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Post-season is here for the Swedes! Good luck to the boys competing at state wrestling and the girls basketball team as they host sub-districts!

CONGRATULATIONS SWEDES - State Bound!! The Swedes have 6 State qualifiers who will wrestle in Omaha next weekend! Brandon Schriner Abel Flores Kaiden Margritz Tyler Trumbley Braiden Winter Jacob Olson Congratulations!!! The weekend matches begin on Thurs. at 3:00 in the CHI Health Center.

Parents and stakeholders are invited to our KSB Digital Citizenship presentations on Tuesday, February 14th!

Happy National School Counseling Week! GPS is fortunate to have four amazing counselors that support our students and teachers each day. Michelle Stevens (Kindergarten - 2nd grade) Tami Smith (3rd-5th grade) Pam Glodowski (6th-8th grade) Jerry Wiggins (9th-12th grade)

Looking for ways to follow District Links for District B-4 Wrestling Tournament today and tomorrow? Links to streaming and results. Fri 4:00 PM CT https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/.../ogallala.../gam01e2e199c8 Sat 11:00 AM CT https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/.../ogallala.../gam01e2e199c8 via Trackcast http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=678296132 @trackwrestling

The Gothenburg Speech team will travel to North Platte to compete in the Blue and Gold Invite on Sat. Rounds for the invite will start at 8:00. The competition takes place at the high school. Good luck Swedes!!

A shout out to Micheal Teahon, former GPS Superintendent, who spent some time with the Gothenburg board of education Thur. evening sharing his wisdom regarding board effectiveness. He’s truly the best! (and if you’re reading this on Friday - tell him happy birthday! 😉)

The Swedes will take the home court for the last regular season game of the season for the girls and the last one at home for the boys. Gothenburg will host Ainsworth at 4:30 starting with the JV girls and boys. The JV girls will play 3 qtrs. The senior parents will be recognized tonight as well. Good Luck Swedes! Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/GothenburgActivities

The Swede Staff would like to send a huge THANK YOU to The Crossing for providing pizza for them today during P/T Conferences. Having dinner delivered was an amazing gift! "We are so grateful to be a part of a community with such amazing schools and teachers! We want you to know that we are here to support you all! Thank you for all you do!" ~Karissa Blecha

It's a great day to be a Swede! Today we are officially launching our new website! The same link but a brand new look! Check it out!

Shout out to Mrs. Haas and our Swede students that stay late for CNA training! #healthcareheros

GPS is always looking for substitutes for the school year.

The Gothenburg girls basketball teams will play Ogallala at home on Tues. in the north gym. The JV game will start at 5:00 followed by the varsity. Come cheer on the Swedes as they take on the Indians! Let's go Swedes! Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/GothenburgActivities

We are loving our new app! Access documents, news updates, and even emergency notifications, right from your pocket. Download for Android https://bit.ly/3Wcsc3r Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3Wwup9H

Information from Mr. Ryker, Secondary Principal for GPS, on behalf of the District with an important announcement regarding Parent Teacher conferences which are scheduled to occur Thursday, February 9th. Parents of students in grades preschool through 6th grade have all received communication from classroom teachers regarding the format and conference times for this round of conferences. Please contact Mrs. Keith or Mrs. Floyd with any questions or changes that need to be made. Teachers in grades 7-12 will be available for in person conferences during the following times: 7-9AM, 11-1PM, 4-7PM Arrangements can still be made to conference by phone or Zoom. Please email your child’s teachers to schedule those options. **Please note that students will not have school on Thursday, February 9th or Friday, February 10th. We hope to see you on February 9th. Parent Teacher conferences are an important part of your child’s education!

The reserve basketball teams will play in Cozad on Monday. The girls will start at 5:00 and the boys at 6:30. Games will be played at the high school. Good luck Swedes! Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@haymakermedia5488/streams

The Swede Speech Team hosted 28 teams and 400 entries at their home invitational last Saturday! The Swedes earned 39 medals and were champs in 10 of the 20 events. Highlights included the Varsity Duet sweep and the Novice sweeps in Extemp, Humorous, Informative, and Persuasive. With two weeks left in the regular season, the team next heads to the Blue & Gold Invite in North Platte. Results Varsity *Duet: Claire Vincent & Alec Winney - Champions, Hayden Ricley & Parker Graves - 2nd, Jackson Nelson & Kurt Kuhlman - 5th *Entertainment: Ethan Olsen - Champion, Emma Peterons - 6th *Extemp: Ian Ackerman - 2nd, Hayden Ricley - 3rd, Sarah Sander - 4th, Alec Winney - 7th *Humorous: Parker Graves - Champion, Kara Waskowiak - 3rd, Kurt Kuhlman - 4th, Molly Therrien - 5th *Informative: Emma Peterson - 6th, Avery Salomon - 8th *OID: Ally Goad, Emma Peterson, Hayden Ricley, Emaleigh Rosse - 2nd *Persuasive: Avery Salomon - 4th *Poetry: Kara Waskowiak - Champion, Emaleigh Rosse - 3rd *POI: Kara Waskowiak - 2nd, Claire Vincent - 3rd *Serious: Parker Graves - 2nd, Claire Vincent - 4th, Ally Goad - 8th Novice *Duet: Tallee Brown & Kaylee Olsen - Champions, Brant Miller & Oreana Westbrook - 3rd, Elayna Matthies & Addison Burkink - 5th *Entertainment: Jack Aden - Champion *Extemp: Lilli Tracci - Champion, Mavrix Butterfield - 2nd, Carson Reiman - 3rd *Humorous: Kaylee Olsen - Champion, Lyndsay Anderson - 2nd *Informative: Mavrix Butterfield - Champion, Lathan Buesing - 2nd, Brant Miller - 3rd, Addison Burkink - 4th *Persuasive: Carson Reiman - Champion, Maria Michelato - 2nd

We are officially in the first full week of February and our last home games for the basketball teams. GHS will be honoring the seniors of each of those teams this Friday prior to each of their games vs. Ainsworth. Keep up the great work Swedes!

SCHEDULE CHANGE: The JV/Varsity Boys basketball games at Broken Bow that were postponed on January 19th due to the weather have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 13th at Broken Bow. 5:00 P.M.: JV Boys 6:30 P.M.: Varsity Boys

Good luck to the JR High basketball teams as they host Broken Bow on Monday. The 7th gr will play in the south gym and the 8th gr will play in the north gym. All games start at 4:30 and play A and B. Go Swedes!! Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/GothenburgActivities