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10-1 JH FB&VB @Elwood 10-1 Neb. Wesleyan Rep visit 10-1 JV FB&VB @Alma 10-1 One-Act practice @7 10-2 VB @Harvard 10-3 FFA Area Land Judging 10-3 JH FB&VB vs Bertrand 10-4 CC RPAC meet @Alma 10-4 VB Tri vs EF @Overton 10-5 FCA Meeting 7am 10-5 FB @Pleasanton 10-6 FFA Livestock Judging Clinic 10-6 One Act practice 10-7 SPYAC football 10-8 FKC VB 10-8 Apply to College Day 10-8 Board Meeting 10-9 FKC VB 10-9 Staff Meeting @7:45am 10-9 UNK rep visit 10-11 FKC VB 10-11 CC Districts 10-12 FB @Elwood 10-13 One Act practice 10-15 JH FB vs Alma 10-15 JH VB Tournament @Elwood 10-15 One Act practice 10-16 Music Parents’ Meeting 7-12 @7 10-16 One Act practice 10-17 FFA State Land Judging 10-18 Picture Re-Take Day 10-18 FB vs Anselmo-Merna 10-19 End of 1st Quarter 10-19 CC State @Kearney 10-19 VB Tri @Ansley 10-20 One Act Practice 10-22 Chadron State Rep visit @8 10-22 JH VB Tourney @EF 10-22 HS Quiz Bowl Meet 10-22 FFA Meeting @Bertrand 10-23 JV&V VB vs Arapahoe 10-24 National FFA Convention until 27th 10-25 Preschool Field Trip 10-26 No School- Fall Break 10-29 VB Subs 10-29 VB Subs 10-30 VB Subs 10-30 Foreign Language Concert 10-30 UNK Psychology Fair

THE WOLFPACK Loomis Public School Newsletter October 2018, Volume 6 Issue 2

From the Wolf ’s Den Sam DunnThe 2018-19 school year is in full swing and I am proud to announce our school census has increased. We are serving 233 PK- 12th grade students. This is an increase from last year of 10 students. I believe we will continue to see enrollment increase based on the outstanding job our staff, students, and community do to promote education at Loomis Public School. The school is making a concerted effort to communicate with our patrons. An example is our new social media app, ClassIntercom. The app allows staff to take pictures of what is happening in their classrooms and activities, then submit the photos with a short “tag” of what is going on. Please subscribe to the following- #loomiswolves, #LPSWolfPack, @loomis_wolves, or like our FaceBook page Loomis School @ loomiswolves.

Many of you may have noticed that the Cube is no longer carrying our live broadcasted events. We you can now view the live activities at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlLx_dlr9z1IcUw1Vh5nUw

All of the above resources will serve as an excellent way to “Follow The Pack!”

As an avid reader I would like to recommend a couple books I have recently completed. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. The book deals with the mental aspect related to getting and staying with a career or activity and developing that extra “Grit” related to everyday life. The second book is, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. Speaking as an ex-coach and physical education teacher, the remarkable findings in this book put a new spin on activities. I am always looking for additional reading material, so if you have something you have recently completed and would be willing to share, please let me know.

Here’s wishing all students, staff and patrons a fantastic school year.

SMALL TOWN; BIG DATES

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Principal’s Post-it Notes Nate WeaverHello Wolves!

It’s been a busy month here at school. I can’t believe we’re over halfway done with September! We had our first run with AR (Accelerated Reader) and I’m happy to say that most of the students had it done before the deadline. Reading is a life skill that we will continue to improve upon with all students.

Homecoming week was here and is gone. I was impressed with the hall decorations; the students did a nice job. The week was full of school spirit and fun for all. The dance went off without a hitch and I think the kids had a great time.

We start teacher evaluations this month. All the teachers will be formally evaluated at least once a year and any teacher that is not tenured will be evaluated 2 times per year. I try to pop into each classroom once a day or a couple of times per week and am always proud to see the amount of work going on in our classrooms. Our teachers do a great job!

I have the opportunity to attend Crisis Training next week in Kearney. While we hope that everyone stays safe, there is protocol and ways to help youth cope with crisis type issues. I hope we will never need the training, but it is a good tool to have at our disposal.

