Belated Congratulations to the Speech team for their accomplishments at the West Holt Speech Meet on Saturday: Cherish Williamson: 6th Novice Serious Amanda Pongratz: 4th Novice Entertainment Aurelia Mlnarik: 3rd Novice Humorous Anna Otte: 6th Varsity Poetry Lauren Winkelbauer: 6th Varsity POI Anna & Lauren: 6th Varsity Duet Improv Ben Pongratz: 4th Varsity Informative Alex Otte: 3rd Varsity Informative Lauren Winkelbauer: 1st Varsity Persuasive Today: High School Quiz Bowl – 10 am. Basketball at Boyd County (JVB-4:45 pm, VG – 6:15 pm, VB – 8 pm). Players are dismissed at 3:05 pm – bus leaves at 3:25 pm. Books Due: Jaiya Johnson Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Lincoln D.—outstanding fine—10¢ Parker Krugman—outstanding fine —10¢ Colby Shoemaker—overdue book—20¢ Crue Ickes—overdue book—10¢ Kolt Sibbel—overdue book—10¢ Madden Sladek—overdue book—10¢ Olivia Bauer—overdue book—10¢ *Terrick and Lincoln, your fines are a week old. They need to be paid today if you want to avoid a demerit. Wednesday, February 11 th : All School Mass – 8:10 am. Rosary in church 2:25 pm. Thursday, February 12 th : Basketball at West Holt (JVB/VG/VB) starting at 4:30 pm. Players are dismissed at 2:55 pm and bus leaves at 3:10 pm. Atkinson Ministerial Association are hosting a Soup supper the night of the West Holt/SMH basketball game. There will be several soups to pick from. Come and enjoy a night out with supper and a basketball game. Friday, February 13 th : Cardinal Pride Day. High School Boys District Wrestling at Shelby-Rising City. 11:30 am dismissal. Parent/Teacher Conference from Noon – 3 pm. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Mini Pancakes Orange Chicken Sausage Brown Rice Tri Tater Broccoli Yogurt Dinner Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Basketball team for their win over Stuart last night Today: Cardinal Pride Day. High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 2:00 pm. (girls will be dismissed at 10:30 am). Books Due: Parker Krugman Colby Shoemaker Lily Bulau Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Lincoln D.—outstanding fine—10¢ Saturday, February 7 th : High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 9:30 am. Speech Meet at West Holt – 8 am. NVC Boys and Girls Basketball finals at Niobrara. The students who attended the Sunday morning Kick-off Mass for Catholic Schools Week and wore their uniforms will have a jeans day on Monday, February 9. I have a list of those students who were there in uniform, and I will post it on the bulletin board. Monday, February 9 will be the jeans day for those students only. Tuesday, February 10 th : High School Quiz Bowl – 10 am. Basketball at Boyd County (JVB-4:45 pm, VG – 6:15 pm, VB – 8 pm). Players are dismissed at 3:05 pm – bus leaves at 3:25 pm. Wednesday, February 11 th : All School Mass – 8:10 am. Rosary in church 2:25 pm. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Monday’s Lunch Pulled Pork Sandwich Hamburger on WG Bun Au Gratin Potatoes Sun Chips Green Beans Baked Beans Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Basketball team for their win over Stuart last night Today: Cardinal Pride Day. High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 2:00 pm. (girls will be dismissed at 10:30 am). Books Due: Parker Krugman Colby Shoemaker Lily Bulau Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Lincoln D.—outstanding fine—10¢ Saturday, February 7 th : High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 9:30 am. Speech Meet at West Holt – 8 am. NVC Boys and Girls Basketball finals at Niobrara. The students who attended the Sunday morning Kick-off Mass for Catholic Schools Week and wore their uniforms will have a jeans day on Monday, February 9. I have a list of those students who were there in uniform, and I will post it on the bulletin board. Monday, February 9 will be the jeans day for those students only. Tuesday, February 10 th : High School Quiz Bowl – 10 am. Basketball at Boyd County (JVB-4:45 pm, VG – 6:15 pm, VB – 8 pm). Players are dismissed at 3:05 pm – bus leaves at 3:25 pm. Wednesday, February 11 th : All School Mass – 8:10 am. Rosary in church 2:25 pm. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Monday’s Lunch Pulled Pork Sandwich Hamburger on WG Bun Au Gratin Potatoes Sun Chips Green Beans Baked Beans Fruit Fruit

