Daily Bulletin
Burwell High School Bulletin for Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Wednesday 12/10 Fall Academic Pep Rally Burwell Jr. - Sr. High School Gym Start Time - 2:45pm
Friday 12/12 Varsity Boys Wrestling @ Twin Loup Sargent High School Depart at 7:00am Weigh-Ins - 8:00am, Start Time - 10:00am Admission: $6.00 for Adults, $5.00 for Students. No Passes. Freshman Career Day @ NECC Northeast Community College in Norfolk Depart at 7:15am, Return at 3:00pm JV/Varsity Basketball vs. Ravenna Burwell Jr. - Sr. High School Gym JV Girls - 4:00pm (2 Quarters), JV Boys - 4:45pm (3 Quarters) Varsity Girls - 6:00pm, Varsity Boys to follow. Livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/burwell/organization/16553/burwell-high-school
Saturday 12/13 Varsity Girls Wrestling @ Elkhorn Valley Elkhorn Valley High School Depart at 6:00am Weigh-Ins - 9:00am, Start Time - 10:00am Admission: $6.00 for Adults, $4.00 for Students Livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/tilden/organization/16643/elkhorn-valley-high-school JV/Varsity Basketball @ West Holt West Holt High School Gym JV Girls - 3:30pm (2 Quarters, JV Boys - (3 Quarters) following JV Girls. Varsity Girls - 5:00pm, Varsity Boys to follow. Livestream: whps.info/hudl
Junior High Quiz Bowl: Practice December 11th after everyone reading in Mrs. Flessner's room.
Mrs. Brewster Classes If you have Mrs. Brewster for class on Thursday 12/11/25 please report to the library for class. Mr. Stolzer will be there to take attendance.
Art Club Meeting🎨 Tuesday December 16th during Horntime. There will be donuts and we will tye-dye our Art Club shirts
Attendance Matters We can't teach without you here! Continue to make school a priority. Every class period matters!
Winter Sport Individual Portraits During Horn Time The Digital Design class will be taking individual Winter sports photos of all athletes. Students in high school basketball or wrestling should plan to take your photo during Horn Time on Tuesday, December 9, Wednesday, December 10, or Thursday, December 11 in Mrs. Weber's elementary classroom. You will need to wear your full uniform, including shoes. These photos will be used for school media and will also be offered for sale to family members as a keepsake item.
FFA members The Fruit, Candles, and Microwave popcorn are here and are ready to be sorted and delivered. The Gift boxes are ready to be picked up at the Grocery Store as well. The Parlor items and Cookie Dough will arrive tomorrow. Make plans this week to get in to sort and get it delivered. Mr. Simpson will be available every evening until 7:00 if you want to work later please make a plan with Mr. Simpson.
NHS NHS recycling will be on Wednesday, December 18th during horntime (last one for the semester) - Cody (team leader), Ericka, Regan, Kadense and Boston. If you have encore, please report there, but find a replacement and let Mrs. Konicek know.
FFA Members interested in Livestock Judging there is a sign-up sheet in the Ag Room to participate in the West Point FFA Chapter Livestock Judging held in Columbus. The Event is over Christmas Break on January 3rd. IF you are interested in going to this please sign up in the Ag Room by next Monday December 15th.
🎄 Candy Cane Grams 🎄 🎄 A Holiday Gesture of Kindness Presented by The Student Council 🎄Purchase a Candy Cane Gram for $1.00 to be delivered to anyone in the school - or yourself! Candy Canes can be purchased from Jalise Busch, Regan Smith, Cy Feeken, Brayden Gideon, or Mrs. Brewster!
Speech Team The speech team is looking to cast two OIDs. In this event, 3-5 people put on a 15-minute play in a readers' theatre style using levels and scripts. See Coach Cain, Coach Leth, or Coach Sikes if you have questions.
FCCLA STAR Students Students who are working on STAR projects for the January 21st contest at Central Valley should be coming in two times or more a week to start working on projects. Please sign up by December 16th if you are interested.
Speech Team Members of the 2026 speech team should start coming in for practice starting this week and have practice times next week. Practice times are bye appointment or 3:30- 5:30pm M-Th and 3-5pm on Friday. Coaches Cain, Leth, and Sikes are excited to get events going so we are ready for the Burwell Warm-up on January 10th and the first meet on January 17th.
One-Act Play Please get your costume bags cleaned up this week.
NLS summer event - Dear Juniors/Sophomores, You have the unique opportunity to demonstrate your leadership potential in your school and community by attending the Nebraska Leadership Seminar (NLS) in Milford at Southeast Community College. The NLS Leadership Seminar in Milford at Southeast Community College is a four day event held in the summer of 2026, June 11-14, and costs $300 to attend (the school pays full tuition to attend). You are responsible for transportation to and from the seminar. For more information go to https://www.nebraskaleadership.org/ Each school is asked to select a junior/sophomore to represent their school. If you are interested please type a paragraph, 150 words or less, describing the most rewarding and challenging aspect of being a leader in your school and community. The BHS faculty, based on your typed paragraph, will select a candidate and an alternate (in case the candidate cannot go) to attend NLS from BHS. Please return your typed paragraph to Miss Tetschner by Friday, December 19, 2025.
West Holt Medical Services Career Day for JUNIORS - Juniors are invited to West Holt Medical Services in Atkinson to learn about careers in health care and health care facilities on Jan 29th from 8:30 - 12:00. If you are interested, please let Miss T. know before Dec 19th and we will take a van to this event.
NRHO "Lunch and Learn" - Nebraska Rural Health Outreach (NRHO) is looking forward to the next meeting on Wednesday, December 10 at 12 p.m. in Mrs. Gumb's room! Our next meeting will feature Dr. Burrows, MD, a pediatrician at Children's Nebraska and UNMC to discuss his career in both medicine and the specialty of pediatrics. He currently serves medical students as a third-year clerkship director, lecturer, and mentor. Students interested in attending should sign up with Miss T, be dismissed to get lunch at 11:50, and then report to Mrs. Gumb's room for the meeting.
New Year's Eve Bowling Party - 7-12th grade students come ring in 2026 with your friends at Longhorn Lanes. Enjoy endless bowling, pizza, music, games, door prizes, and loads of fun on Wednesday, December 31st from 8pm - 12:30am!!!!! $20 per person and sign up by Dec 19th in the hallway or call 346-4483 after 5:30pm.
World's Finest Chocolate - Miss T will be selling candy bars before school, at Horn Time, and after school for $1.
Second Semester Schedules - Students, please stop by to see Miss T to confirm your 2nd-semester schedules. If you want to make any changes, you have until Tuesday, January 6th at 4pm.
9th Career Day at NECC - The 9th grade will participate in the Northeast Community College Career Event at the NECC Norfolk campus on Friday, Dec 12th. We will depart at 7:15, lunch will be provided, and we will return by 3pm for bb games. Students should wear a Burwell shirt, jeans, walking shoes, and dress for the weather (you'll be outside a lot). If you have any questions, please see Miss T.
Feb 14th ACT Test - Students planning to take the Feb 14th ACT test must register by Friday, January 9th at www.act.org. Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch may also qualify for a fee waiver - see Miss T.
Dual Credit Grades - Students taking independent dual college credit classes must verify their final grade with Miss T before she enters it into PowerSchool.
Work Release & Job Shadow Students - Your December logs are due no later than Friday, December 19th at 2:45 pm to Miss T. If you are changing up your schedule and no longer plan to work/job shadow second semester, a formal Thank You letter is also due Friday, Dec 19th.