Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team for being the D2-3 District winners and qualifying for State. Congratulations to the Speech team for placing NVC Runner Up yesterday at the NVC Meeting in Elgin and to the Speech participants: Londyn Reiser: 6th Poetry Anna Otte: 5th Entertainment Evan Cole: 4th Extemp Lauren Winkelbauer: 2nd POI Alex Otte: 2nd Informative Ben Pongratz: 1st Informative Lauren Winkelbauer: 1st Persuasive Ben Pongratz & Alex Otte: 1st Duet Aubrey Wohlert, Anna Otte, Lauren Winkelbauer, Ben Pongratz, Alex Otte: 1st OID Belated Congratulations to the Speech team for their awards this weekend at the Centura Meet: Lauren Winkelbauer: 6th Honors Persuasive Samantha Asche: 4th Honor Informative Anna Otte: 3rd Honors Poetry Lily Bulau: 3rd Honors Extemp Londyn Reiser: 2nd Honors Poetry Evan Cole: 2nd Honors Extemp Anna Otte: 2nd Honors Entertainment Alex Otte: 1st Honors Informative Aubrey W., Anna O., Lauren W., Ben P., Alex O.: 1st Honors OID Ben Pongratz & Alex Otte: 5th Champs Duet Ben Pongratz: 4th Champs Informative Books Due: Mallory Berg Terrick Shields Bethany Leisy Overdue books/fines : Krayton Ogden—overdue book—10¢ Track practice for runners that are non-Basketball players /Speech, begins today at 3:45 pm. Meet in the Grade School gym. Wednesday, March 4 th : All School Mass 8:10 am. Stations of the Cross at church – 2:25 pm. High School Girls – Short track meeting after school on Thursday, March 5 at 3:35 pm in Room 206. Thursday, March 5 th : Girls State Basketball in Lincoln. No classes at O’Neill Public School. The Red Carpet Gala Committee is challenging each St. Mary's family to sell 2 tickets for this year's $2,000 cash or tuition drawing. By participating, you will earn a dress down day! To participate, pick up a flier from Mrs. Crumly's office, sell at least 2 tickets, fill out the back of the form, and bring the form to the office by March 20th. Today’s Lunch Wednesday’s Lunch Popcorn Chicken Calzones Smiles California Blend Corn Cookie Dinner Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to Coach Berg, Coach Carlson and all the basketball girls on a very impressive season. Your hard work, dedication, and determination was an inspiration to everyone. Today: NVC Speech at EPPJ. Boys District Basketball – St. Mary’s will play Nebraska Lutheran at 5 pm at St. Mary’s. Books Due: Crue Ickes Krayton Ogden Overdue books/fines : Parker Krugman—overdue book—50¢ This book is now 5 days overdue. Please pay your fine and/or renew to avoid a demerit. Ticket takers for the District Boys Basketball game on Monday, March 2 are Mrs. Fuhrer & Mr. Carlson and Bob & Nancy Berg. Concessions will be Mrs. Schaecher and the 10 th & 11 th grade. Clean-up will be Mrs. Traci Berg and the 10 th & 11 th grade. Concession schedule for 10 th & 11 th grade is by Mrs. Bauer’s classroom. Check out when you work, and if you need to change , you can email her. Wednesday, March 4 th : All school Mass 8:10 am. Stations of the Cross at church – 2:25 pm. High School Girls – Short track meeting after school on Thursday, March 5 at 3:35 pm in Room 206. The Red Carpet Gala Committee is challenging each St. Mary's family to sell 2 tickets for this year's $2,000 cash or tuition drawing. By participating, you will earn a dress down day! To participate, pick up a flier from Mrs. Crumly's office, sell at least 2 tickets, fill out the back of the form, and bring the form to the office by March 20th. Today’s Lunch Tuesday’s Lunch Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce Popcorn Chicken Garlic Bread Smiles Broccoli Corn Fruit Dinner Roll Fruit

Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team for their win in overtime over EPPJ! Today: Cardina l Pride Day. Girls District Basketball finals – St. Mary’s will play Fall City Sacred Heart at Fall City – 5:00 p.m. (bus leaves at 8:45 am). Boys District Basketball – TBA. There will be a send-off for the girls basketball team at 8:30 am this morning Books Due: Crue Ickes Krayton Ogden Overdue books/fines : Parker Krugman—overdue book—40¢ Saturday, February 28 th : Speech Meet at Centura – 8 am (bus leaves at 5 am). Boys Basketball Districts – TBA. Monday, March 2 nd : NVC Speech at EPPJ (bus leaves at 7:10 am). Boys District Basketball – St. Mary’s will play Nebraska Lutheran at 5 pm at St. Mary’s. Ticket takers for the District Boys Basketball game on Monday, March 2 are Mrs. Fuhrer and Bob & Nancy Berg. Concessions will be Mrs. Schaecher and the 10 th & 11 th grade. Clean-up will be Mrs. Traci Berg and the 10 th & 11 th grade. The Red Carpet Gala Committee is challenging each St. Mary's family to sell 2 tickets for this year's $2,000 cash or tuition drawing. By participating, you will earn a dress down day! To participate, pick up a flier from Mrs. Crumly's office, sell at least 2 tickets, fill out the back of the form, and bring the form to the office by March 20th. Today’s Lunch Monday’s Lunch Cheese Pizza Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce Broccoli Garlic Bread Cookie Broccoli Fruit Fruit

Today: Boys Basketball Sub-Districts at EPPJ – St. Mary’s will play EPPJ at 6 pm (bus leaves at 4 pm). Books Due: Bannon Wecker Olivia Bauer Overdue books/fines : Parker Krugman—overdue book—30¢ Friday, February 27 th : Cardina l Pride Day. Girls District Basketball finals – St. Mary’s will play Fall City Sacred Heart at Fall City – 5:00 p.m. (bus leaves at 8:45 am). Boys District Basketball – TBA. There will be a send-off for the girls basketball team at 8:30 am on Friday morning. Saturday, February 28 th : Speech Meet at Centura – 8 am (bus leaves at 5 am). Boys Basketball Districts – TBA. Monday, March 2 nd : NVC Speech at EPPJ (bus leaves at 7:10 am). Boys District Basketball – TBA. The Red Carpet Gala Committee is challenging each St. Mary's family to sell 2 tickets for this year's $2,000 cash or tuition drawing. By participating, you will earn a dress down day! To participate, pick up a flier from Mrs. Crumly's office, sell at least 2 tickets, fill out the back of the form, and bring the form to the office by March 20th. Today’s Lunch Friday’s Lunch Chicken Nuggets Cheese Pizza Mashed Potatoes Broccoli Corn Cookie Dinner Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the boys basketball team for their win over Stuart last night. Today: All School Mass – 8:10 am. ESU High School Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Stations of the Cross in church at 2:25 pm. Books Due: NONE Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Parker Krugman—overdue book—20¢ Terrick—Fine is due today to avoid a demerit. Second round of Legion Baseball signups is to night from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at O'Neill High School. Please enter through the Activity Entrance. If you cannot make it or have any questions please contact Ryan Parks at 402-340-4624. Thursday, February 26 th : Boys Basketball Sub-Districts at EPPJ – St. Mary’s will play EPPJ at 6 pm (bus leaves at 4 pm). Friday, February 27 th : Cardina l Pride Day. Girls District Basketball finals – St. Mary’s will play Fall City Sacred Heart at Fall City – 5:00 p.m. (bus leaves at 8:45 am). There will be a send-off for the girls basketball team at 8:30 am on Friday morning. Saturday, February 28 th : Speech Meet at Centura – 8 am (bus leaves at 5 am). The Red Carpet Gala Committee is challenging each St. Mary's family to sell 2 tickets for this year's $2,000 cash or tuition drawing. By participating, you will earn a dress down day! To participate, pick up a flier from Mrs. Crumly's office, sell at least 2 tickets, fill out the back of the form, and bring the form to the office by March 20th. Today’s Lunch Thursday’s Lunch Chili or Chicken Noodle Soup Chicken Nuggets Crackers Mashed Potatoes Cinnamon Roll Corn Fruit Dinner Roll Fruit

