
FCCLA is hosting our annual K-4 Pumpkin Party on Thursday, 10/26/23, from 3:30-5:00pm in the CCS Cafeteria. If you would like for your child to attend, please click the link below to sign up. Please sign up using your child's name. Thank you.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A9AA2AAAF9CF8-45442092-fccla


FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) attended the District Leadership Conference in Arapahoe, NE last week where they learned about leadership and connected with other students from southwest Nebraska.


We are super excited to announce another student was selected to participate in an All-State ensemble! 8th Grader Cadence Lambert was chosen to play Flute in the 8th Grade All-State Band. She'll travel to Kearney in January to rehearse and perform a concert with the ensemble!

Big Shout Out to Coach W. Burke, Coach A. Fisher and Jr. High VB squad for an outstanding season!! A team -13-0, B team 11-0, C team 3-1.. Job Well Done.


Congratulations to the 58 juniors and 17 seniors who completed their district ACT Exam today! Your commitment to doing your best academically is wonderful to see! Scores for today's ACT Exam will be reported on students' myACT accounts in 3 to 8 weeks. Great work Longhorns!

EXCITING NEWS!!!
Congratulations to the 2022-23 Longhorn Yearbook staff. Yesterday they earned a Cornhusker award at the Nebraska High School Press Association Fall Convention. The Cornhusker is the highest honor given to high school journalism publications by the NHSPA.




Our Valorant team is taking on last years state champions tonight!


The JH Volleyball Tournament will be streamed. To find the video, go to mccookbison.org and select McCookBison.Tv in the quicklinks or follow the link below. Games will begin at 3:30 MT with A team playing first.
https://www.youtube.com/@McCookPublicSchools/streams

So proud of Jaret Peterson, a @CokeScholars Semifinalists from OUR school who was selected from 103,800+ applicants from across the country based on his academic excellence, leadership, and service demonstrated in school and community activities. Jaret will move onto the next round of applications! Way to go, Jaret!

We are super excited to announce that 3 of our wonderful choir students were selected as members of the NMEA All-State Choir! Navy Havel, Tessa Smith, and Beau Weiss will head to Lincoln in November for 3 days of rehearsal and a concert at the Lied Center for the NMEA conference!

Have a great Monday everyone!


Big win today for the Longhorns. SPVA champions. Good job ladies!


SPVA bracket
Girls won against St Pats and Bridgeport so play in the championship at 4:00


The link to watch the SPVA volleyball tournament is below. They will begin covering the semifinals at 11:30pm MT.
http://www.huskeradio.com/video/

Congratulations to Mrs. Zuege on receiving the NATA Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award tonight - we are so proud of you!


We are working on mastering Microsoft Word and will attempt to certify students taking Information Technology. This guy was able to pass both his Microsoft Word and Microsoft Word Expert tests this week.


Our 8th graders are learning how to write code and fix errors in order to insert and format pictures for websites. This IT Fundamentals class meets the new legislative requirements for computer science. Great work Mr. Gaswick and students!



Next week on Wednesday, October 18th all juniors (and any seniors who wish to do so) will take the ACT exam at school during periods 1-5. The test will be administered online, so students should bring their charged computers and may bring a calculator and a snack if they wish.


5th grade trying to figure out mystery songs reading tabs on the ukulele





Every day our Grades 7-12 students can grab a "2nd chance breakfast" between periods 1 and 2 using their school lunch account. This ensures that they are well fueled and ready to learn. Each day around 70 students take advantage of the meal!
