Counselor

Corner

2

Upcoming

Events

2

Notes from

Nurse

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2017 Ugly

Sweater Day

4

Bulldog Beef 5

Sargent Pub-

lic Schools

Hotline

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Title 1

News

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Title I News 7

NDE State

Assessment

Scores

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Yearbook 9

Jan. Calen-

dar

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I’m having a hard time believing that the first semester is done, but the obvious chill in the air and fact that we’ve celebrated Christ-mas are good reminders that the school year is half over. As I outline several New Year’s Res-olutions for myself I have some recommen-dations for students and families to consider.

First would be to reflect on and examine our goals. My quote at the start of this school year was, “a goal with-out a plan is just a wish.” Don’t wish to be better make a plan and work towards that.

My second rec-ommendation would be to make reading a prior-ity in your home. Read-ing is still a main mode

Thoughts From the Principal

January Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Sargent Public School

of communication and few things can improve the mind as well as in-creased reading ability. I also challenge you to get to know our school. What’s being taught? As a parent or community member are their ways you could help? Maybe its reading with an emer-gent reader or helping put up bulletin boards, as the saying goes “it takes a vil-lage to raise a child.”

As we work to im-prove it is important to remember that the more of us supporting the pro-cess the more successful it will ultimately be and by improving ourselves we make life better for those around us, and by making the lives better for those around us we build better students, neighbors, friends, and community.

Having said that I’ll fin-ish by wishing you … Happy New Year! and Until next month – GO WOLVES!

Reminder NO SCHOOL for

PK-6 on Thursday Janu-

ary 4th, Elementary

Teachers will be having

an Inservice!

Classes for K-6 will re-

sume on Friday January

5th

Collegebound Nebraska Collegebound Nebraska is a program that will make college more affordable to many Nebraskans.

This program promises students, “If you are a Nebraska resident who meets admission

requirements for the University of Nebraska, and if you are eligible for the Federal Pell Grant, you

can attend the University of Nebraska and pay no tuition.” To be considered for a pell grant you must fill out the

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). It is important that you get your taxes done as soon after

January 1st as possible and get the FAFSA filled out as soon as you can after that.

FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid Education Quest has some excellent resources on their web site at educationquest.org. They will also be

scheduling appointments in their Kearney office from January 1st – April 1st for first time FAFSA filers. The

Kearney office is located at 2706 Second Avenue and the phone number is 800-666-3721. Those that have

completed a FAFSA before are encouraged to go to their web site and use their FAFSA Tutorial.

Central Plains Center for Services in Broke Bow will also help you complete your FAFSA. You can call 308-872-

6176.

Scholarships Many scholarships will be made available after the first of the year and will have due dates that approach quickly.

There will be updated scholarship lists on the Schools website page under Mrs. Schauda’s Home page. Please talk

to your student about this or if you have questions or concerns you can stop by Mrs. Schauda’s office or give her

a call at 527-4119.

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Counselor Corner

Upcoming Events

Wednesday Jan. 3rd– No School Teacher Inservice

Thursday Jan. 4th– Classes Resume for 7-12

PK-6 No School-Teacher Inservice

Wednesday Jan 10th– School Board Meeting @ 7:00

Wednesday Jan 17th—2:00 Dismissal Teachers Inservice

Good News Club

Monday January 22nd –Saturday January 27th– MNAC G & B

Basketball Tourney-1st round

Finals & Cons. Broken Bow

Tuesday January 30th—Callaway Quiz Bowl

Flu Notes from the Nurse

We are entering the flu season. Influenza is a respiratory virus that causes fever,

headache, fatigue, body aches, cough, and sore throat. This respiratory virus is not

to be confused with the stomach viruses that cause vomiting, diarrhea, and upset

stomach. The most common ways that any virus enters our body is via our hands,

by touching something that has the virus on it and then touching our eyes, nose or

mouth, or by breathing in the virus when an infected person

coughs or sneezes.

The number one way you can protect yourself from any ill-

ness is to wash your hands regularly. You can really help your

body fight cold, flu and stomach viruses by eating a balanced

diet including lots of fruit and vegetables, drinking plenty of

healthy fluids, and getting at least eight hours of sleep per

night.

Students experiencing diarrhea, vomiting or temperatures of 100 degrees and great-

er, need to be home at rest. Do not give Aspirin to children or adolescents who are

experiencing flu-like symptoms. Give Tylenol or Ibuprofen for fever and/or

achiness. Attempt to prevent dehydration by drinking plenty of liquids. If experi-

encing vomiting do not eat or drink for one hour following a vomiting episode,

then start with sips of water, 7up or Coke. If these liquids stay down, you may in-

crease the amount of liquids and add light solids, i.e. crackers, jello, soup.

In an attempt to keep the virus from spreading:

*cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze with a tissue, if no tissue is availa-

ble, use your sleeve

*refrain from visiting others or attending social events when experiencing flu

symptoms

*If you must be out when you have flu symptoms, stay 3 feet away from others.

