Pierce Public Schools

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The Latest Bluejay Updates

Jan. 15 - Girls BB @ St. Francis 6pm & Streamed on Hudl Jan. 15 - WR Tri. @ Crofton w/Bon Homme 5pm Info. on WR at Crofton Jan. 16 - Girls WR @ GINW 4pm Info on GINW WR Jan. 17 - FR/SO Basketball Tourn. @ Wausa 8:30am Info on Wausa BB & BBB Bracket Jan. 17 - WR Boys @ GINW Dual Tourney 9:30am Info. on GINW WR Jan. 17 - JH Girls WR @ . . .

By Jax Bauer This year’s annual Winter Royalty dance was held on Saturday, January 10, at Pierce High School, Students got all dressed up to hit the dance floor with the theme of “Sweethearts.” The court consisted of Brock Collison, Abigail Cone, Hayden Bauer, Jax Bauer, Emily Endorf, Elizabeth Furstenau, Boston Krueger, Brenden Bolling, . . .

Robotics Hits High Skills Score

In their first competition of 2026, the Pierce robotics team, Smooth Operators, also known as team 71414A, headed to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for their meet. Pierce’s team achieved their highest skills score to date, earning 101. “The highlight of our tournament was increasing our skills score. We got a 38 for programming and a 63 for driver, totalling 101 points . . .

Bluejays Take Revenge on the Blue Devils By Haley Scholting The Pierce Bluejays hit the court with the Wayne Blue Devils for their second time this season on Friday, January 9, and although the Jays lost by two points in the Wayne holiday tournament, Pierce took control of the game and came out with the win in this rematch. Beginning in the first quarter, both teams started off a little shaky . . .

Boys Wrestling Competes at The Norm Manstedt Invitational

By Brenden Bolling and Kolten Wragge The Pierce boys wrestling team traveled to Columbus to compete in the Norm Manstedt Invitational, and overall, the team did well, placing sixth out of 33 teams competing from all classes. Making the medal stand were Brenden Bolling (157) taking second, Kolten Wragge (120) and Christian Nordby (215) taking fourth, and Boston Krueger (285) and . . .

Girls Dominate at Winside Although the 2026 girls wrestling team is only wrestling with eight healthy wrestlers, they still managed to end the day with 127.5 team points, grabbing second in the tournament at Winside Saturday, January 10. Individually, junior Essynce Owens-Webb (105) and senior Isabelle Kuehler (170) each claimed individual championships, while Isabelle Streff (120) finished runner-up in . . .

Pierce High Boys Basketball

Bluejays Conquer David City Aquinas Monarchs By Brayden Wolken Thursday, January 8, the Bluejays traveled to David City to take on the Aquinas Monarchs and took a dominant victory over the Monarchs with a 63-31 win. The Bluejays started off hot in the first quarter, scoring 12 points with Keaton Frazier leading with five points, Brock Collison with four points, Ethan Nordby . . .

The Time and Effort That Goes Into Planning a Dance is Much More Than We Expect

By Skyler Stern As winter royalty comes to an end, it may not have seemed like much of a hard-planned event for those who ignore what goes on behind the scenes. Melissa Legate, first year student council sponsor, was on the winter royalty committee for the first time this year. “The students have all the planning to do. I'm really just here in the background for . . .

Employment Opportunities at Pierce Public Schools

Pierce Public Schools is accepting applications for a full time Cook and part time Bus Drivers. The primary duty of the cook is to assist with the preparation and serving of food. The primary duty of the bus driver is to transport students for daily routes and activities. For more information and to request an application, please contact Kendall Steffensen, superintendent at kendallsteffensen@ piercebluejays.org , . . .

High School Headlines

Journalism to be featured on 106 KIX Pierce High’s journalism class is continuing to participate in a program called High School Headlines through 106 KIX radio (106.7 FM). Each week, the students in the class create a short broadcast that updates radio listeners on upcoming events, news, and other fun activities happening at Pierce High. The students write the broadcast . . .

42° F Pierce

Current conditions as of 15 Jan 17:56 pm CST

Overcast

Location:: Pierce
Feels like:: 38°
Humidity:: 53
Wind:: NW 7 mph

42°

Tonight

A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a chance of flurries between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of snow after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 25. Windy, with a northwest wind 9 to 19 mph increasing to 19 to 29 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday

Snow likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 19 by 5pm. Windy, with a northwest wind 29 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values as low as -17. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Weather forecast provided by weather.gov.