Reminder: CL Jones will be providing a summer school program that is available for all 4th-8th grade students. More information is included in the attachments. If you would like your child to attend then please complete the registration form and return it to the middle school office. Forms are due back by May 15th.
Please contact the middle school office if you have any questions!
Please contact the middle school office if you have any questions!


After some fantastic auditions this morning, Bailey Alkire and Dayne Porter were selected as the drum majors for the 2026 MHS Marching Band!

2026 State Track & Field Apparel Order - DUE Thursday, May 14 - MIDNIGHT
More details coming.......
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/statetf26
Congrats to.....our 2026 State Track & Field Meet QUALIFIERS
Victoria Hansen - Discus
Myla Emery - 100m Hurldes
Traelin Christensen - Shot Put
Traelin Christensen - Discus
Logan Verbeck - 400m
Luke Grollmes - 110m Hurdles
Luke Grollmes - 300m Hurdles
Parker Hatch - 400m - District Champion
Parker Hatch - 300m Hurdles - District Champion
More details coming.......
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/statetf26
Congrats to.....our 2026 State Track & Field Meet QUALIFIERS
Victoria Hansen - Discus
Myla Emery - 100m Hurldes
Traelin Christensen - Shot Put
Traelin Christensen - Discus
Logan Verbeck - 400m
Luke Grollmes - 110m Hurdles
Luke Grollmes - 300m Hurdles
Parker Hatch - 400m - District Champion
Parker Hatch - 300m Hurdles - District Champion

Welcome to CLJMS!
We had our 3rd Grade Signing Day today to celebrate our incoming class! We can't wait to have them join us and are so proud of the great Whippets that East is sending our way!




The 7th & 8th grade vocal concert was the bomb! Great work Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Althouse, and your students! It was amazing!








The 7th & 8th grade band sounded great! Good work Mr. Stubbs and band!


Our 5th & 6th grade band sounded really good tonight. Great improvements Mr. Stubbs and your band!






Our middle school students had some great artwork displayed in the high school gym tonight before the concert. Great work Mrs. Jorgensen and her students. Come check it out!








🐾 Whippet Nation Network N🎶tice🐾
Live streaming for the week of May 11th through May 17th!
https://www.youtube.com/@whippetnationnetwork4107
Live streaming for the week of May 11th through May 17th!
https://www.youtube.com/@whippetnationnetwork4107

Parents -
In an effort to keep you up-to-date with your child's lunch account balance MPS uses a email notification system. If you are not receiving notifications, please check your spam or junk folder first, as they may have been filtered there. It is possible that the school does not have your current email address on file or that notifications are turned off in your account settings. Please contact our food service coordinator Jennifer, she can verify and update your contact information if needed.
These notifications are sent automatically to help families monitor lunch account balances and avoid negative balances.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact the Jennifer Whitesel in the kitchen.
jennifer.whitesel@mindenwhippets.org OR 308-830-7104
In an effort to keep you up-to-date with your child's lunch account balance MPS uses a email notification system. If you are not receiving notifications, please check your spam or junk folder first, as they may have been filtered there. It is possible that the school does not have your current email address on file or that notifications are turned off in your account settings. Please contact our food service coordinator Jennifer, she can verify and update your contact information if needed.
These notifications are sent automatically to help families monitor lunch account balances and avoid negative balances.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact the Jennifer Whitesel in the kitchen.
jennifer.whitesel@mindenwhippets.org OR 308-830-7104

Senior AmGov students doing a mock trial at the courthouse. Some of the "attorneys" even dressed the part!


