McCook Senior High

OPAA! our schools food service provider would like to extend an invitation for parents to come and eat a Thanksgiving lunch with their high school students on Wednesday, November 19th from 1:00-1:30 at the cafeteria located in McCook Junior High. They will be serving roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, hot buttered dinner rolls, fresh fruit and vegetable bar, and pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. The cost will be $4.45 for each adult. Please contact the high school office to sign up by 3:30 on November 18th.

McCook High School hosted local Veterans for a meal today. At the meal students presented John Hubert with a Quilt of Valor that they created during Bison Days last year. Thank You Veterans for all that you have done and continue to do for our country.

We are planning to hold the winter Athlete/Parent Meeting 6:30 PM tonight-
See the list below of where you will meet.
If you are unable to attend please let your coach know.
Wrestling--Conference Room B
Girls Wrestling--Mr. Hosick's Classroom
Swim and Dive–Mr. Graff's Classroom
Boys Basketball – High School Gym
Girls Basketball–Mrs. Scheil's Health Room
Bowling –Jana Sides Classroom

McCook Senior High will be serving a meal from 11:30-12:30 in the Senior High Commons for local Veterans and their families on November 11th. All area Veterans are invited to attend.

Live stream link for tonight's band concert:
https://www.youtube.com/c/McCookPublicSchools

High School Parent Teacher Conferences will be held from 4:00pm-8:00pm on Wednesday, October 1st and Friday, October 3rd from 8:00am-12:00pm. Conferences are not scheduled so you can choose which teachers to visit with. Please sign in at the office when you arrive.

Congratulations to McCook Senior High’s Homecoming Court
Front row left to right: Jaylea Walgren, Abigail Renner, Emma Cappel, Bailee Foster, Kapri Loop, Brecken Gale
Back row left to right: Simon Garcia, Aaron Frank, Oliver Corbett, Quinn Taylor, Derrick Brush, Tristan Campbell

Happy Homecoming Week! We will be decorating the halls at the High School from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight followed by a few games of bingo with prizes in the gym. Students please come and help decorate!

Volleyball fans can watch today’s McCook Invitational through the link below:

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/mccook/organization/216/mccook-high-school

Good luck Bison!

The Sophomore Class will go through a career exploratory program on Wednesday called Connect The Dots. It will take all day to complete. Students will have lunch provided for them in the gym, and will not be allowed to leave for lunch. We want to say thank you to the extension office for providing this opportunity for our students.

Good luck Bison!
Live stream link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/mccook/organization/216/mccook-high-school

We had a great first day with our Class of 2029 in the building. We are looking forward to the rest of our students joining us tomorrow! Reminder that tomorrow (Friday, August 15th) is picture day at the High School.

McCook Senior High Parents & Students
Upcoming Dates & Information

📅 Thursday, August 14 – First Day for Incoming 9th Grade & New Students
- Lunch provided (MHS staff will be grilling hotdogs and providing bottled water, chips, and cookies)
- 2:00 PM dismissal
- No classes for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students

📅 Friday, August 15 – All Students in Attendance (Grades 9–12)
- 2:00 PM dismissal

📅 Monday, August 18 – MHS Open House - 6:00–7:00 PM
- Following the open house, Jay Martin, Director of Safety & Security at the Nebraska Department of Education, will present to parents on Online Safety & the Impact of Social Media Algorithms on Youth
- Presentation: 7:00–8:15 PM in the MHS Gym

McCook Senior High welcomes all parents to attend our Open House on August 18th, from 6:00-7:00 pm. Following the open house, Jay Martin, NDE's Director of School Safety and Security will have a parent presentation regarding Digital Safety involving our teens. Please share, all parents and guardians of the district are welcome to attend!!

Best Wishes to Parker Nokes and Reese Gillespie at the National High School Finals Rodeo this week in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Events can be streamed on the Cowboy Channel Plus app. Parker is up Monday night and Friday morning, Reese competes Tuesday morning and Wednesday night. McCook and Nebraska are rooting for you both!

Giddy Up and wish Reese and Parker Good Luck at State Rodeo!!! Our very own Reese Gillespie and Parker Nokes will be competing in the Nebraska HS State Rodeo Finals in Valentine, Nebraska, June 12-14. Reese qualified in the cutting and reining cow horse events, Parker qualified in the down roping and team roping events. News Channel Nebraska will be televising the event finals. More information can be found at newschannelnebraska.com. Let's Go! Good Luck Gentlemen!

Tomorrow afternoon from 1:30-2:30 McCook High School will be doing community service projects around town. Please remind your students to wear pants, closed toe shoes, and bring a pair of work gloves if they have them.

We are doing our ACT and Pre-ACT testing this week at McCook High School. Juniors and Seniors need to report to school by 8:00 am on Tuesday, March 25th. Freshmen and Sophomores do not have school on Tuesday, March 25th. Freshmen and Sophomores need to report to school by 8:00 am on Wednesday, March 26th. Seniors and Juniors do not have school on Wednesday, March 26th. Good luck to all of our students on these tests!