Mitchell Public Schools

Post Prom Committee Fundraiser Post Prom will receive 10% Of proceeds from Arby’s Dine In and Drive Thru from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Go Tigers!

Congratulations to the 2022 Winter Royalty Court. Queen, Elaina Guzman and King, Carmelo Ayala! Go Tigers!

Be sure to catch the Mitchell varsity girls basketball team as they take on Kimball. Tip off is set for 5:30. Catch all the action on our Striv Channel! Striv.tv/Mitchell Go Tigers!

Speech Results from Alliance Invite 1/22/2022 Overall: Class C/D Runner-Up Duet Acting: 1st: Zane Blomenkamp and Allison Cotant 6th: Toni McGinley and Melissa McGinley Humorous Prose: 4th: Zane Blomenkamp Serious Prose: 7th: Melissa McGinley Go Tigers!

Tiger Fans: The varsity basketball games will be located tonight on the Mitchell YouTube Channel, located at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqFC8nEqGK-EtPzSG967KQ Senior Night will be taking place in between the Girls and Boys Varsity Games Go Tigers!

Friday, Jan. 21: Mitchell will have school on a regular Friday schedule. There is a little more snow than expected, but it should end around the start of school. Please take a little extra time and caution this morning. As always, If conditions in your situation make travel unsafe, please call the school office.

Mitchell Volleyball Team will be hosting a volleyball tournament as a fundraiser this year. Check out the flyer for all the information or contact Kaitlin Broussard with any questions! Go Tigers!

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Covid Plan Update: January 18, 2022 Mitchell Families: As you have watched in our local and national news, we are in the midst of a recent surge of Covid, most linked to the Omicron variant. We have seen an increase of illness within our students and staff. This is not unusual for the beginning of the second semester, but just as always, is a concern to be taken seriously. Students and staff are experiencing a variety of symptoms, but the majority include congestion, headaches, fatigue, and sore throats. Some experience fevers, others do not. While symptoms have been reported to be less severe than other variants, our local hospitals and clinics are extremely busy. As of today, the overall percentage of confirmed positive Covid cases for our high school students is 3% and our elementary school is 1%. We are monitoring the numbers of students and staff with illness closely on a daily basis. At this time, we believe we have the vast majority still able to teach and learn and we will continue to provide school as normal. Parents, please monitor your children closely and keep them at home if you notice symptoms of illness. Let’s all work together to keep viruses–Covid, Influenza, Rhinovirus–out of the school building as much as possible. The Isolation period for Covid is 5 days if symptom free, mask wearing to follow for an additional five days. All other illnesses should be fever and/or symptom free for no less than 24 hours. We do strongly encourage all students and staff to wear masks, particularly if directly exposed to illness. If the close contact is within the staff or child’s residence, the staff or child should mask at school/in public for ten (10) days. As always, please be considerate of teachers as they work through this challenging time. Many teachers are helping each other by covering classes. We are thankful for our substitute teachers, but they too are in short supply. Coaches are doing their best to keep athletes healthy and competitive. Please communicate with the office staff and teachers regarding student absences. By working together in a positive manner, we can get through this winter season!

Six Wrestlers Medal at Giibbon! Hobbs 4th Hughson 3rd W. Thomas 6th Engledow 4th Peters 1st D. Thomas 2nd Go Tigers!

Tiger fans, be sure to catch the basketball action today which will be located on Bridgeport’s Striv Channel: https://striv.tv/channel/bridgeport/ On the call will be our very own Striv student, Kalem Jackson. Girls Varsity will start at approximately 3:30pm. Go Tigers!

Tiger News: Boys and Girls basketball senior recognition night will be on Friday January 21st during the Southeast basketball games. Go Tigers!

Tiger News: Starting tonight for the C team games, all non varsity events will be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. Click this link provided and be sure to click Subscribe so you can see all streams as they become available! Go Tigers! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqFC8nEqGK-EtPzSG967KQ

Speech Results from Saturday’s Gering Invitational! For a crazy week to start the year, we had a solid showing at our first meet. There was a really nice article about the meet in the Star Herald as well: https://starherald.com/news/local/education/despite-rocky-starts-students-look-forward-to-the-rest-of-speech-season/article_6240d785-e730-5d59-9772-7aa40a6c043d.html Results Humorous Prose Zane Blomenkamp - 3rd Varsity Jonah Splichal - 1st Novice Landen Murphy - 2nd Novice Duet Acting Zane Blomenkamp and Allison Cotant - 2nd Varsity Melissa McGinley and Toni MchGinley - 4th Varsity Lillian Golden and Gabriella Anderson - 5th Varsity Serious Prose Melissa McGinley - 7th Varsity Gabriella Anderson - 8th Varsity Kiera Stauffer - 2nd Novice Oral Interpretation of Drama Gabriella Anderson, Kiera Stauffer, Brennalyn Carlson, and Landen Murphy - 1st novice Informative Speaking Bernadette Pieper - 6th Varsity Melissa McGinley - 7th Varsity Poetry Brennalyn Carlson - 8th Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking Zane Blomenkamp - 4th Varsity Toni McGinley - 6th Varsity Makayla Suttles - 8th Varsity Persuasive Speaking Allison Cotant - 5th Varsity Makayla Suttles - 6th Varsity

Tiger News: For anyone interested in supporting the Mitchell/Morrill FFA program, here is a link to the apparel store! Be sure to check it out! Store closes February 4th! Any questions please contact Mr. Dobry! https://ffa2022.spiritsale.com/products/district-youth-perfect-tri-tee-dt130y

Be sure to catch the varsity basketball action on striv. Varsity girls to start at approximately 5:45 with boys to follow. Striv.tv/Mitchell

MES Tiger of the Quarter Meal will be next Thursday, Jan 13 at 6:00 pm - Elementary Gym.

MES Postponement We will postpone our Tiger of the Quarter Meal that was scheduled for tomorrow night. A new date will be sent out tomorrow. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Mitchell families: Mitchell Public Schools will have a 2 hour late start on Thursday, January 6th. This means no morning Tiger Cub Preschool but we plan to have our afternoon session. We anticipate buses will run accordingly. We will notify families if buses can not pick up students. Take a little extra time to scoop out and get in to school safely. If your situation requires children to stay home, please call the building office in the morning. If weather conditions worsen and we would need to adjust, we would update no later than 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Students return to school tomorrow, Wednesday, January 5 2022. We will postpone the MES Student Council Meeting that was scheduled for this Thursday to next week. It is Wacky Wednesday at MES so wear your running or sports attire. Please be prepared for the on-coming weather by wearing an appropriate coat & snow boots.