Good Luck to our Buffs in Hillsboro Today!
The weather has caused us to have to reschedule some events, here are the updates we have to our calendar so far. Times remain the same as originally scheduled.
The high school basketball games at Hillsboro tomorrow have been postponed to Thursday, same time and location.
Wrestling tomorrow has been postponed to a later date.
Please consider helping Lily out with her senior project by spreading the word about her upcoming class. The link to register is:
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Make note of change in schedule for today. Start time is 5:30 pm in the new gym, the girls will stay here and dual with Beloit. Come support our Buffaloes!
The Kansas Kiwanis Foundation is offering scholarships to high school students. The deadline to apply is Feb 1st!! Details are on the application. You can find the application at https://www.kskiwanisfoundation.org/pages/forms/
NEX-TECH is offering two different opportunities for this year's seniors.
The first are general scholarships.
1st of all to be eligible you must live in the Nex-Tech service area AND have a parent that subscribes to one of the following Nex-Tech residential or business services: Landline phone, Internet or TV. NO other services are eligible.
If you meet that requirement the scholarship has some pretty open options for application. Please see the link below so that you get all the details. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 1st
The second opportunity is the NEX-TECH Technology Education Sponsorship Program. This program is for students that are planning to go into Telecommunications or Information Technology. If the student agrees to work for NEX-TECH for 3 years they will pay for tuition and books. If they agree to work for 4 years NEX-TECH will also give the student a housing stipend. This is a great opportunity to get a lot of your schooling for free. The link below has more details about this program also. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 1st!
https://www.nex-tech.com/community/scholarships/
Please see the counselors if you have questions or would like help with these applications.
The USD 109 BOE meeting is rescheduled for 6:30 pm on Monday, January 15th.
Jr High Wrestling practice will start tomorrow after school in the cafeteria. Parent meeting will follow at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria.
Republic County Juniors will get the opportunity to take the ACT free through the school at the end of February. We are sharing an opportunity for students to take a class that can help prepare them for the test. This ACT PowerPrep class will be taught by an ACT-trained facilitator. It will give tips on taking each section of the test and how to best utilize your time. Students may use one of their college visit days to take this class.
The class is being offered on Monday, February 5th at the Concordia High School. If students register before Thursday, January 25th, the cost of the class is $60.00. After the 25th it goes to $75. The class goes from 8:30-1:30 on the 5th. The link will give you more information and allow you to register for the class. If you have questions please talk to one of the counselors.
https://powerprepinc.com/act-test-prep/p/republic-county-high-school-kansas-act-prep-class
The high school basketball game at Sacred Heart for tomorrow has been postponed to a later date. We will update as soon as we know the date for sure.
Hillsboro Basketball Tourney Brackets are posted. RCHS teams will begin play next Tuesday with boys at 4:30 and girls to follow.
Scores from high school basketball last night.
•Girls JV-Ellsworth 38, RC 16.
•Girls Varsity-Ellsworth 55, RC 30
•Boys JV-Ellsworth 30, RC 20
•Boys Varsity-Ellsworth 59, RC 30
Good luck to our high school wrestling team on day 2 of the Tri-County Wrestling Invitational Tournament! First matches begin at 9:00 am. Location is Tri-County High School, 72520 Highway 103, DeWitt Nebraska.
Tonight's high school basketball games will be live streamed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/live/fY1fp9EVn9M?si=xKiJmJX0R-R08m7Z
The Concordia JV Wrestling Tournament today has been cancelled. The wrestlers that were going to attend this meet will now be going to Tri-County to compete.
High school wrestling travels to Tri-County in DeWitt, Nebraska and the JV squad heads to Concordia today! The location of Tri-County High School is 72520 Highway 103, DeWitt. Concordia JV Meet is in the high school gym. Good luck Buffs!
Come support our high school basketball teams at home tonight! Good luck Buffs!
