Ogallala Public Schools

***They have met their goal of sponsoring all the residences! Thanks to all those that helped support the project.*** Ogallala Middle School Student Council members are busy bringing Christmas cheer to the residence of Indian Hills Manor and Wel-life in Ogallala. There is still time to “play Santa to a senior” with your $13 donation. Contact Jill Max at 308-284-6087 or Jill max@opsd.org.

Due to the weather in the Panhandle the following is the new schedule for this weekend’s basketball lineup! Friday (times are CST): 4:30 - Girls and Boys JV Basketball @ Hershey 6:00 - Girls Varsity Basketball @ Hershey 7:30 - Boys Varsity Basketball @ Hershey Saturday: 1:30 - Girls and Boys JV Basketball vs. Gering in Ogallala 3:00 - Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Gering in Ogallala 4:30 - Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Gering in Ogallala

OPSD staff is committed to serving children. We love to see our staff engage with students in a variety of ways, including play! #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #CultureOfConfidence

❗️🎥Due to OPSD's snow days, the Kindergarten - 6th Grade PTO Movie Day (previously scheduled for December 14th) has been rescheduled for Monday, December 19th. ❗️🎥The 7th and 8th Grade PTO Movie Day (previously scheduled for the morning of December 15th) has been rescheduled for Friday, December 16th. Please contact Mrs. McConnell or Mrs. Rezac with any questions.

🏀Boys JV Basketball vs North Platte St. Pats at Aud 4:00🏀 Ogallala vs. North Platte St. Patrick's Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Dec 13th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam1bc9c28145 (subscription required) 🏀Girls JV Basketball vs North Platte St. Pats at Prairie View 4:00🏀 Ogallala vs. North Platte St. Patrick's Watch Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Dec 13th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game152911110 (subscription required) 🏀Girls Varsity Basketball vs North Platte St. Patricks at Prairie View 5:30🏀 Ogallala High School vs. North Platte St. Patrick's High School. Watch Girls Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Dec 13th, 2022 at 5:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamc77e559805 (subscription required) 🏀Boys Varsity Basketball vs North Platte St. Patricks at Prairie View 7:00🏀 Ogallala High School vs. North Platte St. Patrick's High School. Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Tuesday, Dec 13th, 2022 at 7:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game17a89a971 (subscription required)

🟠⚫️⚪️PTO Spirit Day! ⚪️⚫️🟠 Prairie View PTO is calling for a spirit day on December 14th! Students are invited to wear their PTO shirts, or any Ogallala gear! Show your school spirit!

🏀7 & 8 Girls Basketball vs Cozad at Auditorium🏀 Ogallala vs. Cozad. Watch Girls Middle School Basketball Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game9e7ba390b 🏀JV Boys vs North Platte St, Pats moved to Monday 12/12/22🏀 Ogallala vs. North Platte St. Patrick's. Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam1bc9c28145 🏀JV Girls vs North Platte St Pats moved to Monday 12/12/22🏀 Ogallala vs. North Platte St. Patrick's. Watch Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/game152911110 🏀Varsity Girls vs North Platte St. Patricks Monday 12/12/22🏀 Ogallala High School vs. North Platte St. Patrick's High School. Watch Girls Varsity Basketball Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 at 5:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamc77e559805 🏀Varsity Boys vs North Platte St. Patricks Monday 12/12/22🏀 Ogallala High School vs. North Platte St. Patrick's High School. Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam1bc9c28145

Ogallala One Act placed 4th at the State Contest in Norfolk! A huge congratulations to all the students who won outstanding performance award at the state play production contest on Friday Dec. 9th: Kaden Walker, Erica Hesser, Caleb Most, Evan Jones, Isabella Holthusen, Ashley Pluard, Tylee Wang, Michael Tophoj, Tallulah McKeag stood in for Jamie Krab. Jamie had to leave the state awards to play basketball. Way to go, big O!

