Burke School District 26-2

🐾💙 So proud of our Cougar XC team! Way to go Taylor, Grace, Jordyn, and Coach Kenzy! Grace 51st 22:10 Taylor 78th 23:05 Jordyn 81st 23:11 We are Cougar Proud!💙🐾

🎃 This week’s Principal’s Principles was all about patience and perseverance — and a whole lot of pumpkin launching! 🍬🍂 The candy pumpkins were no match for our young engineers’ catapults made from popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and spoons. The pumpkins were flying, and the giggles were nonstop! 😄

Good luck to our Cross Country team as they head to State this weekend! 🏃‍♀️💙 We had to send them off with a little Cougar competition, of course! 😉 Go get ’em, girls! We are Cougar proud!

🌟 In a world full of bright screens and constant scrolling, it’s easy to overlook the simple joys of classic games and the power they have to build real social skills and personal connections. Today, during counseling, the 7th graders’ game of choice was UNO! 🎴 Laughter, conversation, and a little friendly competition made for the perfect reminder that sometimes, the best moments don’t need Wi-Fi. 💙

🏃‍♀️State XC Pep Rally will be Thursday, October 23rd at 3:15 pm in the HS gym. Come cheer on our team and help send them to Huron full of Cougar Spirit! Good luck Taylor, Grace, and Jordyn. We are Cougar Proud!

Thank you to all our local beef donors!

If you would like to contribute to Burke’s Beef in Schools program, please get in touch with a Rosebud Rancherette or a Burke Administrator. Your donations help keep fresh, local beef on our trays.

🙏🐾 Thank you Burke NHS for raising funds for an updated HVAC system in the resource room! 💰🙏

Thank you to Rising Hope for hosting this year’s Book Buddies! 💙 We are so grateful for your partnership in helping our students and families care for their minds and emotions.

🎉 Huge shout-out to our FCCLA chapter for hosting this week’s Cougar Activity! Our students took their Principal Principles lesson on competition a step further as the FCCLA members helped model teamwork and good sportsmanship through board games, practicing healthy competition, and supporting one another. 💪🎲 It was a great reminder that winning feels good, but lifting each other up feels even better! 💙

🎯 This week's Principal’s Principles focused on sportsmanship and competition! 🏅 It’s always nice to win—but that’s not what matters most. The real victory comes from learning, growing, and having fun along the way. 💪✨

🍪 The 6th graders have been hard at work learning how to divide fractions… and what better way to put their skills to the test than with a wacky cookie recipe! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Math meets the kitchen as students adjusted recipes, divided ingredients, and were able to see just how sweet fractions can be!

Today, our Teens As Teachers group traveled to Pierre for a training session filled with learning, leadership, and fun! 🙌 They joined other student leaders from across the state to build skills, share ideas, and prepare to bring their lessons back to our own classrooms and community. We’re so proud of these students for stepping up as role models and educators—way to represent Burke School District with Cougar pride! 💙🐾

Today our 8th graders attended Conservation Day at the Butte Golf Course Club House! Students rotated through a variety of hands-on learning stations including Kerplunk Nitrates, Biodiversity Jenga, Jeopardy, Turtles of Nebraska, Trees 101, Soil Sponge, and Native Plants of Nebraska. It was a fun-filled day exploring nature, learning about local ecosystems, and discovering how we can all do our part to protect the environment. 🌎💚 A big thank you to the organizers and presenters for making this such a meaningful experience for our students!

🐾🏃‍♀️Way to go Burke XC! Congrats to Jordyn, Grace, Taylor, and Coach Kenzy on a great race today. All three girls punched their ticket to the State XC Meet and finished 3rd as a team today at the Region Meet. Way to go Cougars!🐾👏

Today's middle school volleyball game with Winner has been moved to 4:30 pm.

🚒🔥 A big THANK YOU to the Burke Fire Department for inviting our elementary classes down today! 👩‍🚒👨‍🚒 Students learned all about fire prevention and safety as part of Fire Prevention Week! 🚨👏 We appreciate you taking the time to teach our kids how to stay safe and be prepared! ❤️🧯

School Board Meeting Monday, October 13th at 7:30 in the Commons Area

💙🐾 The last couple of weeks for Principal’s Principles have been all about team building and sportsmanship! Mr. Hosford led some fun and engaging activities that encouraged cooperation, communication, and Cougar Pride.

A huge shoutout to our 4th, 5th, and 8th grade classes for being incredible role models for our younger Cougars! 🏅👏

📚✨ Our juniors and seniors had a great day attending the Career Fair in Mitchell! It was an awesome opportunity to explore future careers and connect with professionals. 👏🎓

Reminder: Parent Teacher Conferences are tonight, October 9th, from 4:00 - 8:00 PM!