🚨 RECORD ALERT! 🚨
What a day for Reagan Carey and Addalea Jordan at the Southwest Conference Championship!
🔥 Reagan Carey now owns 4 CL Jones / Minden school records:
🏃♀️ 4x400m Relay — Reagan Carey, Charley Eden, Berkley Hatch, Regan Johnson
🦘 Long Jump
🏃♀️ 400m
⚡ 200m — 26.49
Reagan broke the previous 200m school record of 26.55, held since 2011 by Minden Whippet great Addison Woodward Love. The new standard is now 26.49!
Also, a huge congratulations to Addalea Jordan, who raised her own Pole Vault school record from 8’5” to 9’0”! 🦅
👏 Congratulations Reagan and Addalea! The future is bright for Minden Track & Field! 🟣⚪⚫
What a day for Reagan Carey and Addalea Jordan at the Southwest Conference Championship!
🔥 Reagan Carey now owns 4 CL Jones / Minden school records:
🏃♀️ 4x400m Relay — Reagan Carey, Charley Eden, Berkley Hatch, Regan Johnson
🦘 Long Jump
🏃♀️ 400m
⚡ 200m — 26.49
Reagan broke the previous 200m school record of 26.55, held since 2011 by Minden Whippet great Addison Woodward Love. The new standard is now 26.49!
Also, a huge congratulations to Addalea Jordan, who raised her own Pole Vault school record from 8’5” to 9’0”! 🦅
👏 Congratulations Reagan and Addalea! The future is bright for Minden Track & Field! 🟣⚪⚫



