Pierce Public Schools

March 23 - No School at Pierce Elementary & PHS 1pm Dismissal
March 23 - P/T Conferences at PHS will run from 3:45-8:30pm
March 24 - No School

The Latest Bluejay Updates

March 23-25 - US Open Robotics Championships in Council Bluffs March 24-26 - Alumni BB/VB Alumni BB/VB Info. - Alumni BB Bracket & Alumni VB Bracket March 28 - TR @ Stanton 11:00am Schedule for Stanton JHTR March 31 - Boys Golf Apparel Orders Due at 10am Order Online Boys Golf Apparel May 26-June 1 - Driver's Ed Class @ PHS Driver's Ed Info. . . .

Friday’s Casino Night At Pierce High

by Raegan Theisen Pierce High School held their annual junior-senior prom on Friday, March 17, and this year’s theme was “Casino Night.” Prom was hosted by the junior class. Senior Addison Sporleder comments, “I really enjoyed being around my friends and classmates the whole night. The dance was filled with fun, along with post prom after! I definitely made . . .

The Inside Scoop with the Teachers Teacher Talk with Alex Thramer By Natalie Kosch Mr. Alex Thramer started his teaching career at Pierce High this year. He teaches accounting, personal finance, intro to business, and the real world seminar. Thramer also helps coach boys basketball, junior high football, and junior high track; he has volunteered to help with high . . .

Pierce Holds Spring Band and Vocal Concert

By Jana Stone The Pierce vocal teacher, Amy Barnhill, and band teacher, Michael Sindt held a spring concert at the high school on Tuesday, March 14, at 6:00 p.m. The vocal concert included junior high and senior high students. The JH choir was first up and SH followed. The choir was directed by Barnhill and her student teacher, Wynter Fulsaas, along with accompanist, Celine Fehringer. . . .

Bluejay Tracksters Sprint into a New Season

By Addison Sporleder The Bluejay competitors kicked off their 2023 track season on Monday, March 6. The boys have a total of 40 participating in track this year with 22 returning letterwinners. Senior Addison Croghan was a state qualifier last year, along with a returning letterwinner. He commented on the upcoming year, “ I’m pretty excited for this upcoming season. We have a lot . . .

by Haiden Magnussen The Pierce High speech team took three competitors to state speech at Kearney High School on Wednesday, March 16. At this meet, Pierce took home a fourth place finisher on entertainment speaking, Dalton Svoboda. Each competitor has three preliminary rounds with five other competitors in each round. Judges give competitors a rank out of everyone in the round along with a . . .

Comeback Season: Fashion Trends Edition

By Skylar Scholting As the years go by, there seem to be a number of trends that go in and out of style. Compared to the year 1990, there are many similar fashion trends that have made a comeback. These trends include oversized tops, different styles of jeans, biker shorts, joggers, and combat boots, just to name a few. Although the PHS dress code does not allow for some . . .

"Just Tap It In"

By Addison Croghan With the new spring season upcoming, be prepared for golf balls and golf carts flying all over the place. The boys golf season is upon us and the team saw some new changes. To start off, the former head coach Rick Adams stepped down to just an assistant coach with Zach Weber taking over the head coach position. The golf team also obtained . . .

Girls Track Jumps into the New Season

By Ella Gaes The girls at Pierce High started off their 2023 track season with practices taking place at the beginning of March. Currently, they are focusing on getting back into shape and working on fundamentals in each event. Mr. Les Painter is the new girls head coach, and he could not be more excited for this season. “I am excited to see how much the girls are going to . . .

By Raegan Theisen On March 10-11, the Pierce High robotics team attended the Nebraska State VEX Robotics Championship in Omaha, held at Omaha North where there were a total of 48 teams competing. Senior Dalton Svoboda, comments on this experience saying, “Obviously, earning a spot at the World Robotics Tournament was very awesome, but I would say my favorite parts of . . .

44° F Pierce

Current conditions as of 24 Mar 21:56 pm CDT

Overcast

Location:: Pierce
Feels like:: 39°
Humidity:: 55
Wind:: SE 8 mph

44°

Tonight

A slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday

Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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