Ms. Koch's 8th grade English class took advantage of today's nice weather and completed their book dates outside!
Viking Nation it is that time again! The sun is shining and the snow is (fingers crossed) gone for good! Time for our Viking Golf team to dust off the Golf bags and hit the course! Anyone interested in showing their Viking golf spirit, please see the attached apparel site for all your Viking Golf needs!
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💰⭐ Stellar Teller Day in Lincoln! ⭐💰
Our 6th grade student tellers had an unforgettable day celebrating their hard work through our in-school savings program with Commercial State Bank!
Students had the incredible opportunity to meet Governor Jim Pillen, who officially proclaimed April as Financial Literacy Month in Nebraska—what an honor to be part of such a meaningful moment! They also met Senator Dekay!
They also explored the Nebraska History Museum, participated in a fun and interactive scavenger hunt, and were recognized for their achievements during Stellar Teller Days.
👏 A special congratulations to Ari Hoesing, who received the Wausa Stellar Teller Award for exceptional customer service!
To top it all off, Commercial State Bank surprised our students with a behind-the-scenes tour of Memorial Stadium—an experience they won’t forget!
We are so proud of our students for building strong financial skills and representing Wausa so well! 💜💛
#StellarTellers #FinancialLiteracy #VikingPride #FutureLeaders
Congratulations and Good Luck to our Viking All-State Band members! They will be performing Saturday, at 5:00p.m. in Kearney! Following are the members attending and the ensembles they were selected for:
Symphonic Band: Alijah N, Hallie K & Kendra K.
Wind Ensemble - Braydon H
Jazz Band - Rogan H
Way to Go Vikings!
Symphonic Band: Alijah N, Hallie K & Kendra K.
Wind Ensemble - Braydon H
Jazz Band - Rogan H
Way to Go Vikings!
Bring your littles (preK and under) to the FBLA's Easter egg hunt at the park on March 31st at 4:00pm! We will have three separate egg hunts due to age differences! See you there!
Viking Nation lets here some noise for your 2026 District D1-3 Champions!!!! The Wausa Speech team dominated with a total of 308 points and 17 events medaling and 15 events total heading to the state championship in Kearney! We are so proud of you!! Individual events are as follows (*denotes state attendees)
OID
Morticians (Luke, Rogan, Brady, Jaxson, Emmie) - 1st*
Monster (Ainsley, Alijah, Kenley, Molly, Kendra) - 2nd*
DUET
Braydon/Rogan - 1st*
Brady/Jaxson - 3rd*
ENTERTAINMENT
Rogan - 1st*
Luke - 2nd*
POI
Braydon 1st*
Molly - 2nd*
PERSUADE
Luke - 1st*
Noel - 2nd*
POETRY
Noel - 3rd*
Hailey - 5th
HUMOROUS
Braydon - 1st*
Emmie - 4th
SERIOUS
Alijah - 1st*
INFORM
Ainsley - 1st*
Isabelle - 2nd*
Raise the roof Viking Nation, every event is headed to finals!!! Way to go Viking Speech!!
Final Round of Wausa Viking Senior Spotlight! #futurevikingalumni
District Speech is here! Come on out Monday to support your Wausa Vikings at Wayne as they work to send as many competitors down to defend their State title!!
🐣 Future Farmers & Scientists in the Making! 🐣
Our 4th grade and preschool students are diving into the fascinating world of embryology! The Knox County Extension visited Wausa Elementary to teach students all about the life cycle of a chicken and how chicks develop inside the egg.
The presentation kicked off a hands-on learning experience as students set up incubated eggs in the classroom. Over the next 20 some days, students will carefully observe the eggs and learn about the stages of development while they wait for their fluffy new arrivals to hatch!
Stay tuned as our students become chick-watchers and scientists, documenting the journey from egg to chick. We can’t wait to celebrate when the hatchlings arrive! 🐥📚
#WausaVikings #HandsOnLearning #FutureScientists #EmbryologyInAction
Our 4th grade and preschool students are diving into the fascinating world of embryology! The Knox County Extension visited Wausa Elementary to teach students all about the life cycle of a chicken and how chicks develop inside the egg.