Today: 8 th grade Career Exploration Workshop at NECC from 9 am until noon. NVC Boys and Girls Consolation games at Bartlett – St. Mary’s Girls will play Stuart at 5 pm. (Bus leaves at 3:15 pm – players and managers will be dismissed at 3 pm). Books Due: Chris Koehlmoos Megan Gleason Lily Bulau Tatum Ickes Robert Shoemaker Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Lincoln D.—outstanding fine—10¢ Friday, February 6 th : Cardinal Pride Day. High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 2:00 pm. Saturday, February 7 th : High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 9:30 am. Speech Meet at West Holt – 8 am. NVC Boys and Girls Basketball finals at Niobrara. Tuesday, February 10 th : High School Quiz Bowl – 10 am. Basketball at Boyd County (JVB-4:45 pm, VG – 6:15 pm, VB – 8 pm). Players are dismissed at 3:05 pm – bus leaves at 3:25 pm. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Friday’s Lunch Popcorn Chicken Pulled Pork Sandwich French Fries Au Gratin Potatoes Peas Green Beans Dinner Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the varsity boys basketball team for their win over Stuart last night. Today: All School Communion Service at church – 8:10 a.m. Rosary at church – 2:25 pm. Books Due: Chris Koehlmoos Lily Bulau Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Ryder Hoffman—overdue book—20¢ Lincoln Dannenbring—overdue book—10¢ Thursday, February 5 th : NVC Boys and Girls Consolation games at Bartlett – St. Mary’s Girls will play Stuart at 5 pm. (Bus leaves at 3:15 pm – girls will be dismissed at 3 pm). Friday, February 6 th : Cardinal Pride Day. High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 2:00 pm. Saturday, February 7 th : High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 9:30 am. Speech Meet at West Holt – 8 am. NVC Boys and Girls Basketball finals at Niobrara. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Chicken Fajitas w/fixings Popcorn Chicken Corn French Fries Spanish Rice Peas Cookie Dinner Roll Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the Varsity Girls Basketball team for their win over Ainsworth last night. Today: NVC Boys 2 nd Round - St. Mary’s boys will play Stuart at 7:30 pm at EPPJ (bus leaves at 4:50 pm). Books Due: Mallory Berg Ben Pongratz Lincoln Dannenbring Michael Lyons Ryder Novak Brynlee Parks Lily Bulau Ramsee Hofer Walker Winkelbauer Overdue books/fines : Terrick Shields—outstanding fine—10¢ Ryder Hoffman—overdue book—10¢ Wednesday, February 4 th : All School Communion Service at church – 8:10 a.m. Rosary at church – 2:25 pm. Thursday, February 5 th : NVC Boys and Girls Consolation games at Bartlett – St. Mary’s Girls will play Stuart at 5 pm. (Bus leaves at 3:15 pm). Friday, February 6 th : Cardinal Pride Day. High School Girls District Wrestling at Plainview – 2:00 pm. Registration for AYCO – 2026 opens February 7 th (Early registration discount fee from Feb. 7 – 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 Mini Corn Dogs Chicken Fajitas w/fixings Mac ‘n’ Cheese Corn California Blend Spanish Rice Fruit Cookie Fruit

