I appreciated the ef-

forts of all of our programs,

but after the season they’ve

had I just have to say “WAY

TO GO WOLVES” to the

Twin Loup Football team! It

is a rare thing to go undefeat-

ed in your regular season and

to make it all the way to the

state championship is a

GREAT accomplishment! I

am proud of the way you rep-

resented our schools and com-

munities at the State Champi-

onship game!

Other Activities were also

very busy in November. Our

One Act did a very entertain-

ing performance of “Campsite

Chaos” as we hosted the East

half of the MNAC Play Pro-

duction competition.

THANK YOU Ms. Debbie

Simmons for the extra hours

and effort you put in to host

this competition in Sargent!

When you add a hard fought

finish to our Volleyball season

going 1-1 at Sub-Districts, and

an enjoyable LVC choir concert

I can reflect back on November

and say that it was a great

month!

Looking at the December

calendar it holds just as much or

more opportunity for us all to see

our students in action. The win-

ter sports season provides ample

opportunity to cheer on our

Wolves, but it is also a strong

distraction from homework. With all of the hustle of the hol-

iday season and school activities

going on this time of year I want

to remind you to help your stu-

dent by encouraging them to

budget their time throughout this

busy season. As you check on

their grades and homework

deadlines be sure to remind

them to request work ahead of

time when they know they are

going to be gone. The teachers

appreciate it and it will allow

them to spread the work out in-

stead of having all due the day

after the big game or meet. Just

a quick heads up that Semester

exams coming up on December

20th and 21st. I’d also invite you

to pay close attention to the list

of upcoming events and the De-

cember calendar found in the

back. As a parent and patron I

think budgeting our time wisely

is good advice for all of us!

In an effort to help par-

ents monitor their own stu-

dent’s progress remember

you can use the email notice

function of PowerSchool to

be emailed grade reports and

lunch balance notifications. If

you would like to fine tune or

start this feature contact Mrs.

Schauda. She can help you

set things up so you can

check all of your children

with logging on once to

check grades, lunch balances,

and attendance for each of

your children. If you have

questions about setting up

a family login or are una-

ble to log in through par-

ent guardian portal you

can contact the school and

we can talk you through it.

PowerSchool can be a use-

ful tool for parents, stu-

dents, and staff but I real-

ize not everyone has inter-

net access or email. If you

have questions about your

child’s progress please

feel free to contact their

teachers, Mrs. Schauda, or

myself at 527-4119.

Speaking of student

progress, Elementary mid-

term grade reports were

sent home with students

on November 29th. If you

didn’t receive a copy or

would like to check your

Jr/Sr High students grades

you can check on power

school or give me a call

and we will make sure you

get one. This seems like a

lot of information, but like

I said it is a busy time of

year.

So until next Month enjoy

the Holidays and GO

WOLVES!

Thoughts From the Principal

December Newsletter

Inside this issue:

SARGENT PUBLIC SCHOOL

College Infor-

mation 2

College Infor-

mation 3

Semester Tests 3

VB Honors 4

Box Tops 4

Amazon School

Rewards 4

School Attend-

ance 5

Career Explora-

tion Day 5

Upcoming Events 5

Title 1 6

Title I 7

Music News 8

FBLA News 9

Nat’l Young Read-

ers’ Day 10

Dec. Calendar 11

Financial Aid. . . Applying for financial aid isn't difficult if you're prepared. Follow these steps to determine how you'll pay for college.

Step 1. Learn what types of financial aid are available: Scholarships come from pr ivate donors or from your college and are

not repaid. Some are based on financial need while others are based on criteria such as academics, community involvement, leader-

ship, athletics, talents, or military involvement.

Grants are based on financial need and you don't repay them. They include:

Pell Grants (range from approx., is $500 - $5,000)

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants

State grants

College-based grants

Work-Study, also based on financial need, allows you to earn money while attending college. You get paid for hours worked so

don't expect money up-front to pay tuition. Work-study earnings will not affect future financial aid eligibility.

Loans are a type of financial aid you must repay. Several types of loans are available for students and parents.

Step 2. Apply for scholarships

Start looking for scholarships in your junior year. Use free resources including:

Your high school guidance counselor

The college financial aid and admission offices ScholarshipQuest with over 2,000 local and statewide scholarships Don't ever pay for scholarship or financial aid services! If you receive offers, check with your guidance office or financial aid office

before you reply.

