Thayer Central Community Schools

Blake Gunn is your District C-7 Long jump champion with a jump of 21-08. He is headed to the State Meet

Cole Vorderstrasse wins the District C-7 Discus with a throw of 175-05. That toss qualifies him for the State Meet at Burke

Titans continue to roll at Districts. Piper Havel reserves her a place at the state meet by winning the long jump with 17-01.5.

While District track is going on today, it's a short window to get your State Track gear. Link: https://shop.hebronsportshack.com/tc_state_track_2026/shop/home?fbclid=IwZnRzaARyzDJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe48mW7JFFQiUjwWRTQ7L-G4MnHU_IVKNcccYQdXTbdustWj9kZW5opcEJd-E_aem_oMlenPVxQoT3ugyQiN1vyg From Sports Shack: The Thayer Central State Track store is open! Store will close Friday, May 15th at NOON. No later orders will be accepted.

For those who cannot make it to District track today, the EMF Network is providing some audio coverage of the event. See the flier for details.

College Trigonometry and Thinking Mathematically classes are covering some fun topics to end the school year. Today they explored "The Monty Hall" problem. Should you stay with your original door or should you switch? Ask one of the students to explain the probability to you!

Reminder: Thayer Central Schools will have a K-12 staff work day with no students on Thursday, May 14th. Preschool students will still be in session on this day at regular times with transportation provided. Preschool's last day schedule and graduation will proceed as planned at 10AM and 2PM.

Announcements for May 17 - 23, 2026

The last few days with the seniors have been so exciting to see! They spent a few days reminiscing and talking about all the memories made over the last 4 years of HS and ended their last day with a cake celebration and fun times with the parachute.....back to their elementary days!! It's been an awesome year!!

Oh, The Places You'll Go!!! Seniors wore something that represented their next chapter plans, from a 2-year school, 4-year private, 4-year public or the workforce....they have it all!! Congratulations & Best of luck to the Class of 2026!!!

Thayer Central had some special guests in the building today...

The Burger King Foundation awards over 4,000 scholarships nationally each year to High School Seniors who go above and beyond with their studies and involvement. Of those 4,000, three are the Whopper Awards - a $60,000 scholarship. Thayer Central and the Burger King Foundation were proud at announce that Isabella Escritt has received one of the three Whopper Awards!

A special thank you to the entire Burger King Foundation team members who made the trip to Hebron today! Congratulations Izzy on your award!!

Thayer Central celebrated another great year at the Athletics and Activities Awards presentations on Friday. Here's a few pictures of award winners at the presentations. Thayer Central wishes to once again congratulate all of our athletes and activities participants for their commitment all year and for carrying with them The Titan Way where ever they are!

Do my ACT scores really matter? Does my high school cumulative GPA really matter? The answer is YES THEY BOTH DO! If your ACT score is good, but your GPA is not, this can give off alarming red flags to colleges as they are left wondering if you have the ability for great academic achievement but lack the work ethic needed to succeed at the next level. If you are debating whether or not to take the ACT again, here is what it could mean for you:

At a 4-year public institution a composite of a 21 and up can range from $1000/yr all the way up to potentially full-tuition ($6057-$8730). These colleges also offer merit based scholarships looking at your GPA & ACT score for those full-tuition scholarships.

At a 4-year private institution a composite of a 21 and up can range from $2500/yr all the way up to a competitive full tuition scholarship ($10,170-$48,700). These colleges also offer merit based scholarships looking at your GPA & ACT score for those full-tuition scholarships.

At a 2-year public institution a composite of a 21 and up can range from $1620/yr up to $1643/yr ($2,100-$4,860)

There are several colleges in South Dakota that also offer In-State Tuition for Nebraska residents based on your ACT & HS cumulative GPA

Don't forget to sign up!!

The Thayer Central Youth Track and Field Meet (for grades PreK - 5) is coming up on Sunday, May 17.

Use the QR code or this link to register.

bit.ly/thayertrack

What a great day for the end JH track! The girls came in first out of 12 teams to win the conference championship!!! The girls 4x1 set a new JH record! Congrats to Morgan, Paisley, Lily, and Taryn for their time of 54.18!! And they have cool socks. There were PRs and great efforts all over the place. Great job everyone!

Lots of PB's in the last meet before districts. Keep up the good work.

Thayer Central Families,

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New school record in the girls 4x100 meter relay. Paige Tietjen, Piper Havel, Izzy Escritt and Leah Havel in a time of 50.10 seconds.

The girls and boys high school track teams both brought home championships from the Fillmore Central Invite today. Well done track and field athletes!