Congratulations to the Snowball Royalty: King – Ruger Kraft, Queen – Graci Williamson, Prince – Myles Hamilton, and Princess – Elle Hofman. Junior Attendance – Bethany Leisy & Kolton Lavicky. Sophomore Attendance – Olivia Bauer & Kyle Zuhlke. Freshmen Attendance – Halle Boettcher & Memphis Brabec. Congratulations to the Boys basketball team for their win over Santee Saturday. Congratulations to the Wrestlers on their accomplishments Saturday at Norfolk Catholic. Today: No Band or other classes at OPS today or tomorrow due to testing and a shortened schedule. NVC Girls Basketball – St. Mary’s will play Ainsworth at SMH at 7:30 p.m. Ticket takers for tonight’s games are Mr. Domayer and Mrs. Chohon. Concessions is Mrs. Otte, Mrs. Cole and the JH. Books Due: Ryder Hoffman Overdue books/fines : Brooks Kelly—overdue book—10¢ Terrick Shields—overdue book—10¢ Tuesday, February 3 rd : NVC Boys 2 nd Round - St. Mary’s boys will play Stuart at 7:30 pm at EPPJ (bus leaves at 4:50 pm). Wednesday, February 4 th : All School Communion Service at church – 8:10 a.m. Rosary at church – 2:25 pm. Today’s Lunch Tuesday’s Lunch Deli Ham or Turkey Sandwich Mini Corn Dogs Sun Chips Mac ‘n’ Cheese Baked Beans California Blend Fruit Fruit

Congratulations to the Varsity Girls & Varsity Boys Basketball teams for their wins over Stuart last night. Today: Catholic Schools Week – School Appreciation Day – All School Mass – 8:10 am. Treat and drink in the Commons after Mass – sponsored by the Catholic Daughters. Movie for high school students. 11:30 am dismissal. Snowball Dance in Parish Hall – Coronation at 7:45 pm and Dance at 8 pm. Books Due: Ryder Hoffman Overdue books/fines : Brooks Kelly—overdue book—10¢ Terrick Shields—overdue book—10¢ Saturday, January 31 st : Girls & Boys Wrestling at Norfolk Catholic – 9:30 am (bus leaves at 6 am.). NVC Boys & Girls Basketball Tournament. St. Mary’s girls will play North Central at Niobrara at 3:30 pm. St. Mary’s Boys will play Santee at 6:30 pm at Santee (bus for all players, boys & girls leaves at 1 pm). KC Free Throw Contest in high school gym. On Saturday, January 31 st . Registration and shooting begin at 9 am. This is for boys and girls ages 9 – 14. Winner will receive a new basketball and move on to the District Free Throw Contest. Please remember – basketballs are not to be bounced in the Commons, in front of the Office, in front of the trophy case or down the first-floor hallway. Monday, February 2 nd : NVC Girls 2 nd Round of Tournament play – TBA. Tuesday, February 3 rd : NVC Boys 2 nd Round of Tournament play – TBA. Today’s Lunch Monday’s Lunch Early Dismissal Deli Ham or Turkey Sandwich No Hot Lunch Sun Chips Baked Beans Fruit

Today: Catholic Schools Week – Student Appreciation Day. Pajama Day. Pitch tournament for JH/HS students. – 1:00 – 2:30 pm. JHG basketball at SMH with Stuart at 3 (girls will be dismissed at 2:15 pm) and JHB play at 4 pm. JVB, VG,VB basketball at SMH with Stuart 5/6:30/8 pm. Parent’s Night. Books Due: Brooks Kelly Terrick Shields Overdue books/fines : Anston Vogt—outstanding fine—10¢ Please pay this fine by Friday to avoid a demerit! Ticket takers for the basketball game tonight are Mrs. Boyle and Bob & Nancy Berg. Concessions is Mrs. Peter and Student Council. Friday, January 30 th : Catholic Schools Week – School Appreciation Day – St. May’s uniforms are to be worn. All School Mass – 8:10 am. Treat and drink in the Commons after Mass – sponsored by the Catholic Daughters. Movie for high school students. 11:30 am dismissal. Snowball Dance in Parish Hall – Coronation at 7:45 pm and Dance at 8 pm. Saturday, January 31 st : Girls & Boys Wrestling at Norfolk Catholic – 9:30 am (bus leaves at 6 am.). NVC Boys & Girls Basketball Tournament. St. Mary’s girls will play North Central at Niobrara at 3:30 pm. St. Mary’s Boys will play Santee at 6:30 pm at Santee (bus for all players, boys & girls leaves at 1 pm). KC Free Throw Contest in high school gym. On Saturday, January 31 st . Registration and shooting begin at 9 am. This is for boys and girls ages 9 – 14. Winner will receive a new basketball and move on to the District Free Throw Contest. Please remember – basketballs are not to be bounced in the Commons, in front of the Office, in front of the trophy case or down the first floor hallway. Monday, February 2 nd : NVC Girls 2 nd Round of Tournament play – TBA. Tuesday, February 3 rd : NVC Boys 2 nd Round of Tournament play – TBA. Today’s Lunch Friday’s Lunch Godfather’s Pizza Early Dismissal Bread Sticks No Hot Lunch Salad Bar Fruit