Good luck to all the participants in activities for the next month. We have many kids participating in Volleyball, Football, Cross Country, FFA, One-Acts as well as activities outside of the school. Have a great month, wolf pack!

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Counselor’s Corner Whitney BilleterSenior Seminar is in full swing! We began the year out by taking a personality test, Enneagram Test. This showed the students their strengths as well as their fears. By them understanding what their best and worst traits are will come in hand personally and professionally. The more you know about yourself, the more you’re able to assert what you really need in life, relationships or otherwise. This test segued into researching career options. From the information we obtained from the personality test as well as our own career dreams the students began researching career paths. The website www.mynextmove.com was extremely helpful. Students were able to get more insight on specific jobs – education needed, colleges geared for that career, skills and abilities needed, job opportunities state to state, salary and much more. In the months to come I hope to get the students out into the real world by job shadowing their career of choice! I don’t expect that these seniors will have their whole lives planned out before graduation. My hope is that by taking these steps to get to know more about themselves and their career interest, they will be able to start to consider their options and the endless possibilities that are out there for them!

Apply2College Day - October 8th College reps will be set up in the gym from 8:00-10:00, allowing seniors a chance to visit with them.

The morning will conclude with applying to colleges online and documenting it in our photo booth!

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BerMis FFA members Hear Dr. Temple Grandin Speak Friday, August 24, 2018, 12 of the BerMis FFA members traveled to Kearney,

Nebraska and joined 2,000 other students and industry professionals, to hear Dr. Temple Grandin speak. Dr. Grandin’s key points were very influential as she talked about autism & handling animals safely and efficiently. Dr. Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University and has done many studies on animals, and has created chutes to make working with cattle more efficient. Dr. Temple Grandin has autism and it was very interesting for all of us to hear about how she sees the world in pictures and how she understands animals’ behavior in her mind.

Students noted that this experience was very interesting and we all walked away thankful that we got to go and hear her speak. Cailey Grabenstein from Bertrand said, “I learned more information about how animals look at things differently than people. People with autism look at things differently also. They learn more through pictures and are more sensitive to things happening around us.” Jennica Dannehl from Bertrand also stated that, “Dr. Grandin is very smart and sees things differently than we do. It was interesting hearing what she has experienced throughout her life.” McKayla Meyer commented, “Autistic people think in pictures. That’s why she could notice the little details that we wouldn’t.” All in all, the BerMis FFA members enjoyed the opportunity to hear this world renowned woman speak.

MightyWolvesFootballBy Head Coach Denis Reese

After an overtime loss to Axtell in the 1irst game, the Loomis Wolves have won 2 gamesbeatingFranklin,70-18andbeatingBlueHill,74-34.Theteamhasimprovedeachweekwiththe offensivelinemen(IsaacDunn,JoshCarter,CristianBlincow,AndrewDennis,andJoshuaMarcy) showing themost improvement. Late in theFramklin game, Shay Swanson landedhardonhisshoulderandbrokehiscollarbone.Heishealingverywell. ThisopenedthewayforIsaacWahlsbiggameagainstBlueHillwhenhesetschoolrecordsforyardsrushing(366),rushingTouchdowns (8), and total touchdowns (10)2passing touchdowns. PaytonShultzhasquietlyrushedforover300yardstotalinthelast2games.JoelAbramsonhasrushedforover100yards. JohnKenneyhasdevelopedintoathreatasakickreturnerafterrunningakickoffbackforatouchdownagainstFranklin.TheWolvesopenDistrictplayagainstOvertononSeptember14andfollowthatgamewithacontestagainstBertrandonSeptember21.

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2018 Lady Wolves Volleyball By Head Coach Carrie TrompkeThe girls are off to a great start going 4-4 in the first 3 weeks of regular season.  We started off the season with 3 of the top teams in our conference.  Though we came up short to Axtell, Overton and Pleasanton, we played hard and never gave up.  We have since rebounded and are on a great run!  We won both games at the Arapahoe Triangular beating Maywood-Hayes Center in 3 sets and then knocked off Arapahoe on their brand new home court in 2 sets.  At the 9-11 Tournament in Loomis we went 2-1, beating Shelton, coming up short to

Elwood, then rebounded to defeat Maxwell and earn 3rd place medals! The girls are very appreciative of the support the student body has been giving them at their games.  Crowd involvement is a huge advantage and we are so thankful for the parents and students that make the week night road trips to support us!!

