Minden Public Schools

Class B All State Band was in Grand Island today! 5 Minden students auditioned and were selected for the event. Abby and Rebbeca were a part of the jazz band. Jon and Bailey were part of the wind ensemble which performed the premiere of a brand new piece of music written for the group. Frank Kovacs was also selected for the event but was unable to attend due to state speech. Good luck today Frank!

Minden FFA had an amazing three days at the Nebraska State FFA Convention. Here are some of the key take away from the convention. ⭐️Three Star Premier Chapter 3️⃣3rd Place Model of Excellence in Strengthening Agriculture 🔵 Two Nebraska State FFA Degrees- Alyssa Johnson and Arabella Reed 🗣️ Ag Communications Team 3rd place 🪴 Nursery Landscape Team 8th place 🏅 Sydney Jenkins- 5th place gold in Senior Public Speaking 🏅 Isabelle Martin- 6th individually in Nursery Landscape 🏅Arabella Reed- 5th individually in Ag Communications 🏅Lizzy Nielsen- 8th individually in Ag Communications 🥇 Natural Resources, Floriculture, and Nursery Landscape were all 1st in the team portion of their contests

Heller named new assistant coach

https://sites.google.com/mindenwhippets.org/mindengirlswrestling/news/2026-2027-news/heller-named-new-assistant-coach

The 8th grade class was lucky enough to take a field trip to Lincoln today where we visited our Nebraska State Capitol and the Nebraska State Museum. We all had a great time!

The 2026 Marsh Beck Invitational is off and running! Come on out and watch and enjoy some competition and a great day!!

Today is National Ag Day. To celebrate students at the high school drove their tractors to school. There were tractors of all sizes, ages, and brands represented. This year we had 9 students parade their tractors to school. Thank you LandMark for letting us start our parade at your Minden location! If you see a farmer today remember to tell them THANK YOU!

Congratulations to the newest members of our Dawg, Top Dawg and Alpha Dawg, lifting teams.

🐾Whippet Nation Network N🎶tice🐾

Live stream for the week of March 23rd through March 27th.

Youtube: Whippet Nation Network
https://www.youtube.com/@whippetnationnetwork4107

SWC Basketball Team Selections 🏀🐾
For the boys, Traelin Christensen was selected for the 3rd team, and on the girls' side, Myla Emery was selected for 1st team. Additionally, Myla and Kaylynn Jorgensen were selected to the SWC Senior All Star Team!

REMINDER!! The high school (9-12) students ONLY will be dismissed on Tuesday March 24th at 1:10pm due to the home track and field invitational. Grades k-8 will have a normal release school day.

GO WHIPPETS!!

Tomorrow is National Ag Day and the FFA Annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day! All students are welcome to meet at LandMark at 7:30am and parade their tractors into school! 🚜

The SWC Fine Arts Festival took place in Ogallala today! These MHS students did a fantastic job representing Minden and created some great music and art during the clinics. A special shout out to Ava Fickler for her art piece "Consume Music". It was selected as the top piece from Minden in the art show.

Congratulations to Rusty Rhynalds, MPS Board President, for being awarded the 2026 NRCSA Board Member of the Year. Our Board does an outstanding job, and Rusty has led our district with compassion and dedication for our kids and staff.

Congratulations to Myla Emery for making 1st team all conference for basketball! Also, congrats to Myla and KayLynn for being selected to play in the SWC all-star game on June 18th in Minden!

Spring sports media day took place on Tuesday! Good luck to everyone competing this Spring. Go Whippets!

ESU11 held their quiz bowl yesterday at the Holdrege Prairie Museum for the elementary and junior high levels. The sixth grade group placed 2nd out of 14 teams!! The 7th/8th graders competed extremely well, but suffered two very close losses to place them in the middle of the pack.

Middle school girls and boys track starts today! What a great day to be outside training! Go Whippets!

CLJMS 2026 Short Film "Outside In"

Part I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Dq238_H_o

Part II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4HPg24hgQ

Congratulations to Mrs. Maulsby and her students for a job well done tonight with the CLJMS Movie Premiere! What a night!