Today: ESU JH Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Boys Basketball Sub-Districts at Elgin. St. Mary’s will play Stuart at 7:30 pm (bus leaves at 4:50 pm). Books Due: Colby Shoemaker Kolt Sibbel Camryn Cole Jaiya Johnson Overdue books/fines : Colby Shoemaker—outstanding fine—20¢ Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Brooks Kelly—overdue book—30¢ Parker Krugman—overdue book—10¢ Colby and Terrick--fines are due today to avoid demerits. Second round of Legion Baseball signups is this Wednesday, February 25th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at O'Neill High School. Please enter through the Activity Entrance. If you cannot make it or have any questions please contact Ryan Parks at 402-340-4624. Wednesday, February 25 th : All School Mass – 8:10 am. ESU High School Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Stations of the Cross in church at 2:25 pm. Thursday, February 26 th : Boys Basketball Sub-Districts continue at EPPJ. Friday, February 27 th : Cardina l Pride Day. Girls District Basketball finals – St. Mary’s will play Fall City Sacred Heart at Fall City – 5:00 p.m. (bus leaves at 8:45 am). Today’s Lunch Wednesday’s Lunch Hot Dog on Bun Chili or Chicken Noodle Soup Sun Chips Crackers Baked Beans Cinnamon Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to Laney Drueke for placing 4 th at Girls State Wrestling. Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team for their win over Santee Thursday night. Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team for their win over EPPJ Friday night. Congratulations to the Speech team who competed at the Battle Creek Meet on Saturday: JV Medalists: Londyn Reiser: 5th Poetry Lily Bulau & Londyn Reiser: 5th Duet Olivia Bauer & Aurelia Mlnarik: 4th Duet Dane Asche: 4th Persuasive Aurelia Mlnarik: 4th Humorous Amanda Pongratz: 2nd Entertainment Cherish Williamson: 1st Serious Lily Bulau: 1st Persuasive And Lily Bulau tied for 3rd in JV individual sweeps! JV - 3rd Overall as a Team Varsity Medalists: Alex Otte: 4th Honors Informative Lauren Winkelbauer: 2nd Honors POI Ben Pongratz & Alex Otte: 2nd Honors Duet Anna Otte, Lauren Winkelbauer, Aubrey Wohlert, Ben Pongratz, Alex Otte: 6th Champs OID Books Due: Megan Gleason Parker Krugman Camryn Cole Makenna Mudloff Robert Shoemaker Cherish Williamson Chris Koehlmoos Xzavier Parks Aubrey Wohlert Overdue books/fines : Colby Shoemaker—outstanding fine—20¢ Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Brooks Kelly—overdue book—30¢ Tuesday, February 24 th : ESU JH Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Boys Basketball Sub-Districts at Elgin. St. Mary’s will play Stuart at 7:30 pm (bus leaves at 4:50 pm). Wednesday, February 25 th : All School Mass – 8:10 am. ESU High School Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Stations of the Cross in church at 2:25 pm. Thursday, February 26 th : Boys Basketball Sub-Districts continue at EPPJ. Friday, February 27 th : Cardinal Pride Day. Girls District Basketball finals – St. Mary’s will play Fall City Sacred Heart at Fall City (time to be announced). Today’s Lunch Tuesday’s Lunch Chicken Patty on WG Bun Hot Dog on Bun Tater Tots Sun Chips Broccoli Baked Beans Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team for their win over Stuart last night. Today: Ash Wednesday- All School Mass – 8:10 am. State Girls Wrestling in Omaha. Stations of the Cross – 2:25 pm at church. Books Due: Lincoln Dannenbring Amanda Pongratz Overdue books/fines : Colby Shoemaker—outstanding fine—20¢ Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Brooks