Sandhills Public Schools

Sandhills Public Schools employment opportunity still open.

We are currently seeking a Part-Time High School Secretary in Dunning for the 2026–2027 school year. This position is 16–20 hours per week and will assist the Business Manager in the high school office with various secretarial duties.

*During the school year only
*Flexible on days worked

Submit applications to Principal Patrick Recoy at:
patrick.recoy@sandhillsknights.org or drop by the high school office to pick up an application.

Call: 308-538-2224

Sandhills Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer.

4 months ago, Sandhills Public Schools

Burwell JH Invite - April 21st 2026

Boys

100 M Dash
Luke McIntosh - 12.65 - 2nd
Anderson Martinez - 12.96 - 4th

200 M
Anderson Martinez - 26.56 - 3rd

400 M
Anderson Martinez - 58.90 - 2nd

100 M Hurdles
Maddox Cooksley - 18.00 - 3rd

200 M Hurdles
Maddox Cooksley - 31.06 - 1st
Kadin Purdum - 33.63 - 5th
Grady Licking - 33.91 - 6th

4x100 M Relay
Maddox, Vincent, Anderson, & Luke - 51.14 - 1st

4x200 M Relay
Rafe, Hunter, Gabe, & Alex - 2:13.73 - 4th

Shot Put
Hunter Harms - 35.11 - 3rd

Discus
Gabe Vogt - 109' 7'' New School Record - 2nd
Previous record held by Braydyn Hickman of 103' 1'' in 2024

High Jump
Luke McIntosh - 5' 6'' New School Record - 1st

Pole Vault
Grady Licking - 7' 0'' - 5th

Long Jump
Luke McIntosh - 17' 4'' - 2nd
Vincent Johnson - 15' 7 1/2'' - 4th

Boys team score was a 97 and 3rd Place

Girls

100 M Dash
Wesley Carr - 13.62 - 1st
Paisley Ray - 14.11 - 2nd

200 M Dash
Wesley Carr - 28.18 - 1st
Paisley Ray - 29.22 - 3rd

800 M
Harper Zutavern - 2:47.85 - 3rd
Rana Zimmerman - 2:47.89 - 4th

100 M Hurdles
Bristal Fink - 19.41 - 4th
Mary Licking - 19.93 - 5th
Katelyn Blackford - 21.27 - 6th

200 M Hurdles
Paisley Ray - 36.61 - 4th

4x100 M Relay
Paisley, Bristal, Mary, & Wesley - 54.70 - 1st

4x200 M Relay
Tessa, Livia, Aubree, & Harper - 2:07.99 - 1st

4x400 M Relay
Livia, Emerson, Harper, & Rana - 4:59.90 - 3rd

Shot put
Rana Zimmerman - 26' 8" - 1st
Tessa Glidden - 25' 9'' - 2nd

Discus
Rana Zimmerman - 64' 9'' - 3rd

High Jump
Mary Licking - 4' 6'' - 1st
Bristal Fink - 4' 4'' - 3rd

Pole Vault
Harper Zutavern - 7' 0'' - 1st

Long Jump
Mary Licking - 14' 11'' - 1st
Bristal Fink - 14' 7'' - 2nd

Triple Jump
Wesley Carr - 31' 10'' - 1st
Emerson Pettit - 26' 1 3/4'' - 4th

Girls team score was a 163 and 1st place

There was 13 new personal records set today by the girls and 12 personal records set today by the boys!

Great job Knights! Keep up the great work.

4 months ago, Jake Trosper

Graduation is Saturday, May 9th 2026 @ 4:00PM!
Congratulations graduating Seniors!

4 months ago, Sandhills Public Schools

STK High School Knights Results from Burwell Invite April 17, 2026
Girls:
3200 Shylee Gonzales 13:10.02 2nd School record. Previous record was held by Makayla Rinestine 13:22.75 2016
800 Paizley Zutavern 2:33.48 3rd
1600 Paizley Zutavern 5:52.76 2nd
Shylee Gonzales 6:03.45 4th
4 x 100 Shylee Gonzales, Paizley Zutavern, Lindsey McIntosh, Matelyn Zutavern 58.36 7th
Shot put Lindsey McIntosh 33' 6.3/4 2nd
Kaley Rasmussen 31' 6.25 7th
Discus Lindsey McIntosh 108' 4" 4th
Team score: 44 pts 8th
Boys:
Long Jump Mason Sutton 18' 2.75. 4th
Team score 5 pts 13th

