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Retirement of Kathy Duvall
by Michaela McWilliams This year, Kathy Duvall has decided to transition to the next stage in her life and retire from her career of bus driving. Duvall was a bus driver for Pierce students for . . .
Academic All State Award Winners
By Madi Hamm Congrats to all of the Spring 2019-20 NSAA Academic All-State award winners from Pierce High School. Students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or higher and are contributing members of the . . .
Senior Parade
by Michaela McWilliams On Friday, May 8, the Pierce High seniors decorated their vehicles and cruised Main Street to celebrate their final days of high school. The festivities started . . .
Willow Creek Festival
by Klarissa Norris The annual Willow Creek Festival is a fantastic weekend in Pierce. Features of the festival include a street dance outside of the Pierce Locker which will star the Rude Band from Sioux . . .
May: Finding Hope Finding The Positive
Throughout the school year, we are provided monthly newsletters that cover a variety of behavioral, mental health and substance abuse issues that affect our youth. These newsletters provide schools and parents with current . . .
Quarantine Poetry by English 7
The 7th grade English class wrote poetry about being quarantined and/or the pandemic, and then they recorded themselves reading it. Here's a YouTube link to the video of all of them together. . . .
School is Winding Down
High School Check-In Dates by Taylor Compton With less than a few weeks of the 2019-2020 school year, things are starting to wind down. Seniors are officially done with their last day of . . .
COVID-19 has Changed Normal Routine
Staycation by Elizabeth Hammer During these times, it is hard to travel to all the fun and farther away places that we want to. However, there are some fun things you and your family can get . . .
COVID-19 and Community Participation
Please take the time to read the following information pertaining to the COVID-19 virus. Please click on each link below: PSA Release -Schools Slow the Spread of Germs
March Newsletter Disaster Anniversaries: Mental Health and Well-Being and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Throughout the school year, we are provided monthly newsletters that cover a variety of behavioral, mental health and substance abuse issues that affect our youth. These newsletters provide schools and parents with current . . .
February Newsletter: Youth Suicide Prevention, Substance Abuse and Addiction, and Extracurricular Activities
Throughout the school year, we are provided monthly newsletters that cover a variety of behavioral, mental health and substance abuse issues that affect our youth. These newsletters provide schools and parents with current . . .
Driver's Ed Training
The former Driver's Ed service is no longer conducting classes, but Driver's Ed classes can be taken at Northeast Community College. Northeast Community College is offering a Provisional Operator's Permit Driver . . .
Youth Vaping: Protecting our Youth
E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youth (CDC). According to a national survey by the CDC, 3.6 million teens reported current e-cigarette use in 2018. This is more than double the number of middle and high . . .
PHS Participates in Community Service Day
by MacKenzie Peters Pierce high students and faculty went around town on the morning of Thursday, September 26 to help clean ditches, houses, public facilities and more. All junior . . .
Legate Outstanding Nebraska Language Arts Teacher
In a ceremony at the Plum Creek Literacy Festival held in Seward on Saturday, September 21, Melissa Legate received the Leadership Development Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)/Nebraska English Language Arts . . .
Dean Orwig Takes an Oath To Protect Our Country
by: Brynnlee Marks Senior Dean Orwig enlisted in the Army National Guard on July 31st in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This enlistment took place at the Military Entrance Processing Station where he had . . .
Students Elect Class Presidents
Students in grades 9-12 held class meetings and elected their respective class officers. All classes elect 3-4 officers, who serve in various roles. The senior class elected Cayden Retzlaff president, Klarissa . . .
Coaches Receive Mid-State Awards
by Faith Lubischer Five of the Pierce High coaches and sponsors received a Mid-State Conference coach of the year award on Friday, May 3. Mr. Tim Waldner received the award for girls’ track . . .
Oestreich, Abler Selected for Youth Conference
by Rhayna Waldner Pierce juniors Carson Oestreich and Hailey Abler have been selected to participate in the Nebraska Attorney General’s Youth Council, a youth conference that Doug Peterson, the Attorney . . .
Negative Lunch Balance on Remind App
A new account has been set up on the remind app on your phone. It will send a message to parents when their child has a negative lunch balance. Click on the link to follow the instructions to receive messages: Negative Lunch . . .
Meier Selected as Poetry of Place Winner
Pierce High freshman Abigail Meier was honored as a winner of the Nebraska Writing Project’s Poetry of Place contest on Friday, May 4, at the State Capitol. Meier’s poem, “On the County Line,” was . . .
John Underwood Speaks About Health to Pierce High Students
by Morgan Crist John Underwood, an internationally recognized human performance expert, lectured the Pierce High students about health and wellness on Thursday, September 7, at the Bluejays’ gym. . . .
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