Minden High School

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!!

Congratulations to the 2026 Minden "Calling Adolescents to Serve" Prom Queen and King, Hallee Schoone and Jack Scheibel. Parents, all prom photos taken by Kearney Media are available for purchase at https://my.photoday.com/gallery/mhs-prom-2026. Take a look!

SRO Arners April Message

Laws and Consequences.

What Are Laws?
1. Laws are rules created by governments to keep people safe and maintain order.
2. Apply to everyone, including teenagers.
3. Exist at different levels: School rules, city ordinances, State Law and Federal Laws.

Why Do Laws Exist?
1. Laws and rules protect people and property.
2. Prevent harm and dangerous behavior.
3. Promote fairness and justice.
4. Keep society organized.

Common Laws Affecting School Students
1. Underage drinking and drug use, including tobacco and vapes.
2. Driving Laws (speeding, texting while driving, DUI and rules of the road).
3. Theft and vandalism.
4. Bullying and cyberbullying
5. Trespassing

The Bethany Home Prom Walkthrough was a HUGE success with approximately 109 students coming to show off their tuxes and dresses to the residents. THANK YOU to all the students who took a few moments out of this special day to bring a little joy to the residents at Bethany Home!

Parents of juniors and seniors: please help us get as many of our prom guests as possible to stop at Bethany Home between 3:30 and 4:00 on Saturday for the Bethany Home Prom Walkthrough. It'll be a great way to kick off the festivities of the day! Parents are welcome to come along as well!

The Minden 9/10 Track and Field Meet is taking place at Kuper Field tomorrow! Field events start at 4:00pm, 3200 relay at 4:15pm, and the remainder of running events start at 5:00pm. The meet schedule is attached!

Congrats to all of these Whippets for earning NSAA Academic All State for the winter season! Parker Hatch: wrestling Evan Lutkemeier: wrestling Brinley Pohl: wrestling Ashlyn Zerr: wrestling Myla Emery: basketball KayLynn Jorgensen: basketball Landon Bules: basketball Luke Grollmes: basketball Arabella Reed: speech Natalie Uribe: speech

PARENTS: Please help make sure your Juniors & Seniors participate in this year's Bethany Home Prom Walk Through. It is truly a huge highlight for the residents of Bethany Home. It will only take the students 5 minutes and it will brighten the residents' day! You are welcome to stop in and take photos as well! Let's do a great thing and make this year's walk through a HUGE success! April 11 from 3:30 until 4:00.

Congratulations to the speech team on taking 6th place as a team at the Class B State Speech Meet today! Arabella Reed was 3rd place in Humorous prose and 4th place in Program Oral Interpretation. Frank Kovacs was 6th in persuasive!

Minden has put three events in the Class B State Speech Finals today: Frank Kovacs in Persuasive Speaking and Arabella Reed in both Program Oral Interpretation and Humorous Prose. The entire team has competed well today. Results to follow this evening!

The Speech Team will be in action on Saturday, March 28 at The Class B State Speech Meet at Horizon Middle School in Kearney. The meet is open to the public and no admission is charged. Good luck to the team as they compete at state! Full meet schematic is available at speechwire.com.

The 2026 Marsh Beck Invitational is off and running! Come on out and watch and enjoy some competition and a great day!!

Tonight our state speech qualifiers will be presenting their speeches in an encore performance night in the media center (upstairs of the high school) at 7:00 p.m. Please park on the north side of the building and enter through the superintendent's office door!

Congratulations to Rusty Rhynalds, MPS Board President, for being awarded the 2026 NRCSA Board Member of the Year. Our Board does an outstanding job, and Rusty has led our district with compassion and dedication for our kids and staff.

EXCITING NEWS! The speech team will host a FREE encore performance night of our STATE qualifying events on Monday, March 23 at 7:00 in the high school media center. Please park on the north side of the building and enter through the superintendent's office entrance.

For the first time since 2017, the Minden Speech team has been crowned district champs. The team pushed 17 of 20 events into finals at the B5 meet on Monday. The top three finishers in each event qualify for state. Eleven of Minden's events finished in the top three. It was a fabulous day to be a whippet! Congrats to the Holdrege Dusters on their runner-up finish!

The Whippet Speech Team is in competition at the B5 District Speech Meet today in Aurora. The team has pushed 17 of 20 events into the finals. Results to follow later!

The Speech Team had a great day at Southwest Conference Speech earning 2nd place as a team. Sixteen of twenty events made it to finals. The team heads to districts on Monday, March 16. The district tournament will be held in Aurora.

The speech team is in action today at the Southwest Conference Speech Meet in McCook. They have pushed 16 of 20 events into the finals. It's a great day to be a whippet! Results to follow later!

The spring sports posters are ready! Pick up a copy at Minden Exchange Bank or at then MHS office! GO WHIPPETS!!!