4 months ago, Zeta Greene

STK Junior High results Hershey April 15, 2026
7th girls
100 m Paisley Ray 13.91 2nd
200m Paisley Ray 30.36 2nd
100 m hurdles Bristal Fink 20.97 1st
Katelyn Bladkford 21.77 4th
200 m hurdles Paisley Ray 34.53 1st
800 m Rana Zimmerman 2:50.99 1st
4 x 100 Paisley, Bristal, Rana, Myah Glidden. 57.98
High Jump Bristal Fink 4' 6. 2nd
Long Jump Bristal Fink 13' 9" 4th
Shot put Rana Zimmerman 26' 4"
Discus Rana Zimmerman 64' 0"
Team score 1st 88 pts
8th girls
100 m Wesley Carr 13.62 1st
200 m Wesley Carr 27.88 2nd
800 m Harper Zutavern 2:56.90. 2nd
4 x 400 Livia Held, Emerson Pettit, Tessa Glidden, Harper Zutavern 5:11.29 6th
4 x 800 Harper, Emerson, Tessa, Livia 12:31.76 2nd school record
Pole vault Harper Zutavern 7' 0" 1st
High Jump Mary Licking 4' 8" 4th
Long Jump Mary Licking 15'2 1st
Triple jump Wesley Carr 35' 11" 1st Meet and school record
Mary Licking 28' 3.5 6th
Shot put Tessa Glidden 24' 9" 4th
Team score 3rd place 73 pts
7th boys
100 m Vincent Johnson 13.73 5th
200 m Vincent Johnson 28.19 3rd
100 m hurdles Cinch Reiser 20.23 3rd
4 x 100 Vincent Johnson, Rafe Larsen, Alex Rice, Cinch Reiser 55.21 4th
Long Jump Vincent Johnson 16' 9 1st
High Jump Cinch Reiser 4' 8" 5th
Team score 8th 30 pts

8th Boys
100 m Anderson Martinez 12.48 1st
200 m Anderson Martinez 26.25 5th
400m Anderson Martinez 58.94 2nd
100 m hurdles Grady Licking 21.35 4th
Kaden Purdum 22.69 5th
200 m hurdles Grady Licking 33.66 5th
4 x 100 Maddox Cooksley, Grady Licking, Anderson Martinez, Luke McIntosh 51.80 4th
Pole vault Grady Licking 7th School record 8'0
High Jump Luke McIntosh 5' 4" 2nd
Long Jump Luke McIntosh 17' 10" 1st
Shot put Hunter Harms 39' 1" 1st
Discus Hunter Harms 97' 2" 1st
Gabe Vogt 82' 5" 6th
Team score: 2nd 71 pts

4 months ago, Zeta Greene

Sandhills at District Music Contest in Broken Bow. Wednesday April 22. Come and See!

4 months ago, Kris Ganoung

Reminder, FFA banquet to be held this evening at the Dunning Community Building! All are welcome! Supper at 6:30, program at 7. Hope to see you there!

4 months ago, Andra Smith

Congratulations to Josie Morrow! 🎉
Josie is the winner of this month’s prize for demonstrating what it truly means to be a KNIGHT!
She received a gift certificate to The Spur as her reward!

Stay tuned! Next month’s prize will be two movie tickets! 🎬

4 months ago, Sandhills Public Schools

It’s Kindergarten Round-Up Time at Sandhills Elementary School!

We’re excited to welcome our incoming kindergarten students for the 2026–2027 school year!

Please contact the Elementary Office at 📞 308-533-2203 by Monday, April 27th to sign up your student and receive an information packet.

