The Alma Cheer team is selling Krispy Kreme donuts for $10/dozen. They will be delivered to the school on August 10. This is just in time for Back to School! Your support is greatly appreciated! Contact one of these young ladies to get yours ordered today! #ProudToBeACardinal #ShareToBeAware
Cardinal Spotlight - Candace Sage, 6th Grade
Candace lives in Phillipsburg, KS, with her husband, Scott, whom she will have been married to for 32 years on the first day of school, August 11. Candace is a graduate of Phillipsburg High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in science and math from Kansas State University and her Masters in Elementary Administration from Fort Hays State University. Scott is a lawyer in Phillipsburg. They have two sons, and as of Saturday, July 16, she now has a daughter-in-law, Hillary. Stephen is a graduate of PHS and has a bachelor of science from University of Kansas and Doctorate of Pharmacy from KU as well. He and his wife Hillary live in Hill City, KS, where he is the pharmacist and co-owner of the Hill City Pharmacy. Hillary has a Bachelor of Science in Business from KU and is currently working on her Masters in elementary education at Fort Hays State University. She hopes to be able to teach middle school math. Sam, her youngest son, also a graduate of PHS has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Science and Masters in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from Kansas State University. After working a year in the construction business, he has returned to school working on his Masters in Accounting, hoping to sit for the CPA exams starting next summer.
She started out teaching from 1989-1991 at Field Club Elementary in the first grade for Omaha Public Schools. Since that time she has been an elementary teacher Wilson Elementary in Hays, KS. She taught several different grades and subjects in her tenure there.
Candace is so excited to become an Alma Cardinal. While their address is in Phillipsburg, they have a house on the lake at Taylor Manor. They enjoy their summer weekends at the lake and love the community of Alma and the surrounding areas. Everyone is always friendly at the restaurants, grocery stores, shops, and the UMC church they attend in Republican City. She is looking forward to officially meeting the students and staff in Alma. Now that the wedding celebration has successfully been completed, she is ready to focus on the new school year. It's going to be a wonderful new adventure! Welcome to the Cardinal family, Candace! #ProudToBeACardinal
Just a reminder we are hosting an Immunization Clinic next Thursday, July 28, from 10 AM to 12 PM at the school. See the attached flyer for more information! #ProudToBeACardinal #ShareToBeAware
Cardinal Spotlight - Hannah Robison, Title I Reading
Hannah Robison is originally from Benedict, Nebraska. She now lives on a farm by Orleans with husband Charlie and daughters, Hadley (4) and
Lainey (7 months). She received her Bachelor's degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and her Master's degree from the College of Saint Mary. This will be Hannah's seventh year in education. She is excited to become a Cardinal and to learn from the students, work with the staff, and be more involved in the community! Welcome to the Cardinal family, Hannah! #ProudToBeACardinal
Cardinal Spotlight - Amy Donley, Speech-Language Pathologist
Amy lives southwest of Wilcox with her husband and four kids. John is an engineer for Husker Power Products. Emma is a senior at Wilcox-Hildreth this year, Thomas a freshman, Elsie a fifth grader, and Jameson a first grader. She grew up on a farm by Wilcox and graduated from Wilcox High School. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in speech-language pathology from UNL. Amy worked for ESU 11 for nine years, and during that time she served Alma Public Schools as a speech pathologist from 2008 to 2017. She is excited to be back in Alma! The staff is great to work with and the kids are awesome! Welcome back to the Cardinal family, Amy! #ProudToBeACardinal
Alma Public Schools is hosting a Glow Ball Tournament this Saturday, July 23. We still have spots open for teams to register! You can stop at the school office or call 308-928-2131 to register!! Don't miss out on all the fun!! #ProudToBeACardinal #ShareToBeAware
Cardinal Spotlight - Mattie Kreifels, Elementary Music
Mattie grew up in Loomis, Nebraska. After graduation she attended Wayne State College where she met her husband, Garrett. She graduated from Wayne State College with a degree in music education. Before graduation she did her student teaching here in Alma, which is one of the reasons she knew she wanted to be a Cardinal!
Mattie and her husband recently moved back to the area so they could be the directors at Camp Joy. They are excited to grow their family with a baby boy this winter. Mattie is excited to be a Cardinal because of the supportive and caring family atmosphere that the school and community provide. She couldn't imagine a better place to start their family. Welcome to the Cardinal family, Mattie! #ProudToBeACardinal
Congratulations to Linden Biskup on being selected as a member of the 2022 NAfME All-National Mixed Choir as an Alto 2. This is Linden’s 3rd year in a row being selected for this prestigious group! #ProudToBeACardinal
Cardinal Spotlight - Josh Quinn; Secondary English, Assistant Boys Basketball Coach
Josh grew up in and graduated from high school in Mead, NE, and is now living here in Alma. He attended Hastings College where he recently graduated in May with his bachelors degree in 7-12 English Education. He also played on the Hastings College Men's Basketball team for three years.
Josh's parents are actually both educators as well. His dad is the superintendent in his hometown at Mead Public Schools, and his mom is a Kindergarten teacher at Mead as well. He has an older brother who is in the United States Army, and his younger sister is attending Northwest Missouri State College.
