Thayer Central Community Schools

Under the direction of Jenna Gilbert & Rachel Adam from the UNL Extension Office, the second group of Senior Career/Life Skills students participated in a lab on making a dorm microwavable meal that they can recreate next year while in a college dorm room. The meal included a bowtie pasta dish (adding butter and seasonings to students' liking), broccoli (seasoned accordingly), and a pop cake that included 2 ingredients, cake mix & either pepsi or sprite. The students were able to take home the recipe cards for this meal for future reference.

GIRLS WRESTLING FANS - TICKETS FOR DISTRICTS @ WEEPING WATER:

Weeping Water will only be accepting Digital Tickets for the Girls B-3 District Wrestling Meet this weekend. Friday tickets are $7 Adult/ $6 Student; Saturday tickets are $10.45 Adult / $8.35 Student. Or you can purchase two-day tickets for $16.75 Adult / $13.60 Students. All prices listed here include ticketing fees.

Friday-only AND 2-Day Tickets can be purchased on this link: https://gofan.co/event/5957028?schoolId=NE21256

Saturday-only tickets can be purchased on this link: https://gofan.co/event/5957033?schoolId=NE21256

🏆 First round of Do The FAFSA Nebraska Scholarships awarded

Pictured from left to right: Amelia Mazour from Sidney High School, James O'Hara from Lincoln Southeast High School, Jocelyn Nickolite from Columbus High School, and Benjamin Ingram from Burke High School.

Twenty-four Nebraska seniors have been awarded $1,000 Do The FAFSA Nebraska Scholarships! Eight winners were selected in December from each of Nebraska’s three Congressional Districts for the first round of awards.

A second drawing to award 36 more $1,000 scholarships will be held on April 15. Students not selected in December are automatically entered into the April drawing—no need to reapply!

This year, during the SNC Basketball Tournament, the Centennial Chapter of EdRising is sponsoring a Baby Supply Drive. For the 2/5 and 2/7 games at Centennial, there will be boxes labeled for all SNC Schools. Place items in any of the boxes and the items will go directly to those districts to support local families. Please consider donating to a great cause and thank you to Centennial EdRising for sponsoring this event!

Congratulations Titans! SNC Wrestling Results Jaxson B 113 - 1st Alex V 120 - 2nd Carson M 150 - 4th Kaleb B 157 - 4th Cole V 215 - 1st James B 285 - 3rd

Today the Senior Career/Life Skills class prepared their planned meals. Each family unit divided up the necessary tasks in order to complete their meals and then followed it with proper clean up. Timing each component of the meal so that it was all ready at the same time was an important piece that was learned as well as teamwork and communication. Some amazing meals and presentations were a success!

With the recent case of Measles diagnosed in Lancaster County, Thayer Central wanted families to have more information regarding the signs and symptoms of Measles and what to do if you suspect you or your child may have been exposed or are showing symptoms.

After learning about the letter "Qq" this week. Kindergarten attended a wedding this morning for Mr. Q and Ms. U. Students watched Q and U take their vows to always be together when the "qu" sound is at the beginning of words. While waiting for the reception to start, we read words with the "qu" sound and created a crown. To get the celebration started we created wedding cakes, then got to enjoy some! We watched Q and U do their first dance, Mrs. U had her bouquet toss, and we finished the morning having a dance party at our reception! The guests also decorated a square to be used to create a quilt to gift to the newly wed "QU" couple.

Friday! Friday! Basketball Games on Friday!!

The Titans of TC will head north to wrangle the Broncos of Centennial on the court! Let's Go Titans!!

SCHEDULE:
4:30 - JV Games (Boys - 3 Quarters - Main Gym; Girls - 2 Quarters - East Gym)
5:30 (approximately) - Girls Varsity
7:00 (approximately) - Boys Varsity

Thayer Central Families,

Click On The Following Link To View The Thayer Central Elementary Weekly Newsletter For This Week: https://aptg.co/R7ckZZ

Parents: Please remember, before students return to school they need to be vomit or fever free for 24 hours without medication. If they are sick, keep them home. Please help us prevent the spread of illness! Thank you

The Senior Career/Life Skills class took part in a self-defense class this week and learned some basic escape techniques. Michael (Thayer Central Alum) & Christy Hawkins, who own the Hebron Jiu Jitsu & MMA gym, demonstrated some different escape strategies that people can utilize when they find themselves in scary situations. Students had the ability to partner with another student and learn how to apply these techniques on one another. This was a great learning opportunity for our students!

Announcements for February 2 - 7, 2026

The first graders enjoyed the book that Mrs. Baden read to us!

Congrats to the JH Titan Quiz Bowl team for winning the Southern Nebraska conference schools meet today!

Great Job By Our 5th Grade Students Singing The National Anthem Before The Varsity Basketball Games Tonight! Thank You Mrs. VanderSchaaf For Providing Our Students This Opportunity!

Mrs. Kugel's class had a great 100th Day of School! They made a list of 100 words they can read & write, tested if a lollipop would be gone after 100 licks, wrote what they'd do with $100 , found 100 Hershey Kisses in the classroom (2 are still missing!) and rounded out the day making a 100 piece snack mix!

YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!

In February, the Thayer Central Youth Basketball Tournaments will take place for grades 3-8. Girls play on 2/21 and Boys on 2/22. See flier for details!