Step 3. Request a FSA ID (Federal Student Aid ID) This ID replaces the PIN previously used by students and parents

1. Go to fsaid.ed.gov before you start your FAFSA

2. Enter personal information

3. Answer challenge questions. Select answers that are easy to remember and won’t change over time.

4. Submit your FSA ID information and verify your email address with the assigned security code.

Step 4. Complete the FAFSA

Complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov. The colleges you list on the application

will receive the results.

Gather the required items to complete the FAFSA.

Apply before your college's priority date to get the best financial aid package.

Complete the FAFSA every year you're in college. If you need help completing the FAFSA, contact the EducationQuest office nearest you.

Step 5. Expect a Student Aid Repor t (SAR)

The Federal processor will send you a SAR which summarizes your FAFSA information and provides your Expected Family Contri-

bution (EFC). If you need to make FAFSA corrections, use your PIN online at fafsa.ed.gov or contact the college financial aid office.

Step 6. Expect a financial aid award letter from the colleges you applied to

The colleges will use your FAFSA results to award you financial aid. They will use this standard formula:

Your financial need determines the amount and type of financial aid you will receive.

Step 7. Compare award letters

Some colleges may offer more in scholarships and grants, while others rely on student loans. Calculate your

out-of-pocket expenses for each school to get the whole financial picture. Use our Award Letter Comparison

Calculator for an easy comparison.

Cost of Education (tuition/fees, room/board, books, transportation)

– Expected Family Contr ibution (FAFSA results) .

= Financial Need

College Information for Seniors

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Step 8. Apply for student loans, if necessary

Your award letter will indicate the type and amount of student loans you can borrow. Apply for them through

your college financial aid office.

Step 9. Explore other college funding options

They might include:

College Payment Plans. Many schools offer a monthly payment plan for your out-of-pocket tuition

expenses. Ask about finance charges.

Alternative loans. These loans come from pr ivate lenders who determine the interest rate and repay-

ment terms. Most alternative loans require a co-signer.

Home Equity Line of Credit Loan. This allows you to borrow money as you need it, which fits well

with tuition payments.

The Military. All branches offer education assistance which may include the Montgomery G.I. Bill, tui-

tion reimbursement and student loan repayment.

Education Quest is a nonprofit organization that provides many different college services for free.

Take the time to stop in and check out the services they offer. Their offices are located in

Kearney at 2706 2nd Avenue, Phone 800-666-3721. They also have offices in Lincoln and Omaha.

begin studying early and not wait for the night be-

fore to try and “cram” it all in.

These exams will be worth 10% of their final se-

mester grade.

Here are a couple of examples to help you under-

stand how the semester test might affect your stu-

dent’s final semester grade.

Sargent Public Schools 7th through 12th

grade students will have “Semester Tests”

on Tuesday December 20th through

Wednesday December 21st. Semester tests

provide a way for teachers to see how well

concepts were mastered over the course of

the year. Because the exam covers so

much content it is important that students

Semester Tests are Part of Final Semester Grade

Ex. 1 – 1st quarter 90, 2nd quarter 92, semester test 99, final semester grade is 92

Ex. 2 – 1st quarter 90, 2nd quarter 92, semester test 75, final semester grade is 89

Page 4 December Newsletter

Amazon School Rewards Program Do you shop Amazon? If so, did you know a percentage of your sales will now be donated back to the school? Sargent Public Schools has joined forces with Amazon School Rewards Program. Our school will receive up to 15% back in referrals for any purchases made through our Amazon school site. The school Amazon site has been posted on the Sargent Public Schools webpage (www.sargentpublicschools.org). When shopping, be sure to use the link from the school website, and log into your Amazon account to make your purchases. The school Amazon site MUST be used for the school to receive the cash back credit. Be sure to share this link with family and friends and help the school earn some cash back! For more information, please contact Mrs. Tobias.

Congratulations to the Following Twin Loup Volleyball Players for receiving All Conference

MNAC All Conference VB: 2nd Team –Bailey Coons-Libero, Honorable mention -Karson Kirwan and

Whitney Steckel.

Sargent Elementary students are continuing to collect Big G box tops as an ongoing,

fundraising project. Sargent Schools are registered partici-

pants in this program and the school receives .10 cents for

each box top that we submit to General Mills. It is worth the

time and effort put into collection. Please save your box

tops and drop off at the school office or give to any ele-

mentary child. A submission is made both in the spring and

in the fall. We will bag the trimmed box tops in groups of 50 before they are sub-

mitted. Please check the dates, as out-of–date box tops are not accepted. Keep sav-

ing the box tops all summer! Thank you for your help!