The presentation kicked off a hands-on learning experience as students set up incubated eggs in the classroom. Over the next 20 some days, students will carefully observe the eggs and learn about the stages of development while they wait for their fluffy new arrivals to hatch!
Stay tuned as our students become chick-watchers and scientists, documenting the journey from egg to chick. We can’t wait to celebrate when the hatchlings arrive! 🐥📚
#WausaVikings #HandsOnLearning #FutureScientists #EmbryologyInAction
Round Three Wausa Viking Senior Spotlight! #futurevikingalumni
Congrats to your Lewis and Clark Conference CHAMPIONS!!! Way to go VIKINGS!!! We are proud of you!!!
Results:
OID
Morticians (Luke, Rogan, Brady, Jaxson, Emmie)- Champs 1st
Monsters (Ainsley, Alijah, Kenley, Molly, Kendra)- Honors 1st
DUET
Braydon/Rogan Champs 2nd
Brady/Jaxson Honors 1st
POI
Braydon - Champs 1st
Molly Champs 3rd
HUMOROUS
Braydon - Champs 1st
Emmie - Champs 5th
SERIOUS
Alijah - Champs 3rd
ENTERTAINMENT
Luke - Champs 1st
Rogan - Champs 2nd
INFORMATIVE
Ainsley - Champs 1st
Isabelle - Champs 5th
PERSUADE
Luke - 4th
Noel - 6th
POETRY
Noel - Champs 1st
Hailey - Champs 5th
📚🌎 Read Across America – Mission Accomplished! 🚢📖
Read Across America wrapped up last Friday, and our PK–5 students had a big goal: read 14,000 minutes, which would equal reading across America from the West Coast to the East Coast.
Well… our Vikings didn’t just meet the goal — they crushed it! 💥
Our students read an incredible 19,725 minutes! That means we didn’t just read across America… we traveled about 70% of the way around the world through reading! 🌍
According to our calculations (and a little help from ChatGPT 😉), if we started on the West Coast and traveled east, our reading journey would have taken us all the way to Micronesia — near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean! 🌊
📖 Way to go, readers! Your dedication, teamwork, and love of books helped us go farther than ever before. We are so proud of our Viking readers!
Enjoy some more pictures from last week!
#ReadAcrossAmerica #VikingReaders #ReadingTakesYouPlaces #WausaVikings 📚✨
Read Across America wrapped up last Friday, and our PK–5 students had a big goal: read 14,000 minutes, which would equal reading across America from the West Coast to the East Coast.
Well… our Vikings didn’t just meet the goal — they crushed it! 💥
Our students read an incredible 19,725 minutes! That means we didn’t just read across America… we traveled about 70% of the way around the world through reading! 🌍
According to our calculations (and a little help from ChatGPT 😉), if we started on the West Coast and traveled east, our reading journey would have taken us all the way to Micronesia — near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean! 🌊
📖 Way to go, readers! Your dedication, teamwork, and love of books helped us go farther than ever before. We are so proud of our Viking readers!
Enjoy some more pictures from last week!
#ReadAcrossAmerica #VikingReaders #ReadingTakesYouPlaces #WausaVikings 📚✨
🌟 Preschool Enrollment Night – You’re Invited! 🌟
Parents and families of new preschool students for the 2026-2027 school year are warmly invited to join us for our Preschool Enrollment Night on March 30th at 6:00 PM in the School Library.
Come learn about our high-quality program, meet the teacher, and discover the engaging learning experiences we provide for our youngest learners. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, explore what preschool looks like at our school, and complete enrollment for the upcoming year.
Whether you are ready to enroll or simply interested in learning more, we welcome you to attend!
📅 March 30
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Wausa School Library
We look forward to meeting your family and helping your child start their learning journey with us!
Parents and families of new preschool students for the 2026-2027 school year are warmly invited to join us for our Preschool Enrollment Night on March 30th at 6:00 PM in the School Library.
Come learn about our high-quality program, meet the teacher, and discover the engaging learning experiences we provide for our youngest learners. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, explore what preschool looks like at our school, and complete enrollment for the upcoming year.
Whether you are ready to enroll or simply interested in learning more, we welcome you to attend!
📅 March 30
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Wausa School Library
We look forward to meeting your family and helping your child start their learning journey with us!
