POWER SCHOOL – We are pleased to announce that our Power School program is now online. Parents will be able to access their children’s progress on the Power School program once they have attended an in-service and received the passwords for their children’s accounts. To do this, they should contact Mrs. Sisco right away for more details on accessing the program. They may get her at nsisco@esu4.org or they may call her at the school number. Mr. Adams may also be contacted at jadams@esu4.org or called at the school number.

HOMECOMING – Lewiston Homecoming week was October 4-8. Hallway decorating occured on Sunday afternoon, October 3. Monday was “Decade Dress” Day. A bonfire and pep rally after the volleyball game (around 8:30 p.m.) concluded Monday’s activities. Tuesday was Royalty Dress-Up Day; Wednesday was Favorite Character Day; Thursday was Color Day and Friday will be Spirit Day. The homecoming football game wase against Pawnee City at 7:00 p.m. on Friday on our football field. Thirty minutes following the conclusion of the game, the homecoming coronation took place in the old gymnasium, followed by the homecoming dance. See the slide show for a look at the week in pictures.

NO SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 18 – October 18 is scheduled on the school calendar as a day without school. We will be using that day as a teacher in-service day at the end of our first quarter of school. Please remember to mark that day on your calendars.

NO SCHOOL FOR 7-12 on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 – this is your first notice that we will have school for only grades K-6 on Friday, November 5. Mrs. Ebeler and our FCCLA are hosting the District FCCLA Conference on that day and we will need the secondary rooms and teachers to accommodate that conference, so there will be no school for students in grades 7-12. K-6 will have a regular school day, with bus routes both morning and afternoon.

FALL ACTIVITIES – the varsity girls’ volleyball team is enjoying a very good season up to this date. They are 12-2 and rated 2nd in both the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal-Star. They travel to Falls City Sacred Heart for a match on Sept. 30 and have two triangular matches the week of Oct. 4-8. Seniors Bobbi Tennant, Renee Coudeyras, Katie Laflin, Lacey Hill, and Laura Schmidt are leading the way, with large contributions from Whitney Hippen, Kelly Flesner, Savannah Wenzl, and Nicole Hippen. The Pioneer Conference Tournament will be the week of October 25-29, with the sub-districts and district final the following week. The girl’s golf team has had modest success this fall. Samantha Stake and Cyndie Gaddy have been the leading scorers for the team. Their District Meet is coming up October 4-5. Good luck to them in Districts. The varsity football team is presently 2-2, with wins over Meridian and Omaha Brownell-Talbot and losses to Nemaha Valley and Friend. They have district games the next four weeks against Freeman, Pawnee City, Johnson-Brock and HTRS and still have a good shot at winning their district. Leading contributors to the team have been seniors Tyler Bursovsky, Ryan Baker, and Tyler Wehrbein. Tyler Bursovsky has two kickoff returns for touchdowns and is our leading pass receiver. Tyler Wehrbein is our leading rusher and had 27 tackles against Friend on defense. Other top players have been Cody Howell, Chris Mitchell, Holden Rees, Dustin Spilker, Wyatt Tegtmeier, Kyle Knoche, Brian Weyers, Nick Thomas, Ryan Thomas, Dustin Knippelmeyer, and James Tuttle. First round of the football playoffs is on Thursday, October 28, with the site to be determined on Oct. 24.

NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT – the State Department of Health is now requiring school children to have a dose of varicella (chicken pox) vaccine, in addition to the other vaccines needed. Students entering Kindergarten and 7th grade and all students transferring from out of state must present evidence of this vaccination. It must have been done after 12 months of age and prior to age 13. If over 13 years of age 2 doses of varicella are needed, separated by at least one month. Please bring in written documentation from your child’s physician. Students in most other grades will also eventually need a verification of this immunization, so if you need a form for reporting your child’s status, call the school office.