Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools

Thank you to DC West for including our seniors and staff members in your staff appreciation night. Congratulations to our staff members who were chosen for being impactful individuals for our seniors!

Our Hallway Champions for the month of January 🏆

Congratulations to the following Syracuse Elementary classes for winning this month!

Mrs. Werner's 3rd Grade
Mr. Meints' 3rd Grade
Mrs. Francis' 2nd Grade
Mrs. Farley's 1st Grade

These classes showed us all how to be safe, respectful, and responsible in the hallway! Great work!

And the winner of the refund for the 2026 High School Yearbook is... Joseph Clark! Thank you all for purchasing the yearbook. We look forward to sharing the finished book in the fall.

Huge thank you to our amazing PTO for providing four new convertible benches at the elementary school! Students are so excited and can’t wait for opportunities to use them for outdoor learning and work time!

Due to scheduling conflicts the 1999 State Runner-Up VB team will be inducted in to the HOF 2/13/26 and Maryann (Ziegler) Skrabal will be inducted 2/20/26.

Junior High Girls Basketball vs Louisville

Next week Smencils fundraiser at the middle school!

🚀 January Remarkable Rockets! 🚀
We’re celebrating students who went above and beyond showing Safe, Respectful, and Responsible behavior! 🌟 They earned brag tags, positive calls home, and a spot on our Wall of Fame! 💚

Junior High Girls Basketball vs Malcolm

High School Boys Basketball @ DC West

High School Girls Basketball @ DC West

Congratulations Hunter Jazbec on an amazing weekend and band performance at the UNL Winter Festival of Winds.

SDA and WW JAG students toured Tarkio Tech Institute to see trade programs firsthand. TTI is an affordable option for students wanting to get the skills they need (no core classes) within a year program and then get into the working world with high demand, high paying jobs.

Syracuse Rockets speech team came back with some hardware! Varsity Division Alex Thompson - 2nd place Serious pros Lily Liscomb- 5th place Poetry Samantha Cordray -7th place Entertainment Anya Boerner - 8th place POI Novice Division Tyleigh Miller - 1st place Persuasive June Mead - 2nd place POI

JAG Super Bowl Food Drive (Items will be collected Feb 5 at home basketball game) Please help our local friends in need to have a full belly and the items they need to stay warm and healthy.

The Syracuse/Weeping Water girls had a great day at Norfolk Catholic. Congrats to Libbey Heiser for breaking the Weeping Water school record for most reversals! She and Teara Marrs earned 3rd place today. Capri Hansen took 2nd place and Aubree Fulton (Weeping Water) took 4th.

Rocket wrestling earned a team runner-up finish at the Raymond Central Invite. Individual medalists: Caden Caudill 1st, Graysen Walters 4th, Brock Goebel 1st, Ethan Searcey 5th, Maddox Stubbendick 2nd, Tristan Sisco 4th, Kaden Knake 1st, Brayden Campbell 3rd, Conner Gates 5th, Hunter Holle 1st Most Outstanding Wrestler Award voted by all tournament coaches: Brock Goebel

SDA JAG students job shadowed at Merz Ink to learn about graphic design, how to wrap vehicles, attention to detail, customer service skills, and how to effectively partner with other community businesses. And a highlight was students were able to screen print their own t-shirt.

SDA JAG students participated in a Regional College Visit to UNO. They learned about 4-year programs, cost & scholarships, and completed a campus tour experiencing suite style campus living, the creative production lab, the iconic bell tower, wellness areas, and much more.