🧵✨ Hands-On Learning in Action! ✨🧵
Our 8th graders are getting creative in Mrs. Hoesing’s Sampling Class as they learn the art of quilting! Students are exploring real-world, hands-on skills while designing and sewing their own quilts.
Projects like this help students build patience, creativity, and problem-solving skills—and the best part? Several students told us this might be one of their favorite classes of the year!
Great work, Mrs. Hoesing and 8th grade! We can’t wait to see the finished quilts. 🪡🧶🧡
Our 8th graders are getting creative in Mrs. Hoesing’s Sampling Class as they learn the art of quilting! Students are exploring real-world, hands-on skills while designing and sewing their own quilts.
Projects like this help students build patience, creativity, and problem-solving skills—and the best part? Several students told us this might be one of their favorite classes of the year!
Great work, Mrs. Hoesing and 8th grade! We can’t wait to see the finished quilts. 🪡🧶🧡
Wausa Viking Speech had a STELLAR day at the Wayne State College/Wayne High Speech meet! Competing against competition from across the state, across all classes, with over 400 competitors, your small but mighty VIKES came out with a 4th Place Team finish!! Individual event places as follows:
OID
Morticians- 6th
Monster - 11th
DUET
Braydon/Rogan - 2nd
Brady/Jaxson - 6th
HUMOROUS
Braydon - 2nd
Emmie - 17th
SERIOUS
Alijah - 10th
POI
Braydon - 3rd
Molly - 18th
ENTERTAINMENT
Rogan - 3rd
Luke - 12th
Way to go VIKES
📚⚓ Wausa Elementary Sets Sail with Reading! ⚓📚
Our elementary students crushed their Read Across America Week goal by reading over 12,000 minutes! We are so proud of the dedication our students showed all week long.
A special shoutout to our Preschool readers, who had a goal of 1,200 minutes and soared past it by reading over 1,400 minutes! Way to go, little Vikings! 👏
Because our students met their goal, we are now boarding the Viking Voyager and setting sail around the world through reading! As students continue to read, we’ll track how far our Viking ship can travel on our journey across the globe. 🌎📖
Today was also Reading Buddies Day, and it was incredible to see our older students model reading to our younger students. The leadership, encouragement, and excitement for books filled the room! Moments like these show that our students aren’t just readers—they’re reading leaders. ❤️
Keep reading, Vikings… let’s see how far around the world our books can take us! 📚⚓
Our elementary students crushed their Read Across America Week goal by reading over 12,000 minutes! We are so proud of the dedication our students showed all week long.
A special shoutout to our Preschool readers, who had a goal of 1,200 minutes and soared past it by reading over 1,400 minutes! Way to go, little Vikings! 👏
Because our students met their goal, we are now boarding the Viking Voyager and setting sail around the world through reading! As students continue to read, we’ll track how far our Viking ship can travel on our journey across the globe. 🌎📖
Today was also Reading Buddies Day, and it was incredible to see our older students model reading to our younger students. The leadership, encouragement, and excitement for books filled the room! Moments like these show that our students aren’t just readers—they’re reading leaders. ❤️
Keep reading, Vikings… let’s see how far around the world our books can take us! 📚⚓
📚✨ Read Across America Week is underway at Wausa Elementary! ✨📚
On Monday, our teachers kicked off the week by sharing one of their favorite books with their classes and introducing each class’s reading goal for the week. Students even received a copy of their teacher’s favorite book to create a special reading memory and help foster a lifelong love of reading. ❤️📖
THANK YOU to the Parent Council for donating a portion of these books and to the parents and community members who support us through our Scholastic Book Fair.
Here are the books our students are enjoying this week:
📗 Preschool – Mrs. Pfanstiel: The Monster at the End of This Book (PK Pictured: More pictures coming this week!)
📗 Kindergarten – Mrs. Fink: Ira Sleeps Over
📗 1st Grade – Mrs. Moes: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
📗 2nd Grade – Mrs. Anderson: A Bad Case of the Stripes
📗 3rd Grade – Mrs. Miller: Because of Winn-Dixie
📗 4th Grade – Mrs. Bloomquist: Fourth Grade Rats
📗 5th Grade – Mrs. Frevert: Tuck Everlasting (Not Picture - yet!)