This week we are highlighting OHS Alumni, Brandon Cain! To see our current ProOG Alumni Database, please visit https://www.opsd.org/page/proog-alumni-database . To be added to our Database, please email socialmedia@opsd.org with your name, graduation year, occupation, and a headshot. #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #ProOG #CultureOfConfidence

📣Activity update for the week of December 12th. #GoBigO #OGIndians #TheOGWay #CultureOfConfidence

We have a full day of basketball here in Ogallala! 🏀8th Grade at Prairie View🏀 Ogallala Middle School vs. Chase County Middle School. Watch Girls Middle School Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 10:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam2e81cddc78 (subscription required) 🏀7th Grade at OHS🏀 Ogallala Middle School vs. Chase County Middle School. Watch Girls Middle School Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 10:00 AM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gambbc2a0deb2 (subscription required) 🏀 JV/V Girls and Boys Varsity at Prairie View🏀 Ogallala High School vs. Chase County High School. Watch Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 1:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamc45953e10f (subscription required) 🏀Ogallala High School vs. Chase County High School🏀 Watch Girls Varsity Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 2:30 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam572d8fa91d (subscription required) 🏀Ogallala High School vs. Chase County High School🏀 Watch Boys Varsity Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam95c3300305 (subscription required) 🏀JV Boys at OHS🏀 Ogallala High School vs. Chase County High School. Watch Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Saturday, Dec 10th, 2022 at 1:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gamebb98146a2 (subscription required)

Grady Vogal made this awesome dirt bike stand in Mr. O'Neil's woods 3 class. We love that our students are creating items that are relevant and helpful to their everyday lives!

❗️❄️The following activities have been postponed today.❄️❗️ MS Girls Basketball vs. Hershey Reserve Girls and Boys Basketball @ Hershey Girls Varsity Wrestling @ North Platte

Help our Ogallala Middle Grades Student Council support the residents at Ogallala Indian Hills Manor and Ogallala Wel-Life! Contact Jill Max, OMG Student Council Sponsor, to donate to this project!

Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer Ogallala Theater Department started to compete with their one act play in November. They first went to North Platte on November 12th. There they placed second with the following students winning outstanding performances: Erica Hesser, Tylee Wang, Michael Tophoj, Ashley Pluard, Kooper Williams, Evan Jones, Bella Holthusen, Caleb Most, Harry Caskey, Thomas Parrin, Merritt Skinner, Ian Brunkhorst, Peyton Rapp, Griffen Schrotberger, Mykah Eastman, Inigo Pintado, Hailey Webber, Hailey Law, Zaiden Peterson, Barrett Renfro, Morgan Lile, Kyra Skiles, Peyton Jehorek, Reegan DeVries, Becca Rosno, Grace Jones, Laney Caskey, Paige Aromijo, Daelyn Krajewski, Kassie Hernandez-Willis, Jadynn Johorek, Lindee Henning, Jasmine Biel, Tylie Walker, Maya Williams, Sadie Flansburg, Parker Catlin, Jialisia Rosales. On Nov. 21st we went to Valentine and competed in Southwest Conference Contest, placing 2nd behind Mindon. The following students received outstand performance awards: Kaden Walker, Erica Hesser, Iziaha Skiles, Tayvin Lutz, Isabelle Rodriquez, Lauren Henning, Michael Tophoj, Harry Caskey, Ashley Pluard, Hayden Walburn, Jamie Krab, Gavin Anderson, Kiara McGuire, Caleb Most, Evan Jones, Bella Holthusen, Anica Bush, Ella Mueller, Olivia Benge, Hayden Ervin, and Gracie Hulinsky. On Dec.21st we attended the B-6 District in Sidney where we placed 1st with perfect scores from all three judges. They following students were awarded outstanding performance awards: Anica Bush, Olivia Benge, HAyden Ervin, Lauren Henning, Erica Hesser, Isabella Holthusen, Gracie Hulinsky, Evan Jones, Kiara McGuire, Ella Mueller, Ashley Pluard, Michael Tophoj, Kaden Walker, Tylee Wang, Kooper Williams.

🏀Ogallala Middle School School vs. Hershey Middle School School🏀 Watch Girls Middle School Basketball Thursday, December 8th at 4:00 PM MST on the NFHS Network (subscription required)! https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ogallala-high-school-ogallala-ne/gam919e9a06e5

OHS Unified Bowling Team did an amazing job bowling at the State Tournament! The team earned the title of State-Runners Up!!! We are SO proud of you!!!🥈🎳👏🏼

Joshua, a Prairie View 3rd grade student, solved a 2 x 2 Rubiks Cube during S.T.E.A.M. in the PV Library! We love seeing our students do hands-on learning!

This weekend OHS Wrestler, Logan Stephens, celebrated his 100th win! We are so proud of you, Logan! 👏🏼

OHS Unified Bowling made it to the final round of brackets! The team will bowl at 1:30 CT/12:30 MST. The match will will be live streamed. The team is going for the championship again! GO BIG O! 🎳 https://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/watch