Kindergarten and first grade retelling stories through play. This was the story of "The Three Little Pigs."
Over Christmas student’s at McPherson Elementary participated in a 12 days of Christmas reading challenge. These students are the ones that completed the challenge. Each student was entered into a drawing for a LED reading chair. Bryson Phelps was the winner of the drawing.
Wrestling on Friday:
Boys will wrestle at South Loup in Callaway starting at 10:00, here is the streaming link for it:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/arnold/organization/39450/south-loup-high-school
Girls will wrestle at Lexington starting at 1:00 p.m. The event will be streamed in conjunction with NEwrestle.
Girls wresting on Saturday will be in Dunning @ 10:30.
Green Mat:
Links: https://www.youtube.com/@ThedfordSchoolsLive
Black Mat:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVh4Tzo26dYMXpOseEhp2w/live
Wrestling upcoming event:
Maxwell Triangular will start at 5:00 p.m. Order of events, Maxwell v Medicine Valley; Medicine Valley v Sandhills Valley; Maxwell v Sandhills Valley Boys; Maxwell v Sandhills Valley girls. There will be no streaming of this event. Maxwell will be hosting Senior Night for their team right before their match with Sandhills Valley. Concessions will be available starting at 4:00.
Good afternoon Maverick Nation! With all of the recent events happening, we decided to cancel our Junior High basketball games tomorrow, January 23rd with Hyannis. No make up date has been decided. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Florea.
Freezing temps means Just Dance for movement for 5th and 6th grades!
Junior high games that were postponed today, January 20, will now be played tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, in Tryon starting girls at 1 o'clock central time. Boys will start approximately 2:15 central time.
Junior high learning about kinetic energy!
Due to the number of quarters the JV Girls and Boys will play tomorrow at Thedford, game times will be start at 4:45 JV Girls, 5:15 JV Boys and varsity girls at 6:00 with varsity boys to follow.
Sorry for the late message, but Junior High basketball games scheduled tomorrow in Tryon have been postponed. We will send out more information later.
I hope everyone is starting to feel better! We were supposed to do Winter testing at the elementary, but with most students sick last week, we moved it to next week. This week we will work on catching up JH/HS students that missed last week. 100 Day is Thursday!
Please take all clothes, coats, hats, gloves, etc. home to wash. Hopefully that will help slow down this sickness.
Due to the number of illnesses at the elementary this week, we will delay elementary MAP/NSCAS testing until the week of January 27th.
If your student is sick today and has an activity tomorrow, they will not be allowed to attend the activity due to time they will be leaving. Refer to the activities handbook page 1. B
McPherson County families:
Due to staff shortages and illness, school will dismiss Friday, January 17 at 12:00 p.m. There will be no lunchtime provided for the Jh/HS. The bus will run accordingly.
The junior class prom meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled due to illness.
Valentine's Day is just a month away! We will be doing Candy Grams again this year. If you would like to send something sweet to your student, a friend, or a staff member please fill out this form before February 5th! Proceeds will be going towards the Teacher's Scholarship Fund for seniors. Make all checks payable to McPherson County Schools.
It looks like the ugly flu and cold season is coming out in full force. Remember to cover your cough or sneeze, wash your hands thoroughly, and get plenty of rest.
We are in full swing academically and athletically. Your support of our student athletes is much appreciated. Junior High and High school kiddos, eat well and get plenty of rest for your tests this week.
ATTENTION: Please see the following article regarding important time changes and scheduling information for all athletic events happening the week of 1/13-1/18: Link to article is here: https://www.stapletonschools.org/article/1960026
