Congratulations to Daniel

Folkers, Christian Eckhoff,

and Gabby Kissell for making

it to the finals of the Custer

County Spelling Bee, and to

Christian for winning, the

event qualifying him for the

State Spelling Bee. GOOD

JOB!

I also would like to recog-

nize and thank the members of

the Wrestling and Basketball

teams for representing the

Twin Loup Wolves and Sar-

gent Public Schools. I appreci-

ate the efforts of our athletes

and would also like to thank

the coaches for the long days,

late nights, and all the family

time they give up to work with

our student athletes.

We strive for perfection and

to win every match and game,

but don’t forget there are more

lessons to be learned. If you

base success solely on a win-

loss record, high school sports

would often be a thankless en-

deavor. It’s not until you look

back at the friendships, appre-

ciation for the game, individ-

ual growth, and experiencing

the commitment to a team that

you can see the other “part” of

what makes up a successful

season.

In addition to our athletic

teams, there are several other

activities going on at the

school. The FFA and FBLA

have been working on contests

and getting students ready for

their state conferences coming

up in early April. The Music

program has also been active

with the “PEP BAND” per-

forming at the last home bas-

ketball game as well as getting

ready for the upcoming

MNAC band clinic and con-

test. We have also had stu-

dents qualify for Honor Choirs

and Honor Bands this spring.

McKenzie and Bella partici-

pated in the Kearney High Un-

derclassman Honor Band, and

Isaac, Anne, Kylie, and Bella

were part of this year’s Wayne

State Honor Choir. The

Speech team has been gaining

momentum through the season

with several individuals plac-

ing at meets. Students that

have medaled so far include:

McKenzie, Shelby, Corri,

Abby, Bella, Carly, Natalie,

Karson, and Hunter G.

Many of the Jr/Sr High

classes use this “changeover”

time between seasons to push

hard before students are gone

for field trips, track meets,

speech, band, FFA and FBLA

contests. With students being

gone so often in the Spring,

please try to schedule wisely

and remember that we do not

have school on March 2nd, 6th

and 13th, so this would be a

good time to get trips and

appointments in. Be sure to

check the school bulletin and

the online calendar for up-

dates on events and activi-

ties. Something for the jun-

iors and their parents to keep

an eye on is the ACT exam

coming up on April 18th-

students should be registered

by March 13th. If you or

your child has any questions

about the ACT or wants to

sign up for an ACT review

course, please contact Mrs.

Schauda or myself.

Another topic you should

feel free to contact Mrs.

Schauda or me about is the

video on dating and absti-

nence thst will be shown in

the Junior High Health class.

Letters will be going out to

make sure all parents/

guardians with students in

these classes get the infor-

mation about the videos and

are informed about their

child’s participation. If you

want to know, more please

call the school.

With all of this going on

please be sure to remind

your son or daughter to stay

on top of their homework

and until next month GO

WOLVES!

Thoughts from the Principal

March 2015 Newsletter

FBLA News 2

Kind.

Hockey &

PeeWee BB

2

FBLA News 3

Music Notes 4

ACT 5

Youth

Wrestling 5

Upcoming

Events 5

Ag/Const.

Career Day 6

Speech

Team 7

Custer

County

Spelling Bee

7

5th Grade

Poetry 8

March Cal. 9

Inside this issue:

Sargent Public Schools

Page 2 March 2015 Newsletter

We have had a couple busy weeks this month. The 2nd

of February was the start of March of Dimes Week. We had no school on Monday, Tuesday everyone wore purple, and Friday was hat day and we had our sun-dae in the face party. We had coin jars to collect money for March of Dimes, the two people with the most money on Friday won and had to get a sundae made on their face. The winners were, Mrs. Kari Danner, and Brayden Davis. We thank all who helped us raise $225.00 this year. We started FBLA week on February 9th with a kick-off day where members wore their FBLA t-shirts and had supper in Mrs. Osborn’s room during our meeting. On Tuesday we dressed for success. Then on Wednesday a few of our members taught the elementary kids about money and showed them how to use the new healthy snack vending machine. Thursday was our Have a Heart Food Drive, and Friday was the Business Apprecia-tion Breakfast which had a wonderful turnout. We ended FBLA week with the Sweetheart Dance on Satur-day. A raffle was held each day of FBLA week for a free item of choice from The Wolf Den. Students and staff could buy a $1 ticket to get their name in for the day of their choosing. Winners were Cindi Holmes, Joni Ritchie, Chyanne Leitschuck, Carsen Vincent, and Keaton Dowse.

