West Point Public Schools

CLAIRE PAASCH WINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! She pinned her opponent in 13 seconds!!! #cadetpride

Saturday, the WPB Speech team attended the GACC Speech Invitational. There were a total of 10 schools participating. Those receiving medals in Varsity were: Jacob Dominguez 1st in Extemp and 6th in Persuasive Meg Anderson and Val Lierman 4th in Duet. Those receiving medals in JV were: Collin Stigge 1st in JV Extemp Val Lierman 2nd in JV Serious Claire Stutzman 5th in JV Persuasive Brian Rodriguez 5th in JV Entertainment Josephine Moyer and Rachel Mayes 4th in JV Duet. Our JV team finished 4th overall in team standings.

Congratulations to the following students for being named January Cadets of the Month! 5th- Lilian Schneider 6th- Mason Toelle 7th- Hunter Doggett 8th- Blaize Brockmann

Please congratulate all the members who attended the speech meet in Wakefield last Friday. Brian Rodriguez joined us for his first meet and did an amazing job! We had 5 people medal at this meet! Some even received 2 medals! Val Lierman 2nd in Serious Prose JV Ashlynn Cropp 5th in Serious Prose Varsity Val Lierman and Meg Anderson 5th in Duet Varsity Jacob Dominguez 4th in Extemporaneous Varsity Collin Stigge 5th in Extemporaneous JV Ashlynn Cropp 4th in Poetry Varsity

Congrats to the 6 young ladies who made it through this district to represent West Point Beemer at the first ever NSAA sanctioned state tournament. Brisa Figueroa, Diana Cervantes, Brooklin Kuester, Saige Miserez, Ziomara Ruiz, and Claire Paasch. Way to represent West Point- Beemer.

Congrats to these 3 Cadet wrestlers who have punched their ticket to state! Edward Pena Jamison Evert Ryan Woitaszewski State will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week in Omaha!! #cadetpride

Congratulations to the 21 Conference Honor Band kids that will attend a clinic on Monday Feb 7th in Tekamah.

We are off to a great start wrestling here at West Point High-Beemer School! We are honored to be able to host the first ever girls wrestling district tournament! 22 teams from across the state with roughly 120 girls participating!

CONGRATULATIONS to Edward Pena on his 100th win!

Congrats to Valerie Lierman who placed 2nd in JV Serious Prose today at the Schuyler Invite!

Congrats to the Cadet girls wrestling team who finished runner up at districts today in West Point! 6 girls qualified for the first ever NSAA girls’ state wrestling tournament in that starts on Friday, February 18 and concludes on Saturday, February 19! The girls who qualified for the state tournament are Brisa Figueroa, Diana Cervantes, Brooklin Kuester, Saige Miserez, Ziomara Ruiz, & Claire Paasch.

Juniors: Please turn in applications for Girls State and Boys State by Monday. See Mrs. Knaak if you have any questions. Seniors: Be sure to check Naviance for updated scholarship information. Sort by due date so you don't miss a deadline. See Mrs Knaak if you have questions or need help.

Congrats to the West Point-Beemer speech team who traveled to Howells-Dodge on Wednesday! Jacob Dominguez placed 4th in Extemporaneous Rachel Mayes placed 7th in Entertainment Collin Stigge played 1st in Extemporaneous Rachel Mayes and Josephine Moyer placed 6th in Duet (JV)

Cast: Troy Bolton: Ethan Baumert Gabriella Montez: Campbell Snodgrass Sharpay Evans: Cassie Peatrowsky Ryan Evans: Ethan Wooldrik Taylor McKessie: Andie Guenther Chad Danforth: Caleb Ridder Kelsie Neilsen: Mia Hunke Zeke Baylor: Isaac Wooldrik Martha Cox: Kate Jansen Jane (Jack) Scott: Madison Brunsing Ripper: Emma Meiergard Ms. Darbus: Abigail Hasemann Coach Bolton: Cale Schwer Ensemble (Jocks/thespians/skaters…): Leah Jansen, Kennedy Baumert, Adyson Luebbert, Claire Stutzman, Francesca Calloni, Nancy Lemus, Jaqueline Contreras, Lizbeth Gonzalez, Lia Montenegro, Maria Figueroa If you do not accept your role in the cast please speak with a director. Check the GoogleClassroom regularly for rehearsal start times. Predicted to start mid-February. Thank you to all who auditioned! Let’s make this a great show! Still taking Chorus/ tech crew. GoogleClassroom Code: pmnprnu

The following FCCLA members competed at districts at Wayne State College. All 8 qualified for state! Congratulations, girls! Sports Nutrition: Diana Cervantes & Nancy Lemus - Silver medal Chapter Service Project Display: Samantha Fehrer & Maria Figueroa - Gold medal Lesly Sanchez & Mackinnzie Smidt - Silver medal Repurpose & Redesign: -Lia Montenegro & Julianna Perez - Silver medal

It's that time of the year again! WPB FBLA is selling Puffins! Feel free to search our store below. If you have any questions or want to order in person, reach out to any FBLA member or Mr. Journey! Store closes February 9th. Thank you for your support! Link to online store: shorturl.at/tvHV8

FCCLA members, Samantha Fehrer & Maria Figueroa, made holiday bags to deliver to residents at St. Joseph's Hillside Villa. The bags contained treats and other goodies for a fun holiday season. Great job on your STAR project, girls!

Congratulations to our Middle School December Cadets of the Month! 5th- Eleazar Martinez 6th- Colton Knievel 7th- Katlyn Hittle 8th- Lizbeth Gonzalez

Dear Parents, This message has two main points I want to emphasize, please see the bottom for those points. As you all know we have tried to keep you updated on the positive covid cases in the school. This is becoming more problematic as many are not being tested and are simply staying home when they are ill. THANK YOU all for keeping your children home when they are ill. This past Wednesday we had 9 positive cases identified, yet nearly 10% of our students were out ill. I have visited with our health department, local hospital and viewed a webinar from UNMC. All are sending the same message – THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE TROUBLESOME, AND THE CASES ARE GOING TO INCREASE. I specifically asked if taking a few days off of school would help and they all stated NO. Points. If you keep your child at home for two or more days, we highly recommend that they wear a mask when they return to school for five days. It is our plan to continue with school if at all possible, knowing that dismissing will have no impact on our illness. However, yesterday we had 22 teachers, staff, administration out due to illness. If this number increases, we will be required to call off school simply due to not having enough staff. Unfortunately, there will not be much advanced notice for our families. Please make arrangements in the event we have to call off school due to staff illness. I will end on a positive note!! This surge in Covid is expected to be short lived in nature and hopefully we will get through this bubble in the next few weeks.

5th graders built a snowman & destroyed it with a chemical reaction!!😀😀