Announcements

Banner County School is on a 4-day instructional week!  Teachers have access to a work/prep/PD day every other week. Consider Banner County School. We are different!

Amiah Cooper – K

Amiah enjoys recess, free play, and science. His favorite subject is Art, because he likes drawing and what he makes in art class. The things that make Amiah happiest are playing with his friends, lunchtime, and playing on the skateboard ramp at the Wal-Mart park.

Charlee Vrbas – 1

Charlee enjoys art because she likes painting and drawing; PE – because she loves to run; Music - because she gets to sing and play the freeze game; Science – because she loves to watch the videos to warm up her brain; and library – because she loves reading the new book

Jeremiah “JJ” Bennett – 1

Jeremiah likes recess when they play kickball and basketball. He enjoys science and math and doing everything in his classroom. He likes making books about math, science, and reading.

Saryah Mason – 1

Saryah enjoys recess and playing outside, art, PE, and math. Her favorite subject is math. The things that make Saryah happiest are being with her mom, her stuffed puppy, Mo, and playing in the snow.

Rhett Lapaseotes – K

Rhett enjoys going to Recess and PE. He likes “free play” in the classroom as well as writing stories. Rhett’s favorite subject in school is Sonday for three reasons: He likes the words, he enjoys making sentences, and his Sonday teacher is his Grandma!

Riata Peterson – 1

Riata likes playing tag outside and playing with her friends. Her favorite subjects are math and reading. The activities that make Riata happiest are playing in the snow, swimming in the summer, and setting up the Christmas tree.

Trace Olsen – 3

Trace enjoys Math, Science, PE and Art at school. His favorite subjects are Math, Science, and PE. The thing that makes Trace the happiest is “dogs!” He would also like the Board to know that he likes to play sports.

Quincy Boettcher – 5th Grade

Quincy participates in YMCA Flag football and Banner County MatCats wrestling. His favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and PE. Quincy describes himself as athletic, smart, and a good kid.

The Banner County BOE heard comments, questions, and updates on the 2022-2023 Return to Learn Plan and actions supported by the ESSER III grant at the regular June 13th BOE Meeting. Read Superintendent's report here:

Thank you, school board members!

The week of January 21-28, 2024 will serve as School Board Recognition Week in Nebraska. 

What should I do when a person in my household tests positive for COVID-19?

1. Notify the school
2. Follow the guidance below for returning to school
3. Follow the advice of your health care provider

For individuals who test positive and develop symptoms:

The theme of this year's Nebraska Department of Education Conference was "Opportunity of a Lifetime." I attended the conference via Zoom, appreciating the fact that I did NOT have to travel the 286 miles to Kearney, and also, that a major outcome of Zooming through a pandemic is that sessions are

The 3rd round of federal funding under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund will support interventions that respond to students' social, emotional, and academic needs due to the impact of COVID-19.

Our 2021-2022 Return to Learn Plans were adopted at the July 12th BOE Meeting. The GREEN and ORANGE plans for 2021-2022 are linked below.

An amendment to the Superintendent's Contract is on the agenda for the Dec. 14th 2020 Regular meeting.

Our Scratching Post journalists want your input on their November survey.

Through a grant through Bayer Fund, Banner County Schoosl purchases the Ready, Set, Drone! Camp!. Beginning on October 22, students in grades 4–8 can attend the camp. It will be offered every other Friday.

Banner County FFA students had a great day at the Range Judging in Morrill County. Sr. Team placed 5th overall with Chase Riedel 13th individually and Deven Sullivan 15th. Alex Rundell was 10th in the Jr. Division! Well done!

The High Ability program took 6 junior high and senior high students to the state fair to compete in the academic contests. The students took tests in Spelling, Science, Grammar and Mathematics.