Gordon-Rushville Public Schools

For the month of November, staff at Gordon-Rushville Middle School observed and nominated students who display the characteristics of self-control. Each students prides his/herself on thinking before he/she acts, control his/her temper, respecting others and their belongings, sitting still and being quiet and building healthy habits. The students nominated (left to right, first row to back) are: 6th: Aybrie Younkin, Kooper Fisher, Paisley Strain, Kashlyn Krebs, Brylyn Metzger, Kiki Ibis and Ziggy Ford (Not Pictured) 7th: Eben Sommers, Santos Chich, Millie Bear Runner and Madi Dolezal 8th: Lexi Tausan, Micah Hotz, Timber Fortin, Eliza Golden and Braylon Holston #GRMustangStrong

GRHS Mustang girls wrestlers started the season in Hemingford yesterday. 6 girls placed! 120-Faith Jansen, 2nd place 135-Lainey Fillmore, 1st place 140-Jenifer Banister, 1st place 145-Kirsten Heck, 2nd place 145-11-Stormy Tesch, 3rd place 170-Shelby Brown, 4th place. Congrats, Lady Mustang Wrestlers! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Check out the G-R Club student section theme nights for our upcoming contests! Go Mustangs! BE LOUD! BE ROWDY! BE CLASSY! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

GRHS Play Production team finished in 6th place at the C1-6 district competition. Amara Funk, Claire Wellnitz, Lainey Fillmore, Jackson Roffers, and Allan Tullis were named outstanding performers! Congrats! Great season by the entire cast, crew, and directors! #UnitedAsOne

GRHS Unified Bowling team finished in 6th place at districts in Alliance today. Congratulations to the entire bowling team and the coaches on a successful season! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Good luck today to the GRHS Unified Bowling team at districts in Alliance! Get ya some strikes and turkeys! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Sending positive vibes to the GRHS Play Performance cast, crew, and directors today at the C1-6 district contest in Bridgeport. They perform at 2:30 pm for the chance to earn a trip to state! Break a leg everyone! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Congratulations to the GRHS cast, crew, and coaches for 2nd place at WTC today! Congratulations to cast members earning All-Conference: Claire Wellnitz, Amara Funk, Haley Dane, and Jackson Roffers! Well done, everyone! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether 📷 Vicki Wellnitz

Mr Haag's classes were learning about the periodic table of elements. They had to learn the different groups in order to piece together the periodic table of elements puzzle faster.

Mr. Benitez' classes were doing presentation in Spanish class today. They had to describe the countries and the travel costs entirely in Spanish.

GRMS Student Council Annual Food Drive

The Gordon-Rushville Middle School Student Council is collecting canned or boxed food items for the annual Food Drive. Spectators can bring an item to receive free admission to Thursday, November 16th girls' basketball games.

Congratulations to the Mustangs football players earning post-season C2-7 All-District & Honorable Mention honors. All-District: Kyler Vincent, Colton Archibald, and Wyatt Feddersen. Honorable Mention: Caleb Heck, Toby Berndt, Lain Tausan, and Daniel Martins. #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Results of Saturday's tournament for Unified Bowling in Scottsbluff: We took four teams to the Scottsbluff tournament where there were seven schools total. Two of our teams made it to the gold bracket and the other two teams made the silver bracket. Team 1 ( Faith, Allan, Louis) received runner-up on the highest series score with a 170. Team 2( James, Evan, Katie) made it into the 3rd round in the gold bracket. Team 3 ( Iram, Kaden, and Roise) made it to the championship round in the silver bracket and they placed second. Team 4 ( Alice, Ashlyn, and Brandon) placed third in the sliver bracket. They all bowled their hearts out and did amazing!

GRMS Staff, Students and Parents, The following students were nominated by teachers and other staff members for showing traits of being responsible. We appreciate each student's hard work, determination and responsibility. Sixth Grade (front row, left to right): Kiley Tausan, Willela Livingston, Lenny Black Elk, Kennedy Kearns, Bristol Sterkel, Rhett Lukassen, Lily Rosane and Collins Fancher Seventh Grade (middle row): Janessa Dieriex, Khai Janssen, David Leonard and Liam Keracik; also not picture: Ian Mills Eighth Grade (back row): Jocelynn Hruby, Riley Lefler, Zaylee King and Lorna Dane; Also not pictured: Mikaylee Campbell and Asa Funk

GRMS Parents, Tomorrow, the high school has extended an invitation for students to go to the Veterans Day program beginning at 1:30 PM. The Gordon students will be dismissed immediately following the program between 2:30-3:00 PM. The Rushville students and athletes will be transported back to Rushville when the program ends. If you have any questions, please contact the Gordon-Rushville Middle School 308-327-2491. We apologize for the late notice. Thank you, all and a special thank-you to all of our veterans. Thank you for your service to this country!

We are advertising the Gordon-Rushville Public Schools regular November board meeting notice on social media and our website this month due to a clerical error on our part where the meeting notice was not published in the Sheridan County Journal Star. Per Policy 2008, the meeting can also be published in the Omaha World Herald and will appear in publication on Friday, November 10, 2023. The meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, at 5:30 PM.

Unified Bowling competed on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at King Pin Lanes in Gordon. Team GR1 finished in 2nd place in bracket play. Great job Mustangs! Special thanks to Ned and Jodi Johns, Jessica Hruby, Nona Jackson, Melinda Jackson, and Bailey Dane for helping during the event! #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

Congratulations to the GRHS student-athletes named WTC All-Conference and honorable mention for volleyball and football! Volleyball All-Conference: Addison Slama, Haley Johnson, McKinley Grover Honorable Mention: Emma Martins, Rylie Shultz Football All-Conference: Kyler Vincent, Lain Tausan, Colton Archibald, Wyatt Feddersen, Caleb Heck Honorable Mention: Toby Berndt, Daniel Martins #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether

GRHS invites the public to their annual Veterans Day program on Friday, November 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. Mitch Gallant will be this year's guest speaker. #ThankAVet #UnitedAsOne #StrongerTogether 🇺🇸