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LaNaya Gutierrez is the recipient of the Cheyenne County Family and Consumer Education College Scholarship for the 2014-15 school year. LaNaya is the daughter of Henry and Penny Gutierrez of Sidney. LaNaya has participated in several school activities and received many awards during her Sidney High School career including: • Awards: Academic All-State, National Honor Society, Letter Winner Varsity Cheer, Letter Winner Choir, Letter Winner Speech, and Varsity Cheer Captain • Activities: Varsity Cheerleader, One Acts Play Production, Speech Tea...
The Cool Kids Club, headed by Charlotte Dorwart, celebrates success as their hard work pays off at North Elementary last Friday. Comprised of students from kindergarten age through 6th grade, the Cool Kids Club learned to crochet chains, tie them all together, then sought to make their giant crocheted chain completely circle the school. If they succeeded, they were awarded a party. The distance around the school was estimated to be 390 feet, and their chain went around the school with more to...
The Sidney High School 2013-2014 Evening of Excellence will be held Wednesday, May 7th. The event will begin at 6:30 pm with refreshments in the Sidney High School commons area, followed by the presentation of awards at 7:00 pm in the high school auditorium. The Evening of Excellence is the night in which the school and the community honor the students who have achieved excellence in their high school endeavors. The public is invited and encouraged to attend and show support to our community’s top high school students....
The Cheyenne County 4-H Council is proud to announce that Emily Gill is the recipient of the 2014 4-H Council Scholarship. Gill is an 11-year member of 4-H and has served as president of the Junior Leaders and Dryland Toughies 4-H Clubs. Gill's 4-H projects include market beef, poultry, photography, and foods. Gill is a senior at Leyton High School and is the son of James and Cynthia Gill of Gurley. She plans to attend the University of Nebraska Lincoln and study Nutrition, Exercise and Health...
Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced students will have until May 31 to submit their software applications or “apps” for the first annual House Student App Challenge for Nebraska’s Third Congressional District. The Third District challenge is part of a nationwide competition designed to promote innovation and engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among high school students. Participating students will compete by creating and exhibiting an app for mobile, tablet, or computer devices on a platform of their choic...
For The Sun-Telegraph The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) recently awarded over 100 Board of Trustee Scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Nebraska. A Board of Trustee (BOT) Scholarship provides full tuition for recipients and is worth nearly $17,000 over four years. The NSCS also awarded the Governor’s Opportunity Award to three recipients, one each at Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Colleges, member institutions of the NSCS. The Governor’s Opportunity Award provides half of the college tuition costs and, like the BOT Sch...
The Fort Sidney Chapter of the Order of DeMolay held its installation of officers ceremony on March 30. 1st Row Left to Right · Alec Maddox, Preceptor · Cade Lewis, Chaplain · Jake Wiedeburg, Senior Councilor · Brendan HollyMaster Councilor · Tyler Miller, Junior Councilor · Connor Dormann, Almoner · Cole Westfall, Preceptor · Jake Burke, Preceptor 2nd Row · Lucas Rosenbaum, Installing Secretary · Ryan Birner, Senior Deacon · Corbin Heller · Zack Pettit, Preceptor · Cameron Baldwin, Sen...
Congratulations to the Sidney High School students who competed in the Chadron State Scholastic Contest on Friday, April 5th and finished first as a team in their division for the third straight year. The 2014 Scholastic Contest is a proud and honored tradition at Chadron State College. For the fifty-third year, the Scholastic Contest recognized the academic achievement and talents of high school students from throughout Nebraska and the surrounding states. A student's selection to participate...
The Sidney Rotary Club is once again pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2014 Scholarship. The annual award will again be for $1,000.00 and may be awarded to anyone who is accepted at a post secondary institution, whether it is a university, college, trade or vocational school. Each candidate is required to complete an application and provide information about the qualities that they possess and which they feel will further qualify them for consideration. The Sidney Rotary Scholarship Committee will interview...
The Leyton 7th Grade quiz bowl team placed second at the Banner County Quiz Bowl held Friday, March 21. Back Row from left: Major Roberts, D.J. George, and Janessa Carley. Front Row from left: Nikki Scarrow, Quentin Miller, and Shelby Miller. Not pictured is Josh Kruse....
Kate Woten of Potter-Dix earned top honors in the class D1 poetry interpretation competition at the 2014 Nebraska state speech championship. The Coyotes senior also picked up a top five in serious interpretation. Students from Potter-Dix, Leyton and Creek Valley participated in the event, held at the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus last week. Emily Gill, a senior, finished fifth in poetry to pick up Leyton's best position. Creek Valley's Nash Leef ranked seventh in extemporaneous...
The Leyton Speech Team poses with their runner-up trophy from the District Speech meet in Hyannis. State Qualifiers: Emily Gill-Poetry, Carly Rushman-Humorous, Carly Rushman-Entertainment, Jessica Houk-Persuasive, Caitlyn Deal-Informative, Zac Jones-Extemporaneous Speaking, Zack Schrotberger-Extemporaneous Speaking,. OID Team of Seth Schuessler, Josh Reimers, Caleb Weyerts, Zac Jones, and Zack Schrotberger. Leyton Carly Rushman, Humorous Interpretation of Prose, Entertainment Zach Jones,...
Leyton held the school's 6-8th grade Science Fair on March 20. Pictured is the overall winner, 7th Grader Danielle Higgins, with her Science teacher, Mrs. Jane Ahlschwede....