📗 6th Grade – Mrs. Schindler: A Wrinkle in Time (Not Picture - yet!)
There’s nothing better than watching students connect with books their teachers loved growing up. ❤️
📖 Let’s keep reading! Our school goal this week is 12,000 minutes of reading — and our Vikings are off to a great start!
#ReadAcrossAmerica #WausaVikings #ReadingLeaders #ReadingLegends 📚
On Monday, our teachers kicked off the week by sharing one of their favorite books with their classes and introducing each class’s reading goal for the week. Students even received a copy of their teacher’s favorite book to create a special reading memory and help foster a lifelong love of reading. ❤️📖
THANK YOU to the Parent Council for donating a portion of these books and to the parents and community members who support us through our Scholastic Book Fair.
Here are the books our students are enjoying this week:
📗 Preschool – Mrs. Pfanstiel: The Monster at the End of This Book (PK Pictured: More pictures coming this week!)
📗 Kindergarten – Mrs. Fink: Ira Sleeps Over
📗 1st Grade – Mrs. Moes: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
📗 2nd Grade – Mrs. Anderson: A Bad Case of the Stripes
📗 3rd Grade – Mrs. Miller: Because of Winn-Dixie
📗 4th Grade – Mrs. Bloomquist: Fourth Grade Rats
📗 5th Grade – Mrs. Frevert: Tuck Everlasting (Not Picture - yet!)
📗 6th Grade – Mrs. Schindler: A Wrinkle in Time (Not Picture - yet!)
There’s nothing better than watching students connect with books their teachers loved growing up. ❤️
📖 Let’s keep reading! Our school goal this week is 12,000 minutes of reading — and our Vikings are off to a great start!
#ReadAcrossAmerica #WausaVikings #ReadingLeaders #ReadingLegends 📚
📚✨ Look at the excitement in this room! ✨📚
It’s Read Across America Week, and our PK4–5th grade students wrapped up the day with a schoolwide Blooket challenge centered around some of our favorite books! The room was full of energy as students accepted challenges, tested their knowledge, and earned prizes.
A huge shoutout to our 4th and 5th graders for stepping up and helping our PK4 and Kindergarten students read the questions. That’s what being a reading leader is all about! 👏 A preschooler said it best, because of you fifth grade "that was one of the best days ever!"
Mrs. Heimes is SO proud of our students! You’re not just reading leaders… you’re reading legends! 🏆📖
🚨 Tomorrow is STOP, DROP, and READ Day!
Let’s keep turning pages and work together to reach our goal of 12,000 minutes of reading this week! 📚
It’s Read Across America Week, and our PK4–5th grade students wrapped up the day with a schoolwide Blooket challenge centered around some of our favorite books! The room was full of energy as students accepted challenges, tested their knowledge, and earned prizes.
A huge shoutout to our 4th and 5th graders for stepping up and helping our PK4 and Kindergarten students read the questions. That’s what being a reading leader is all about! 👏 A preschooler said it best, because of you fifth grade "that was one of the best days ever!"
Mrs. Heimes is SO proud of our students! You’re not just reading leaders… you’re reading legends! 🏆📖
🚨 Tomorrow is STOP, DROP, and READ Day!
Let’s keep turning pages and work together to reach our goal of 12,000 minutes of reading this week! 📚
🎉 3️⃣ It’s 3/3… You Know What That Means?! 🎉
It’s 3rd Grade Day!
That’s right — March 3rd (3/3) is the PERFECT day to celebrate our amazing 3rd graders!
Mrs. Miller has a super fun day planned filled with learning, laughter, and all things THIRD GRADE! 📚✨
Have the BEST day celebrating everything that makes being a 3rd grader so special! We can’t wait to see all the fun! 💙
#WausaProud
It’s 3rd Grade Day!
That’s right — March 3rd (3/3) is the PERFECT day to celebrate our amazing 3rd graders!
Mrs. Miller has a super fun day planned filled with learning, laughter, and all things THIRD GRADE! 📚✨
Have the BEST day celebrating everything that makes being a 3rd grader so special! We can’t wait to see all the fun! 💙
#WausaProud
