Kimball Public Schools

First Grade is so lucky, they turned into leprechauns! 🍀

Spring Sports pictures will be on April 7th. We will be taking the following group pictures JH Girls Wrestling JH Boys BasketbalL HS track JH track Cheer One Act Speech Order forms are available by the office. You can also order online, information is in the picture below. Please reach out to Ms. Kitchens if you have any questions.

Our Kimball Robotics team had an incredible performance at the FIRST LEGO League competition! We took 1st place in Robot Design and earned an impressive high score of 190, placing 32nd out of 89 teams—putting us in the top 36% of the state! Huge congratulations to our hardworking team and coaches for their dedication, problem-solving, and teamwork. Way to represent Kimball Public Schools with innovation and excellence! 🚀💡 #FIRSTLEGOLeague #Robotics #STEM #ProudMoment #longhornpride

The Kimball Longhorns got our track season underway today at the UNK indoor meet. We broke a couple records (see other posts), set a few new PRs, and brought home some hardware. Girls: JaLeigh Bohac - 3rd discus, 5th shot put Rachel Berger and Clarika Hottell tied for 3rd in the Pole Vault Boys: Derek Russell - 1st discus, 3rd shot put Brayden Fuss - 2nd Pole Vault Trey Cook - 5th Pole Vault Conrad Kaminski - 4th 1600 Way to go kids! #LonghornPride

JaLeigh Bohac broke the freshman girls' discus record of 113'4" set by Jessica Hanks in 2012 by getting one out there at 119'2". Way to go Jaleigh!! #LonghornPride

Derek Russell broke the sophomore discus record of 132' set in 1967 by Rich Wallin and the school record of 156'3" set in 1982 by Mitch Daum by busting one out there at a distance of 170'6". WOW!! He also broke the sophomore shot put record of 45'5" set in 1995 by JD Broskey with a throw of 50'9". Way to go Derek! #LonghornPride

These Kimball Jr. High band students have spent the day in Gering at the Panhandle Middle School Honor Band clinic. They have worked diligently to create amazing music with other kids from the area. #LonghornPride

So far the Kimbots have scored their personal best score of 190! We have two more rounds to go!!!

KPS Art Show Join us March 24th and 25th at the Kimball Junior Senior High School for a Kindergarten thru 12th grade art show, 4:30-7:30. On Tuesday starting at 5:00 come watch performances from the Kimball One Act and Speech Teams. The Speech Team will be heading to compete in state competition Wednesday, please come and wish them good luck.

Here is the 7th Episode of KPS News! Interviews include Cheer Coach - Carrie Tabor, FFA Advisor - Monica Jensen, Art Teacher - Mark Jefferis, and special guest Noley Brower. https://youtu.be/dA6mE-umRtQ

Today at ELITE, the kids made cute little snakes using pipe cleaners and perler beads.

Today at Friday ELITE we had a lesson about snakes! 🐍 Amanda Filipi from the Wildcat Hills Nature Center brought two snake friends for the kids to pet, and they played a fun game called Snakes and Mice.

Kimbots have had a successful day learning and presenting their project to the LEGO First judges. Tomorrow the robot games will begin!!!

A BIG shout out to all of our winter sports athletes for your Western Trails Conference recognition! The following Longhorn athletes were recognized: Boys Basketball - Kyler Lusche - WTC MVP, WTC All-Conference, Ryker Behrend and Braxton Miller - WTC All-Conference, Greg Bingham and Trevor Fuss - WTC Honorable Mention Girls Basketball - JaLeigh Bohac - WTC All-Conference, Faith Bohac and Addy Olson - WTC Honorable Mention Boys Wrestling - Cameron McGinnis and Peter Russell - WTC All-Conference, Mason Holmes and Cody Brinkman - WTC Honorable Mention Girls Wrestling - Rachel Berger and Noley Brower - WTC All-Conference, Barbara Earley and McKenzie Howard - WTC Honorable Mention #LonghornPride

A BIG shout out to all of our Longhorn basketball players for your SPVA All-Conference recognition! The following players were recognized by the SPVA Conference for their outstanding seasons: KYLER LUSCHE - SPVA 1st Team All-Conference RYKER BEHREND, JALEIGH BOHAC, TREVOR FUSS, AND BRAXTON MILLER - SPVA All-Conference Honorable Mention Way to represent Longhorn basketball! #LonghornPride

A huge shoutout to Shavonne Singleton for bringing popcorn for the students to snack on in celebration of National Ag Week!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kimball Public Schools Senior Rachel Berger Signs Letter of Intent to University of Sioux Falls Kimball, NE – Kimball Public Schools is thrilled to announce that senior Rachel Berger has signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career at the University of Sioux Falls (USF). Rachel will be joining the USF Women’s Wrestling team and is also excited to participate in the university’s choir. Rachel plans to pursue a degree in Early Education and is being awarded an academic scholarship at USF for her dedication to both her studies and athletic achievements. As the Activities Director, along with all of Rachel's coaches, teachers, and administrators, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to Rachel for her incredible contributions to our school and activities program. Her passion and hard work have been invaluable in helping to establish our new girls' wrestling program, and we are immensely proud of everything she has accomplished. Rachel, we thank you for your commitment, leadership, and the positive impact you have made on our community. We know you will excel in this next chapter of your life and wish you nothing but success. God bless! Congratulations, Rachel! We are all so proud of you and can’t wait to see all that you will accomplish at the University of Sioux Falls.

Thank you Sara Nicklas for coming to read to us! We enjoyed having you as a guest reader! 🪱🐝

KPS Art Show Join us March 24th and 25th at the Kimball Junior Senior High School for a Kindergarten thru 12th grade art show, 4:30-7:30. On Tuesday starting at 5:00 come watch performances from the Kimball One Act and Speech Teams. The Speech Team will be heading to compete in state competition Wednesday, please come and wish them good luck.

ELITE activity today was Student Choice. There were plenty of fun things to choose from!