Winside Wildcats

Construction

Winside Public Schools has officially begun it's expansion and renovation project. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on May 16th, 2022. Demolition of the current playground had been completed prior to that, and demolition of the center walkway began May 22nd.

Ground Breaking

Students and Staff gathering for the ground breaking ceremony in front of the center walkway.

Opening ceremonies were held in front of the walkway where the Wildcat had sat for the last several years. The band played the school song while the flag girls performed.

Dr. Offner gave a speech on what was happening and why. He reiterated to the crowd that this was for the students and future of Winside.

Ground breaking was done. Pictured left to right: Connor Kayton (Contractor), Andrew Offner (Superintendent), Landon Grothe (Board of Education), Jon Jaegar (President of Board of Education), Carmie Martoz (Vice-President of Board of Edcation), Tarrin Quinn (Board of Eduation), Scott (Architect DLR), Mark (Site Supertendent).

Demolition

The overhead cover of the walkway was demolished first.

The overhead area was taken out starting on the elementary side.

Once the walkway and wall were removed, the area really opened up. This was the first real shock to people as they came in.

Looking from the outside SE corner of the Gym towards the elementary. Demolition really took off. This also shows the high school entrance without the overhang attached anymore.

The old bathrooms on the north side have been evacuated and doors removed for demolition of this area coming up. A temp wall has been constructed inside the building for security and safety.

Inside the front doors of the high school. Plumbers have began locating and replacing old outdated sewer lines.

Looking from outside the SE corner of the gym towards the elementary. Walkway is gone, overhang on elementary has also been taken off.

Outside the back of the high school looking towards the elementary. The playground, walkway, and front cirlce drive are all gone.

quiz bowl

Winside Quiz bowl Wins KTCH Quiz Bowl Competition. They defeated Wisner-Pilger in 1st round, Wynot 2nd round, O'Neill 3rd round, David City 4th round, Wahoo 5th round, and Fullerton in the finals. They will be presented with a banner from KTCH in May! Team members include Austin Nelson- 11^th, Devon Offner- 11^th, Myles Kampa- 11^th, Dane Behmer- 10^th, and Lucas Petersen- 9^th. The coach is Rachelle Rogers-Spann. The varsity team has also done well in the NECC quiz bowl by making it to the top 8 on March 29^th in Norfolk. Winsides JV quiz bowl team also won the JV Lewis and Clark Conference Quiz bowl competition. Team members were Lucas Peterson (9), Chase Generuex (9), Landon Carlson (10), and Dane Behmer (10). We are proud of our students and wanted to congratulate them on their Quiz bowl success this school year!

Winside High School Students fundraiser for Washington D.C. trip

On March 26th, Winside High School students put on a spaghetti dinner fundraising event to raise money for a trip to Washington D.C. in May of 2024. The event was hosted at the American Legion Hall in Winside with the help of the Sons of the American Legion.

The Thrivent Financial foundation and the Sons of American Legion both made generous donations towards the cause.

Bloomfield Honor Band

6th grade band students participated in the 1st annual Bloomfield Honor Band which was held on March 14th. Kannon Haselhorst, Aspen Sellin, Bailey Lurz, Tinsley Schwedhelm, Liz Jeffery, Aftyn Schutt and Austin Frederick rehearsed all afternoon with around 70 students from Northeast Nebraska.

The final concert was held at 5:30 and included a percussion ensemble and a director's group as well.

All-State Band

Devon Offner was selected to participate in the Nebraska Class D All-State Band held at UNK on March 18th. Devon was chosen to play in the Wind Ensemble with around 75 other young musicians from across the state.

He is also a member of the Ambassadors of Music Concert Band which will be touring in Europe this coming summer.