Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools

NHD Districts at Peru was a success! Congrats to these students and teams who have qualified for State! Makenzie Stewart, Madison Oelke, and Cora Hansen- Group Exhibit- "The Nail That Split the Church"- 3rd Place Gage Seelhoff- Individual Exhibit- "Harlem Globetrotters"- 3rd Place Starlit Ledyard- individual Paper- "The Righteous Riots of the Stonewall Inn"- 1st Place *Special Award- Michelle Brody Award* Callen Gates- Individual Paper- "The Vietnam War"- 2nd Place Eva Kuhn and Danika Eylar-Group Documentary- "When Hands Were Silenced- The story of Milan 1880"- 1st Place *Special Award- Nebraska City Museum Association Award Harper Meyer and Lilliana Houghton- Group Website- "Nebraska Compulsory Education Laws"- 1st Place Max Wieneke, Spencer Werner, Charlie Simon- Group Website- "Driving into the Future: Vehicles of the German Industrial Revolution"- 2nd Place Avery Dilley-Individual Performance- "Susan B Anthony: A Women's Revolutionary who Questioned the Rights to Vote"- 1st Place *Special Award- Sara B Crook Award*

The Rockets speech team competed at districts today! Placing 3rd over all as a team. Congratulations team on an amazing season! Here are our medalists! Entertainment -Sam Cordray 5th - Lily Liscomb 6th OID (team event) - Tyleigh Miller, Caleb Bush, Malachi Mead, Lily Liscomb- 5th place Humorous Pros - Tyleigh Miller- 5th Serious Pros Alex Thompson - 5th POI - Anya Boerner-6th - June Mead 3rd- 7th

JAG students learned from SCC Apprenticeship experts what a registered apprenticeship is and how students benefit from financial gain, the many career areas apprenticeships are offered in, and how they can effectively be used as steppingstones to a university.

The Junior Class is excited to announce Prom 2026 is Saturday, March 28! Doors will open at 6:45 and the Grand March will begin at 7:15. *A reminder that if a student leaves the dance, they are not permitted re-entry.

March is Music In Our Schools Month!
4th-12th grade students involved in music had the opportunity to share their thoughts on what music is to them.

Upcoming Events in Music:
March 23 - JH/HS Gallery Night (Performing and Fine Arts and Skills)
March 27 - JH Band Contest in Platteview
March 30 - K-6 Music Concerts (K-1 @ 6pm, 2-3 @ 6:45pm, 4-6 @ 7:30pm)
March 31 - JH Solo Contest in Platteview
April 1 - HS Band Festival at Bellevue East

JAG students were exclusively invited to the 402nd Military Police (MP) Battalion Open House & Career Fair in Omaha. They interacted with real MPs and participated in station rotations with VR tasering, riot and SWAT gear, vehicles and special ops, night vision, and weapons.

Jersey Day is scheduled for Friday, March 20 at the middle school. Students should wear their favorite jersey or Rocket gear to help score points for their March Madness Reading Challenge teams!

State Winner for Outstanding JAG Chapter (out of 83 schools) and National Qualifier! JAG stands for Jobs for America's Graduates and our combined 66 students (SDA & WW) are doing amazing work in service-learning projects while building character development and leadership skills.

The Junior High and High School choirs put on a great show at their Pops Concert this evening. Thank you, Ms. Chavanu and the music department!

The students tried really hard to catch the Leprechaun in the school today, but they were unsuccessful! 🍀

District Speech Meet @ Auburn

Syracuse JH WrestlingTournament 3/16/26

Treyson Goebel-3rd
Levi Woods- 1st
Easton Cooper-1st
Dylan Woods-1st
Gabe Johnson-1st
Danika Eylar-4th
Adalynn Jones-3rd
Grady Armagost-1st
Tayt McKenzie-1st
Ryker Swaink-4th
Drake Walters-2nd
Dalton Gartner-3rd
Will Lessmann-1st
Allison Holle-3rd
Charlie Simon-4th
Eva Kuhn-4th
Callen Gates-3rd
Abe Fass-2nd
Brayden DeMello-3rd
Lincoln Stoner-4th
Lincoln Bassinger-1st

2026 High School POPS Concert in High School Gym

Nebraska Capitol Conference Quiz Bowl Tournament @ Arlington

The junior high track & field meeting will be on Tuesday, March 17 at 12:31 during junior high study hall in the high school gym. If you cannot attend, for the boys, please email Coach Wiebusch at gwiebusch@sdarockets.org, and for the girls, please email Coach Pryor at apryor@sdarockets.org. The first practice will be Monday, March 23 after school.

The junior high track & field meeting will be on Tuesday, March 17 at 12:31 during junior high study hall in the high school gym. If you cannot attend, for the boys, please email Coach Wiebusch at gwiebusch@sdarockets.org, and for the girls, please email Coach Pryor at apryor@sdarockets.org. The first practice will be Monday, March 23 after school.

Junior High Wrestling Invite @ Home

For any Rocket fans looking to attend our home meet tomorrow here is a little information for you! Here is a list of our students and the events they are competing in, along with the schedule for the meet tomorrow. Printed schematics showing which rooms each event will be in and maps will be available at the door of the activities entrance tomorrow. If you have never attended a speech meet before, here is a quick overview of how it works: Students compete in two preliminary rounds, and the results from those rounds determine who advances to finals. Students may compete in more than one event. This means they might present early in one round and then need to leave quickly to get to another event. Be prepared to check if your student in question has presented already and moved on to the next event. General Guidelines Please do not open doors while students are presenting. Wait until you hear applause or until someone opens the door. Please silence or turn off phones, and make sure any alarms are disabled. No flash photography. No talking during rounds once in the round. Please wait to exit the round until the student has finished presenting. Please keep phones put away while students are presenting. Please be respectful and quiet in the hallways so performances are not disrupted. Thank you for supporting our students!

Our elementary students earned 10,000 tickets during Quarter 3 so we SILLY STRINGED Mrs. Gilkey today! HUGE thank you to our PTO for buying us silly string and to Mrs. Gilkey for being a great sport!

Enjoy our before and after photos!

Congratulations to Dayton Graves for signing today to run for Wayne State!