The girls are looking forward to getting involved with our upcoming players and will be putting on Saturday Morning Volleyball Skills for all Loomis girls in grades 3rd – 8th starting September 22nd through October 13th from 9:00-10:30 at the school.  We are excited to get the younger players involved with our program! We have a tough schedule ahead of us and are looking forward to the Conference Tournament the second week of October.  Janessa and I are very proud of how the girls are representing Loomis!!

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Junior High Football Coach Casey VrbkaOn Monday September 10th the Wolves Junior High football team hosted the Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons. Playing a 6 man game the Wolves were unable to keep up with the Falcons. After a back and forth first half the Wolves eventually fell to the Falcons by a score of 52-36. Next up for the Wolves is a road contest at Southern Valley on September 19th. 

Reminder:The school is still collecting Coke product lids, SunMart receipts, Boxtops for Education labels and Our Family UPS labels.

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2018-2019 CLASS OFFICERS SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT:Olivia O’Clair V-PRES:McKayla Meyer TREASURER:Katrina Sell SECRETARY:Alley Beisner STUDENT COUNCIL: Thomas Crandall & Aaron Dow JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT:Paige Booe V-PRES:Austin Hahn TREASURER:Darla Thorell SECRETARY:Reese Herrenbruck STUDENT COUNCIL: Jory Holt & Emma Larson SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT:Khaleb Pafford V-PRES:Josh Carter TREASURER:Carson Orcutt SECRETARY: Rielly Brown STUDENT COUNCIL: Caitlynn Wahls & Alexis Billeter FRESHMEN CLASS PRESIDENT:Dalton Breinig V-PRES:Cristian Blincow TREASURER:Quinn Johnson SECRETARY:Carter Hadley STUDENT COUNCIL: Aiden Perry & Drake Hermanson 8th GRADE PRESIDENT:Addiline Larson V-PRES:Kellan Brown TREASURER:Wes Trompke SECRETARY:Clayton Meyer STUDENT COUNCIL: Torrin Donaldson & Ashton Wolsleben 7th GRADE PRESIDENT:Ashlea Booe V-PRES:Carly Stewart TREASURER:Chloe Anderson

SECRETARY:Clay Bohr STUDENT COUNCIL: Cassandra Shultz & Cale Nelson NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT:McKayla Meyer V-PRES:Isaac Dunn TREASURER:Thomas Crandall JOURNALISM YEARBOOK CO-EDITORS: McKayla Meyer & Darla Thorell NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Olivia O’Clair CHEERLEADING CAPTAIN:Olivia O’Clair CO-CAPTAIN:Paige Booe STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT:Thomas Crandall V-PRES:Aaron Dow BERMIS FFA PRESIDENT:Lindsay Schutz V-PRES:Katrina Sell V-PRES:Cailey Grabenstein SECRETARY:McKayla Meyer TREASURER:Austin Hahn REPORTERS:Anna Pelton & Abby Scholz HISTORIAN:Emma Larson SENTINEL:Jory Holt & Jennica Dannehl PARLIAMENTARIAN:Thomas Crandall L-CLUB PRESIDENT:Aaron Dow V-PRES:Andrew Dennis SECRETARY:Olivia O’Clair TREASURER:Thomas Crandall LFA-CLUB PRESIDENTS:Thomas Crandall V-PRES:Olivia O’Clair SECRETARY:Alley Beisner TREASURER:Emma Larson SPONSORS:Julie Johnson & Anne Norris

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Homecoming Hit! By Olivia O’Clair