Twin Loup Wolves Volleyball Honors

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School Attendance

As we near the end of the semester you need to be aware that your student could be in jeop-

ardy of losing semester credit if they miss too much school. As long as the school has been

properly notified, a student could miss up to eight days of school before it affects the credit

they receive for a class. After the eighth absence the principal, and possibly a staff hearing

committee, will review the absences to see if an exception should be made because of a major

illness, serious medical reasons, or if these were unexcused absences.

I believe there might be a misunderstanding and some parents may think that if they call

the school it is automatically an excused absence. An absence is considered unexcused unless it

is due to a verified medical/dental appointment or a funeral for a close family member. In oth-

er situations it will be up to the principal to make judgments pertaining to whether an absence

will be excused or unexcused. We need parents to call so we can make sure your student didn’t

get stranded on his or her way to school and this is the best way for me to tell if students are

absent or truant. Except for activity participation an unexcused absence has little affect

until after the eighth absence. Then they are considered as we determine if a student

should receive full or partial credit.

Dec. 7– State Play Production @ Norfolk

Dec. 8– 7-12 Winter Concert @ Taylor 7:30

Dec. 14– FFA District Leadership Contest @

Sargent. NO SCHOOL PK-12

Dec. 15– K-6 Winter Concert @ 7:00

Dec. 16– Career Day @ 8:30

Dec. 21– 2:00 dismissal Christmas Break

Dec. 23-27—Five Day Practice Moratorium

Career Exploration Day 2016 will be held on December 16th. This is the four th annu-

al event and it is for 7-12 grade students. A survey has been given to the students to get an

idea of careers they want to learn more about and Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. Schauda are mak-

ing calls to professionals to put us on their schedule. They will each share good infor-

mation regarding training and education required, what they like about the career, and what

a normal day looks like. The gym will be full of colleges and businesses that want to get

their information out to the students. We hope this day and the preparation for the day will

strike up a good conversation at home about your child’s future.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Reminders as we go into the Holiday Season.

The Twin Loup 7-12 Winter Concert will be on Thursday, December 8th, at

7:30 PM in the Loup County Gym.

The Elementary Winter Concert will be on Thursday, Dec. 15th at 7:00 PM.

Hope to see you there.

The Twin Loup Co-op Band has been very busy the past few weeks. We

have entertained at football half-times for 5 games this year. It’s true that

we are rotating the same songs each time, but there is a limit of what we

can play with the instrumentation that is available during the games. Hope-

fully we can work some new songs into our arsenal as basketball season ap-

proaches. It was great of Hunter Kraus to help us out during the Home-

coming Pep Rally. Thank you!

Both the 7-12 band and the K-6 students spent a lot of time preparing

songs for the Veterans’ Day Program on November 11th. The band pre-

sented songs by two famous American March Kings: Carl King and John

Phillip Sousa. They kept everyone’s toes tapping as they played Torch of

Liberty March and an arrangement of Stars and Stripes Forever.

The Kindergarten, First and Second grade students presented their own

song: A-M-E-R-I-C-A, then all the elementary performed American Heart.

The Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth grades then finished the musical portion

of the morning with a rousing selection of songs representing the Armed

Forces called Military Medley. We hope everyone enjoyed hearing these

songs as much as the kids loved singing them.

Music Notes

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Monday, November 7, 2016, the FBLA chapter held its monthly

meeting at 6pm where the chapter talked about upcoming events

such as: our annual Christmas party and organizing the March of

Dimes committee that Shelby Schneider is in charge of. On the

same night, the FBLA put together a family movie night in the

school. We had Ice Age 5 playing in the gym, and then for the

high schoolers we put on Rudy in the cafeteria. Movie night was a

huge success for the FBLA, members brought snacks and popped

popcorn for the movie goers to munch on.

The holiday season is here! The Wolf Den is

the place to be to find all of your Twin Loup appar-

el needs. Our Twin Loup gear makes the perfect

Christmas presents, with several new items such

as a new backpack, long sleeve shirts, and hood-

ies. We also have an online store for our wolf den if you would

like a certain item with a logo that’s not in the store, you can cus-

tomize your Twin Loup gear at mylocker.net and just search

Wolf Den Online. If you are unsure of the sizes you need or what

the person you are shopping for wants, we also

have gift certificates available for purchase. The

Wolf Den is open on Mondays and Thursdays during

the high school lunch hour and during home events

taking place in Sargent. If these times don’t fit your

schedule, just call Mrs. Osborn at 308-215-8009 to

make an appointment. Thank you for supporting the

Sargent FBLA!

