PENDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PPS is looking for a HS Social Studies Teacher for the 2026-27 school year. Please see the ad linked below for more details.

https://www.nebraskaeducationjobs.ne.gov/jobs/pender-public-schools/secondary-social-studies-teacher-8/

It is a Great Day to be a Pendragon!

Good luck to the TC Thunder bowlers today @ Howells-Dodge! This is a varsity event beginning at 5:30pm in Dodge.

Good Luck to the JV/Var G/BBB teams tonight vs Wisner-Pilger! Due to low numbers, Wisner can only play 2qs of each JV game. Schedule is: 4:30-JV girls 2qs New Gym, Then 2qs JV boys in the New Gym, followed by Varsity girls, then varsity boys. KTCH will broadcast the game!

Pender FFA's State Marketing Plan Team is gathering some information regarding a recent visit to a floral shop! If you have a moment, please complete the following the survey: https://forms.gle/bqYzYtGHDowSjeoh7

The wind luckily didn't blow us away today!! Miss Jetensky's first graders had a fun time with some of the Prairie Breeze residents this afternoon!❄️ We colored, solved puzzles, played Spot It and 99 Snowflakes, and read books. We are so grateful we get to see our PB friends.

The NSAA made an error when announcing Bowling Districts. Boys-still on Jan 29th @ Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln. Time-TBD Girls-still on Feb 2nd BUT location is now Wildcat Lanes in Wayne, America. Sorry for any confusion!

Boys bowling districts have been released: Thursday, Jan 29th at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln. Girls bowling districts will be on Monday, Feb 2nd at Mockingbird Lanes in Omaha. Start times will be released soon and will be posted once we know.

The boys wrestling tournament on Friday, Jan 23rd in David City has been pushed back to a 10:00am start due to forecasted cold weather.

Girls Wrestling shirts are on sale for district wrestling! Any state qualifiers will be added after district wrestling on Feb 6-7 in Plainview. Store closes Feb 1st @ 11:50pm! https://stores.inksoft.com/nen_vipers_2026/shop/home

Pender JH Wrestling Indiv. Results:
Blake S. 1st
Kyler R. 3rd
Jaxin H. 2nd
Zach R. 1st
Cole R. 4th
Jace N. 2nd
Christopher D. 4th
Kyson W. 3rd
Dyllon L. 4th
Kolin S. 2nd
Ryker H. 1st
Beau T. 1st
Harry V. 4th
Hunter T. 1st
Weston W. 2nd
Kaden S. 3rd
Isaiah F. 2nd
Great Job Gentlemen!!!

Mrs. Meister's Animal Science class had some different dissections first semester thanks to ASC Lockers and Oakland Processing Plant! The rest of the ag classes took the opportunity to check out the dissections as well!

Boys basketball C Team splits tonight. Dropping their game against NBC and defeating Wakefield.

Pender JH wrestlers finished 2nd at the Wisner-Pilger tournament! Individual results will be posted later.

I am in need of 5 small exercise trampolines to borrow for musical if anyone has some for us to use that would be awesome please email Mrs. Kolbeck! brkolbe1@penderschools.org

It’s that time of year again! When calling the office to report your student absent due to illness, please be sure to share all symptoms they are experiencing. This information is required for state reporting. Your child’s name will NOT be included in these reports.

Good luck to the boys C team basketball team tonight in their triangular with Wakefield and North Bend Central. Pender plays North Bend Central at 6 PM., Wakefield vs NBC , then Pender vs Wakefield.

Good luck to the JH wrestling team today at Wisner-Pilger! Wrestling begins at 5:00pm.

Good luck to the Girls wrestling team today at Battle Creek. Wrestling begins at 10:30 am!

The Elementary eNews is available at the following link: bit.ly/ElementaryeNews.
Hope you had a great weekend, Pendragons!

Pender boys basketball improves to 12-3 with a win over Clarkson Leigh 61-18. JV also gets the win today.