Welcome athletes, families and patrons to the D-8 District Track Meet. Good luck to all athletes.
Always Kaffeinated is set up on the south side of the school and ready for business! Anyone still wanting to donate money towards a teacher or staff member's drink may drop by anytime today from 7-2. Thank you to our awesome staff at Paxton Schools!
Follow todays D-8 District track meet with live results at the following link
https://live.athletic.net/meets/37374
Ms. Tessa from the Nebraska Extension Office has been coming to the kindergarten classroom the last 4 weeks to teach us about the life cycle of a lady bug. We got to keep ladybugs in our classroom and watch them change. Today we released them! 🐞
Congratulations to the Paxton Golf team who placed 4th as a team today in Sutherland! Individually Ethan placed 5th with an 88. Congratulations Tigers!!
We Appreciate our staff at Paxton!! We have a Sub-tastic Staff that enjoyed Subways on Monday and sundaes on this sunny day. Don't forget that Always Kaffeinated will be here tomorrow to serve our community and staff! Thank you for supporting our staff with donations for their caffeinated drinks!
Congratulations to these 6-12 graders who earned 100 pts this year in Accelerated Reading. They enjoyed lunch today at Ole's. Congratulations!!
Congratulations Jacelyn Jorgensen!! RPAC Rundown Outstanding Senior Student Athlete! Go Tigers!!
Congratulations Audrey Holm!! Spectrum Athlete of the Week. Check out this report from KNOP news. Go Tigers!!! https://www.knopnews2.com/2024/05/05/spectrum-athlete-week-audrey-holm-paxton/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0SKIkCaALBSCBMSUKt39wvibEwVDknXyMDWEViFjBv4-AFikIH6NNUook_aem_AWG6YgrVISwOE-xEYLvukD4iHJjPZpQWi_qzO3PMKWmHJdwm6oKKPhaHCobM93Cbog-5RtDoGpPgFRVN7z0H3pCx
We are celebrating our Amazing Staff all week for Teacher/Staff Appreciation week! On Wednesday, Always Kaffeinated will be set up in the southwest corner of the school parking lot. A donation collection has already started. If you would like to show your appreciation for our teachers, paraeducators, and the rest of our staff that makes Paxton Schools a great place, feel free to stop by! Money can be dropped off at the office, sent with your child in an envelope (marked Always Kaffeinated), or visit Always Kaffeinated on Wednesday from 7am-2pm! We THANK YOU and our Tigerific Staff!!
Today,
the 2nd and 3rd grade classes went on a field trip to the Keith Co. Fairgrounds for the AG-splosion event! They learned a lot about soybeans, technology advancements, corn, swine, beef cattle, potatoes, and dairy cattle. We also were able to stop at the Petrified Wood Gallery in Ogallala and see some historical artifacts from our area, the incredible fossil collection, and many other fascinating pieces in the collection.
Our Division B team also had a great showing at State Science Olympiad this last weekend. We are proud of all their hard work and held a watch party at the school to celebrate their achievements. Congratulations to these medal winners:
Hogan & James: 1st in Wind Power
Jesse & Kaydence: 1st in Optics
James & Brysun; 2nd in Air Trajectory
Mason, James, & Jesse: 5th in Codebusters
Andromeda, Kaydence, and Avery: 6th in Experimental Design
Landon & Mason: 6th in Flight
Heidi & Chloe: 5th in Roller Coaster
Hogan & Landon: 5th in Wheeled Vehicle
We are so proud of our Division C Science Olympians. Our state director made the decision to cancel the awards ceremony due to weather; so we were able to celebrate with them here at home. Congrats to our medal winners:
Landon & John: 1st in Air Trajectory
Chase & Thomas: 5th in Bottle Rockets (trial) and 2nd in Bridges (trial)
Natalie & Jordan: 6th in Periodic Table (trial)
Kepler & Angeline: 3rd in Animal Group Names (trial)
Natalie & Rileigh: 4th in Horizontal Balloon Challenge (trial)
Madilynn & Sarah: 5th in Disease Detectives
Congratulations to Heiser! He has now learned 220 sight words and earned his 2nd pack of bubble gum! Fantastic job, Heiser!!!
The 6th graders are writing commerical jingles for new products they have invented.
The mallet instruments were funded through the Paxton Foundation Grant. Thank you Paxton Foundation!
The road to Omaha Burke will stop in Paxton on Wednesday with the D-8 District Track Meet. Admission is $6 for Adults and $5 for Students. No passes will be accepted.
6th & 7th Grade Orientation
The Paxton JH Track and Field teams will wrap up their season on Monday at the RPAC West meet in Benkelman.
Tyson and Xavier finished their pillowcase in FACS class. Austin is holding a pillowcase made by Humberto.
7th grade boys wanted to try and make Japanese pancakes in FACS class. We experimented and they turned out amazing.
