Gothenburg Public Schools - Excellence is an Expectation

Educators within ESU #10 spent the day in Gothenburg at LETRS training with Dallas Lewandowski diving into the Simple View of Reading, the Reading Brain, the Four-Part Processing Model, & Scarborough's Rope! Our students are blessed to have so many teachers investing in their learning about reading instruction! #LETRS #SwedesLead

School Pictures will be 8/21 for Dudley Elementary and 8/22 for Gothenburg JH/HS. Please see the school specific flyers below so you can get your photos ordered. A paper flyer will come home with Dudley Elementary students in their Back To School packet of paperwork.

Thanks to all the parents that came this evening for the parent meeting! We are looking forward to a fun fall season!

The football game scheduled for Friday, September 8th has been moved to 7:00PM. This will allow for a regular dismissal time of 3:30pm on that day. This is a change from the printed school calendars.

It's a GREAT day to be a SWEDE! Today was the start of Swede Orientation... an opportunity to bring our 4 new teachers and 2 student teachers into the building a few days early. They spend time with the admin and leadership teams, meet with their mentors, learn all of the Swede Essentials, and even partake in a community tour (you may have seen us around town today in the Swede bus)! Please join us in officially welcoming Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Burkink, Ms. Mullen, Miss Zach, Miss Nichols, and Mr. Bartels to our District! A huge thank you to ALL the staff and stakeholders who show up big-time this time of year to give a warm welcome (and even some Gothenburg Swag... thanks, Gothenburg Chamber of Commerce!) to these new teachers! #GoSwedes

The 2023 Jr/Sr high school pre-ordered yearbooks have arrived. They may be picked up Tuesday, August 8th from 9 am-12 noon or during the Open House on Monday, August 14th in Mrs. Vickie Keiser’s classroom.

We know that elementary students are always excited to find out who their classroom teacher will be for the new school year! Letters were mailed out to all Kindergarten through 6th graders on Friday, July 21st so they should have arrived or will be arriving in your mailbox soon! Kindergarten students are finding out who their teacher is as well this year and are invited to Back To School Night on Monday, August 14th @ 5:00 in the Kindergarten Classrooms. If a student in K-6th grade does not receive a letter by Friday, July 28th please feel free to call the elementary office (308) 537-3651. We look forward to seeing everyone at Back To School Night on Monday, August 14th from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. (5:00 for Kindergarten). The first day of school is Wednesday, August 16th!

Gothenburg Public Schools is hiring!

Students: Another chance to get the required physical for free as offered by Gothenburg Health.

It's about that time!

Next week, Kynlee Strauser & Emily Cornwell will represent the Swedes in the NCA All-Star games in Lincoln. Kynlee will play Mon at 6:00 in Basketball and Emily will play Tues at 6:00 in Volleyball. Games will be at North Star HS. Good luck ladies - Congrats for being selected!

Although the 2023-2024 printed school calendar is not available yet... you can still access the full school calendar on the school's website! Click on "School Calendar" in the top right corner or visit our app and tap on "Events".

Congrats to our very first child to complete the 1,000 Books BEFORE KINDERGARTEN Challenge! This little guy made a special trip to the Dudley office this week to get a new book and learn that he, along with his family, had accomplished the task! Congratulations Ryker!

The start of a new school year is coming soon and we hope our Swedes are "READY TO GLOW" which is our theme for 23-24. Check out the link below to get your shirt ordered from Valley Promo as our campaign launches TODAY! Shirts can be ordered until 8/26/23 @ des.valleypromodsco.com.

Attention Swedes: On Thurs, August 3rd, in the PAC, we will be having a nutritionist come to Gothenburg High School to talk with our 7-12 athletes and parents. Following her presentation, Mr. Mrozcek will go over some important items for the fall season. Each high school head coach will follow that with their own athlete/parent meeting for their sport. 5:30 P.M.: Nutritionist Speaker 6:30 P.M.: Mr. Mroczek Meeting with Parents/Athletes 6:45 P.M.: Individual Fall Sports Parent/Athlete Meetings -HS Football = PAC -HS Volleyball = Cafeteria -HS Softball = Mr. Dea's Room -Girls Golf = Ms. Clark's Room -Cross Country = HS Media Center Following the meetings, parents/athletes can turn in paperwork, pay for activity cards, and get their PINK slips.

Back-to-School Shopping for Dudley Elementary! As our young Swedes prepare for school, here are the supply lists. Pre-school supply lists will be shared with each parent. Included items are backpack, water bottle and blanket.

On Aug. 3rd, GPS will host nutritionist Wendi Irlbeck for all 7-12 athletes and their parents. The presentation will take place in the PAC at 5:30. Mark your calendars!! Wendi is going to be speaking about how to build a performance plate and time our meals and snacks for training and competition. She will also be reviewing supplement safety and why it's crucial to consume food first and how to get more quality sleep! As Wendi says, "Nutrition can make a good athlete great or a great athlete good!" -Wendi Irlbeck, MS, RDN, LD, CISSN *Following the speaker, Mr. Mroczek and coaches will have their preseason meetings.

Attention Students & Parents: Attached are the requirements to participate in activities for the 2023/2024 school year. All required Activities participation paperwork is on the table inside the front main doors to the high school. The completed paperwork must be turned in before practices begin. Please make sure everything is filled out (signed) on both sides of papers. Before Aug. 1, forms can be submitted to the district office. After that, they can be turned in to Mrs. Peterson in the H.S. office. Forms can also be turned in during the Fall Sports meeting Aug. 3rd. Go Swedes!!!

The Elementary Art room is always looking for donations that are typically items that may be thrown away at home. Please check out the list and consider bringing those items to Mrs. Stortenbecker. Our students appreciate your generosity!

Gothenburg Public Schools is hiring! Call the district office for more information.