Here’s hoping you stay well this flu season and if you have any questions about the

flu, or whether your child is well enough to come to school, please contact your

school nurse or doctor.

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2017 Ugly Sweater Day

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Bulldog Beef / Meat Boosters

Where’s the Beef – in our lunchroom thanks to donors like: Martin Riddle & Dick Grint!

The Sargent Public Schools “Beef in Schools Program” began to take shape over the last year

after a several discussions by board members and patrons. After reviewing the guidelines fol-

lowed by other schools Mr. Ruppert made arrangements for a similar program at the Sargent

Public School District. The donated beef has been incorporated in school menus for all Sargent

Public School students to enjoy since March of the 2016-17 school year. It wasn’t long after that

beef was gone that a second beef was donated and with the positive comments from students

and staff the donated meat is going fast. If you are in the position to donate fresh meat for our

lunch program, or if you don’t raise livestock but would like to help offset the cost of pro-

cessing, I encourage you to contact the school office.

We would like to honor and recognize the producers, businesses, and community members who

have donated beef or monetary support for the SPS Beef for Schools Program thus far:

Martin Riddle

Dick Grint

Thanks to their support, our students are enjoying high quality, tasty, locally raised beef, and we

anticipate that we will continue to grow support for this program with an ultimate goal of meet-

ing 100% of our lunch program needs. We look forward to continued development of the pro-

gram with opportunities to promote sustenance of the beef industry through donor recognition

and educational activities for our students.

THANK YOU!

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NDE RELEASES STATE ASSESSMENT SCORES

The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) released information and statewide assessment scores on the Ne-braska Education Profile (NEP) on DECEMBER 1, 2017. NEP highlights include the performance of students by district and school in English language arts, mathematics, sci-ence, and the ACT as well as performance by groups of students, including race and ethnicity, poverty, special educa-tion, and English Language Learners. The NEP is intended to help inform the public and school officials about school district performance and to provide data needed for sound decision-making by education leaders. The NEP includes results for the new English Language Arts (ELA) assessment, a more rigorous assessment with higher expectations for college and career readiness. “The ELA assessment represents a new baseline in Nebraska. We have raised the bar because it is clear that success beyond high school relies on a set of high expectations,” said Commissioner of Education Matt Blomstedt. “We know that raising this bar requires a substantial movement to align efforts to meet expectations for the future.” Over the next few years, Nebraska's Accountability for a Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow (AQuESTT) will demonstrate progress toward state goals, increase college and career readiness, and improve the quality of educational opportunities for students across the state. Furthermore, NDE will be announcing the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) early next year, aimed at preparing students for suc-cess in postsecondary education, career, and civic life. ACT results are also included on the NEP, which was given to nearly all Nebraska juniors statewide for the first time. The ACT replaced the Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) assessment for the 11th grade. Nebraska students continue to show success and improvement across grade levels. More than seven out of ten students are meeting or exceeding standards in math and science and more than half of all students are already meet-ing the new increased standards in ELA. More than half of 11th graders are on track or meeting ACT benchmarks. Parents received a report on their child’s scores from their local school district earlier this fall. The Nebraska Education Profile can be viewed at: http://nep.education.ne.gov/.

By David Jespersen Public Information Officer, Nebraska Department of Education

I encourage our parents and patrons look over the State’s and Sargent Public School’s data and if you have any ques-tions don’t hesitate to contact me. If this is the first time you’ve been to the NDE District/School Reports site you can get there by going to the Nebraska Education Profile at http://nep.education.ne.gov/ and typing in Sargent Public Schools.

Because of the changes in the Language Arts State Test you will notice a double asterisks on the previous year’s re-sults indicating that the data isn’t comparable. As you look at individual class results you will a large asterisk in several parts of our data as well. This is done because we are a smaller school and Federal guidelines make NDE mask the data to protect individual identities in small classes. After examining individual results, at times this asterisks is even blocking out 0% percent so don’t be alarmed.

Over all there are areas and classes where the majority of the students were proficient, and some students did quite

well. It should be pointed out that like all smaller schools data can jump quite a bit from year to year because tests are given in specific grades. So a couple, or even one student, in a smaller class can cause that grade’s results to jump up or down by a larger percentage. Having said that I do see some areas of concern that I would like to expand on.The State and our school’s scores on the new the English Language Arts test were much lower, but given that it is a new test I predict that as we review what we are doing and strengthen curriculum things will improve. I did notice that the Sargent Math percentage was below 70% which was a decline from previous years, but when looking closer several classes and individuals that did quite well and several of the classes had a high percent proficient. So while we will review our math progress and curriculum I think we should take into account that this is a one-time summative indica-tor and can rapidly change. Also our ACT and MAPS scores were stronger so I’m not alarmed by this decline until I see further negative results.

