Minatare Public School District

FFA had a great day at districts today! The Nursery Landscape team placed 2nd out of 8 teams and qualified for state a second year in a row. Corina Meyers placed 2nd individually, Jordan Taylor placed 9th, Kiley Grumbles placed 11th and Brisa Cole placed 26th. The Meat Judging team placed 3rd out of 16 schools and are headed to state! Jackson Schwartz placed 9th, Aaron Suhr placed 10th, Cassiana Gutierrez placed 21st and Norvel Pacheco placed 27th out of 71 contestants. Congratulations 🎉

March 1st is Nebraska's Birthday! Thank you 6th grade Band for playing the happy birthday song for us all, you did a great job!! Happy Birthday Nebraska!

Students, Parents, and Staff Members, Previously this letter was sent to you on February 16th regarding a survey that we are using to develop the strategic plan for our school district. We want to thank those who have participated in this survey so far. As a reminder, Minatare Public Schools has partnered with the Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB) to develop a formal Strategic Plan to guide our district for the next five years. The survey will come to you via email and will be from the address noreply@gmailserver.com (that is a q not a g). These surveys are available in both English and Spanish. It is important that we gather as much input from our stakeholders as possible, so I am asking for your participation to help guide the decisions that we make for the school district in the next 3-5 years. The student survey should take about 15 minutes. The parent survey and the staff survey are more detailed and will take 30-45 minutes to complete. The window to take the survey closes March 1st. Additionally, we will be hosting two Community Engagement meetings, open to the public, at the Minatare Elementary gym on March 7th at 7:30 pm and on March 8th at 7:30 pm. The meeting on March gth will have translators there to assist with Spanish speakers. Personnel from NASB will be there to facilitate those meetings. We hope that you will be able to join us in this process!

Due to a scheduling conflict on Thursday, March 17th, Parent Teacher Conferences will now be held on Tuesday, March 15th and Wednesday, March 16th. There will be a 1:30 dismissal on both of those days and conferences will run from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

Minatare High School FFA Sponsored the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast this morning! Thank you all. Great Food, Great Sponsors, & Great Leaders! Kiley Grumbles, Aaron Suhr, Norvel Pacheco, Jordyn Taylor-Lopez, Corina Meyers, Brisa Cole, Jackson Schwartz.

Good things come in twos. At least this Tuesday it does. The date is February 22, 2022. When you write it, 2/22/22, it's a palindrome, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. It also falls on a Tuesday, which is now referred to as Twosday.

National FFA Week. Minatare Schools proudly supports our FFA program and we are so proud of each and every individual who represents our Future Leaders

No School Monday February 21st Teacher In Service Day School Resumes "Two's-Day" 2-22-22

Thank You Minatare Booster Club for thinking of us on Valentine’s Day! We so appreciate you! Karol Borton Garduno, Mary Lore Suhr, Kimberley Prouty, Julie Lacy, Jackie Meyers, Jamie Scott

Brisa Cole performed at the 50th Annual Chadron State College High Plains Honor Band Festival this evening! We are so Proud of you!

Vet Science won our District out of 18 teams! First time for Minatare. Norvel Pacheco received 4th overall, Jackson Schwartz received 5th overall, Jordyn Taylor-Lopez 23rd overall and Kiley Grumbles 31st out of 68 participants. And they qualified for State! Congratulations Minatare FFA Food Science (Brisa Cole, Corina Meyers, Lucas Ellis and Aaron Suhr) received 8th place out of 16 teams. Lucas Ellis placed 5th overall, Aaron Suhr placed 25th out of 60 individuals.

Minatare High Schools 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester Honor Roll. We have an amazing bunch of talented students! Congratulations everyone! Job Well Done!

Tomorrow we’re honoring everyone who has put their heart into this difficult school year! Celebrate what connects our educators, students, and public school communities.

We'd like to take a short minute to Congratulate again and wish Yoselin Reyes Good Luck at 8th Grade All-State Band in Kearney. She will be traveling on Friday and performing on Saturday!

Members of the School Board being sworn in tonight! President: Coby Ross Vice President: Karol Borton Garduno Secretary/Treasurer: Jackie Meyers Larry Randolph Mary Lore Suhr Congratulations everyone!

Minatare School Board Meeting Monday January 10th 6PM MHS Library

**REMINDER** Minatare Public Schools has a regular day of school tomorrow January 7th. School starts @ 8:00 AM and will release @ 3:37PM. There is Varsity Only Basketball starting at 5:30 @ Home. FFA will be at WNCC.

There will be No AM Pre-School on Thursday January 6th. Bus will run accordingly for the 10 AM Late Start. Plan to be at the Coop by 9AM. No Breakfast will be served.

We will be having a Late Start 10AM Thursday January 6th.

Minatare Public Schools plans to have school as scheduled tomorrow but please check kneb.com in the morning for any updates.