Josh is excited to be at Alma Public Schools because he looks forward to building strong relationships with his students, the faculty, and the whole Alma community. School and community are two very important aspects to him! Welcome to the Cardinal family, Josh! #ProudToBeACardinal
The volleyball team is selling Cardinal volleyball apparel for the season! You can order online through July 28. Don't miss out! Here is the link: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/cards22?fs=e&s=cl #ProudToBeACardinal
Here is a link to the supply list for the 2022-2023 School Year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IDtMMRwbukUKlsyH6xZT9r5MmZOz75IL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102512926587149906540&rtpof=true&sd=true These will also be sent out with the back to school packets in the mail. #ProudToBeACardinal
Cardinal Families:
We wanted to reach out, as we creep closer to the start of another amazing school year, to remind everyone that this coming year lunch fees are going back to how it was before the impact of Covid allowed all students to eat for free. Unfortunately, the USDA did not approve the waiver to allow for the continuation of free meals for all students.
With that being said, we wanted to provide you with a list of lunch and breakfast prices for the upcoming school year. The prices will remain the same as they were during the 2019-2020 school year and are as follows:
Breakfast $1.60
Elementary Lunch (K-6) $2.55
Secondary Lunch (7-12) $2.95
Reduced Breakfast $0.30
Reduced Lunch $0.40
Adult Breakfast $2.10
Adult Lunch $3.70
*We also really, really, really need everyone's help this year and are asking that families fill out the Free and Reduced Lunch forms. This is vital for several reasons. First and foremost, seeing if your family qualifies for free or reduced lunch status can save a family lots of money on lunch and breakfast fees. Second, the district has an accurate count of families qualifying for free and reduced lunch also has an impact on other federal and state funding streams we receive.
All lunch information is confidential. We are here to help families, and in this day and age with the cost of living so high and the impact gas prices are having on us all; we want to help save your family some money now that lunch and breakfast fees are coming back into the equation.Your help is very much needed and appreciated.
Be safe and have an AWESOME remaining summer, Cardinals!!! #ProudToBeACardinal
Cardinal Spotlight - Ariel Neumeyer, K-12 School Psychologist
Ariel Neumeyer grew up just outside of Alma on a farm and graduated from Alma
Public Schools. She attended college at the University of Nebraska-Kearney where she earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and then her graduate degree as an Education Specialist in School Psychology. Her first job as a School Psychologist was for Lincoln Public Schools. After 3 years of living in Lincoln, she and her husband, Will, had the opportunity to move back to their
family farm. They returned to Alma knowing this would be a good place to raise our family. She had the opportunity to work for the Educational Service Unit 11 in Holdrege for the past 4 years where she was able to serve several area school districts.
She is blessed with a loving and supportive husband. Will owns and operates a dirt excavation company. They have three children who fill their lives with joy and spontaneity and fun. Wyatt is the oldest, he is 5 years old and will be starting Kindergarten at APS this school year. He and Ariel are beyond excited that they get to experience their First Day of School together! Josephine is their second child, she is 3 years old and will start her first year of preschool at Under the Umbrella this fall. Walker is the youngest and will be 2 years old this coming August. They enjoy spending their free time together. Their favorite places to be are outside, at the lake, and with family.
Ariel is thankful the opportunity arose to work in her hometown. The community is extraordinary and she is grateful to be able to give back and invest in this great school district. She is excited to be close to her kids, family and friends. Ariel is proud to be Cardinal again to serve and support teachers, school staff, students, and families through her work as a school psychologist. Welcome back to the Cardinal family, Ariel! #ProudToBeACardinal
The football team is selling Cardinal football apparel for the season! You can order online through July 26. Don't miss out! Here is the link: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/almafb22 #ProudToBeACardinal
Cardinal Spotlight - Taylor Simmons
Taylor Simmons is originally from Vail, Iowa. She lived there until she decided to join the military right after graduation. She served in the US Air Force for 7 years at Offutt Air Force Base, NE. During that time she met her husband, Chris Simmons, and they had their son, Koe, last year. Before moving to Alma, they lived in Plattsmouth, NE. They decided to make the jump and move closer to their family here in Alma for their son. Taylor is excited about becoming a Cardinal because she loves seeing the kids grow every year and having the ability to see her son eventually go to school where her husband graduated from. Welcome to the Cardinal family, Taylor!! #ProudToBeACardinal
Be on the lookout in the next couple of days! We will be doing a Cardinal Spotlight on each of our new staff members for the upcoming school year! We are excited to have them as part of the Cardinal family! #ProudToBeACardinal
Same song, second verse….Congratulations to Delaney Seyler and Miley Whitney for being selected to this year’s UCA All American team! #ProudToBeACardinal
Congratulations to the Cheer Team! They were the overall camp champs in the Band Chant and Game Day competitions at UCA Cheer Camp in El Dorado, Kansas! #ProudToBeACardinal
In an effort to be proactive with the safety of our students and staff in mind, Alma Public Schools had a forester from Nebraska Forest Service come and evaluate the trees on the east side of the school. It was determined the trees would need to be removed. We wanted to communicate this information to our stakeholders in the district. In the near future we will be replacing these trees with healthy ones. #ProudToBeACardinal
The volleyball team is having a bake sale in front of Main Street Variety for the parade today! Don’t miss these awesome treats! #ProudToBeACardinal