The week of September 9th was Homecoming for our Loomis Wolves. We started the week with our annual Sunday night car bash, put on by the class of 2019 at Booe’s Salvage in Atlanta. The high school tore a car apart before sitting around a bonfire and chatting in many mixed groups. The fun continued the next day, as Pajama Day made Monday much more fun. Everyone was dressed in smiles and their most comfortable clothes. Tuesday was Meme Day for the high school, and many outfits caused fits of laughter. Wednesday was a blast from the past with Time Warp Day. Students chose a time period and matched the styles of the 50s, 80s, Roman times, prehistoric era, war times, etc. The week progressed with Music Genre Day, which allowed students to dress as a famous singer or band. We had punk rockers and country artists wandering the hall all day. Our school spirit climaxed on Friday, homecoming night. The entire school gathered for a pep rally as the band performed a drum line on trash cans, the senior parents performed a skit (which is hilarious, and everyone should watch on the Loomis School Facebook page), the senior class continued the theme of the homecoming decorations--making the 2018 Homecoming Games come to life, and everyone sang our school song, “Hurray for the Kelly and White” and continued the tradition of our class chants.

At the football game Friday night, our girls came in strong to support the boys with big signs to brandish after every great play. Our Homecoming Royalty was announced after the game, with Isaac Wahls and Olivia O’Clair as first attendants, and Aaron Dow and McKayla Meyer as king and queen. The fun wasn’t over quite yet, though, as the dance had yet to start. Students were allowed to choose music instead of hiring a DJ for the night, and many smiles were seen as kids took to the floor. Overall, it was a very busy, very memorable, and very fun homecoming.

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Budget Hearing Monday, September 10, 2018 7:10 PM Loomis Media Center 101 Bryan Street Loomis, NE 68958-0250

Dale Gray: Present, Allan Meyer: Present, Gary Regelin: Absent, Duane Schoff: Present, Scott Schukar: Absent, Scott Thorell: Present.Gary Regelin: Present.

1. Call Budget Hearing to Order and Roll Call Motion to declare the budget hearing open at 7:10 pm and properly posted and published by advance notice. This motion, made by Dale Gray and seconded by Scott Thorell, Passed. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

2. Budget Hearing Gary Regelin arrived at 7:12 p.m.

3. Close Budget Hearing Motion to close the budget hearing at 7:20 p.m. This motion, made by Scott Thorell and seconded by Duane Schoff, Passed. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

Tax Request Hearing Monday, September 10, 2018 7:20 PM Loomis Media Center 101 Bryan Street Loomis, NE 68958-0250

Dale Gray: Present, Allan Meyer: Present, Gary Regelin: Present, Duane Schoff: Present, Scott Schukar: Absent, Scott Thorell: Present.

1. Call Tax Request Hearing to Order and Roll Call

2. Tax Request Hearing

3. Close Tax Request Hearing Motion to close the Tax Request Hearing at 7:30 p.m. This motion, made by Gary Regelin and seconded by Allan Meyer, Passed. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

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Board of Education Regular Meeting Monday, September 10, 2018 7:30 PM LOOMIS SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER 101 Bryan Street Loomis, NE 68958-0250

Dale Gray: Present, Allan Meyer: Present, Gary Regelin: Present, Duane Schoff: Present, Scott Schukar: Absent, Scott Thorell: Present.Scott Updated at 7:40 p.m. Schukar: Present.

1. Call to Order Motion to approve the meeting open at 7:30 p.m. and properly posted by advanced notice. Passed with a motion by Duane Schoff and a second by Scott Thorell. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publication in the Bertrand Herald, the School District's designated method for giving notice, and posting at the Loomis Public Schools, Loomis Village Office and Loomis Post Office, a copy of the Affidavit of Publication being attached to these Minutes. Notice of this meeting was given in advance to all members of the Board of Education, and a copy of their Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice is attached to these Minutes. Availability of the Agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the members of this meeting. The President publicly stated to all in attendance that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available for review and indicated the location of such copy in the room where the meeting was being held. All proceedings of the Board were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

2. Welcome Guests

3. Approval of Absent Board Members

4. Consent Agenda Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and the bills, and authorize the Board President and Treasurer to sign and validate all the checks and warrants as presented Passed with a motion by Allan Meyer and a second by Duane Schoff. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

4.1. Agenda

4.2. Previous Board Meeting Minutes

4.3. Bill Roster

4.4. Financial Reports

4.4.1. General Fund Receipts $48,471.13, expenses $278,440.83, balance $677,290.82

4.4.2. Investment Fund Depreciation: Receipts $550,332.63, expenses $0, balance $1,010,247.85 Bond: Receipts $2,076.84, expenses $0, balance $240,221.39

