PENDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Have a great week, Pendragons!

The HS track meet scheduled for Friday in Tekamah has been moved to Wednesday, March 25th. Pender will NOT be attending due to State FFA and it being a relay meet.

The Pender Junior Class invites you to the Run for the Roses Grand March on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, at 6:00 PM. We hope to see you all there!

Coming Soon!! Sign up today as there are limited seats available!

Just a reminder musical tonight 5-8pm (elementary will be done at 7:30)! It is a full run of the whole show! If you can't attend please email brkolbe1@penderschools.org or text 402-780-4122!

The Pender Pendragon speech team competed at districts yesterday, ending with a 4th place finish (just one point shy of 3rd place). Students placing in the Top 3 will compete at State Speech in Kearney next Friday!

Medalists are as follows:

Farris Swinton- Entertainment DISTRICT CHAMPION*

Chloe Lortz- 2nd in Extemp*

Peyton Conroy- 3rd in Extemp *

Kylie Roeber- 4th in Informative

Sadie Ferris- 4th in Serious Prose

Joy Trimble- 4th in POI

Amaryn Bodlak- 6th in Persuasive

Good luck to the Thunder baseball team today as they host Central City. Varsity game begins at 1 PM with JV to follow. Game is in Pender

Good luck to the speech team today at districts in Wisner!

Final updates from Wayne State: Girls 4x8 - Hadley W, Kylie R, Myra H, Megan B 2nd 3200 - Megan B 7th 200 - Samantha K 3rd, River B 7th 4x4 - River B, Mayci D, Allie R, Samantha K 7th Boys Triple Jump - Nash M 1st, Houstin H 6th 200 - Reece H 5th, Houstin H 8th

Updates from the track season opener at Wayne State: Girls Shot Put - Ryann V 8th Long Jump - Allie R 4th Triple Jump - Allie R 3rd, Joy T 4th High Jump - Kaylee S 6th 100 - Samantha K 5th, Mayci D 6th 1600 - Megan B 5th 400 - River B 6th Boys Long Jump - Nash M 2nd 100 - Reece H 4th, Nash M 8th 1600 - Braiden A - 1st 400 - Houstin H - 5th 800 - Braiden A 3rd

The Jr. High track team benefited from listening to Pender alum, Brody Krusemark give them some tips for using the blocks. Brody was a master out of the blocks as he holds the school record for 100M, 200M, and is a 4x State Medalist including a gold medal in the 100 M in 2023. We appreciate Brody's expertise and the time he spent with us!

Thunder Varsity win 10-2 over SSC Linkous drives in 3 Zander drives in 2 Tayt goes 2-2 Thunder JV tie 3-3 in a time limit game

Congratulations to Adam Cadwallader who took home Best of Show, and Kaylee Schroeder for receiving Best of Show Honorable Mention today at The Big Show Art show in Wakefield in which 20 schools were represented!!!

Staying home to watch March Madenss? Follow the Thunder on GameChanger http://web.gc.com/teams/dvXWdlHNhOBV/live?pid=Copy&c=team_share_link_hero_ui_control

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Good luck to the TC Thunder baseball team today as they open their season @ South Sioux City! Varsity begins at 4:30, limited JV to follow. Games are at Klasey Park in South Sioux City.

The Pender Pendragons girls basketball championship apparel store is officially open. The store is open until March 31 at 10 am. Get your gear before the store closes!

It's a Great Day to be a Pendragon!

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A great display of instrumental and vocal talent tonight at the Secondary Concert!

REMINDER! The CharterWest Pendragon Branch is open tomorrow morning from 7:30 - 8:15 a.m. Please send your child with their weekly deposit. The tellers are a bit behind on their saving goal so every deposit matters. Help them make up for missed Wednesdays!