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EducationQuest Awards $200,000 in Grant Funding to 24 Nebraska High Schools
LINCOLN — EducationQuest Foundation today announced that 24 Nebraska high schools have been awarded a total of $200,000 in College Access Grants to help develop and enhance programs designed to increase the number of students who go to college....
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School Board OKs Updated Meal Program
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 (Sidney) board of education approved an additional option to pay for school lunches. Families have the options of paying lunch accounts with cash, check or...
Nominations for 2022 WNCC Alumni Association Awards Now Open
SCOTTSBLUFF - Nominations for the 2022 Western Nebraska Community College Alumni Association awards are now open. Each year the Alumni Association recognizes six individuals or businesses that have made a positive impact at WNCC. Nominations are fo...
School Board Reviews, Approves Policies
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 Board of Education met June 20, reviewing and approving five policies, an agreement with Rauner and Associates, P.C., to perform the 2021-2222 District...
Tuition Freeze Highlights 2022-23 University Budget
At a time when families are paying more for gas, groceries and living expenses, the University of Nebraska System will again freeze tuition for all students under a proposed 2022-23 operating budget released today by President Ted Carter. The propose...
Bashtovoi Awarded South Platte Natural Resources District 2022 Scholarship
South Platte NRD (SPNRD) is pleased to announce our 2022 scholarship recipient. SPNRD awarded one $500 scholarship to an outstanding area student. The SPNRD program is designed to recognize...
Eight WNCC Students Receive Scholarships from Buckley Trust Grant
SIDNEY - Eight Western Nebraska Community College Sidney Campus students received scholarships recently from a $5,000 grant from the Thomas D. Buckley Trust. The students who were awarded scholarships studied business, basic nursing assistant, and...
Sidney High School Honor Roll
SHS Honor Roll A Average Semester 2 12th Grade McKENZIE ANN ANDREW, CHRISTIAN MICHAEL ANDREWS, ANABEL KARIN BURMESTER, SARIA JOSEPHANIA CALVIN, MITCHELL JAMES DEER, GUNNAR JAMES DORCEY, REBECCA J KASPRZAK, JACK LILLEY, MADISON MARIE MASHEK, ISABELLA...
Leyton Graduates Fifteen
Leyton High School held its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2022 Saturday afternoon. The event was well attended by family and friends of the graduates, highlighted by speeches form the...
Kailey Nicklas Heading to Girls State
Kailey Nicklas of the Potter-Dix High School has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State June 5-11, 2022, on the campus of the University of Nebraska. Kailey was...
WNCC to Celebrate 264 Graduates on May 14
SCOTTSBLUFF - Western Nebraska Community College will celebrate 264 students that will graduate with a degree, certificate, or diploma on Saturday, May 14 at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff. WNCC's 90th annual commencement is scheduled for 4 p.m. in...
Local Students Headed to American Legion Auxiliary Girls State
Audrey Splichal of Sidney has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State. Splichal was selected based on selection criteria through Auxiliary Unit No. 17 and Sidney High...
School Board Approves Staff Changes
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 Board of Education met April 11. The board approved three resignations and four teaching contracts. Chaney Peterson resigned as the Sidney High School Ag...
Sidney Public School Students Participate in INVENTURE Day
Sidney, NE – Entrepreneurship is crucial to the economic vitality of all communities. Research shows that educational programs focused on non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills are best developed...
Sidney Students of the Month
The Monthly Performance Award acknowledges other criteria as well as achievement. These criteria are: 1. Superior academic performance, (or), dramatic improvement of classroom work, G.P.A. or...
February Students of the Month
The Monthly Performance Award acknowledges other criteria as well as achievement. These criteria are: 1. Superior academic performance, (or), dramatic improvement of classroom work, G.P.A. or...
Potter-Dix Speech Team Going to State
Chandell Oleson has been the head coach for five years and has had the privilege of working with Assistant Coach Morgan Boots for four of those years. In 2019 Potter-Dix brought home the state title...
Plummer Returns to Sidney as High School Principal
After about a year away from Sidney High School, Ryan Plummer is returning as the new principal. He will replace Chris Arent who accepted the superintendent's duties with the Potter-Dix School...
Sidney School District Staff Changes
The Cheyenne County School District No.1 board of education accepted the resignation of Sidney High School Principal Chris Arent. In his resignation letter, Arent said he has accepted the...
Cheyenne County's Best Spellers
It took about eight rounds to decide among the stage full of Cheyenne County spelling contestants. As with a sporting contest, the decision was often made by who was mentally more focused, and what...
Sidney Middle/Senior High School Monthly Performance Award Program
The Monthly Performance Award acknowledges other criteria as well as achievement. These criteria are: 1. Superior academic performance, (or), dramatic improvement of classroom work, G.P.A. or attitude...
Sidney Middle School Honor Roll
8th Grade Straight A Honor Roll Quarter 2 2021-2022 Tristan Bayne, Callie Bondegard, Alexandria Cagle, Reece Currier, Alek Doty, Katie Dowse, Olivia Ford, Chloe Fortner, Khemi Green, Kennedy Hobson, Bryn Jones, Dagen Lee, Gracie Lefferts, Amelia...
Sidney High School Honor Roll
Straight A, Quarter 2 12th Grade DANIEL JACOB BASHTOVOI, ANABEL KARIN BURMESTER, JONATHAN CARRILLO, MITCHELL JAMES DEER, HANNAH ERNST, JOHN BRUCE FORTNER, WYATT TYLER HECKENLIVELY, TREYSON TUCKER JOHNSTONE,RISHI KRISHNA, ERIKA FAITH MEAKINS,...
Jordan Cook Among Senior Design Students Who Present Projects During Lockheed Martin Visit
Just before finals, Senior Design students in Baylor University’s School of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS) were able to present their semester-long projects at the Lockheed Martin...
Leyton Updates Science Lab
Oxford Dictionaries defined science as “the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through...
