Thayer Central Community Schools

We are so excited to announce our results from the C1-4 District Speech Meet yesterday. Our team finished 3rd overall with 130 combined points and 8 of 10 of our competitors came home with a medal! Mackenzie Hergott- 5th in Serious Prose Nora Peithman and Macy Heitmann- 6th in Duet Acting Riley Farnstrom- 6th in Informative Speaking Kaitlyn Cast- 6th in Poetry Placing top 3 and qualifying for State= Riley Farnstrom- 3rd in Entertainment Deklann Daharsh- 2nd in Entertainment Mackenzie Hergott- 2nd in Program of Oral Interpretation Riley and Deklann- 2nd in Duet Acting Macy Heitmann, Delainey Mumm, Jocelynn Mumm, and Deklann Daharsh- 2nd in OID

As we compete at Districts in Genoa today, Titan Speech wants to say how proud we are of our speakers! On Friday, we hosted our home speech meet and everyone did a great job! Congratulations to everyone on their medals from Friday: Deklann and Riley= 4th in Duet, Macy and Nora= 3rd in Duet, Riley= 4th in Informative, Ethan= 6th in Humorous Prose, Kaitlynn Cast= 4th in Humorous Prose. Nora, Mackenzie, Peyton OID= 6th, Jocelynn, Delainey, Macy, Deklann OID= 2nd. Jocelynn= 5th in Persuasive. Kenzie= 2nd in Serious Prose and 1st in POI. Riley= 1st in Entertainment. Stay tuned for our results from our District meet!!! Go Titans!

Thayer Central Families,

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

Congratulations to Thayer Central's Peyton Fangmeier for signing her letter of intent today! Peyton will cheer for Doane University next year. We're proud the work you've put into the cheer program the last four years!

Thayer Central juniors visited UNL yesterday. They had the opportunity to learn about admission requirements, what the day in the life of a college student looks like, take a campus tour and eat lunch in a cafeteria.

The Senior Career/Life Skills class has the opportunity to learn some basic laws that are important to understand as they leave high school and enter in their next phase of life! Thank you Deputy Geiger for the education and real life scenarios!

Announcements for March 16 - 21, 2026. The High School Student Council will be hosting the Spring Blood Drive on Wednesday, March 18th. Here is the link to sign up for donating: https://www.ncbbherohub.club/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/75668

Students in Sports & Entertainment Marketing recently learned about the history of Oreo cookies in honor of National Oreo Cookie Day on March 6. Students were tasked with creating a NEW flavor that does not already exist...and trust us, there are a LOT of previous flavors.

Vote for your favorite "new" flavor by commenting on Facebook!

The freshmen attended a Connecting the Dots activity in Fairbury where they had the opportunity to explore careers, the amount of education needed for that career as well as what a good resume’ looks like and the different personality traits that describe them.

Ag Teacher & FFA Sponsor needed for 26-27!

REMINDER: Thayer Central Track Gear (for High School and Junior High) is available from Sports Shack. ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW (Wednesday 3/11) before Midnight. Don't wait! Get yours today!!

Link: https://stores.inksoft.com/2026_tctrack/shop/home?fbclid=IwY2xjawQdMrRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsUU9TWXlHc1pjZHgxQ1Uyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmFbkfkRev_7Aa6sGLt2nLdXGvZMBUVrf_hoq2rAhCRCGq7VFduuU_ol7N-7_aem_LOHsY2m8UcBnNCWcfi6x5w

Thayer Central continues to need substitute teachers for Teaching and Para positions. Spring always brings a need with end of year trainings and activities. Being a Sub is a great way to help the district and help our Students!

👩‍🌾 🧬 Junior High Ag Quiz Bowl contest was today in Fairbury. Congratulations to these 4 competitors who made it to round 7 in the double elimination tourney! 🐷 🍅

Thayer Central High School Student Council is hosting a Blood Drive on Wednesday, March 18th from 10 am - 3 pm at Thayer Central. Sign up today! Here is the link: https://www.ncbbherohub.club/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/75668

Thayer Central Families,

Click On The Following Link To View The Thayer Central Elementary Weekly Newsletter For This Week: https://aptg.co/Xsc5XX

2nd grade had a blast celebrating their learning about Westward Expansion. We made quilts reflecting our learning and mini covered wagons. We also had a visit from Ranger Doug from the Homestead National Monument who presented the Buffalo Trunk.

March 9 - 14, 2026 Announcements

THAYER CENTRAL TRACK GEAR IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!! Sports Shack is the place to go to get your orders in (https://stores.inksoft.com/2026_tctrack/shop/home?fbclid=IwY2xjawQVWqBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFZTnNDdUtoVlkwaVRnTnNac3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiGSg3hlnOMHXWgNK4xRKjtxrA7K9F1XzwJawMEw-_swml6p01qohzjXSUFv_aem_Y2X68pvSradD9sV_T2zQZw). This is for High School and Junior High Track. Orders are due by Wednesday, March 11th at Midnight. DON'T WAIT!! GET YOURS TODAY!!

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! Thank you Michael & Christy!

Congrats to the Speech team on their 3rd place team finish at the SNC meet this past weekend! A special congrats to the medalists: Nora Peithman, Mackenzie Hergott & Peyton Fangmeier -5th in OID, Mackenzie – 4th in POI, Macy Heitmann & Nora – 5th in Duet, Deklann Daharsh & Riley Farnstrom– 3rd in duet, Deklann – 3rd in Entertainment, and Riley – 1st in Entertainment! This week we are on to Fairbury's meet, and next Friday is our rescheduled Home Speech Meet if you'd like to come by; we'd love to see you there!