4 months ago, Sandhills Public Schools

STK High School Track Team posts several high marks at the South Loup Invite.
Lindsey Light posts a new personal best in discus with a 109'9" throw and 3rd place. Lindsey also captured a 3rd place in the shot put and was on the winning Kolache 4 x 100 throwing relay and delicious Kolache's. Lindsey, V.P, Kaley Rasmussen and Matelyn Zutavern, Freshman Shylee Gonzales continues posting great marks in the 1600 earning 5th place. And bringing the crowd to their feet in a very tough field of 1600 m runners was Paizley Zutavern with a sprint to the wire, photo finish and reestablishing her school record of 5:50.40 and 2nd place. Paizley also medaled 2nd place in the 800 posting a time of 2:33.69.
The 4 x 400 team James Reiser, Bronc Reiser, Mason Sutton, and Connor Sutton placed 6th and the 4 x 800 with Mason, James, Heath Larsen, and Connor medaled 3rd. Connor also ran strong in the 1600 with a 5:01.20 time and 3rd place. He topped the day with a season best in the 800 with a 2:04.66 and a gold medal.

4 months ago, Zeta Greene

Best of luck to the track team today starting at 10AM in Arnold today!
Here is the schedule for today:

5 months ago, Sandhills Public Schools

Congratulations to our new 2026-2027 FBLA Officers!
Paizley Zutavern, Mattee Zutavern, Cora Martindale, Thatcher Teahon, Kallan Cox, Shaylee Milleson, and Sophia Glidden.

5 months ago, Elise Miller

Bringing home the boys and girls team championships from the Paxton Junior High track meet.

5 months ago, Bobbi Zimmerman

The Noble Times - April 2026
Written By: Kallan Cox, Shaylee Milleson, Hunter Bray, Cora Martindale

5 months ago, Elise Miller

The FBLA members THANK YOU for donating at our drive on April 2nd!

We hope to see everyone again on July 31st from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm in the high school cafeteria.

5 months ago, Elise Miller

Please join us for the FFA Banquet on April 14th!

5 months ago, Andra Smith

Parents: We are trying a different yearbook program this year called Treering. All yearbook purchases need to be done through the following link: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=101743106222928

All yearbooks purchased by May 29, 2026, will be shipped to the school for free. Any orders placed after this date will be shipped to your home for a $6.99 shipping fee. Parents can also create a custom page just for their child.

Yearbooks will not be shipped until after our final submission date, which is May 29, 2026. They should be delivered mid to late June.

There is always a learning curve with new systems. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. If we don't have the answer, we will do our best to find it for you!

5 months ago, Elise Miller

Reminder: FBLA "Future Donors" Blood Drive Happening Now at the High School Gym. Appointments available and walk-ins welcome. Last appointment time is 1:45 pm. We hope to see you there!
All donors receive a free t-shirt!

5 months ago, Elise Miller

📢 IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Parents and Guardians!
Thursday, April 2nd: No school for Kindergarten through 6th Grade (Teacher In-Service).
Note: Grades 7–12 will attend school as regularly scheduled no early dismissal.

Friday, April 3rd – Monday, April 6th: NO SCHOOL
We hope all of our students and staff have wonderful Easter Break! We look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday, April 7th. 🌷

5 months ago, Jaylee Simonson

Great job today by the Sandhills-Thedford Knights Track Team at Kearney Catholic! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ We had a fantastic meet with many personal records broken and strong finishes across the board. Proud of the effort from all of our athletes! 🏅 Braydyn – 6th place Shot Put 🥉 Carter – 3rd place Long Jump 🏅 Mason – 5th place Long Jump 🥉 Lindsey – 3rd place Discus 🏅 Heath – 5th place Triple Jump 🥇 Lindsey – 1st place Shot Put 🏅 Kaley – 4th place Shot Put 🥉 Matelyn – 3rd place Long Jump 🏅 Victoria – 6th place Long Jump 🥇 Boys 4x800m Relay (Mason, James, Heath, Connor) – 1st place 🥉 Carter – 3rd place 100m 🥈 Shylee – 2nd place 400m 🥇 Paizley – 1st place 800m 🥈 Connor – 2nd place 800m 🏅 Matelyn – 6th place 200m 🥈 Carter – 2nd place 200m 🥉 Girls 4x100m Relay (Lindsey, Matelyn, Paizley, Shylee) – 3rd place 🥉 Boys 4x100m Relay (Bronc, James, Connor, Carter) – 3rd place 🥈 Paizley – 2nd place 1600m 🏅 Shylee – 4th place 1600m 🥈 Connor – 2nd place 1600m Great work today by all STK Track athletes! Keep the momentum going!

5 months ago, Jake Trosper