The 2025 Athletic Banquet is scheduled for Friday night. We'll begin serving the meal at 5:45 and the banquet will begin at 6:30. We've got a special night planned to honor a special year, and we hope you'll join us! Tickets are needed for the meal.
Here is the live link for the Norfolk Track Classic starting this afternoon. Live results and start lists can be found here: https://live.athletic.net/meets/51320
Amazing Alert! BC Elementary students raised $6082.32 for the American Heart Association. Mrs Seifert's 3rd grade raised the most $ and had the privilege to slime a teacher of their choice. Thanks Mr Weidner for being a trooper. Thanks to all who donated to help raise $ for AHA!
Boys golf placed 3rd as a team at Tatanka.
Individual scores:
Ayden Wintz 81
Brody Bessmer 84
Gavin Lindgren 85
Tyan Thompson 91
Gus Richardson 100
BCHS Student Of The Month Spotlight
Congratulations and thanks for all of your hard work and dedication!
Follow along with the boys golf team live results as they tee off in Tatanka:
https://www.golfgenius.com/register?league_id=11541041368340104913
A lot of boards available for CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!! Get those bids in this week and own your piece of BC history!
Bid Form: https://forms.gle/bLB9bwM42VSziYvTA
Leaderboard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pxhtaRNNPQbNE3IxorUvLKtKfBfVdMej151lkQY10TU/edit?usp=sharing
A heartfelt thank you to Jessie Carter at Doggy Styling Grooming for allowing Senior Artist, Carrington Uhlir to create a painting for her Community Art Project assignment.
Congrats to Jaxon Kilmurry and Ayden Wintz! They were invited to the Stock Market Game Banquet of Champions in Lincoln today and got to hear from some awesome speakers and receive their award. They placed 2nd out of 469 high school teams across the state of Nebraska. During this game teams are required to buy and sell stocks, bonds, and mutual funds in an effort to produce as much profit as possible. Nice work guys!
Final Results @ Hartington
Reminder to pick up and pay for your athletic banquet tickets in the HS office by this Thursday if you plan to eat. Meals are not required to attend. Banquet is this Friday, May 2nd at 6:00pm!
Braves Golf Team competing @ Hartington today. F9 scores:
Brody 42
Tyan 42
Gavin 44
Gus 50
Drew 63
Battle Creek JH Track is competing at the Twin River Invitational today in Genoa. For live results, click on the following link...
https://live.athletic.net/meets/51087
#CommittedToExcellence!
Battle Creek to Welcome New Staff Member
By Adley Seifert
When the 2025-2026 school year begins, Battle Creek Public Schools will be welcoming an additional staff member: Miss Kayla Herfel, who will be teaching special education in the district.
Miss Herfel grew up in Jackson, Nebraska, and graduated from Ponca High School in 2010.
She attended Wayne State College, earning a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 2014. Herfel also has two master’s degrees: one in curriculum and instruction and another in K-8 administration. She is currently working to complete a special education endorsement.
Miss Herfel stated that she enjoys playing sand volleyball, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Welcome to Battle Creek Public Schools, Miss. Herfel.
⚡️Weather Update for Youth Track Practice⚡️
We are closely monitoring the potential for severe weather this afternoon.
At this time, practice is still scheduled from 5:00–5:50 PM.
If the weather turns severe or conditions become unsafe during that time, practice will be canceled.
All updates will be posted on the Battle Creek Public Schools social media pages.
Thank you for your understanding, and please stay tuned for any updates later today!
Congratulations to our track athletes who qualified for the Norfolk Track Classic this Thursday!
This meet features the top competitors from all classes across Northeast Nebraska, and we are proud to have Battle Creek represented well.
Attached is the schedule showing our athletes and the events they will be competing in that day. Let’s have a great showing and continue to make Battle Creek proud!
BCPS to Welcome New Staff Member
By Gracie Hitz
At the beginning of the 2025 -2026 school year, Battle Creek Public Schools will be welcoming an additional staff member: Mrs. Marisa Bolin, who will be teaching special education in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Mrs. Bolin grew up in Wisner, Nebraska, graduating from Wisner-Pilger High School in 2017. She graduated from Wayne State College in 2021 and is currently working on a master’s degree through the University of South Dakota.
Mrs. Bolin completed her student teaching in Battle Creek five years ago and has been teaching full time at Stanton for the last three years. She and her husband Erik live in Battle Creek and are expecting their first child in July. The couple is also pet parents to two dogs: Charley and Nova. Bolin mentioned that she enjoys spending her free time reading, traveling, or simply being with family and friends.
Mrs. Bolin’s passion for teaching began when she was a young child. She stated that she loves working with students with disabilities and being an advocate for them.
Welcome to Battle Creek Public Schools, Mrs. Bolin.
The countdown is on to the end of the Banner Auction!!! Get your bids in ASAP. Auction ends Sunday at 7:00 p.m.
https://forms.gle/QLic2haLztwuNzPR8
Leaderboard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pxhtaRNNPQbNE3IxorUvLKtKfBfVdMej151lkQY10TU/edit?usp=sharing
Our mattress fundraiser is THIS SATURDAY from 10:00 - 4:00. 📅🎶 The goal is at least one customer per family. Please help support your local music department by sharing the news and the event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1134825155311942
Our annual Spring Fling Concert for 7th-12th grades is ONE WEEK away! See you then. 📅🎶