By Delaney Gibbens, Reporter

FBLA NEWS

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NATIONAL YOUNG READER’S DAY

Sargent Elementary students celebrated National Young Readers’ Day

on Friday, November 11 with the theme “Pirates Read”. This supported

the theme for the year in the Library Media Center, “What

ARRRRRRGH You Reading?”

The celebration began with several of the Wolf Pup mentors reading

to small groups of elementary students. Of course, the book selections all

revolved around the theme of pirates! High school mentors who took

time out of their busy day to share with the students were Shelby Schnei-

der, Delaney Gibbens, Marshall Gibbens, Gavin Kemp, Bella Kissel, Ky-

lie Hansen, Kalayah Ironshell, Justin Kemp, Elizabeth Folkers, and

McKenzie Stefka.

Students then ventured to the Library Media Center where eve-

ryone participated Placing the Parrot on Pirate Pete’s Shoulder. Then we

had a snack of Cannon Balls (cheese balls) and Pirate Loot ( M&M’s and

Hershey’s Kisses).

National Young Readers’ Day was first organized in 1989 by Pizza

Hut and the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. The stu-

dents at Sargent Elementary had a great time celebrating reading and Na-

tional Young Readers’ Day. Hopefully, they are becoming “Great Read-

ers”!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

DDecember

State Play Production

@ Norfolk

FFA Leadership Skills

@ Cntura

2:30 Dismissal Christ-

mas Break

G & B BB @ Staple-

ton 6:00-7:30

WR JV @ Ravenna

4:00

G & B BB @ Callaway

6:00-7:30

WR @ Ravenna Invite

1:00

G & B BB vs

Sandhills/Thedford

@ Taylor 6:00-7:30

G & B BB @ Stuart

6:00-7:30

WR @ Sargent Invite

1:00

G & B BB vs Brady

@ Sargent 6:00-7:30

G & B BB @ Litchfield

6:00-7:30

Girl Scouts

G & B BB vs Bur-

well @ Sargent 6:00-

7:30. LPBHD Flu

shot Clinic during

BB Games.

WR @ Kearney

Catholic Invite 10:00

NSAA Practice

Moratorium begins

NSAA Practice

Moratorium ends

JH WR @ Dunning

1:00

District Play Production

@ Callaway

JH WR @ Merna

1:00

One Act Play Perfor-

mance 8:00

BOE Meeting

WR West Holt Dual

@ Atkinson 6:00

Girl Scouts Good News Club

7-12 Winter Concert

@ Taylor 7:30

Good News Club K-6 Winter Concert

7:00

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8

7-12 Winter Concert @ Taylor 7:30

9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Gym Closed

25 26

Gym closed

27

Gym closed

28

Gym open Five Day Practice Mora-torium ends

29 30 31

DDecember 2016

2:00 Dismissal Christ-

mas Break

End of 2nd Qtr.

Semester Tests

G & B BB vs South

Loup @ Callaway

4:00-5:00-6-7:30

JV @ 4-5

WR Ravenna Invite

1:00

G & B BB vs

Sand. Thed. @

Taylor 4:30-5:15-

6:00 & 7:30

Sargent Wrestling Invite

@ 1:00

G & B BB vs Stuart @

Sargent

G & B BB vs Brady

@ Sargent

4-5-6-7:30

WR Anselmo Merna

Invite 10:00

G & B BB vs

Ansley/Litch. @ Litch-

field 6-7:30

G & B BB vs Staple-

ton @ Stapleton 6-

7:30

Sargent Schools

Career Fair

WR Elgin/Pope

John Invite 9:30

JH WR @ Merna 1:00

Gym Closed

G & B BB vs Burwell

@ Sargent 6:00 & 7:30

Wrestling Quad @

Greeley 5:00

Semester Tests

Elem. Winter

concert @ 7:00

No SCHOOL

No School

Gym Closed

Five day practice

moratorium starts

State play produc-

tion @ Norfolk

Good News

FFA District

Leadership Contest

in Sargent

K-12 No school