Minden Public Schools

MPS will have our summer lunch program again starting Tuesday, May 26th. We will have different options for this summer's meals. This program is for all students ages 1-18 in our district. Please sign up by Friday, May 1st, using the link provided. https://forms.gle/schPaHaCtWG8at1A7

A big congratulations to Landon Bules for signing his national letter of intent to continue his athletic and academic career at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Landon will play basketball for Nebraska Wesleyan! It's great to see another Whippet signing to follow his athletic passion at the next level!!

🌎 Happy Earth Day! 🌱

What better way to celebrate than with our kindergarteners’ recent field trip to the recycling center! They had so much fun learning how we can take care of our planet and why recycling is so important.

On a hot and windy day at Heritage Hills, Brody and Turner were able to collect some hardware. ⛳️

Team - 348
Brody - 81 🏅
Turner - 83 🏅
Zach - 91
Travler - 93
Anderw - 93

The students created some amazing diorama scenes with inspiration from our novel, The Outsiders. Thank you, 8th graders!

Congratulations to our 12-Sport athletes! A tremendous amount of time, dedication, and commitment has gone into their high school careers. We are extremely proud of these four individuals and all they have accomplished.

⛳️ Ron Coleman Invite @ Heritage Hills @ McCook ⛳️

#1 Tee
Andrews @ 9:30 am

#10 Tee
Brody @ 9:38 am
Travler @ 9:54 am
Zach @ 10:02 am
Turner @ 10:10 am

These FBLA members had an great time at the State Leadership Conference in Kearney over the past three days! We're proud to share that six events placed in the Top 8, with students recognized on stage for their achievements. Even more exciting - three of those events placed in the Top 3, earning those students a spot at the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas this summer!

Join us on Monday, April 20th at 7:00 PM in the MHS Band room to watch all of our fantastic choir and band solos and small groups! This concert is open to the public and it is a great chance for our students to show off their hard work before performing at the District Music Contest on 4/24.

⛳️ Hastings High Invite @ Lochland Country Club ⛳️

Turner 78 (9th)
Zach 82
Travler 90
Andrew 90
Brody 94

Team 340 (8th)

The JV golfers are hosting a quad today with Wilcox-Hildreth, Axtell, and Broken Bow. Go Whippets!

We were excited to have two of our Invention Convention students present their inventions to the school board this week! They did a fantastic job sharing their ideas, creativity, and hard work. We are so proud of their innovation and the way they represented our school!

Congratulations to the High School Quiz Bowl team on Runner up at the SWC tournament! It was a great end to the season!

MHS Band and Choir students and parents! (or anyone wishing to help out)

We need donations for the student lunch to be successful at District Music Contest next Friday! There are around 187 students from all the different schools that are eating lunch that day. We are purchasing sandwiches from Midwest Meat but we need fruit, water, and dessert donations.

Items should come to the band room by Thursday, April 23rd.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4DAAA629AAFBC07-63550378-district

Our boys golf team had a good day at the Lexington Invite! The team finished in 5th place shooting a 341 with Turner and Zach both taking home a medal. Turner - 81 (10th) Zach - 81 (11th) Travler - 89 Brody - 90 Andrew - 91

The middle school track meet will resume at approximately 5:50pm as this accounts for 30 minutes after the last lightning strike in range.

The middle school track meet is currently in a lighting/weather delay. Stay tuned for information about when or if we can resume the meet.

Come Out and watch our 7-8th grade girls and boys compete today at home!

Registration is now open for our youth girls basketball camp this summer🏀 Camp will be held on Monday June 15th and Tuesday June 16th at the high school. Registration will be open until May 15th - you can still register after May 15th, but a camp t-shirt may not be available.

Camp forms have been delivered to East Elementary and CLJ Middle School. We're looking forward to working with future Whippet basketball players this summer! If you have any questions, contact Coach Prososki.

Our JV golfers had a great day at the Minden JV Invite! The team finished first place with a 294 and all five golfers took home a medal! Luke - 1st (67) Jack - 4th (72) Jackson - 10th (77) Cohen - 11th (78) Cole - 15th (80)