Due to poor road conditions and blowing snow, we will not have school today. Be safe, give yourself plenty of time.
We will have a 10:00 a.m. late start tomorrow, Tuesday, March 26th. There will be no Morning Preschool, and buses will run accordingly. If we call off school, we will get that out as early as possible. Please be careful and drive safely. Winds and snow will pick up this evening.
Sophomores and Juniors: We will test for ACT and pre-ACT on Wednesday, March 27th.
Due to the high probability of snow, ice, and blizzard conditions. Minden Public School will not have school tomorrow. Please be safe and give yourself extra time if you need to travel.
Track Meet CANCELLED for Monday the 25th
GICC has decided to cancel their track meet for Monday the 25th due to the weather forecast. They informed us that this meet will not be rescheduled.
Here is your Weekly Whippet Update for March 25th through the 31st!
Congratulations to the Winter NCPA Academic All State recipients!:
Boys Basketball: Jake Ryan, Brycen Schwenka
Girls Basketball: Mattie Kamery, Kinsie Land
Speech: Megan Althouse, Ayleigh Porter
Wrestling: Cade Harsin, Braxton Hatch
Girls Wrestling: Addison Brown, Aubree Bules
The full list can also be found here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com/awards/ncpaacademicallstate/2023-2024/2024WinterNCPAWinners.pdf
ATTENTION MINDEN ALUMNI who are currently in college! Take a look at these three scholarship opportunities! Go to https://www.mindenwhippets.org/o/minden-high-school, choose "menu" and then scroll down to "Counseling Office" to find the applications and details!
Minden High School hosted our annual quiz bowl invitational today!
2024/2025 Whippet Cheer Team!
Tonight's the night! Come out to see the speech team's seven state events. We will start at 7:00 in the high school choir room! No admission charged!
The speech team will host an encore performance of our state-bound events on Monday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school choir room. Come see these great speakers and help them prepare for the state meet. No admission will be charged!
Congratulations to the following Whippets for earning All Southwest Conference Selections for basketball:
1st Team: Mattie Kamery
2nd Team: Kinsie Land, Myla Emery
3rd Team: Jake Ryan
Also congratulations to Taylor Maulsby on being name the Girls Southwest Conference Coach of the Year!
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Home Track Meet Helpers NEEDED!
Whippet supporters, we are in need of folks who would be able to help run the pole vault at our home track meets this season. Our home meets are as follows: 3/19/24 Early Bird Meet 4pm, 4/2/24 9/10 meet 4pm, 4/12/24 Marsh Beck Invitational 2:30pm, 4/27/24 Southwest Conference Championship 11am, and 5/9/24 Middle School Invite 3pm.
If you would be willing to help with the pole vault please call the high school office or email jason.strong@mindenwhippets.org
Thank you!
Congratulations to the speech team...the B5 District Runner-Up Team! Minden is sending SEVEN events to the state tournament! Four of our events were district champions! Megan in inform, Nathan in entertainment, Ayleigh in poetry, and Addison/Sophia/Dawson/Elizabeth/Nathan in OID!
DISTRICT SPEECH UPDATE: Minden has pushed 15 of their 20 events into the finals! More details to come later! Top three in each event head on to state!
This group of talented speakers will be heading to the B5 District Speech Meet tomorrow morning, March 9, in Gothenburg. The top three speakers in each event will advance to the Nebraska State Speech Tournament on March 20.
High School Cheer practice and tryouts are as follows:
Practice for Tryouts: Monday March 11th and Wednesday March 13th (6:45-7:45pm)
Tryouts: Friday March 15th at 6pm.
**All of these events will take place in the activities gym.
Speech performance night at MHS! What a talented group of participants and a highly dedicated group of coaches!
SUMMER DRIVER'S EDUCATION INFORMATION!
