Pierce Public Schools

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Thank You To All Of Our Veterans For Your Service Nov. 12 - JH GBB vs Crofton playing at PHS 4pm Nov. 14 - Mid-State One Act at Johnny Carson Theater Schedule for Mid-State One Act Nov.16 - JH Boys WR @ Randolph 2pm & Streamed on Randolph Hudl Nov. 19 - Booster Club Apparel Orders Due at 10am Booster Club Apparel Online Order Dec. 4 - District One Act @ David City 9am . . .

Accepting Applications for Bus Driver

Pierce Public Schools is accepting applications for a full time Bus Driver to complete routes before and after school as well as activity trips. All licensing requirements are paid by the school district. For more information and to request an application, please contact Kendall Steffensen, superintendent at kendallsteffensen@ piercebluejays.org , . . .

More Than Just a Title

By Eleanor Bauermeister Every year, many students apply to be in the National Honor Society, or more commonly known as NHS. Students get selected in by a panel of teachers, who nominate the students who get in. Then each student newly selected to NHS goes to an induction ceremony. At many schools, NHS is just a club to be in for the title, but at Pierce High, NHS members do more. . . .

Robotics Team Press Start to Season

Heading to Brownell-Talbot High School on an early Saturday morning, the Pierce robotics teams of 71414A and 71414Y competed in their first local tournament of the season. Team 71414A, Smooth Operators, includes driver Andrew Lienemann, programmer Makayla Shefl, builder Brandon Thomsen, film watcher Sawyer Konert, as well as Jenalee McRoberts who handles the social media, parts organization, and the . . .

Vacations During School

By: Kolten Wragge Throughout the school year many students at Pierce High take vacations. While vacations are fun and give students a break from school, they can hurt students by getting them behind on crucial schoolwork. Veteran teacher Deb Koehlmoos had great things and bad things to say about student vacations. “Well I think anytime you can be with your family . . .

By Jada Brummels It's time! The holiday season is approaching quickly, and the band and choir students could not be more excited to celebrate. The band, led by Michael Sindt, the choir, led by Amy Barnhill, and Titus Sander, an accompanist, prepared 15 new songs to kickstart the fall holiday and spooky season spirit. “I'm excited for each of the bands to get a chance to perform . . .

Pierce High Students Transform their Passions into Profit

By Josie Painter Not every business begins with a building or a business plan. For Pierce students some are just a passion project on the side, a small hobby to keep life a little bit interesting, and a way to do something they love and make a little bit of money. Many begin their businesses because of FFA, which requires members to participate in a supervised agricultural experience (SAE). . . .

By Riley Lawrence When most people think of state volleyball, they probably think of the very intense games. But what most people do not think about is the experience that they have to plan out if they really want to have a good time. One thing that most people do not think about until they get to it is the long car ride. The average car ride to Pinnacle Bank Arena from Pierce is two hours and . . .

Behind the Cloud: The Rise of Vaping in Schools

By Eleanor Bauermeister Becoming more popular in recent years, this trend among high school students has taken over, particularly in school bathrooms. A while back, smoking cigarettes was the “cool” thing to do. Nowadays, however, vaping is the popular choice. Students have been caught in bathrooms or with a vape on their person by teachers or other staff members. When . . .

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 collaboratively, and then record themselves as they . . .

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