In memory of Pat Bittner’s years of service to education and the visual arts, the Chappell and the Lodgepole School districts and surrounding area, this scholarship was established in 2006 through the generosity of June and Gaynor Collison and Shain Bittner. This award is granted in the hope of encouraging young people of Creek Valley High School to pursue a program of study or related program of study in the fine arts-music, art, and drama. Graduating seniors may acquire a scholarship application from Mrs. Ford, counselor at Creek Valley H...
STRAIGHT A (GRADE 12) – Casey Baldwin, Kylie Ellwanger, LaNaya Gutierrez, Brendan Holly, Karli Jones, Karson Langley, Calder Rosdail (GRADE 11) – Erin Bown, Alli Ehler, Michaela Flick, Hayden Lienemann, Manjesh Mogallapalli, Andrew Myers, Theda Parker, Vanessa Riley, Savanna Rosenbaum, Ashley Stafford, Madisen Stafford, Sara VonSeggern, Hunter Vowers, Jachob Wiedeburg (GRADE 10) – Ryan Birner, Mia Hernandez, Jasmine Jallen, Abigail Jones, Megan Neal, Hannah Rapp, Logan Uhlir (GRADE 9) – Cameron Baldwin, Emma Brosnan, William Castner, Autumn...
8th Grade Straight “A” Honor Roll Emma Alexander, Aubrey Ambur, Bailey Bagnell, Matthew Benzel, Kara Birner, Charlie Brockhaus, Jacob Burke, Riley Christensen, Ashlyn Christian, Kaitlyn Christofferson, Jordan Cook, Braydon Cortney, Kristina Davis, Kate Dible, Connor Dormann, Julia Evertson, Adriana Falcon, Christina Gay, Lorelei Heineman, Jocilyn Hessler, Alia Jones, Cassandra Kilmurray, Paige Langley, Mitchell Porter, Natalie Radcliffe, Drew Reece, Mattea Roland, Mitchell Rolls, Kylie Rosdail, Emily Secrest, Tessa Siler, Emma Tuzicka, Lauren U...
Potter-Dix's Speech Team captured the district title in weekend competition, Leyton finished second. State competition begins March 27....
Registration for kindergarten students attending Sidney Public Schools for the 2014-2015 school year will be held every day April 7 through April 11 at South Elementary, 12 and Toledo Streets, from 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Children who are eligible to begin kindergarten must be 5 years of age on or before July 31, 2014. Parents are reminded that in order to register the child for school, the student must be registered by the parent/guardian of the child. They must also bring the following information with them for registration: 1) The current...
The Lodgepole Volunteer Fire Department announces a scholarship available to graduating seniors from the Creek Valley High School. Criteria include that the applicant has shown a consistent commitment to school and non-school volunteer activities and/or community organizations. Applications must be completed, signed and returned by the postmark deadline of April 11. Graduating seniors may acquire a scholarship application from Mrs. Ford, counselor at Creek Valley High School. Students may also request it by email at kathy.fo...
For The Sun-Telegraph The University of Nebraska Panhandle Alumni Chapter announced recipients of Alumni Scholarships during the chapter’s annual Founders’ Dinner. Nick Castner of Sidney, son of Ralph and Kim Castner, earned one of the scholarship offers. Others went to Noah Miller of Gering, son of Dana and Lori Miller; Brandon Nichols of Bridgeport, son of Dale and Tammi Nichols; Ashley Quick of Alliance, daughter of Bryant and Jamie Quick; and Curtis Welsh of Scottsbluff, son of Justin and Julie Welsh. Sandy Massey of Scottsbluff rec...
The Chappell Rotary Club will present two $500 Higher Education Awards to High School Graduates that are attending their second, third or fourth year of college or technical school. The applicant must have a 2.0 or ‘C’ grade point average to be considered for the Award. Special emphasis by the Award committee will be given to the community involvement and continuing volunteer participation of the Award applicant. The award applications must be completed and received by April 11 of each Award year. Mail the Award Application to: Chappell Rot...
The Chappell Lions Club Scholarship applications are now available from Kathy Ford, Guidance Counselor at Creek Valley High School. The application deadline is April 7. Students may also assess the application and application guidelines on “Face Book at Creek Valley Scholarships for current seniors” (must ask to join) or request it by email, [email protected]. This Scholarship is to be awarded to a student using the following guidelines: • The award money is paid jointly to the recipient and the post-secondary educational institut...
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners of the 17th annual Nebraska Young Artist awards. The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts. Sixty-four students from more than 35 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the special day of...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its fall semester 2014 Deans’ List for its eight colleges and the Honor Roll for undeclared students in the Explore Center. Area students who qualified included: Chappell: Nels Anderson, senior, College of Engineering, computer engineering major. Aaron Woodman, senior, College of Fine and Performing Arts, music major. Dalton: Trevor Schuessler, senior, College of Business Administration, accounting major. Potter: Kenna Smith, freshman, College of Fine and Performing Arts, theatre major. K...
The Lodgepole Lions Club announces the deadline for the 2014 Lodgepole Lions Club Scholarship. Two scholarships in the amount of $500 each is provided by the Lodgepole Lions’ Club with the following guidelines: The award money is paid jointly to the recipient and the post-secondary educational institution of which recipient is attending. All application information is to be typed or printed in black ink The recipients are responsible for giving the Lions’ Club Scholarship Committee Treasurer the name and address of the financial aid office at t...
