This month, three career and technical education organizations at Summerland Public Schools have attended state conventions, giving students an opportunity to show knowledge gained in the classroom an...

Dear editor: I would like to express my support for our teachers and coaches/sponsors at Summerland Public Schools. I want you to know, as a parent, I have the utmost confidence in your abilities to...

What a great time to be a Bobcat! Our students are shining in all activities. Backtrack to November when the volleyball team qualified for state competition and the football team played in two rounds...

Medalists • Ten Summerland SkillsUSA students participated in middle school competition, March 1, in Grand Island. (top) Taelyn Nilson won job skills demo "A" category, while (below) Zander Tabbert p...

Since we're writers, we, at SAM love lists. Trust us, we keep and use them every single day. But, how does one determine which articles should be at the top of the yearly list? In the past, we've base...

A 2023 Summerland graduate ended her high school SkillsUSA career with a finish in the top 10 at the 2023 SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, June 19 - 23. Faith King competed in Job...

The Summerland Public Schools Board of Education discussed lawn care, board policy and tech upgrades at its June 13 meeting. During public participation, the board learned more details about the pep r...

The "Advocate-Messenger" hosted a pep rally and open house for the National SkillsUSA qualifiers, Friday, at The Office. National qualifers - Faith King, Julie Olivan, Sierra Thomson, Cassie...

Join the Summerland Advocate-Messenger for a pep rally and open house honoring the Summerland SkillsUSA national qualifers. Friday June 16th at 1:30 p.m. In the Advocate-Messenger "back parking lot"...

It's official. Three Summerland SkillsUSA students, who finished second in state competition in the middle school team engineering challenge, will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to vie for a national...

Faith King is no stranger to the award stage at Fonner Park in Grand Island. The Summerland SkillsUSA Chapter president landed there again Saturday, for the fourth time, when she was named winner in...

Faith King, of Clearwater, has been awarded a Career Scholars Program Scholarship valued at $24,000 to continue her education at Wayne State College. King will be a graduate of Summerland High School...

Cole Gaughenbaugh didn't always know he would become a teacher. The O'Neill St. Mary's graduate envisioned life as a chiropractor and enrolled in classes at Wayne State College in the fall 2019...

Yuliana Olivan, a junior at Summerland Public Schools, will represent Clearwater American Legion Post #267 Auxiliary at the 2023 session of Cornhusker Girls State this June. Auxiliary president...

Summerland middle school members of SkillsUSA highlighted technical skills in a variety of competitions at the March 1 Middle School Skills Conference in Grand Island. Chapter advisor Mike Odell said...

How many sheets of 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper will it take to construct an apparatus to reach and move a ping pong ball from point A to point B? Cassie Livingston, Jaelyn Shaver and Sierra Thomson...

Sometimes, things don't go as planned. Despite a few hiccups during a presentation in job skills demo, open, Taelyn Nilson finished first in. Nilson decided to compete because, in her words, "It...

Two Summerland seventh-grade students discovered construction a vehicle takes patience and a lot of testing. Luke Kester and Zander Tabbert competed in mousetrap vehicle - distance competition....

What do a camera, hammer, computer, fireman, airplane, whisk, medical symbol and robot all have in common? "They represent events available through SkillsUSA," said Jorden Cox, a seventh-grade...

Asher Whiting isn't sure if public speaking will be in his future. The seventh-grade student said he chose to participate in extemporaneous speaking during the conference. "I was told it was hard,"...

Feb. 6 - 10 is SkillsUSA week. This celebration is in honor of the members, partners, professionals and representatives who make SkillsUSA the organization it is. Although the organization is not...

Every year, as the new year approaches, we scour newspapers to see how each approaches its top list of articles. Some break it down by category. Others separate local from national news. Some choose...