MS - SWC Championship @ Cozad
🏆 Team Highlights
🥇 8th Grade Girls — SWC Champions! 1st, 115 pts
🥉 7th Grade Girls — 3rd, 81 pts
🥉 7th Grade Boys — 3rd, 80 pts
💪 8th Grade Boys — 6th, 54 pts
🥇 Conference Champions — CL Jones
🥇🏃♀️ Reagan Carey — 8th 200m — 26.49 PR
🥇🏃♀️ Reagan Carey — 8th 400m — 1:01.13
🥇🏃♀️ Blakeleigh Harsin — 7th 1600m — 5:53.39
🥇🚧 Logan Grollmes — 7th 100H — 18.22 PR
🥇🚧 Mason Strong — Boys 100H — 16.40 PR
🥇🚧 Brayden Dornhoff — 7th 200H — 31.40 PR
🥇💪 Garrett Hartman — 8th Shot Put — 44’4.5” PR
🥇🥏 Garrett Hartman — 8th Discus — 132’10”
🥇⬆️ Griffiths Mccroden — 7th High Jump — 4’10”
🥇💪 Sam Jorgensen — 7th Shot Put — 27’8” PR
🥇🥏 Sam Jorgensen — 7th Discus — 77’11” PR
🥇🥏 Charley Eden — 8th Discus — 80’0” PR
🔁 Relay Highlights
🥇 7th Boys 4x100 — 53.01
Mason Strong, Vincent Hansen, Logan Grollmes, Brody Casper
🥈 7th Boys 4x400 — 4:21.75
Mason Strong, Keaton Wilson, Liam Collins, Brayden Dornhoff
🥇 7th Girls 4x100 — 56.62
Josie Graham, MaeLeigh Crowell, Riley Strong, Addie Callahan
🥇 8th Girls 4x800 — 10:50.73
Regan Johnson, Blakeleigh Harsin, Emerson Kuehn, Gemma Fritson
🏅 8th Girls 4x400 — 5th, 4:39.32
Charley Eden, Reagan Carey, Berkley Hatch, Gemma Fritson
🏃♂️ Boys Top-6 Highlights
🥈 Blake Boudreau — 8th 1600m — 5:49.61 PR
🏅 Lane Aspegren — 7th 100H — 4th, 19.90
🏅 Brantley Wright — 100H — 4th, 18.20
🏅 Logan Grollmes — 7th 200H — 4th, 34.25
🏅 Mason Strong — 200H — 6th, 32.53 PR
🥉 Brody Casper — 7th Shot Put — 38’2” PR
🏅 Vincent Hansen — 7th Shot Put — 5th, 35’5.5”
🏅 Gage Seiler — 7th Shot Put — 6th, 34’11”
🏅 Vincent Hansen — 7th Discus — 5th, 94’7”
🥈 Brayden Dornhoff — 7th High Jump — 4’10”
🏅 Keaton Wilson — 7th Pole Vault — 5th, 7’1” PR
🏅 Landon Johnson — 7th Long Jump — 5th, 13’7.75”
🥉 Camdon Schmidt — 8th Long Jump — 17’2”
🏅 Camdon Schmidt — 8th Triple Jump — 5th, 34’9.5”
🏃♀️ Girls Top-6 Highlights
🥈 Regan Johnson — 8th 800m — 2:36.98
🏅 Gemma Fritson — 8th 800m — 4th, 2:37.84 PR
🏅 Taya Tomsen — 7th 1600m — 5th, 7:04.97 PR
🏅 Emerson Kuehn — 8th 1600m — 4th, 6:07.50
🏅 Kinsey Morey — 8th 1600m — 5th, 6:37.77 PR
🥈 Malayna Emery — 8th 100H — 17.89
🏅 Berkley Hatch — 8th 100H — 6th, 19.67
🏅 Jada Jenkins — 7th 200H — 4th, 36.47 PR
🏅 Berkley Hatch — 8th 200H — 4th, 33.55 PR
🏅 Malayna Emery — 8th 200H — 5th, 33.94
🥈 Jada Jenkins — 7th Shot Put — 24’8.5” PR
🥈 Rozy Rhynalds — 8th Shot Put — 29’6”
🥉 Natalie Ramos — 8th Shot Put — 28’3” PR
🥈 Eponine Kring — 7th Discus — 67’6” PR
🥈 Addalea Jordan — 8th Pole Vault — 9’0” PR
🥉 Riley Strong — 7th Long Jump — 13’8.5” PR
🏅 Reagan Carey — 8th Long Jump — 3rd, 14’6.5”
🥈 Laci Loseke — 8th Triple Jump — 28’3.75”
🎉 Great day for CL Jones Middle School — 1 team championship, two 3rd-place team finishes, multiple conference champions, school records, PRs, and top-6 medal finishes!
RESULTS - https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/650362/results/all
🏆 Team Highlights
🥇 8th Grade Girls — SWC Champions! 1st, 115 pts
🥉 7th Grade Girls — 3rd, 81 pts
🥉 7th Grade Boys — 3rd, 80 pts
💪 8th Grade Boys — 6th, 54 pts
🥇 Conference Champions — CL Jones
🥇🏃♀️ Reagan Carey — 8th 200m — 26.49 PR
🥇🏃♀️ Reagan Carey — 8th 400m — 1:01.13
🥇🏃♀️ Blakeleigh Harsin — 7th 1600m — 5:53.39
🥇🚧 Logan Grollmes — 7th 100H — 18.22 PR
🥇🚧 Mason Strong — Boys 100H — 16.40 PR
🥇🚧 Brayden Dornhoff — 7th 200H — 31.40 PR
🥇💪 Garrett Hartman — 8th Shot Put — 44’4.5” PR
🥇🥏 Garrett Hartman — 8th Discus — 132’10”
🥇⬆️ Griffiths Mccroden — 7th High Jump — 4’10”