FBLA NEWS

The 5th Annual Kid’s Carnival is set up for Monday, March 16th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. A flyer can be found in this newsletter. Hang it up as your reminder! The elementary kids that attended the last few years had a great time! Our school store (The Wolf Den) is open over lunches on Monday and Thursdays (12:30-1) and during home events OR by appointment.

Chyanne Leitschuck, FBLA Reporter

Elementary Basketball &

Kindergarten Hockey Night

On Friday, March 27th, join us for a night of fun! The action

will start at 6:00 PM with kindergarten hockey, followed by

elementary basketball games. A concession stand will be avail-

able. The admission cost is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for stu-

dents who are not participating in the games.

See you there! Sponsored by Sargent FBLA

Page 3 March 2015 Newsletter

FBLA News

FBLA T-Shirts Valentine’s Day Dance

March of Dimes sun-

dae in the face Dress for Success Day Teaching the 6th grade how to fill out checks

Sponsored by Sargent FBLA

Monday, March 16

th

6:00-8:00 pm Sargent Gym

Charge: $10/kid or $25/family (3+ kids)

Concessions available: hotdogs, apples w/ caramel dip, bars, lemonade, water

Fun Fun

GamesGames

FunFun

PrizesPrizes

Kid’s Carnival

Page 4 March 2015 Newsletter

Music Notes

Twin Loup Singers

On Friday, Jan. 6th, a few hardy singers set out from school at

5:30 A.M. to travel to Wayne

State College to be a part of the

annual Honor Choir Festival.

Upon arrival they started rehears-

als with Dr. Danielle Warner, Di-

rector of Choral Activities at

Wayne State. Students spent the

day working on 4 songs that were

then presented at a 4:00 PM con-

cert.

Students from Loup County were Larry Guest and Shyann

Worm. Sargent singers were Anne Hansen, Kylie Hansen, Isa-

bella Kissell, and Isaac Lovato.

March Music Activities

The Music Department will start the busy part of their season in March. The Sr.

High band students plus one Jr. High student will travel to Ansley on Monday,

March 23rd for the MNAC Band Clinic. Students will spend the day working

with a guest clinician and the other conference schools. A short concert will be

presented at 6:30 PM at Ansley.

This year a new activity has been added for our school musicians. This will be the first year for a conference contest. Students involved will travel to Anselmo-Merna on March 31st to compete in the MNAC Music Contest. This will be a good warm-up for students who participate in the District Music Contest in April.

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ACT The ACT® is the most widely accepted college entrance exam in America. The test assesses high school stu-

dents' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work. The exam consists of

four multiple-choice tests covering: english, mathematics, reading, and science skill areas. Students may also

elect to take the new writing test which measures skills in planning and writing a short essay. To find out

more about the ACT® or to register for future tests students or their parents can check out several sites on the

internet including http://www.actstudent.org

To have the best opportunity we encourage students considering attending a four year college to take

the exam at least twice. We feel their best chance would to be to take it in the spring of their Junior year at

then again during the fall of their senior year. Students can register for this year’s spring ACT® coming up on

Saturday, April 18th 2015, the registration deadline is March 13th, 2015. I’d encourage them to prepare by

going over the review guides they were given, check out the online test review at http://

www.testprepreview.com , working with their teachers, and participating in the John Baylor online reviews.

I especially encourage you to check out the John Baylor site online at http://www.johnbaylortestprep.com/ It

has a wealth of ACT and college prep information available for free! I recommend looking at his blog for Jun-

iors in the lower right corner of the website.

Sargent Kids Club

Wrestling Tournament

On Friday, March 20th at 5:30

Join us for a night of fun!

3/2/15 MNAC Speech @ Sargent

3/4/15 Dist. Livestock Judging @ Ord

3/6/15 No School Spring Break

3/9/15 MNAC Quiz Bowl @ Halsey

3/13/15 No School Spring Break

3/16/15 FBLA Kids Carnival

3/18/15 ESU 10 Quiz Bowl

3/19/15 Dist. Speech @ Thedford

3/20/15 Sargent Youth Wrestling Tourney 5:30

3/21/15 G & B Track UNK Indoor

3/23/15 MNAC Band Clinic @ Ansley

3/25/15 Quiz Bowl @ Callaway

3/25/15 LVC Band Clinic @ Sargent

3/27/15 State Speech Meet @ Kearney

3/27/15 Pee Wee BB & Hockey

3/28/15 G & B Track @ Wilcox 10:00

3/31/15 MNAC Music Contest @ McPher

son County

Upcoming Events

9th and 10th Graders attend Ag/Construction Career Day

On February 12th, twelve of the 9th and 10th grade students from Sargent High School had the opportunity to attend the

