🎉 At Wausa Elementary, we believe ALL of our teachers are exceptional — and today, one of our very own received statewide recognition!

Congratulations to Mrs. Allie Bloomquist, 4th grade teacher at Wausa Elementary, for being named the Great Plains Communications Outstanding Teacher of the Year! This annual award recognizes ONE exceptional educator in Nebraska for dedication to teaching, student impact, and community service.

Mrs. Bloomquist received a $5,000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque honoring her incredible work. We are beyond proud of Mrs. Bloomquist and so grateful to have her as part of our Wausa Elementary family.

Her passion for students, commitment to excellence, and positive impact on our school community truly make her deserving of this honor. 💜💛

Congratulations, Mrs. Bloomquist!
3 days ago, Wausa Public School
Mrs. Heimes nominated Mrs. Bloomquist for the award and is pictured standing by Mrs. Bloomquist with her award.
Great Plains Director and Assistant award Mrs. Bloomquist a $5000 Teacher of the Year Check
Beautiful music, insane choreography and SHARKS! Wausa Elementary music closed out its year with fun had by all! Excellent job kids and teachers! Way to end the year with a BANG!
3 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
Elementary Students of Wausa dancing in the dark!
Wausa Student in shark glasses
Wausa Elementary Students singing
Wausa Preschooler holding her bubble
Smiling preschoolers of Wausa
Wausa Students singing
Wausa Students dancing and singing
Wausa Students dancing and singing
Wausa Students under the tent
Wausa Student singing and fake driving

What a STELLAR day in the Wausa Elementary! End of years awards, and what an amazing group of students and staff! Congrats Students on an AMAZING year!! Thank you to Mrs. Heimes for leading a great staff and a phenomenal group of kids!!

3 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
Wausa 6th Grade Students
Wausa Student receiving reading award
Knox county fair wristband recipients
Bentley C receiving the Ann Kumm Leadership Award
Wausa 5th Grade Stellar Teller of the Year
6th Grade Stellar Teller of the Year
Stellar Tellars of Wausa Elementary
Top scoring Students at Wausa
Great Plains Teacher of the Year Award winner Allie B.
Elementary Principal Heimes and 4th Grade Teacher A. Bloomquist winner of the Great Plains Teacher of the Year!
📚🎡 Congratulations to our PK3 and PK4 students who earned FREE Knox County Fair wristbands by reading 1,000 books this year!

Way to go to:
💜 Meila 👏
💛 Weston 👏
💜 Connor 👏
💛 Nixon 👏
💜 Abby 👏
💛 Juliet 👏
💜 Katrina 👏
💛 Emmaline 👏
💜 Anya 👏
💛 Kaisley 👏💜💛

Certificates will be sent home today with older siblings. Students may stop at the fair office to pick up their FREE wristband during the Knox County Fair in Bloomfield on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, August 13–15.

We are so proud of these young readers and their amazing accomplishment! 📖⭐

THANK YOU to Commercial State Bank for donating the wrist bands for this amazing group of students!!
4 days ago, Wausa Public School
Wausa Boys took 4th place today at the Ponca Invite! Kelly V was 6th and Remmington was 10th!!
4 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
Wausa Golf Team!

The BOGO book fair is open BEFORE and AFTER the concert tonight at Wausa Elementary. DON'T MISS OUT!

5 days ago, Wausa Public School
The BOGO book fair is open BEFORE and AFTER the concert tonight at Wausa Elementary. DON'T MISS OUT!
PreK-6th Grade Concert is tonight!!! We can't wait to share all the great stuff we've been working on!!
5 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
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📚🎉 AMAZING NEWS for our Book Vending Machine! 🎉📚

Thanks to the incredible generosity of Donors Choose, we received a FULLY FUNDED donation of OVER $1,300 in brand new books for our students! ❤️

Our new collection includes favorites like:
📖 Dog Man
📖 The Wild Robot
📖 The Day the Crayons Quit
📖 Charlotte’s Web
📖 The Bad Guys
📖 I Survived series
📖 Who Was? biographies
📖 Social-emotional learning books

