
Elementary HAL students learning chess.


The first semester of school is winding down and students in grades 7-12 will be taking finals next week. The finals schedule is attached.


PHS Close Up is selling Santa Bags. Order a treat for your favorite PPS student! Forms are in the office, from Mrs. Miller, or came home in the Thursday folder. Money and orders due 12/18 for 12/21 delivery!

PHS Close Up is selling Santa Bags. Order a treat for your favorite PPS student! Forms are in the office, from Mrs. Miller, or came home in the Thursday folder. Money and orders due 12/18 for 12/21 delivery!

Tonight's home basketball game vs Allen is a Boys-only game. with JV starting at 6:00PM followed by Varsity.

Can you think outside the box? The kindergarteners can! (This is NOT a snowman)


Pender wrestlers finish 10th as a team with 4 Pendragons bring home medals. Kaiden Mrsny 1st, Layne Sturek 4th, Chase Hofmeister 4th, and Zachery Randall 6th.

This Sunday, December 16th, Pender Public School's Music Boosters present: The Sounds of the Season. Come and listen to the student's perform their holiday songs to help you get in the Christmas spirit. Limited tickets available at the district office.

Congratulations to Zoey Lehmkuhl on receiving Class D-1 Volleyball All State Honorable Mention in the Omaha World Herald!!!

We're breaking out the DRAGON'S DEN tonight! The south east corner of the gym will be reserved for our students (look for the sign). We are asking that if students are in the building for a basketball game that they be 1 - in the gym with parents, 2 - in the GBB Pendragon Zone (behind the bench, learning the game, supporting the team), or 3 - in the Dragon's Den with their friends cheering on the Pendragons! This means they should not be in the old gym, wrestling room, Ag wing, high school building or running the halls. If parents allow their children to go outside (on to the playground), that is fine, but students need to exit and reenter through door 1. We are planning special theme nights for our students as well as other fun activities. Thank you for your help in keeping our students safe during home events! Go Big Red!!


Don't miss out on Pender's Sounds of the Season Sunday, December 16th. Only limited amount of tickets remain. Get yours today at the school office.

If you can’t make it to the elementary concert tonight, it will be streamed online at www.striv.tv/Pender. Coverage starts at 6:00 with the preschool coverage.

Are you concerned about the overall health of your family? Are there obstacles for parents in obtaining needed health care? Is providing a healthy meal for your family a problem?
PPS, along with the Northeast Nebraska Health Department, Pender Community Hospital and Providence Medical Center, are working together to help make communities in Thurston, Wayne, Dixon and Cedar Counties healthier. We are looking for parents of Preschool and Elementary students to take park in an approximately 90-minute focus group conversation regarding an array of health care topics pertinent to this population.
The focus group will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 6:30 pm. Location is yet to be determined based on the number of participants. Participants will receive a $15 Subway card for their time.
Please RSVP to Leslie Timm by calling the school office or emailing Letimm1@penderschools.org. Please RSVP by this Friday.

The elementary music concert is Tuesday, December 4th with the preschool concert starting at 6 pm followed by the K-6 concert at 6:30 pm. Hope to see everyone there!!

Throwback Girls Basketball 1982


Throwback One Acts 2002


Congrats to Sam Mailloux on becoming the schools all-time leader for blocked shots in a career. Great work!

Due to the late start on Monday, December 3, there will be NO morning preschool. There will, however, be afternoon preschool.

Due to the road conditions, Pender Public Schools will begin at 10 am on Monday, December 3.