Just like I have areas I am concerned about I also have areas I am quite proud of. Last year was the first time the ACT was used as the State Test for 11

th grade and the Sargent students did better than the national and state aver-

age. One other area to be proud of was that the Science percentage of proficient students was very good, but the Sci-ence test is only given in three grades so this percentage can change a lot year from year.

Overall our students did a well on last year’s State tests, but as you can see we also have areas we need to im-prove. I am grateful for the students and staff I get to work with and am confident that we will improve.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 G&B BB vs Palmer @ Tay-lor 4:30, no Boys jv 6-7:30 No School

4 Class Resume Good News

5 6 WR Burwell Invite 11:30

7 G & B BB @ SEM 6-7:30

8 9 10 JH G & B BB vs S/T @ Taylor 1-2:15

11 12 G & B BB vs Riverside @ Sargent 4-5-6-7:45

13 G & B BB @ Bassett 6-7:30

14 WR S/T In-vite @ Dun-ning 10:00

15 16 17 G & B BB vs Arcadia L. City @ Sar-gent 6-7:30

18 2:00 Dis-missal Teachers Inservice Good News

19 JH G & B BB vs AM @ Sargent 1:00-2:15

20 G & B BB vs Mullen @ Sar-gent 1:00– 2:15 WR South Loup Invite 12:30

21 G & B BB vs CWC @ Sargent 6-7:30 JH G & B BB vs CWC @ Sargent 1:30-2:30

22 23 MNAC BB Tourney @ Ansley– Li-tchfield

24 MNAC Tour-ney

25 MNAC Tour-ney

26 MNAC Tour-ney

27 WR Ord In-vite 3:30

28 MNAC G & B BB Finals/3rd place @ North Platte WR Ainsworth Invite 10:00

29 30 JH G & B BB @ Greeley !-2:00

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January 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

January 2017

G & B BB vs Palmer

@ Taylor 4:30-6-7:30

No JV Boys

No School

Teachers Work Day

G & B BB @

SEM 6-7:30

G & B BB vs River-

side @ Sargent 4-5-

6-7:45

G & B BB @ Bas-

sett 6-7:30

G & B BB vs Arcadia

L. City @ Sargent 6-

7:30

G & B BB vs

Mullen @ Taylor 6-

7:30

WR South Loup

Invite 12:30pm

G & B BB vs

CWC @ Sargent

6-7:30

JH G & B BB vs

CWC @ Sargent

1:30-2:30

MNAC BB Tourney

@ Ansley-Litchfield

MNAC G & B BB

Finals/3rd Place @

North Platte

WR Ainsworth

Invite 10:00

MNAC Tourney MNAC Tourney MNAC Tourney

WR Burwell Invite

11:30

WR S/T Invite @

Dunning 10:00

WR Ord Invite

3:30

JH G & B BB vs S/T

@ Taylor 1-2:15

G & B BB @ Staple-

ton 4:30-5:15-6-7:30

JH G & B BB vs A-M

@ Sargent 1:00-2:15

JH G & B BB @

Greeley 1:00-2:00

Classes Resume

Good News

2:00 Dismissal

Teachers Inservice

Good News

Air Force Recruiter

12:15

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 1 2 3

January 2018

G & B BB vs

Pleasanton @

Sargent JV G-

3:00-BJV to follow

GV—6-BV-7:30

G & B BBvs North

Central @ Taylor

GJV-3:30 BJV to

follow GV-6-

BV7:30

G & B BB @

Arc./L..City 6-7:30 G & B BB @

Mullen 4-5-6-7:30

ct.

G & B BB MNC

Tourney TBD

Seekers Club

G & B BB MNC

Tourney TBD

G & B BB MNC

Tourney TBD

G & B BB MNC

Tourney @ BB

Wrestling Ord

Invite 3:30

G & B BB MNAC

Finals/3rd Place

@ Broken Bow

Wrestling Ains-

worth Invite 10:00

MNAC Art Show

@ Broken Bow

Wrestling Burwell

Invite 11:30

Wrestling S/T

Invite @ Dunning

10:00

Classes Resume 7-

12

No PK-6 Classes

Teachers Inservice

No School PK-12

Teacher Work Day

2:00 Dismissal

Teacher Inservice

Good News

JH G & B BB @

Thedford 1:00-2:15

G & B BB vs SEM

@ Sargent JV G

5:00 No JV B-GV

6:00-BV-7:30

JH G & B BB @

Merna 1:00-2:15

Wrestling South

Loup Invite 12:30

JH G & B BB vs

Central Valley @

Taylor 1:00-2:00

FFA Dist. Leader-

ship Skills contest

BOE Meeting

7:00

Martin Luther King

Day

Seekers Club

Callaway Quiz

Bowl G & B BB vs A-M

@ Sargent 6:00-7:30

G & B BB vs Elba

@ Taylor 6-7:30

Wrestling MNAC

Tourney @ Arnold

10:00

G & B BB vs Palmer

@ Palmer JVG-2:00

JVB-3:00 GV-4:00

BV-5:30