Gering High School

April's Newsletter is here! https://bit.ly/3jXv7vL Have a Happy Easter!

State FFA results from last week!! Each competition had approximately 200-300 competitors from across the state. Ag Mechanics Team -Kaden Bohnsack: White Ribbon -Other members included: Austin Wiedeman, Austin Rahmig, and Logan Schleicher Farm Business Management Team: White Ribbon -Chance Rahmig: Red Ribbon -Trace Leetch: White Ribbon -Other members: Hadlee Peterson and Carter Shimic Senior Livestock Judging Team -Katelyn Shimic: White Ribbon -Chance Rahmig: White Ribbon -Other members: Mary Thomas and Briana Kessler Junior Livestock Judging -Austin Rahmig: White Ribbon -Other members: Austin Wiedeman, Trace Leetch, and Carter Shimic

A note from Coach Ron Swank: Gering Girls Tennis rebounded from losing Matches to Kearney and Kearney Catholic, Monday, to finish 6th in the Lexington Invite today. #2 Doubles Jaylei Cervantes and Aria Schneider went 5-2 today. Maia Swan and Cami Newman went 2-5 at 1 Singles and 2 Singles respectively.

It may be April Fool's Day but we're not joking ... graduation season is just around the corner! We have a quick snapshot of upcoming senior events/activities for the Class of 2022 and their families. Save the dates and mark calendars now, Bulldogs ...

Results from the weekend's golf invite at North Platte

Congrats to our Girls Tennis Team....a note from Coach Swank: Gering edged Ogalalla 5-4. We had many close matches and Hannah Walker & Aria Schneider both won their matches in Tiebreakers. That turned out to be the difference. Camille Newman won both her 2 Singles and 3 Doubles matches.

8 Gering DECA students earned medals at the state conference March 17th & 18th in Lincoln. Top Finishes: 1st Place – Alexis Thompson, Katelyn Shimic - Independent Business Plan 2nd Place – Brandon Jensen – Marketing Communications 2nd Place – Max Schlothauer – Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Other top 8 finishes 5th Olivia Leypoldt – Quick Serve Restaurant Management 6th Colin Anderson – Automotive Services Marketing 7th Kaden Bohnsack – Business Services Marketing 7th Katelyn Shimic – Human Resources Management 8th Abby Brady – Apparel and Accessories Marketing The following students have accepted their invite to attend the international career development conference in Atlanta, Georgia in April Alexis Thompson, Katelyn Shimic, and Olivia Leypoldt.

Congratulations to our speech team on being Class B State Runner-up!! Also congratulations to those students who medaled. Wyatt Soule, Serious Prose, 6th Kaitlyn Peterson, Serious Prose, State Champion Kaitlyn Peterson, Persuasive, 3rd Maddie Seiler, Informative, 2nd Hannah Boyd, Humorous Prose, 3rd Evan Fuller, Thomas Connot, Hannah Boyd, Abby Prohs, and Autumn Elsen, OID, 4th

State Speech update!!! Some of the events today are being livestreamed over the NFHS network. Also the awards ceremony will be livestreamed over Nebraska Public Media To access either of these go to www.nsaahome.org. Click on Activities menu and select speech. Then select State Championships and State Championship Headquarters.

Here are our members that placed at state and qualified for internationals! Guri Hayer - medical math Madison Herbel - Physical Therapy Hannah Boyd - Vet science We also entered a team in a digital anatomy tournament and they placed 3rd! The members of this team are: Madison Herbel, Guri Hayer, Hannah Boyd, Monae Castro-Saenz, and Hannah Walker.

March is a busy month at GHS! Check out the newsletter: https://bit.ly/3MFAXih

Congrats to our Quiz Bowl teams for placing 2nd and 4th today at Bayard!! On the Gering A team was Wyatt Soule, Victoria Christophersen, Guri Hayer, Lucas Moravec, and Alec Sibal. Gering B was Mitch Moravec, Dominic Marostica, Savannah Baird, and Harley Kreiling. We had 4 Bulldogs on the All-Tourney Team: Alec, Wyatt, Victoria, and Dominic. Bayard A--680 Gering A--600 Mitchell A--570 Gering B--520 Leyton A--380 Bayard B--320 Mitchell B--280 Leyton B--240 All Tournament Team Zane Blomenkamp Bennett Lebruska Alec Sibal Dominic Marostica Wyatt Soule Victoria Christophersen Hunter Miller Kierra Miller

Parent Teacher Conferences will be IN PERSON by appointments: Monday, March 14th, from 3:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday March 15th, from 3:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. To schedule your conferences, click the link and then select your student(s) teachers and times: https://ptcfast.com/schools/Gering_High_School

Senior Parents: Here is an updated scholarship list: https://bit.ly/3Kxq5Bn Many due dates are coming up.

Congratulations to our speech team for placing 2nd yesterday at districts. The following were placers in the finals. The top three in each event qualify for state Sarah Connot--1st Entertainment Guri Hayer--4th Extemporaneous Madi Seiler--1st Informative Ella Thomas--4th Informative Abby Prohs, Autumn Elsen, Evan Fuller, Hannah Boyd, Thomas Connot--1st OID Abby Brady, Regan Fuller, Wyatt Soule--3rd OID Hannah Boyd--1st Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose Autumn Elsen--4th Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose Sammy Martinez--1st Oral Interpretation of Poetry Regan Fuller--5th Oral Interpretation of Poetry Kaitlyn Peterson--1st Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose Wyatt Soule--2nd Oral Interpretation of Serious Prose Mason Barrett--2nd Persuasive Kaitlyn Peterson--3rd Persuasive

Parent Teacher Conferences will be IN PERSON by appointments: Monday, March 14th, from 3:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday March 15th, from 3:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. To schedule your conferences, click the link and then select your student(s) teachers and times: https://ptcfast.com/schools/Gering_High_School

Just a reminder that the 22-23 Registration Parent Meeting is tonight at 6 pm in the Gering High School Auditorium.

FFA Judging results from yesterday Bridgeport Livestock Judging Results Senior Team 1-placed 1st -Katelyn Shimic-4th individual -Chance Rahmig-7th individual -Mary Thomas-17th individual -Alyssa Asselin Senior Team 2-placed 2nd -Carter Shimic-6th individual -Austin Wiedeman-9th individual -Trace Leetch-14th individual -Briana Kessler Senior Team 3-not a full team so no team placing -Austin Rahmig District Livestock Judging Results Senior Team-5th place -Katelyn Shimic-8th individual -Chance Rahmig-16th individual -Briana Kessler -Alyssa Asselin -Mary Thomas Junior Team-5th place -Carter Shimic-8th individual -Austin Rahmig -Trace Leetch -Austin Wiedeman District Meats Judging Results Team-not a full team so no team placing AJ Stone-40th Joy Kennedy

2022-2023 Registration Meeting for GHS Parents & Students. Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 6 pm GHS Auditorium. The meeting is for current students in 8-11th grades.

The Girls & Boys basketball games will be livestreamed this Saturday and Tuesday. Saturday 12:00(MT)--Boys vs Omaha Skutt livestreamed on https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/. Tuesday 5:00(MT)--Girls vs Norris livestreamed on Norris youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD4_-nYVCqfEHUODtCMEPfw