🥇💪 Sam Jorgensen — 7th Shot Put — 27’8” PR
🥇🥏 Sam Jorgensen — 7th Discus — 77’11” PR
🥇🥏 Charley Eden — 8th Discus — 80’0” PR
🔁 Relay Highlights
🥇 7th Boys 4x100 — 53.01
Mason Strong, Vincent Hansen, Logan Grollmes, Brody Casper
🥈 7th Boys 4x400 — 4:21.75
Mason Strong, Keaton Wilson, Liam Collins, Brayden Dornhoff
🥇 7th Girls 4x100 — 56.62
Josie Graham, MaeLeigh Crowell, Riley Strong, Addie Callahan
🥇 8th Girls 4x800 — 10:50.73
Regan Johnson, Blakeleigh Harsin, Emerson Kuehn, Gemma Fritson
🏅 8th Girls 4x400 — 5th, 4:39.32
Charley Eden, Reagan Carey, Berkley Hatch, Gemma Fritson
🏃♂️ Boys Top-6 Highlights
🥈 Blake Boudreau — 8th 1600m — 5:49.61 PR
🏅 Lane Aspegren — 7th 100H — 4th, 19.90
🏅 Brantley Wright — 100H — 4th, 18.20
🏅 Logan Grollmes — 7th 200H — 4th, 34.25
🏅 Mason Strong — 200H — 6th, 32.53 PR
🥉 Brody Casper — 7th Shot Put — 38’2” PR
🏅 Vincent Hansen — 7th Shot Put — 5th, 35’5.5”
🏅 Gage Seiler — 7th Shot Put — 6th, 34’11”
🏅 Vincent Hansen — 7th Discus — 5th, 94’7”
🥈 Brayden Dornhoff — 7th High Jump — 4’10”
🏅 Keaton Wilson — 7th Pole Vault — 5th, 7’1” PR
🏅 Landon Johnson — 7th Long Jump — 5th, 13’7.75”
🥉 Camdon Schmidt — 8th Long Jump — 17’2”
🏅 Camdon Schmidt — 8th Triple Jump — 5th, 34’9.5”
🏃♀️ Girls Top-6 Highlights
🥈 Regan Johnson — 8th 800m — 2:36.98
🏅 Gemma Fritson — 8th 800m — 4th, 2:37.84 PR
🏅 Taya Tomsen — 7th 1600m — 5th, 7:04.97 PR
🏅 Emerson Kuehn — 8th 1600m — 4th, 6:07.50
🏅 Kinsey Morey — 8th 1600m — 5th, 6:37.77 PR
🥈 Malayna Emery — 8th 100H — 17.89
🏅 Berkley Hatch — 8th 100H — 6th, 19.67
🏅 Jada Jenkins — 7th 200H — 4th, 36.47 PR
🏅 Berkley Hatch — 8th 200H — 4th, 33.55 PR
🏅 Malayna Emery — 8th 200H — 5th, 33.94
🥈 Jada Jenkins — 7th Shot Put — 24’8.5” PR
🥈 Rozy Rhynalds — 8th Shot Put — 29’6”
🥉 Natalie Ramos — 8th Shot Put — 28’3” PR
🥈 Eponine Kring — 7th Discus — 67’6” PR
🥈 Addalea Jordan — 8th Pole Vault — 9’0” PR
🥉 Riley Strong — 7th Long Jump — 13’8.5” PR
🏅 Reagan Carey — 8th Long Jump — 3rd, 14’6.5”
🥈 Laci Loseke — 8th Triple Jump — 28’3.75”
🎉 Great day for CL Jones Middle School — 1 team championship, two 3rd-place team finishes, multiple conference champions, school records, PRs, and top-6 medal finishes!
RESULTS - https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/650362/results/all
It was a beautiful day for golf in Broken Bow today for the SWC tournament! The team placed 4th with Turner and Zach both taking home a medal.
Turner 83 (8th)
Zach 84 (13th)
Travler 88
Luke 88
Brody 90
Andrew 91

MHS Cheer Boosters Fundraiser!!

The JV boys golf team has teed off in Oxford today! The varsity is competing in Broken Bow at the SWC Tournament. Good luck, Whippets!

Don't forget to get signed up for the youth girls basketball camp this summer🏀 Registration will be open until next Friday, May 15th. You can still register after May 15th, but a camp t-shirt may not be available. If you have any questions, contact Coach Prososki!

The groundbreaking for the FFA greenhouse took place today! We thank all of those who sponsored this project and who showed up to show their support today! We are excited for all of the extended learning opportunities this facility will provide for the students of MPS!!



Summer EBT in Nebraska


The Minden Whippet youth football camp is quickly approaching. If you have not signed up yet, there is still time. Flyers can be picked up at at the elementary or middle school or you can simply print off the attached flyer. We look forward to seeing you there.

