Congratulations to Kyson Doerr!

He traveled to Grand Island to compete in the regional Science Bee competition on Saturday and placed 3rd!

He now qualifies for nationals and internationals.

Way to go Kyson!

Congratulations to the Wausa Class D All State Band Participants!

Kilee Thorell, Jessica Andersen and Braydon Hoesing spent Saturday March 18th at UNK with hundreds of student from across the state preparing beautiful musical performances.  

Senior Kilee Thorell also received top chair medal in the Wind Ensemble.

Congrats again to these Viking Musicians!

Congratulations to the 2023 Class D-1 State Speech Champions!  

Wausa Speech took the NSAA State competitions by storm on Friday with a total of 150 pts, taking home the Gold!  

The State Team consisted of the following Wausa Vikings

Seniors: Kilee Thorell, Joe Johnson and Emma Story

Juniors: Holly Johnson, Claire Kumm, Cade Wakeley, Sophia Wilken and Addison Wynia

Sophomores: Colton Baue and Brady Bloomquist

Freshmen: Braydon Hoesing, Avery Stevens and Luke Woockman

Below are the individual State placings of the Wausa Speechsters!

Serious Prose: Holly Johnson 5th Place

Duet Acting: Colton Baue and Brady Bloomquist 4th Place

Informative: Kilee Thorell 3rd Place

Extemporaneous: Joe Johnson 4th Place

Program Oral Interpretation: Braydon Hoesing 1st Place, Emma Story 6th Place

Humorous Prose: Braydon Hoesing 2nd Place

Persuasive: Avery Stevens 3rd Place

Entertainment: Holly Johnson 6th Place

OID: Kilee Thorell, Holly Johnson, Claire Kumm, Brady Bloomquist, Colton Baue 1st Place

Good Luck today to the Class D All State Band participants!  

They will perform tonight, March 18th at 5:00 p.m.

Kilee Thorell, Jessica Andersen and Braydon Hoesing

Get excited! It's that time again.

Wausa Elementary will be hosting the Scholastic Book Fair!  Books! Books! and MORE BOOKS! (and other really fun stuff!).

The Book Fair will be running from March 20th to March 24th before and after school!

If you would like to see what is being offered, or ordered online you can go to the link below

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/wausaelementaryschool

JH Dance Info

The Wausa Booster club is proud to sponsor the Wausa Junior High kids spring dance will be

April 29th from. 8-10:30 pm in the WHS cafeteria

No charge and SNACKS will be provided.

All Wausa JH students are welcome.  Wausa Booster club sponsors ask the students dress appropriately for the event.

Attention!

All elementary yearbook orders are due this week, Friday, May 10th.

Congratulations to the Vikings District Champions!

Wausa Vikings competed hard and had a stellar day to show for it.  The Wausa Speechletes saw all their competitors break into finals in all events with the following events placing.

All events that place 3rd or higher (bolded below) will compete next week at State Speech in Kearney!

Competitor Results

Serious Prose: Sophia Wilken 1st & Holly Johnson 2nd

Duet Acting: Colton Baue and Brady Bloomquist 1st & Emma Story and Cade Wakeley 2nd

Informative: Kilee Thorell 1st & Addison Wynia 2nd

Extemporaneous: Joe Johnson 1st & Henry Kumm 6th

Program Oral Interpretation: Braydon Hoesing 1st & Emma Story 3rd

Humorous Prose: Braydon Hoesing 1st & Cade Wakeley 4th

Persuasive: Avery Stevens 1st

Entertainment: Holly Johnson 2nd & Luke Woockman 3rd

Poetry: Sophia Wilken 3rd & Braydon Hoesing 4th

OID: Kilee Thorell, Holly Johnson, Claire Kumm, Brady Bloomquist, Colton Baue 1st & Cody Bloomquist, Avery Stevens, Gaven Nipp, Kendall Stevens, Taylor Dawson 5th

MIDDLE SCHOOL SKILLSUSA

Your middle school SkillsUSA kids did a great job yesterday representing Wausa at the Middle School Conference in Grand Island!

APPLIED MATH- RYAN KLEINSCHMIT-1ST PLACE GOLD

JOB SKILLS DEMONSTRATION-OPEN- ROGAN HOESING-1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL

PREPARED SPEECH- HALLIE KUMM- 1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL

PIN DESIGN- AOIFE JOHNSON- 2ND PLACE  SILVER MEDAL

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING-KENDRA KLEINSCHIMT- 2ND PLACE SILVER MEDAL

OPEN AND CLOSING CEREMONY- 2ND SILVER MEDALS :  CARLIE, VAYDEN, HAYDEN,BRENT, BRADY, RYAN, ISABELLE

QUIZ BOWL- 3RD- BRONZE MEDALS   CARLIE, BRENT, BRADY, RYAN

ADVANCING TO STATE FINALS  APRIL 13-15

OPEN AND CLOSING CEREMONY TEAM

ROGAN-JOB SKILLS OPEN

HALLIE-PREPARED SPEECH

AIOFE-PIN DESIGN

KENDRA-EXTEMP SPEAKING

CARLIE AND BRENT-URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

Special Thanks to Lanelle Kumm for helping drive and monitor kids all day!