From March 25-27, the blue corduroy jackets stormed the Lincoln, Nebraska, Haymarket. The Heartland FFA Chapter took 40 members over those three days for sessions, workshops, and competitions. On Wednesday night, 12 Heartland seniors received their FFA State Degree. The recipients are as follows: Lexi Inglsbee, Faith Hiebner, Landon Mierau, Lane Farrall, Mary Dente, Grace Splinter, Riley Quiring, Weston Panko, Kaleb Ostrander, Andrew . . .
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The Heartland Quiz Bowl Team traveled to Seward on Wednesday, April 1, to compete in the History/Geography tournament. The morning started like an April Fool's Day joke with the organizer informing us that we were scheduled to have two teams, but we only brought six students.
The team members played rock-paper-scissors and divided into two teams to compete in the round-robin matches scheduled for the morning.The . . .
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The Heartland Quiz Bowl Team traveled to Clay Center to attend the SNC Quiz Bowl competition hosted by Sandy Creek. The afternoon started with one practice round for each team to review the rules and allow the workers to work out the kinks followed by a double-elimination tournament.
The B team faced the A team from Wilber-Clatonia in their practice round and lost a close match. Unfortunately, their . . .
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This year, the Heartland FFA is combining its auction and awards ceremony into one event.
Meal & Auction from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in cafeteria
$10 hamburger meal
Auction items will be around the perimeter of the cafeteria
Awards Recognition from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in theater
Awards presented to students and new officers announced
Auction winners will be announced following the awards ceremony. . . .
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On Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 18th the district facilitated an external visitation as a part of our continuous school improvement process. These external visitations are a required part of our accreditation process and they typically occur every 5 years.
Our external team consisted of Erin Sieh (elementary principal, Freeman Public Schools), Dani Beerbohm (director of learning, . . .
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Two Heartland robotics teams competed in the Nebraska First Lego League Competitions on March 20 and 21. According to the website, “The Nebraska FIRST LEGO League Challenge, coordinated by Nebraska 4-H , is designed for students in grades 4–8, typically ages 9–14 . This program involves teams building and programming LEGO-based . . .
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Two junior high teams competed at the ESU 6 Quiz Bowl Tournament at the Seward Civic Center on Wednesday, March 4.
Both teams went 3-0 in their morning pool play games.
In the afternoon tournament, the team of Jack Bearinger, Tori Thieszen, Avery Hiebner, David Jahnke, and Taylor Schmidt lost in sudden death to Dorchester.
The team of Micah Haidle, Ryker Stebbing, Jada Quiring, Violet Goertzen, and Cole Eberle made it all . . .
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Heartland student Tynslee Ogorzolka was a top 10 finalist in the 2026 American Mother's Fifth Grade Essay Contest, "What My Mother Means to Me."
She received the award on Friday, February 27, at the Nebraska State Capitol.
Receiving the award with Tynslee were her grandma, great-grandma, and a family friend.
Fifth grade teacher . . .
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Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on the evenings of March 9 and 10 from 4:30-8:30 p.m.
Parents of all PK-12 students are able to schedule conferences from 4:30-8:30 p.m. both evenings. PK-12th grade conferences are scheduled online and conducted in person. All conferences will be for a maximum of 15 minutes.
Kindergarten parents (Regier/Peters) will sign up for conferences with Mrs. Anne Regier. Fifth grade parents . . .
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The H&H Bearcat Cheerleaders took the competition floor on Friday, February 20, at 3:43 p.m. for the 2026 Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Championships. The Bearcats competed in the Game Day Event which judges on Game Day material, the ability to effectively lead and engage the crowd, proper skill incorporations, performance, motions, dance, and overall routine. Three points separated teams placing 2-7.
The Bearcat . . .
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