Deshler Public Schools

Kindergarten scientists! Today, the kindergarten students began their first science unit. They found items on the playground and decided if they were hot or less hot! Later in this unit, the students will get to explore how the sun changes Earth's surface. The kindergarten class will also get to build structures that could protect Earth from the sun. It was a great first lesson!

about 23 hours ago, Grace Anderson

Recently in Preschool we started working in ABC and number journals. These journals offer structured, hands-on practice that builds foundational literacy, numeracy, and fine motor skills.

1 day ago, Tammi Brenn

Handwriting in preschool helps young children build vital fine motor skills, recognize letters faster, and activate brain networks needed for early reading. During handwriting, students are asked to lay on their stomach as this is a highly effective occupational therapy technique that builds the foundational physical skills required for successful preschool writing. ✍️

1 day ago, Tammi Brenn

After a crazy few weeks, we finally have time to reflect on the Thayer County Fair and the accomplishments of our FFA members.

Results of the FFA Shows are listed here. These awards could not have been earned without many hours spent working with their animals. Congratulations to these exhibitors!

Reese Harms
-Champion Senior Swine Showman
-Overall Swine Showman
-Champion Market Gilt
-Champion Market Barrow
-Overall Market Swine
-Reserve Overall Market Swine
-Reserve Champion Round Robin Showman

Kaleesha McBride
-Senior Rabbit Showman
-Overall Rabbit Showman
-Champion Fancy Senior Buck
-Champion Bantam Fowl
-Champion Waterfowl
-Champion Large Fowl
-Champion Eggs

Braxton Peterson
-Champion Fancy Breed Rabbit

Logan Schmidt
-Champion Senior Beef Showman
-Overall Beef Showman
-Champion Market Heifer
-Champion Market Steer
-Overall Market Beef
-Reserve Overall Market Beef

Thank you to all our members who put in hours riding the float, working race concessions, volunteering at the Farm Bureau booth, and more!

1 day ago, Juliana Kroeger

🏐 IT'S FINALLY GAME DAY! 🏐
The Deshler Dragons Varsity Volleyball team is headed to Friend tonight for a 3-team Jamboree! Come out and cheer on the Dragons as they take on Superior and EMF! 💜💛

📍 Friend High School — Friend, NE
⏰ 5:00 PM — EMF Bobcats vs. Superior Wildcats
⏰ 6:00 PM — Superior Wildcats vs. Deshler Dragons
⏰ 7:00 PM — Deshler Dragons vs. EMF Bobcats

📺 Can’t make it? Catch the action LIVE:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/exeter/organization/19233/exeter-milliganfrie-high-school/video

Let’s get this season started! GO DRAGONS! 🐉🏐💜💛

#GoDragons #DeshlerDragons #DragonVolleyball #Gameday

1 day ago, Amber Deepe

Attention volleyball fans! Would you like to get in on the action? We are looking for line judges for home volleybal matches. This is a paid position. Please reach out to Mr. Nash for more information if interested. josh.nash@deshlerdragons.org. Go Dragons!

1 day ago, Josh Nash

DPS FAMILIES: We wanted to create a handy flyer to help you plan around our days off so that your child(ren) won't have to miss quality instructional time OR miss out on those family vacations!

2 days ago, Dana Epley

Week 3 starts many of our extracurricular competitions! You will want to be ELIGIBLE for these + other school activities. Ineligibility starts next week, but we will have a trial run this week...

⛔️ 2 or more failing classes = INELIGIBLE
📣 LITTLE MISS CHEER FORMS & $30 - DUE TOMORROW, MON, 8/24 (for PreK-5th grade!)
✏️ MAP Testing, IXL Diagnostics & STAR Testing - continue this week - reminder that we will use THREE data points to determine if students need an intervention or an enrichment!
💰 FREE/REDUCED LUNCH FORMS: Please turn these in ASAP to avoid being charged full price, because reduced = free for the 26-27 school year!

Read more here: https://bit.ly/DPSDAILYNEWS

2 days ago, Dana Epley

Any youth volleyball player, plan on joining us on September 10th as the high school volleyball team takes on Lawrence-Nelson. We can't wait to see you there!

2 days ago, Kalee Schardt

The Electrogators robotics team would like to invite students 7th-12th grades to join our team. Come and see what the competition looks like this year, talk to team members and coaches and play with last years robot at our Open House on September 16th at 6pm.

We participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge, firstinspires.org. Their mission is to provide life-changing robotics programs that give young people the skills, confidence, and resilience to build a better world. First Tech Challenge students work together with their mentors to design and build dynamic robots to compete in an exciting game released every September.

Students develop STEM skills, practice engineering innovation, and build confidence to help them succeed. We meet at least once a week in the evenings in Deshler from September-March.

Competitions are located throughout Nebraska. The Electrogators are sponsored by Reinke Manufacturing.

If you are interested in more information please contact the team at thayerftc@gmail.com. We hope to see you September 16th at our Open House.

2 days ago, Dana Epley

Mrs. Kane reached out to our sophomores, juniors & seniors VIA EMAIL...with an RSVP needed ASAP (let's go with Wed., Aug. 27th) in regard to the Southeast Community College Explore It Days throughout the school year. These events give you the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and learn more about different careers and programs of study.

STUDENTS: If you are interested in attending one of these events, please SIGN UP BY THIS WEDNESDAY. Spaces fill up quickly, so the sooner I know you are interested, the better!

Most of the events are held on Wednesdays or Thursdays, and in the past, we have typically made it back to school in time for sports practices.

Please note: If you tell me you would like to attend, you are committed to going. Because spaces are limited, you will not be able to change your mind later unless an emergency or other unavoidable situation comes up.

