Pierce Public Schools

March 6 - No School
March 11 - School Dismissal at 12:30pm

The Latest Bluejay Updates

March 6 - No School March 11 - School Dismissal at 12:30pm March 16 - Track & Field Shirt Orders Due at 10am Track & Field Online Shirt Orders March 17 - State FFA Shirt Orders Due State FFA Online Shirt Orders March 23 - Mid-State Quiz Bowl @ Wayne 4pm (moved from March 30) ------------------------------------------------------------- Bluejay Activities Streamed Live at Pierce Live . . .

By Alanna McKeown The robotics team traveled to Omaha North High School on Saturday, February 28, to compete in the state robotics competition. Pierce has two robotics teams, the Smooth Operators and the 6 Ultimate Lifeforms. “Nebraska has over 150 VEX robotics high school teams. I am so proud that both of our 71414 Pierce High Robotics teams qualified for the 49-team state . . .

Pierce High Seniors Competing in the Shrine Bowl

By Brayden Wolken Pierce High School is sending two seniors to the 2026 Nebraska Shrine Bowl game, which will be held at the University of Nebraska at Kearney on June 6, and those two seniors are Boston Krueger and Ryder Theisen. Theisen was a defensive back and wide receiver for the Bluejays, and Krueger was a defensive tackle and an offensive tackle for the Bluejays. The . . .

By Kolten Wragge The Bluejays sent a team consisting of six members, including Colter Anderson, Josie Painter, Abigail Cone, Mya Johnson, Meredith Krienert, and Jada Brummels to the high school quiz bowl competition at Educational Service Unit (ESU) 8 in Neligh. These students competed against 19 other teams for the title of ESU 8 quiz bowl champions. “My favorite part was getting to . . .

Advantages and Disadvantages of Daylight Saving Time

By Charlotte Enk Do you also wonder why we change the clocks to daylight saving time in the first place? Every second Sunday in March, the clocks are set to spring forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., with the exceptions of Hawaii and most of Arizona in the USA. Arizona has mountain standard time all year round, so it is the same time as in California. The Navajo Nation . . .

Speech Competes at Mid-State Conference Tournament

By Brenden Lee Bolling The speech team journeyed to Battle Creek for the Mid-State tournament on February 28, and Pierce brought home two medalists, including Mya Johnson, who won a Mid-State Conference title in program oral interpretation, and Payton Montgomery, who ended with a sixth place finish in informative speaking. There were 10 teams competing in the competition. Program . . .

By Haley Scholting On February 27, the Bluejay jazz band took a trip to Omaha to participate in the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Jazz Festival. For Pierce, all of the jazz band members, plus a few future jazz band members, attended. “I am very excited to perform and showcase all the progress we have made. We are ready for comments to better our show for later contests, and we hope . . .

By: Brenden Bolling Seven boys competed in the state tournament in Omaha from Thursday, February 19 to Saturday, February 21, and Pierce ended with four state medalists and two individual champions. Medalists include Kolten Wragge at 120 pounds with a third place finish and Kyle Kuehler with fifth at 190 pounds. The state champions were Draydin Gossman, winning the Class C 126-pound bracket, . . .

By Kolten Wragge Five Bluejays traveled to Omaha for their shot at gold at the girls state wrestling tournament, and one came home with gold and another with a state medal. Senior Isabelle Kuehler, wrestling in Class B at 170 claimed top honors and junior Essynce Owens-Webb finished fifth at Class B 105. “I think the team had a great season. Even without a . . .

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 . . .

30° F Pierce

Current conditions as of 6 Mar 16:56 pm CST

Fog/mist and breezy

Location:: Pierce
Feels like:: 17°
Humidity:: 92
Wind:: N 22 mph

30°

This Afternoon

Rain or freezing rain likely. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 32. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Tonight

Rain showers, snow, and freezing rain likely before 2am, then a chance of snow between 2am and 4am. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Weather forecast provided by weather.gov.