4.4.3. Lunch Fund Receipts $5,249.22, expenses $12,516.07, balance $17,371.20 4.4.4. Building Fund Receipts $774.68, expenses $8,442.50, balance $322,432.04

4.4.5. Activities Fund Receipts $5,436.17, expenses $6,521.14, balance $99,663.71

5. Introduction of Speakers Loomis Education Association and Staff-Jenny Cox & Dana Meyer

6. Board Committee Reports

6.1. Negotiations Negotiations will begin after Oct. 1

6.1.1.Americanism Asked for ideas for a Veteran's Day speaker

6.2. Policy

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6.2.1. Policy Committee Meeting Sept. 13 @ 7:15

4. Building, Grounds, and Transportation

4.1. B/G & Transportation Meeting Sept. 14 @ 11:30

4.2. Discussion on Bid for Cargo Trailer from Wagon Wheel

4.3. Discussion of Bid for 4 classrooms electrical work from Morten Electric

4.4. Discussion of Bid / Quote from Popple Construction for retaining wall, sidewalk

5. Preschool Advisory

5.1. Pre-School Advisory Meeting Sept. 17 @ 6:30

7. Administrative Reports

7.7.1.Principal FFA would like to serve meals to farmers on Oct. 7th.

7.7.2. Staff Evaluation Process

7.7.3. Social Media- School InterCom

7.7.4. Update on Propane Delivery / Tank

2. Superintendent Mr. Dunn is getting bids for fencing for several locations around the property.

2.1. Ed Johnson and ALLICAP Report and Safety & Security Report

2.2. State School Board- Nov. 14,15,16

8. Public Forum

9. Recess None taken

10. Action Agenda Items

10.1. Policy 3003.1, 3004, 3004.1 Motion to approve Policies 3003.1, 3004,3004.1 Passed with a motion by Scott Thorell and a second by Gary Regelin. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

10.2. LEA as Bargaining Unit Motion to approve LEA as the official bargaining unit for the 2019-20 school year. Passed with a motion by Duane Schoff and a second by Scott Schukar. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

10.3. 2018-19 Budget Motion to approve the 2018-19 Budget Passed with a motion by Scott Thorell and a second by Gary Regelin. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

4. Tax Request for 2018-19 Motion to approve the tax request for 2018-19 Passed with a motion by Allan Meyer and a second by Duane Schoff. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott

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Thorell: Yea

5. Consider and Discuss Bid from Yanda's for additional Microphones, Lights, etc. Motion to approve the bid from Yanda's for additional microphones, lights for the stage. Passed with a motion by Scott Thorell and a second by Scott Schukar. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

6. Consider and Discuss purchase of 7 x 12 Cargo Trailer from Wagon Wheel Motion to approve the purchase of a 7 x 12 Steel Cargo Trailer from the low bid of $4300 from Wagon Wheel in Kearney Passed with a motion by Gary Regelin and a second by Scott Thorell. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

7. Yanda Music- Mics. & Lights

8. Accept Bid/Quote from Morten Electric for classroom work Motion to approve the bid from Morten Electric for outlet work to be completed in four classrooms Passed with a motion by Gary Regelin and a second by Scott Thorell. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea

9. Accept Bid from Popple Construction for Retaining Wall/Sidewalk Motion to accept the bid from Popple Construction for cement work on a retaining wall and sidewalk. Passed with a motion by Duane Schoff and a second by Dale Gray. Dale Gray: Yea, Allan Meyer: Yea, Gary Regelin: Yea, Duane Schoff: Yea, Scott Schukar: Yea, Scott Thorell: Yea 11. Closed Session

12. Next Meeting Date FKC Volleyball is on Oct. 8th. The next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10th at 7:30 p.m.

13. Adjournment Purchasing a scissor lift with the Village was discussed. Meeting

was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

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P.O. Box 250, 101 Bryan St.

Loomis, NE 68958

Loomis Public School Mission Statement

In cooperation with family and community, our mission is to prepare all students to succeed as

responsible citizens in a changing world through progressive educational methods.