Sandhills Public Schools

Great job to our Junior High track and field athletes today at Paxton! Our STK girls took home a 2nd place plaque! The link below will take you to the results of today's track meet at Paxton. https://live.athletic.net/meets/48272

Great job Sandhills Spanish Students! We are pleased to announce the following winners in the poster contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and it's Nebraska chapter. Local Hand-drawn Division 1st Place: Emily Chavez 2nd Place: Caden Zutavern 3rd Place: Connor Sutton Loup River Spanish Region (54 Entries) Hand-drawn Division 1st Place: Emily Chavez Tie for 4th Place: Caden Zutavern

Attention FFA parents, we are in need of a few donations for the FFA banquet next week! Ground beef, buns, mustard, pickles! Please email andra.smith@sandhillsknights.org or text 308-214-0290 if you can help!! Thanks!

I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather! Have a great week! *As always, things are subject to change!

Congratulations to Kora Winkelbauer, Heath Larsen, and Carter Jensen who had artwork on display at the Youth Art Month show at the State Capital in Lincoln during March. Heath's entry won Best of Show in the Junior High division at the show!

The FBLA Blood Drive is up and running in the high school gym! Last walk ins that will be taken is at 4:45 pm. We hope to see you there!

Attention high school Track and Field parents and athletes: the Pleasanton invite tomorrow at Kearney Catholic High School has been canceled due to weather. There will be NO junior high or high school practice tomorrow.

The junior high had a great day at science fair in Hastings yesterday! *5 purples and 5 blue *8 qualified for state and we had 4 punch their ticket. Congratulations to Josie, Cesar, Harper and Holt!!

Help hope bloom: Join us at our blood drive Thursday, April 3, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Sandhills High School. All who come out to give blood with the Red Cross April 1-13 get a $15 Amazon.com Gift Card by email & a chance at a $5K prize! Book now: https://rcblood.org/4b4PsZy

Over the past few weeks Sandhills FFA officers shared the book " The Soil In Jackie's Garden" and taught grades K-5 about soil, compost, and plants! The kids got to make dirt cups with both dark and sandy top soil, as well as worms, bugs and grass!

State Speech Qualifiers will perform TODAY, April 1st, 2025 for the school and community 8th hour @ approx. 3PM. Connor Sutton, Mason Sutton, & Mattee Zutavern did a great job this speech season!!

MNAC Music is hosted in Thedford today! Connor Sutton will perform a trumpet solo at noon followed by a percussion duet with Rylyn Moody at 12:17PM. Have fun! 🎵🎵🎵

I hope everyone has a fantastic week! *As always, things are subject to change!

You are invited to the Sandhills FFA Banquet! April 15, 2025, 6 p.m. at Dunning Community Hall!

Good luck to the Speech team at State Speech today @ Kearney High School starting at 8:30AM!

There is a change to the events on Saturday for Prom. Photos in Dunning will be on the stage in the gym instead of in the lecture hall.

STAY COOL today & good luck! 😎 Check out the schedule for the track meet today in Merna starting @ 11AM this morning. Follow results with the attached link : https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/590831/info?fbclid=IwY2xjawJSPjNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSMT10BGC2efJSbRHxgg8BAWBYkvJuX-79GycjeROuI9qJGAU-D59Kvq4A_aem_QA8xfh7mSr1h1vXM306SwA

I want to first apologize for this late update! Illness had me down for a few days! Thank you for being so understanding! Please consider watching our state speech kids in Kearney. Or, at least, reach out and wish them the best of luck! *As always, things are subject to change!

Sandhills Thedford Track shirts are available to order. Place your orders before next Wednesday. Checks can be made out to Whitetail screen print. These shirts are performance shirts.

Here is a rundown of our prom schedule next week on March 29th. Pictures are being done in the lecture hall at the school in Dunning starting at: 5:30 - Seniors and Juniors 5:30 - Selfie Wall (This will be up for the remainder of the picture time) 6:00 - Sophomores 6:30 - Freshman 6:30 - Banquet (Seniors, Juniors, and their Dates only) 8:30 - Grand March at the Hall in Dunning 9:00 - First Dance (at the Hall) 9:00 - 12:00 Dance (at the Hall) 12:00 - 2:00 After-Prom party at the high school immediately following the end of the dance.