Ogallala Public Schools

🌟🎬 Now Showing at Prairie View School: Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week! 🎬🌟 Help us roll out the red carpet for our amazing Prairie View staff as we celebrate all they do for our students and school community! As part of the fun, we’re treating each staff member to a “drink of choice” from Saved by the Well on Thursday, May 8—but we could use your help to make it happen! If you'd like to contribute to the Open Tab to help provide FREE drinks for all PV staff, you can donate in one of the following ways: 💵 Drop off cash or check donations at the Prairie View Office 💳 Donate by card or PayPal at http://bit.ly/3JSJNKw 📱 Or scan the QR code to make your donation! Thank you for your support in helping us recognize and celebrate our incredible Prairie View staff. We love and appreciate all they do! ❤️ #PrairieViewPride #StaffAppreciationWeek #RedCarpetTreatment

Students in Mrs. Saults' 4th-grade class are putting their learning into action! Students have the opportunity to share all that they have learned about Nebraska, its history, geography, and landscape in to a diorama. This hands on activity shows how much they have learned during their time studying Nebraska History! #CultureOfConfidence

Each year OMG Builders Club members work with 1st grade students to practice tying shoe laces. As a celebration for everyone's hard work, students had the opportunity to make their own SLIME!!! It was a great reward for everyone involved (middle schoolers too)! #CultureOfConfidence

🌟 Get Ready for a Summer of Discovery with Kids Oasis! 🌟 Ogallala Public Schools is thrilled to offer Kids Oasis, an exciting FREE summer STEM program designed to spark curiosity and inspire young minds! Program runs June 2nd-Jul 31st 8am to noon. 🚀 Hands-on science experiments 🧠 Fun tech and engineering challenges 🌿 Outdoor learning adventures 🎉 Creativity, collaboration, and tons of fun! Spots are limited, so don’t wait—we need parents to sign up their students as soon as possible to secure a spot in this unforgettable summer experience. 📅 Program runs this summer – details available upon sign-up 💵 Completely FREE Let’s make this summer one to remember—STEM style! For questions please contact Karrie Curtis karriecurtis@opsd.org To sign up fill out this form: https://www.opsd.org/forms/7876 (Kids Oasis Summer Enrollment Form)

Prairie View's fabulous Title I Team really resonate with Mo Willem's book character, Pigeon... they are driven to READ (rather than driving a school bus)! This crew of educators helps students find their own passion for reading too! #CultureOfConfidence

📙Last Call to Order OHS Yearbooks📙 Yearbooks must be ordered by April 30th! https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/ Questions? Contact the OHS Yearbook Staff at yearbook@opsd.org. #CultureOfConfidence

📣Activity update for the week of April 28. #CultureOfConfidence

Our OHS Science Olympiad team ROCKED the Nebraska State tournament! 8th place overall, competing against much larger schools! 🤯 9 individual medaling teams! So proud of our students' talent and grit! 🌟 #ScienceOlympiad #SmallSchoolBigResults #CultureOfConfidence

Mrs. Feeney's 1st-grade class completed a math lesson on folding shapes into halves and quarters to make an origami owl. The students also read a story about a girl that makes origami animals. They decided to try their hand at making origami figures, so followed a tutorial on how to make an origami fox!  #CultureOfConfidence

HUGE shoutout to Nebraska's Governor for proclaiming today Nebraska Science Day! 🎉🔬 Our OHS students bring science to life every day with their amazing experiments, discoveries, and passion! Check out some of the awesome science in action! #CultureOfConfidence

Prairie View 5th Grader, Madi, used her PBIS points in a TASTY way! She earned a dessert from Mr. Slama! Their time together was extra sweet with lots of laughs and ice cream!

OHS Golfers have been staying busy this season! Yesterday, the Varsity team traveled to the McCook Invitational. Rylan Gilmore: 85 Connor Bell: 91 Oliver Nielsen: 98 Gavin Peters: 96 Rock Rezac: 114 Team: 370 8th The JV Squad competed at the Perkins County Invitational. Evan Heilman: 112 Tanner Decastro: 115 Anthony Perrin: 115 Lincoln Stephens: 119 Team: 461

Science is cool! 🧪 Our OHS Advanced Chemistry class recently put on a fantastic science demonstration show for our fifth graders, filled with amazing experiments. The younger students were blown away! #ScienceLeaders #CultureOfConfidence

📣Activity update for the week of April 21. #CultureOfConfidence

Mrs. Waitleys walk-to-learn reading students had the opportunity to choose an “I Survived” book to read. Students were able to choose from the Battle of Gettysburg, American Revolution, or D-Day books. After working very hard on their book study, they chose a final project, that allowed them to show their creative side! They shared them with the class and they are now on display in the library for all students to enjoy! #CultureOfConfidence

Brain power in action! 🧠 Our Ogallala Quiz Bowl team is competing at conference in Minden today, hoping to bring home the win! Good luck! #QuizBowl #BrainSports #CultureOfConfidence

OHS Boys Golf traveled to Lexington to compete in their Invite at Lakeside Country Club. Our golfers played hard and competed well! Rylan Gilmore - 75 (4th) Oliver Nielsen - 83 Connor Bell - 86 Gavin Peters - 101 Rock Rezac - 104 Team - 345 #CultureOfConfidence

Aspen, a PVE 2nd grade student, chose to use her PBIS points helping Mrs. Max in the library! Aspen was super helpful with book collection, book check-in, and greeting library patrons with a sweet smile! #CultureOfConfidence

PV 5th grade student, Bailey, used her PBIS points to interview a very special PV Staff Member.... Gibbs Good Boy Max! Gibbs was very talkative and provided Bailey with lots of insight on being a school therapy dog! #CultureOfConfidence