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Seventeen Summerland Public School students participated in the Northeast Community College Scholastic Contest, on March 27. Six students placed in seven events. Raina Krebs took first in accounting....

Summerland's junior class hosted the junior-senior prom, Saturday, April 6, at the school. Following photos in an enchanted forest, students participated in the Grand March....

Jacob Birch will serve as junior/senior high principal, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. The announcement was made Tuesday, April 2, after Summerland Public School faculty were notified of his...

Four Summerland music students - Jennie Mejia, Lenora Kester, Raina Krebs and Jack Heim - represented the school, March 23, at Class C All-State Band, at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Mejia, an...

Summerland School Board of Education will hold a workshop session, Tuesday, April 2, in Norfolk. The lone agenda item currently listed is discussion on the transition to the new superintendent. The...

Sometimes, it's not about the medal but more about mettle and message. Battling a stomach bug, Carlee Livingston pushed through three rough rounds of competition in the persuasive speech division at...

Since 2006, the Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, based on their individual...

That's where a 12-foot windmill, designed by Summerland art student Caydence Schumacher and constructed by advanced welding students Garrett Napier and Mike Umphress, finished in voting at the...

One of the most iconic symbols of Nebraska and its history still dots the state's landscape, blades circling in the air, pumping clean clear water from the ground. Three Summerland students believe a...

Summerland Public Schools will be searching for a new junior/senior high school principal. Zach Rosenboom, who joined SPS this school year, submitted his resignation, Tuesday, during the board of educ...

Carlee Livingston will represent the Summerland speech team at the 2024 NSAA Class C2 State Speech Championships, Thursday, March 21, at Kearney High School. Livingston advances after a third-place...

Carlee Livingston, a Summerland junior, placed third in the state finals of Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation contest held Saturday at the Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln. Six students from across...

Administrative contracts for Summerland principals Cathy Cooper and Zach Rosenboom will be acted on during the board of education’s March 12 meeting. The items were tabled in February, at the s...

Carlee Livingston, a junior at Summerland Public Schools, is this year's school winner in the Poetry Out Loud national recitation competition. After submitting video recordings of two of her...

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...

Summerland speech students have competed in three invites since Feb. 17 and several students have placed in finals. At the Battle Creek Invite, on Feb. 17, Alanna Doll placed fifth in informative...

Approximately 2,390 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for high achievement during the fall 2023 semester. Taelyn Switzer, Clearwater, and Hadley Cheatum, Page, have been...

When Gavin Whiting was a freshman at Summerland Public Schools, he decided to attend the kickoff meeting for a new activity - FFA. "I didn't know much about it ... It sounded like fun, so I figured...

A longtime education veteran will lead Summerland Public Schools, starting July 1. Molly Aschoff, assistant administrator at Educational Service Unit #8 in Neligh, accepted the position Thursday,...