If you have any questions about the Explore It Days, please let Mrs. Kane know. She would love to have you take advantage of this opportunity to explore your interests and learn more about possible careers!

If you want to learn more information for each event, you can go here.

2 days ago, Dana Epley

Order your Fall Sports pictures/buttons today!
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3 days ago, Amanda McKenzie

FLIGHT 01: MISSION COMPLETE! The Drone Flight Academy is officially CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF! For Flight 01, our crew conducted a preflight, built a flight plan, learned a whole new language of aviation acronyms, and then put it all together to successfully execute their FIRST FLIGHT! And this crew absolutely delivered! CRM (Crew Resource Management) was HIGH, and everyone stepped into their assigned roles like pros: 🎮 RPIC — Remote Pilot in Command 👀 VO — Visual Observer 🛬 GM — Ground Marshaller Outstanding work, flight crew! The mission from here? Keep building those skills until we’re doing flips through hula hoops by the end of the year. That statement may contain approximately 10% truth… but that’s part of the callsign heritage. 😂 Following the flight, the crew completed an AAR (After Action Review). Based on today’s performance, each student—and one brave instructor—was officially assigned a CALLSIGN. OFFICIAL FLIGHT 01 CALLSIGNS: 🦅 Kayson “Hawk” Biltoft 🌙 Gavin “Nighthawk” Endorf 💨 Barrett “Drifter” Harms 🌀 Peighton “Props” Henry 💫Braxton “Comet” Peterson 🏀 Logan “Bounce” Schmidt 🦅 Landyn “Falcon” Tuma 📍 Brooklynn “M.I.A.” Wit 👻 Mrs. Amber “Phantom” Johnson Flight 01: COMPLETE. ✅ Callsigns: ASSIGNED. ✅ CRM: HIGH. ✅ Drone Flight Academy: AIRBORNE. 🚁 We can’t wait to see how far this crew flies this year! RPICs, VOs & GMs — get ready for Flight 02. Thank you for taking on this challenge, Mrs. Dunlap! #DroneFlightAcademy #Flight01 #MissionComplete #RPIC #VO #GM #CRM #AAR #Callsigns #ClearedForTakeoff #FuturePilots

4 days ago, Dana Epley

The American FFA Degree Recipient List was just announced!

Please join us in congratulating Deshler Alum, Reese Harms and Addyson Hintz on earning their American FFA Degrees — the highest degree of membership in the National FFA Organization!

The American Degree is an achievement earned by less than 1% of members across the nation. It represents years of dedication, leadership, service, and hard work through FFA and their Supervised Agricultural Experiences.

This is an incredible accomplishment, and we are extremely proud of these two individuals for reaching this milestone! They join three other former Deshler FFA members to ever receive this degree.

They will be awarded their degrees at the 99th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis on October 24!

💙 Congratulations, Reese and Addy 🎉

5 days ago, Juliana Kroeger

KolorMatrix screenprinting class day #1 was a success! In the 2025-26 school year, Mrs. Aude, Ms. McKenzie and Mrs. Epley collaboratively wrote a CTE grant to start a screenprinting business at DPS. Once the CTE building is done, we will be up and running and ready for orders!

6 days ago, Dana Epley

REMINDER: If you qualify for reduced lunches this year, they are actually FREE according to the Nebraska Hunger Free Schools Act. Please fill applications out by September 24th, otherwise benefits from last year will lapse and your child will go back to paid lunches. We encourage all families to complete an application, even if you think you don't qualify. Email kelsey.delano@deshlerdragons.org for an application!

6 days ago, Kelsey Delano

BackPack Food Program forms have been sent home with Elementary students. The program is also available for 6th - 12th grade students. If you would like to participate, please scan the QR code and fill out the short survey!

6 days ago, Hannah Kane

Lots going on in the cafeteria!

Would you like breakfast with your child(ren) at school on a random Friday morning? Dakota, Crystal & Karen have you covered EVERY Friday!

What about fresh beef in the lunch program? Andy & Ellen Schmidt have you covered the next couple of months & we are still taking donations for November & February! Donation form here ➡️ https://bit.ly/DPSDAILYNEWS

Breakfast/Lunch Menus here ➡️ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HI5P5VNK2P3M9KS6jojOW-JfnNsHfVmj?usp=drive_link

6 days ago, Dana Epley

Preschool started on Monday and students have been doing activities that further develop their fine motor skills. In this activity, students were asked to peel stickers and place the stickers on the uppercase letter that was written in their handwriting journals. Developing these precise movements provides major benefits, including increased daily independence and stronger cognitive and problem solving growth, and higher self-confidence!

7 days ago, Tammi Brenn

📣CUSTODIAL & TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT NEEDED AT DESHLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DPS is seeking a dependable, self-motivated individual for a full-time position assisting with custodial/maintenance duties, snow removal, and transportation support.

GREAT BENEFITS!
➡️ Flexible Hours — Early Morning or Evening Options
➡️ BCBS Health Insurance Paid by District (single included, additional family coverage available for a fee)
➡️ Nebraska State Retirement
➡️ Year-Round Position
➡️ DPS Pays for Bus Driver Endorsements & Required Physical
➡️ Duties include general cleaning and maintenance, snow removal, substitute bus driving as needed, and assisting with transportation operations.

✅ We are looking for someone who is reliable, flexible, takes initiative, and takes pride in keeping our school clean, safe, and welcoming.

💜 JOIN THE DESHLER DRAGONS TEAM!
Apply Today — Wade Finley, Superintendent, at wade.finley@deshlerdragons.org or by calling 402-365-7272.

DPS is an equal opportunity employer.

8 days ago, Dana Epley