Kelly—overdue book—20¢ Thursday, February 19 th : No School. Teacher Inservice – 9 am. Girls Sub-District Basketball at Santee – St. Mary’s will play Santee at 7 pm (bus leaves at 4:45 pm). State Boys Wrestling in Omaha. Friday, February 20 th : No School – Winter Break. Boys State Wrestling in Omaha. JHB/JVB/VB Basketball at St. Mary’s with EPPJ – 4:45/6:15/7 pm. (I checked w/Tony and these times are right). Ticket takers for the boys’ basketball games on Friday, February 20 are Mrs. Fuhrer and Mrs. Willis. Concessions is Mrs. Boyle and the 9 th grade. There will be a jeans day or dress down day on Monday, February 23 for those students who improved their scores on the winter STAR tests. Those students who improved on one test will have a jeans day on February 23. Those students who improved on both tests will have a dress down day on February 23. Student lists for those who improved are posted on the bulletin boards. Remember that leggings are not allowed as dress down attire. Tuesday, February 24 th : ESU JH Quiz Bowl at Neligh. Boys Basketball Sub-Districts at SMH – TBA. Registration for AYCO – 2026 is now open. Early registration discount fee until Feb. 13 th ). This is for youth ages 4 – 19. Registration ends on February 22 nd and there is no late registration. The season runs from April 11 – May 16 th . Register at AYSO629.org. There are scholarships available. Contact Maria Morales or Jessica Coburn with questions (their contact information is on the flyers on the bulletin boards around the school or pick up a flyer at the Office. Today’s Lunch Thursday’s Lunch Grilled Cheese Sandwich No School Tomato Soup Teacher Inservice Peas Yogurt Fruit

Congratulations to the Quiz Bowl team for their win over Madison yesterday. Today: Girls State Wrestling in Omaha. Girls Basketball Sub-District at Santee – St. Mary’s will play Stuart at 7 pm. (bus leaves at 4 pm). Books Due: Mallory Berg Michael Lyons Ben Pongratz Ramsee Hofer Overdue books/fines : Colby Shoemaker—outstanding fine—20¢ Brooks Kelly—overdue book—10¢ Terrick Shields—overdue book—10¢ High school and JH students will be singing for Mass this Wednesday and next Wednesday. Please be at church at 7:30 am to rehearse both days. Wednesday, February 18 th : Ash Wednesday- All School Mass – 8:10 am. State Girls Wrestling in Omaha. Thursday, February 19 th : No School. Teacher Inservice – 9 am. Girls Sub-District Basketball at Santee – 7 pm. State Boys Wrestling in Omaha. Friday, February 20 th : No School – Winter Break. Boys State Wrestling in Omaha. JHB/JVB/VB Basketball at St. Mary’s with EPPJ – 4:45/6:15/7 pm. Ticket takers for the boys’ basketball games on Friday, February 20 are Mrs. Fuhrer and Mrs. Willis. Concessions is Mrs. Boyle and the 9 th grade. There will be a jeans day or dress down day on Monday, February 23 for those students who improved their scores on the winter STAR tests. Those students who improved on one test will have a jeans day on February 23. Those students who improved on both tests will have a dress down day on February 23. Student lists for those who improved are posted on the bulletin boards. Remember that leggings are not allowed as dress down attire. Registration for AYCO – 2026 is now open. Early registration discount fee until Feb. 13 th ). This is for youth ages 4 – 19. Registration ends on February 22 nd and there is no late registration. The season runs from April 11 – May 16 th . Register at AYSO629.org. There are scholarships available. Contact Maria Morales or Jessica Coburn with questions (their contact information is on the flyers on the bulletin boards around the school or pick up a flyer at the Office. Today’s Lunch Wednesday’s Lunch Chicken Strips Grilled Cheese Sandwich Mashed Potatoes Tomato Soup Corn Peas Dinner Roll Yogurt Fruit Fruit