ogallala High School Boys Varsity vs. Valentine at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam2b30e49bba

🏀Wrestling Livestream for Friday, Jan. 13th🏀 Games available to watch on OPSD YouTube or NFHS (subscription required). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@opsdlivestreammain9824 NFHS:  https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam493fee9042

Ogallala Public Schools is committed to fostering life long learners. One way we encourage students to learn outside the school walls is to assist them in building their home libraries! Consider donating to the fundraiser for each student to choose their own book at the Prairie View Book Fair. Use the link below to donate to the fundraiser! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=N7MHYMTEQVKUE