Ag and Construction Career Day in Broken Bow. Mid Plains Community College, along with the CAPABLE program,

organized and hosted the event. Students had opportunities to tour agricultural businesses, construction businesses or

they could choose to tour a couple of businesses in both fields. Some of the companies that took time to share about

their business and the skills needed to pursue a career in these fields were Adams Land and Cattle, Cunningham Ag

LLC, Designer Homes, Holcomb Mechanical, Myers Construction Co., Plains Equipment Group, Thomas Livestock

Co., Todd Jonas(Master Electrician), and Trotter Fertilizer. The students heard a lot of information about the skills

needed to obtain jobs in these fields. They also were able to see the job opportunities available to them right here in cen-

tral Nebraska. All the businesses were very encouraging and the students heard many times that they should pursue their

education after high school, whether it be a trade school, two year school, four year school, or more. All the businesses

said they wanted them to come back and pursue the great career opportunities they have close to home.

Here are comments some of the students made about what they liked best at the career day:

“Talking to Chad at Plains Equipment about his job as a AMS consultant and the Gator ride” Abaigeal O’Connor

“The best part of today was talking to all of the very diverse people and their careers, about how they got in that position

and the skills needed” Corri Slagle

“The best part of today was the Thomas Livestock hog barn” Justin Kemp

“Design homes was interesting because we went over what it took to make a house”

Gavin Kemp

“I enjoyed touring Adams Land and Cattle” Karson Kirwan

“Today was a great experience. We got to see that the agricultural jobs are more than just farmers and ranchers. My

favorite part was talking to the AMS consultant named Chad at John Deere.” Carly Kozeal

“The best part was seeing the Adams Land and Cattle and touring the hog barn” Colten Brown

“The best part of the day was talking about the machinery at Plains Equipment” Joe Kruml

“My favorite part about today was getting to see how they sorted cattle at Adams” Alex Horky

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The speech team held a snack and drink drive in January before the competition season began. Thank you to

everyone who donated to the speech team. The competitors have been enjoying the donated snacks and drinks

during after school practices and at recent speech meets.

The first meet of the season was in Broken Bow. Four team members earned medals: Abby O’Connoer-6th place

novice informative, Bella Kissell-8th place novice poetry, Corri Slagle-8th place novice serious prose, and McKenzie

Stefka-9th place varsity persuasive. Team members who earned superior ribbons include: Stefka in persuasive,

O’Connor in informative, Slagle in serious prose, and Shelby Schneider in serious prose.

The second meet of the season was held in Ord. Medals were won by Stefka-1st in varsity persuasive and varsity

poetry, Schneider-3rd in varsity serious prose, Slagle-1st in novice serious prose, Kissell-5th in novice poetry,

O’Conner 5th in novice informative, and the novice OID team of Carly Kozeal, Karson Kirwan, Natalie Decker,

Corri Slagle, and Bella Kissell earned a 6th place medal.

On February 5, two members of the Doane College Forensics team held a workshop for Sargent High School

speech team members. SHS alum Cassidy Stefka along with Delta Wilson lead the workshop. Speech team stu-

dents who attended were: Abby O’Connor, Hunter Green, McKenzie Stefka, Shelby Schneider, and Kylie Hansen.

The third speech meet this season was held in Burwell. McKenzie Stefka earned two third place medals in both poetry and persuasive. On February 21, the speech team competed in their fourth meet of the season at the Loup City. In the varsity division, Stefka earned three medals: 1st place poetry, 3rd place persuasive, and 7th place im-promptu duet acting. Shelby Schneider earned a 7th place medal in poetry. Kylie Hansen earned a 7th place medal in impromptu duet acting. In the novice division, Abby O’Connor earned a 1st place medal in informative. Corri Slagle earned a 3rd place medal in serious prose. The next meet for the team will be the MNAC-East Speech Meet held in Sargent on March 2. The public is in-

vited to attend the meet and support the students who are members of the Sargent High School Speech Team.

