2013 Homecoming Attendants and Royalty

It's Homecoming week at Chadron High School. Class attendants and senior royalty have been announced.

 

Each year, representatives are chosen from each class as Homecoming Attendants. 

• Freshman attendants: Allie Gardner, Brooks Roberts, Danielle Johnson, and Keegan Shuck.
• Sophomore Attendants: Chandler Hageman, Jarrod Briggs, Hannah Jameson, and Clay Madsen.
• Junior Attendants: Lanie Riesen, Jackson Dickerson, Jazlyn Wright, and Taylor Wild.

Candidates for Homecoming Queen and King.

• Queen Candidates: Kaylee Gaswick, Peyton Hinn, Ashtyn Nelson.
• King Candidates: Jake Bargen, Cooper Cogdill, and Spencer Eliason.

The pep rally and coronation will take place at 2:00p in the High School Gym.

Do You Want To Support FFA?

There will be a meeting of the Chadron FFA Alumni this Wednesday, October 2nd at  7 pm at Chadron High School. This  is the first organizational meeting of the FFA Alumni to vote to become an Affiliate as well as pass a constitution and bylaws, and elect the council.

The purpose of the Chadron FFA Alumni group will be to provide assistance to Chadron's FFA Chapter, advisor, and members. The Alumni will help garner support from the community and help raise funds for chapter activities and scholarships, assist at FFA leadership camps and conferences, and much more.

You don't have to be a former FFA member to support FFA, agricultural education and the future of agriculture. We invite anyone that is interested in supporting our local FFA chapter to come join. For more information you can contact Celeste Schuhmacher at 432-3830.

Homecoming Week Activities!

Homecoming week is Sept. 30th through Oct. 5th!

Here's the week's itinerary from the CHS Student Council:

• Monday 9/30   (American Day)
• 5:00  JV Football at home v Torrington, Jersey Auction after the game

• Tuesday 10/1  (Nerd Day)
• 4:00 & 6:00p  JV & V Softball @ Scottsbluff

• Wednesday 10/2  (Skip Day)   No School due to teacher inservice

• Thursday 10/3  (Generation Day)
• 6:00 Softball at home v Gering (make-up game)  Parents Night!
• 4:00, 5:30, & 7:00p  Volleyball Triangular @ Douglas AFB with Sturgis

• Friday  10/4   (Spirit Day)
• 2:00  Coronation and Pep Rally
• 7:00  Football v Ogallala

• Saturday  10/5
• 9:00a  Cross Country (Western Conference) @ CSC
• 12:00  Softball Triangular at home vs Alliance & Chase County
• 9:00p  CHS Homecoming Dance

State FFA Range Judging

Lt to Rt: Matt Kerner, Matt Dierksen, Kane Wellnitz

Chadron High School competed in their first FFA State Range Judging yesterday in Genoa, NE.  Congratulations to Matt Dierksen (senior), Matt Kerner (sophomore), and Kane Wellnitz (sophomore) for representing the new Chadron FFA Chapter.

The competition took place near Genoa on Thursday, September 25th. A practice session was held Wednesday evening for students to view local plants and soils. Over 460 FFA students from Nebraska competed.

With over 200 students in each of the two divisions, the Chadron students did not finish in the top 20.  This is the first year of Chadron's FFA Chapter since the early 1960's.  The Chadron FFA Chapter advisor is Mr. Jon Cogdill.

Matt D. studying a plant closely.

Nearly 500 students head to the site.

Matt K. identifying plants

Kane completes the range map test.

Great Tasting School Food Creates Bell Changes

Cheers erupted in the commons area this morning!

Thanks to the great tasting food of Creative Dining, our school breakfast and lunch contractors, we have finally had to change our scheduled morning break to allow time for as many as 100 students to eat breakfast!  Today, 24 students were served breakfast before school with an additional 75 breakfasts served during a 10-minute morning break.

At Chadron High School, we've had an increasing number of students eating breakfasts and lunches for several years. This year we have reached such a large number that we have added three minutes onto our morning break to allow students more time to get through the line and actually finish eating. Our students are provided two different times for them to purchase breakfast: before school 7:30-7:55 and again between our two morning blocks at 9:30-9:40.   The 9:30 break has been a 7 minute break for many years, we've been noticing that the increased demand to eat during this break is creating students to be tardy to class as they try to quickly consume a 'grab-and-go' breakfast before class.

We added three minutes by shortening first block by two minutes and lunch by one minute.  First block has always been a couple minutes longer than the remaining three blocks. This adjustment now makes all four regularly scheduled blocks 95 minutes in length.

In addition to adding time to the morning break, this year we also added seating for the lunch crowd.  An extra fold-down table is set up every day before lunch that provides additional seating for 12 students.

A special thanks to our kitchen staff: Sonja Bruhn, Jada Marcy, and Amy Honstein for not only the great food, but for the extra-friendly service!!!   

Tax Modernization - Get On The Bus!

Monday, Sept. 23 from 4-7 pm, 

Scottsbluff, Harms Tech Center 

The Legislature’s Tax Modernization Committee has been charged with finding ways to modernize Nebraska’s tax code, taking into consideration the following elements:  fairness, competitiveness, simplicity and compliance, stability, adequacy, and the interrelationships among tax systems.

Public input is critical to this process!  Get involved! This is your opportunity to let your legislatures know how you feel about our Nebraska tax structure.  Chadron Public Schools is offering a ride to the hearing.  Let us know if you can join us by calling 432-0700 or email: caroline.winchester@chadronschools.net

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We will load the bus at 1:30 PM at the CPS Central Office (the parking lot on the west side of high school).  Please RSVP to our Central Office if you plan to ride the bus, 432-0700.

Nebraska's Taxes At A Glance

Important Websites
• http://news.legislature.ne.gov/tmc/
• http://www.netnebraska.org/basic-page/television/live-demand
• http://www.openskypolicy.org/tax-study-resources-page

TIPS ON TESTIFYING
It is a good idea to prepare written copies of your testimony to distribute to the committee.  This helps you get your message across more effectively by making it easy for senators to refer back to what you’ve said, and also helps to ensure an accurate hearing transcript.  If you do this, bring enough copies for each committee member, plus three extras for support staff. (17 copies for the Tax Modernization Committee)

Be prepared to limit your testimony and try not to repeat testimony offered by previous testifiers.  If you are providing written testimony, you are encouraged to summarize your main points rather than read your written testimony.

Sample written testimony:

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:

Hearing:  Tax Modernization Testimony, Scottsbluff 

I am concerned about………(maximum of three main points recommended).
Supporting evidence…(if you have some supporting facts and references include them and/or  tell your story about how the issue affects you).

Possible solutions……..(provide your idea on solving the problem).