Alma Public Schools

Fourteen students represented Alma at ACTIONS Day 2026 at CCC in Hastings taking academic tests in various categories. Students earning 1st-5th place received trophies. The winners from Alma were as follows: English 1- 5th place Grady Faimon, 3rd place Lydia Sikes Poetry- 3rd place Lydia Sikes Military- 4th place Nolan Pfeil Zoology- 3rd place William VanBoening Automotive- 1st place William VanBoening #ProudToACardinal

Our JH Team is coming home as the ESU#11 Quiz Bowl Champions!! Way to go!! #ProudToBeACardinal #SmartIsCool

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 18 🛠️ CCC Action Days 📍 Hastings 🕣 8:30 AM 🧠 ESU #11 Quiz Bowl 📍 Holdrege 🕘 9:00 AM – JH 🕐 1:00 PM – Elementary Good luck to all of our students competing! #ProudToBeACardinal

🎉 Congratulations to our speech team on an amazing season! 🌟 While our season has come to an end, we are so proud of the way our students represented our school and competed with heart! Final District placings: Cloey Crooker — 5th place in Informative Lydia Sikes — 6th place in Extemp Thank you for all your hard work and dedication this year — you made us proud every step of the way! #ProudToBeACardinal

Please join us Thursday, March 19, at 7 PM for the Senior/Faculty Game! The senior class is raising money for the Rainbow House and would love your support! It is always fun and there will be Hungry Hippos and much more! See you there! #ProudToBeACardinal #ShareToBeAware

There are two members of our Speech team in the finals!!! Break a leg! #ProudToBeACardinal

⛳ Alma Golf Apparel Store is OPEN! ⛳ Show your Cardinal pride and gear up for the season with new golf apparel! 🛍️ Shop here: https://almagolf2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/ ⏰ All orders are due by Monday, March 23 at 11 AM — no late orders accepted! Let’s go Cardinals! #ProudToBeACardinal

Thank you to Mandy Sand from UNK for talking to the Senior Survey class about transitioning to college. Your advice, insight and time is appreciated! #ProudToBeACardinal

Congratulations to the students who made the RPAC All-Conference Basketball Teams!! Way to go Cardinals!! #ProudToBeACardinal

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 17

🚌 4th Grade Field Trip
📍 Stuhr Museum

🎤 District Speech
📍 Elm Creek
🕘 9:00 AM

Good luck to our Speech team and have a great trip, 4th grade! #ProudToBeACardinal

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 13

❌ No School
🌸 Spring Break

Enjoy the break, Cardinals! #ProudToBeACardinal

The first graders had many readers from town come and read Dr. Seuss books in honor of Read Across America Week. The special readers read a book, told about their jobs, and answered lots of questions about what they do! #ProudToBeACardinal

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 12

❌ No School
🌸 Spring Break

Enjoy the break, Cardinals! #ProudToBeACardinal

🏃‍♂️ Alma Track & Field Apparel Store is OPEN! 🏃‍♀️ Show your Cardinal pride and gear up for the season with new track and field apparel! 🛍️ Shop here: https://almatrackandfield2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/ ⏰ All orders are due by March 24 at 11 AM — no late orders accepted! Let’s go Cardinals! #ProudToBeACardinal

We have had 100 days of preschool!!! #ProudToBeACardinal

📣 Junior Parent Meeting – Prom Information

A meeting for all Junior parents regarding Prom will be held on Tuesday, March 17 at 5:30 PM in the music room. Please use the outside door of the music room when entering for the meeting.

See you there!

- Mr. and Mrs. Ritter

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 11

⏰ 2:00 PM Dismissal

📊 End of 3rd Quarter

Have a great day, Cardinals! #ProudToBeACardinal

Just a reminder that there will be a 2 PM dismissal tomorrow, March 11, and there will be no school on March 12 and 13 for Spring Break. #ProudToBeACardinal #ShareToBeAware

Our Senior Survey class continues their Adulting 101 series and have had several outstanding speakers over the last few weeks. Thanks to Jared Baker, Ashley Schmidt (pictured) and Jake Noonan from Community Bank helping them to get smart about credit. Other speakers have been: Rachel Newell- Identity Theft Protection, Mr. Davis- applying and interviewing for jobs, Jaclyn Daake- taxes, Christina Teager- workplace conflict resolution, and Nicole Kauk Bursovsky- mental health in college. We appreciate the community support in preparing our students for the real world! #ProudToBeACardinal

📅 Cardinal Activities – March 10

🧠 JH Quiz Bowl
📍 Alma
🕒 3:00 PM

📣 Cheer Tryout Parent Meeting
🕕 6:00 PM

Good luck to our Quiz Bowl team! #ProudToBeACardinal