Kimball Public Schools

ELITE February newsletter ❤️💜💗

This message is for parents and students of Kimball Public Schools from the Nebraska SMART program. Nebraska SMART is a free virtual tutoring program for students in grades K-12. Teacher education candidates from Chadron State, Peru State, and Wayne State Colleges remotely tutor students in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13 through an online tutoring platform. This program is made possible by a Nebraska Department of Education grant awarded to the Nebraska State College System to launch a rural tutoring program. Nebraska SMART’s official launch date to tutor students in grades K-12 is February 5, 2024. Tutoring hours are 3:30-6:30 PM, Monday through Friday. The Nebraska SMART Video can be viewed for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSd1-uvSJHQ Parents who wish to gain access to tutoring must register their child(ren) by visiting www.nscs.edu/NebraskaSMART. Parents must first create an account and register their child(ren). Once parents have created their account and added their child(ren), the student (or parent on their behalf) can schedule a tutoring appointment. Students can also join on-demand tutoring to be connected with the next available Tutor. The Parent Guide provides steps for parents to register their child(ren), schedule a session, request on-demand tutoring, and more. Students should provide homework for which they wish to receive help or topics that they would like to cover. When connected to a Tutor, students (or parents on their behalf) can share files with their Tutor. It is recommended that students (or parents on their behalf) have saved their homework to their computer prior to connecting to a Tutor. The Nebraska SMART tutoring platform can be accessed via a laptop, desktop, or Chromebook. Please note that smartphones and some tablets are not currently supported by this platform. We look forward to serving your students through online tutoring! Nebraska State College System www.nscs.edu/NebraskaSMART 1233 Lincoln Mall | Suite 100 | Lincoln, NE 68508 p: 402.471.2505

Aaron GIllming shared Native American legends with the fourth grade class he assists with today.

Lego Club at ELITE Afterschool Program today! Valentine's Heart challenge 🩷❤️💜

JH Boys Basketball A and B teams secure the "W" against the visiting Bridgeport Bulldogs. They will be back in action at home on Thursday against Sidney.

Longhorn Activities coming up this week. Special reminder for our 2nd Annual SOUPer Bowl on Friday during the Hemingford basketball games. Come out and vote for your favorite soup!!

The JH B team captures gold as well today for the basketball squad as they combine to go 4-0 today at Morrill! Great work players and coaches! #LonghornPride

Lady Longhorns drop their WTC 5th place match up against Mitchell. They will be back in action Tuesday 2/6/25 in Pine Bluffs with JV game's starting at 4pm. L

The JH A team claims the tournament crown in Morril this morning as they dominate Bridgeport 62-9 and Bayard 58-28 to get the gold! #LonghornPride

🏀Today is game day, Mary Lynch ballers! Best of luck on your home court – dribble with determination, shoot for success, and let the cheers echo through the gym! You've got this! 🚀

The Longhorns drop their semifinal contest by a score of 47-48 to Mitchell. They will be in action tomorrow at 3:30 PM. All games will be streamed at the following link: https://m.youtube.com/@SheridancountyjournalstarNet

Congratulations to the WINNERS of the SPELLING BEE! Fourth grade best speller Meera Chaudhari. Fifth grade Barrett Brown. Sixth grade Katie Hawthorne. Seventh grade MacKenzie Miller. Eighth grade Andrew Hawthorne.

🌟 Meet Kendall, the trailblazer at Mary Lynch! 🏆 She's the first to conquer the Caring Hearts Expectation Challenge, completing every task on her chart! 🎉 Kendall enjoyed a special treat at the office – popcorn and Valentine mixins! 🍿❤️ #CaringHeartsChallenge

Lady Longhorns get the win in the 2nd round of the WTC Tournament against Hemingford. They will be back in action tomorrow at 11 am against Mitchell for 5th place.

Mrs. Diamond’s reading intervention group played some vowel team baseball today. ⚾

Good luck to our girls and boys playing in the Western Trails Conference Basketball Tournament today at the Cougar Palace on the campus of Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff! The tournament brackets have been updated based on last evening's scores and if you are unable to make the trip to Scottsbluff you can view the action on our YouTube channel by going to this link: https://www.youtube.com/@KimballPublicSchools

ELITE Kindergarten/1st grade working hard on their Valentine's coloring contest pages from Kimball Main Street Mkt ❤️💕❤️

ELITE friends have definitely enjoyed the nice weather this week! Today, this group decided to dig for dinosaurs! 🌞🦕🦖

ELITE Leadership club worked with Ms. Ashley today, brainstorming ideas for the "bathroom news" 🚽🗞😁 The first edition will be out next week!

1st graders worked on increasing their reading stamina today! #buildingreaders #longhornpride