Lego Club at ELITE today. The challenge was Spring/Easter builds, and free choice building. The kids can get pretty creative!! We had a Titanic ship, a spinning Easter egg, some cool cars, a spring flower, eggs in a basket, and an umbrella.
Rest of county government day activities. 2024 County Government day is in the books.
County Government Day continued.
More County Government Day fun.
2024 County Government day is under way. You probably recognize one of the people folding the flag as our own veteran and social studies teacher Mr. Shoup. The other two gentleman are also veterans. After the folding of the flag and explanation of what each fold stands for senior Jasmine Gawith played taps.
ELITE Afterschool Program had art club today. We made fork painted Easter bunnies. 🐰🐰🐰
Kindergarten made good use of the cold weather and stayed inside to create experiments with force and motion! 😊❤️🚗🚙
This is just a friendly reminder: When bringing snacks or birthday/party treats into the building, please make sure they're nut-free. This small step ensures every student feels safe and included! Thanks for your cooperation!
Our recent Students of the Week are Karsyn Chesley and Travis Fryda. They were both recognized by Jay Allen from KIMB 104.3 and received a plaque and movie passes to the Goodhand Theater. If you happened to miss their interviews on the radio, you can find links to both below. Congratulations Karsyn and Travis! #LonghornPride
Karsyn Chesley: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15h2odYx_GpseLknCg3AKEkIujaM6PvRe/view?usp=sharing
Travis Fryda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QlpReksLahyipF2ACG4JfMswUyf0ISNI/view?usp=sharing
The Kimball High School Track team started their season on March 16th at the UNK B/C indoor meet. They had a great showing. Noe Trevino placed 3rd in the 200. Trenton Hottell was 1st in the 60 meter hurdles followed by Peter Russell in 3rd and Landen Nunley in 6th. Derek Russell placed 5th in the discus, Braxton Miller cleared 5'6" for 5th in the high jump, Peter Russell cleared his personal best of 13' in the pole vault to earn first place followed by team mate Trevor Fuss in 2nd with 12' 6". In triple jump Braxton Miller placed 4th with a jump of 38' 6". Rachel Berger was 4th in the 60 m dash. Addisyn Olson jumped 5' in the high jump to earn 2nd place and 33' 5" in the triple jump to earn 1st. Clarika Hottell placed 4th in the pole vault.
They then competed at the Morrill Early Bird meet on March 23.
Derek Russell set the Kimball Freshman Boys record with a throw of 128' 1" in the discus bettering the old throw of 126' 4" set in 1967 by Dave Stairs. Wyatt Cords placed 6th in the discus. Trevor Fuss vaulted his personal best of 13' to earn first played followed by Peter Russell in 2nd. Noe Trevino placed 4th in the 100 with teammate Trevor Fuss placing 7th. The 4x100 boys team consisting of Trevor Fuss, Derek Russell, Greg Bingham, and Noe Trevino placed 3rd. The 4x800 team including Braylon Miller, Eddie Duran, Kip Gillming, and Conrad Kaminski placed 5th. The women's 4x100 team consisting of Rachel Berger, Clarika Hottell, Addisyn Olson, and Julia Winstrom placed 4th. Clarika Hottell placed 5th in the pole vault with her personal best of 7' 6". Addisyn Olson placed 3rd in the triple jump.
Here is what we have coming up this week in Longhorn Country!! Go Horns!!
KJHS Band Students
These Kimball Jr. High band students have spent an amazing day working with WNCC's Dr. Nathaniel Johnson and other jr. high band students from the area creating wonderful music. They have represented our school and community well. #BandTeam #LonghornPride
Record breaker alert: Derek Russell breaks the KPS freshman discus record with a toss of 128' this morning in Morrill! Way to go! #LonghornPride
Junior High Quizbowl competed in Banner County today. 7th grade brought home 3rd and the 8th grader were tournament Champs!
Congratulations to the top Read A Thon readers in the fourth grade!
A BIG thank you to Shoemaker Ranch for your generous donation of locally-raised beef to our Longhorn Beef program! The students and staff at KPS appreciate all of our donors this year as the locally-raised beef has been a great addition to our district menus! #LonghornPride
Due to forecast cold conditions we are moving the JH meet to Thursday next week. We are planning to start at 2:30
The Longhorns are excited to announce our new Boys Basketball Coach. Excited for the boys, the basketball program and the community!! Good luck Coach Anderson and Go Horns!!
ELITE art club project today was Q-tip painted Easter eggs.