2015 Sargent Speech Team- January and February Events

Custer County Spelling

The annual Custer County Spelling Bee was held on February 12th, 2015 at the Mu-

nicipal Building in Broken Bow. Sargent Public Schools took eight students to the

event. The students who qualified were in grades fifth through eighth. The following

students attended the spelling bee; Christian Eckhoff, Kalayah Ironshell, Tristian Po-

land, Elizabeth Folkers, Daniel Folkers, Gabby Kissell, Bridget Slagle and Bailey

Schneider. The spelling bee began at 1:00 after all of the students had signed in.

There were also students from Anselmo-Merna, Ansley, Arnold, Callaway, as well as

area home-schooled students participating. The Custer County Chief hosted the

event with Pat Jackson as the event chairperson. SSG Timothy McCaslin pronounced

each word, gave a definition, and used the word in a sentence showing meaning. For

the first time in over 8 years, Sargent Public School had a winner. Christian Eckhoff

received 1st place and qualified for the State Spelling Bee in Omaha in March.

Daniel Folkers and Gabby Kissell tied for 8th place.

The 5th Grade has been busy writing Poetry. They did four types of poetry :ABC Poem, Cinquains, Bio-Poems and Couplets.

ABC POEM A Banana Can Die, Elephant Fly Good, Halleluiah It’s July, Kids Love Moms. By: Frank McReynolds Peeks Quietly Round, Stealthy To Undo Vents With Xylophones & Yello Zebras. By Nolan Osborn A Baby Cried down Escalators from Gettysburg , Hamburgers in Jamaica Kill Lying Mice By Vivian Slagle Punched Quickly & Really Softly Till Unique Vivian Watched X-tra Yodeling Zestfully. By Nolan Osborn A Butterfly Crawled Down elehant’s Feet, Growing umans In Jungles Kill Lively Monkeys By Meleah Hicks Poisoned Queens, Roaring Snakes Take Umbrellas Vanquish With Zylophones, Yello-Jackets Zithers By Nolan Osborn

Cinquains: Girlfriends Cute, Beautiful Are very lovely, too Puts perfume on to impress boys Cuties By: Nolan Osborn Bio-Poem Couplets

5th GRADE POETRY

Zebra

Stripped, Wild

Running, Grazing Gal-

loping

They long for independ-

ence

Horse By: Breanna

Rienke

Zebra

Fuzzy, Stripped

Galloping, Running,

Sprinting

The Right of Freedom

Horse By: Shasta

Handley

Ethan

Wrestler, Worker, Short

Wishes to be a bull rider or run a big

ranch.

Dreams of living in the old days

Wants to drive a Ford Power Stroke

6.7 liter truck.

Who fears the Chupicabra

Who likes Caterpillar Equipment.

Who Believes in God

Who loves riding horses.

Who plans to ride a steer

Who doen’t like school very much, but

knows it has to ABC 123 be done.

By: Ethan Kipp

Jumping rope is fun,

When it’s all done

You soak up in the sum

Doing P.E. is Fun.

P.E. is fun

Except when it’s done

One by One,

Around the track we run.

Doing P.E. drills,

Catching is cool,

Except when you’re a fool.

Running is a rule,

Except when you drool.

P.E. is chilly

Except when you’re silly.

You’re going to have chills,

If you don’t run up the hills.

By: Nolan, Breanna, Shasta, David and Frank

When I got my bills,

It gives me the chills.

When I get my taxes,

I play my alto saxes.

When I get my pay,

I buy some hay.

When I get my money

I tell my honey.

By: Vivian, Ethan, Archer and Meleah

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March 2015

MNAC Speech Con-

test @ Sargent

No School

MNAC Band Clinic

@ Ansley

MNAC Music

Contest @

McPherson

County

Girl Scouts

G & B TR UNK

Indoor

G & B TR @ Wil-

cox 10:00

B BB District Fianls

Girl Scouts

Girls State BB Tour-

ney

Girls State BB

Tourney

No School Spring

Break

Girls State BB

Tourney

Boys State BB

Tourney

Boys State BB

Tourney

No School Spring

Break

Boys State BB

Tourney

State Speech Meet

@ Kearney

PeeWee Hockey and

Basketball

Saragent High

School Bllood Drive

District Speech Meet

@ Thedford

Post Prom Meeting

7:00pm

District livestock

Judging @ Ord

Good News Club

MNAC Quiz Bowl @

Halsey

FBLA Kids Carnival

6:00-8:00

Elem. Jump for Heart

meeting

Girls Scouts ESU Quiz Bowl @

Kearney

Good News Club

Sargent Youth

Wrestling Tourna-

ment 5:30

Quiz Bowl @ Calla-

way

Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat

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