We are so excited to continue putting high-interest, engaging books into the hands of our students. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this possible! 📚✨
6 days ago, Wausa Public School
📚🎉 AMAZING NEWS for our Book Vending Machine! 🎉📚 Thanks to the incredible generosity of Donors Choose, we received a FULLY FUNDED donation of OVER $1,500 in brand new books for our students! ❤️ Our new collection includes favorites like: 📖 Dog Man 📖 The Wild Robot 📖 The Day the Crayons Quit 📖 Charlotte’s Web 📖 The Bad Guys 📖 I Survived series 📖 Who Was? biographies 📖 Social-emotional learning books 📖 Diverse and inclusive stories for all readers We are so excited to continue putting high-interest, engaging books into the hands of our students. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this possible! 📚✨

📚🎉 IT’S BOGO WEEK at the SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR! 🎉📚

That’s right — ALL WEEK LONG, most items over $10 are BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE!! 🙌

And don’t forget… FAMILY NIGHT is TOMORROW after school! We will keep the book fair open until 15 minutes before the concert JUST FOR YOU! ❤️

Stop by to:
📖 Shop for great books
💰 Save BIG with BOGO deals
👨‍👩‍👧 Spend time together as a family

ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM!

You do NOT want to miss these HUGE savings and awesome books! See you at the fair! 📚✨

6 days ago, Wausa Public School
📚🎉 IT’S BOGO WEEK at the SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR! 🎉📚 That’s right — ALL WEEK LONG, most items over $10 are BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE!! 🙌 And don’t forget… FAMILY NIGHT is TOMORROW after school! Mrs. Heimes will be hanging out and keeping the book fair open until 15 minutes before the concert JUST FOR YOU! ❤️ Stop by to: 📖 Shop for great books 💰 Save BIG with BOGO deals 👨‍👩‍👧 Spend time together as a family ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM! You do NOT want to miss these HUGE savings and awesome books! See you at the fair! 📚✨
Wausa Golfers had it going today! They took home the team Runner-Up Trophy! Individually Mason was 3rd, Lincoln 13th and Remmington 15th! Congrats boys!!!!
6 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
team
Next week is Scholastic Book Fair week! Share the Fair is the giving program built into the Scholastic Book Fair, empowered by contributions from people like you! These funds support students at our school who need help getting new books. Your contribution helps even more kids take home a book from the Fair—and experience the all-the-feels, read-past-lights-out rush that we call “Bookjoy.” https://shop.scholastic.com/stf/fund?orgUCN=610807255
10 days ago, Wausa Public School
Scholastic Share the Fair Anyone can contribute
Congrats to our track teams on their performances at the Jim Winch Invitational. Boys were 1st, Girls 2nd and new records fo the 4x100 girls relay and Reagan G in the 200!!
10 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
girls team
boys team
Kendra k
Kennedy G
Braydon H
Ryan K
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕

A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way.

To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦

Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
10 days ago, Wausa Public School
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
4th grade had a great time visiting The Market today for Market Math! 🛒➕ A huge thank you to Josh Barney for helping create a math scavenger hunt tied directly to our 4th grade math standards. Students explored the store searching for specific items and solving real-world math problems along the way. To celebrate all of their hard work, the kids enjoyed ice cream bars on the walk back to school! 🍦 Thank you so much to The Market for welcoming us and helping make math meaningful, engaging, and fun for our students today! Experiences like these help our students see how the skills they are learning in the classroom connect to the real world and prepare them to become confident problem-solvers far beyond 4th grade.
☀️🏖️ What better way to celebrate the preschoolers’ last “official” day of school than with a beach party! Mrs. Pfanstiel filled the classroom full of sunshine, smiles, dancing, and summer fun. 🩴🌴🎶 The biggest surprise of the day? Baby Shark even made a special appearance and danced with the kids! 🦈💃 What a fun way to celebrate an amazing year of learning, laughter, and growing together. We are so proud of our preschoolers and can’t wait to see all the great things ahead for them! 💛💜
11 days ago, Wausa Public School
preschool room in a beach theme
preschool room in a beach theme with students playing
a student is jumping into a giant inflatable donut
a preschooler is learning with a teacher
a preschooler is excited to play w blocks
🩺🧠 Paging Dr. Moes in First Grade! Today our first graders performed “surgery” on compound words! Students carefully operated to separate and bandage compound words into the two words that make up compound words. There were lots of future surgeons hard at work learning while having fun! ✂️📚❤️
11 days ago, Wausa Public School
first grade students in masks and gloves are pictured with the compound word wall
The Wausa Golf Team traveled to Niobrara and brought home a 1st place team trophy. Individually Mason was 1st with 74, Remington 11th, Kelly 12th, and Dawson was 1st place in the JV division!
11 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
golf team
Parents! This is the form for signing up for the Summer Reading Program at the Lincoln Township Library. Stop in and talk to Wendy about all the fun stuff happening at the library this summer.
11 days ago, Wausa Public School
Registration form for the 2026 Summer Library Program - contact Wendy Kettelsen at the Lincoln Township Library in Wausa NE to sign up.
The 5th grade tellers for the Wausa Viking Branch of Commercial State Bank attended Stellar Teller Days in Wayne, Nebraska! Students participated in a financial literacy challenge and an escape room while celebrating all of their hard work and success throughout the school year.

Each student received a certificate recognizing their outstanding efforts, and Commercial State Bank of Wausa treated the group to Iced Vikes Smoothies and Dairy Queen!

A HUGE congratulations goes out to Riggs for being named the 2025-2026 Stellar Teller of the Year! 🌟💰👏

Thank you to Commercial State Bank for continuing to provide such an amazing opportunity for our students to learn real-world financial literacy and customer service skills!
12 days ago, Wausa Public School
Teller Group Photo
Riggs receiving the Stellar Teller award from Jennifer Davidson of Nebraska Council on Economic Education
Riggs standing with Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Compton who awarded him the Stellar Teller award
Group photo of students in front of the school van outside of Dairy Queen in Wayne, NE
Congrats to the Wausa Boys on finishing 4th at the Lewis and Clark Golf Tournament. Medaling for WHS were Mason N in 4th and Remmington S in 12th. Congrats boys!!!
13 days ago, Wausa Public Schools
scorecard
Kelly V
Lincoln T
Remmington S
Levi S
Mason N
Get ready to UNEARTH A STORY this summer at our public library… and yes, it’s ALL about 🦖 DINOSAURS! 🦕

The dinosaur display is already up and it is a must-see—perfect for sparking curiosity and excitement for readers of all ages.

And this is just the beginning… the summer reading program at our public library is shaping up to be absolutely EPIC. 📚✨

You won’t want to miss the activities, books, and adventures they have planned!

Make sure to stop in, check it out, and get signed up. Let’s make this a summer full of reading, discovery, and a whole lot of dinosaur-sized fun! 🦕📖
13 days ago, Heather Heimes
Get ready to UNEARTH A STORY this summer at our public library… and yes, it’s ALL about 🦖 DINOSAURS! 🦕 The dinosaur display is already up and it is a must-see—perfect for sparking curiosity and excitement for readers of all ages. And this is just the beginning… the summer reading program at our public library is shaping up to be absolutely EPIC. 📚✨ You won’t want to miss the activities, books, and adventures they have planned! Make sure to stop in, check it out, and get signed up. Let’s make this a summer full of reading, discovery, and a whole lot of dinosaur-sized fun! 🦕📖
Get ready to UNEARTH A STORY this summer at our public library… and yes, it’s ALL about 🦖 DINOSAURS! 🦕 The dinosaur display is already up and it is a must-see—perfect for sparking curiosity and excitement for readers of all ages. And this is just the beginning… the summer reading program at our public library is shaping up to be absolutely EPIC. 📚✨ You won’t want to miss the activities, books, and adventures they have planned! Make sure to stop in, check it out, and get signed up. Let’s make this a summer full of reading, discovery, and a whole lot of dinosaur-sized fun! 🦕📖
Get ready to UNEARTH A STORY this summer at our public library… and yes, it’s ALL about 🦖 DINOSAURS! 🦕 The dinosaur display is already up and it is a must-see—perfect for sparking curiosity and excitement for readers of all ages. And this is just the beginning… the summer reading program at our public library is shaping up to be absolutely EPIC. 📚✨ You won’t want to miss the activities, books, and adventures they have planned! Make sure to stop in, check it out, and get signed up. Let’s make this a summer full of reading, discovery, and a whole lot of dinosaur-sized fun! 🦕📖