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Welcome to Windy Hills
Windy Hills Elementary
4211 20th Avenue
Kearney, Nebraska 68845
308-698-8220
Fax 308-698-8224
Nathan Lightle, Principal
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To learn about Mr. Lightle click here
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Thursday, February 2 4:00pm-9:00pm
Monday, February 6 4:00pm-9:00pm
Tuesday, February 7 4:00pm-8:00pm
Thursday, February 2 4:00pm-9:00pm
Monday, February 6 4:00pm-9:00pm
Tuesday, February 7 4:00pm-8:00pm
A PRINCIPAL AND A HERO
Nathan Lightle, principal of Windy Hills and Riverdale Elementary School, receives an honor during a special school assembly from the American Red Cross.
He received the Certificate of Merit award after he and his wife helped 17 year old Serena Stacy after she was involved in a severe car accident.
"It is an honor, but I believe there are a lot of people out there that do a lot of great things for people in those situations, and maybe their story doesn't get out or they don't have the opportunity,"said award recipient Nathan Lightle to NTV news. "But a lot of people would have done the same thing in that situation. You just do what's right for people and you just try to help people and my wife and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time."
The Red Cross Certificate of Merit award is signed by the President of the United States, and is the highest award bestowed by the organization. Lightle is one of only 12,000 recipients nationwide.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NTV NEWS REPORT
PRESIDENTS PHYSICAL FITNESS AWARDS
Fitness is an ACTION at Windy Hills Elementary. The school was awarded the Nebraska State Championship for physical fitness with 16% of the students at Windy Hills scoring above the 85th percentile on the Presidents Physical Fitness tests. The test includes five activities: curl ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull ups, and a v-sit reach. Windy Hills had 33 students receive the President’s Physical Fitness Awards.
Physical Fitness Awards:
1st Grade: Justin Murray. 2nd Grade: Peyton Larson, Max Myers, Kiestynn Garner, Ashley Keck. 3rd Grade: Logan Miner, Carter Abels, Logan O'Brien, Carissa Choyeski, Jacee Nore, Grace Oberg, Macie Whalen, Hannah Godwin, Lily Novacek, Claire Palser. 4th Grade: Kaden Bonner, Jared Mattley, Mathew Merz, Colin Murray, Faith Becker, Sarah Clinch, Sydney Weiler, Ainsley Aden, Christina Arram, Cameron Griffiths, Haley Kollars. 5th Grade: Sam Engberg, Jacob Hardy, Jackson Oberg, Chandler Welker, Hannah Hardy, Emily Maul, Jadyn Yoder.
MARATHON WINNERS!
WINDY HILLS MARATHON WINNERS!
Marathon Finishers:
1st Grade
Finished Full Marathon: Ryan Abels, Sarah Cumpston, Brooke Barth, Jake Homan, Nick Homan, Brock LeClair, Austen Madsen, Caleb O'Brien, Tate Shoemaker, Ben Cumpston, Jack Dahlgren, Luke Wegner Finished 1/2 Marathon: Justin Murray
2nd Grade
Finished Full Marathon: Julia Carlson, Bella Engberg, Kaleigh Hatcher, Ashley Keck, Mackenzie Krull, Max Myers, Aaron O'Brien, Ian Smith, Isaac Becker, Brooke Weiler, Kaleb Andersen, Kylee Bober, Molly Bruggeman, Isabella Cao, Johnny Fountain, Kierstynn Garner, Ethan Kinney, Regan Kunze, Olivia Nore, Evan Polen, Charlie Shea, Collin Sleicher, JaeCee Malone, Ciara Shultz. Finished 1/2 Marathon: Jais Gappa, Megan Sutton, Lilly Arram, Deryk Giesler, Noah Molina, Wade Palmer, Emily Worm.
Finished Full Marathon: Julia Carlson, Bella Engberg, Kaleigh Hatcher, Ashley Keck, Mackenzie Krull, Max Myers, Aaron O'Brien, Ian Smith, Isaac Becker, Brooke Weiler, Kaleb Andersen, Kylee Bober, Molly Bruggeman, Isabella Cao, Johnny Fountain, Kierstynn Garner, Ethan Kinney, Regan Kunze, Olivia Nore, Evan Polen, Charlie Shea, Collin Sleicher, JaeCee Malone, Ciara Shultz. Finished 1/2 Marathon: Jais Gappa, Megan Sutton, Lilly Arram, Deryk Giesler, Noah Molina, Wade Palmer, Emily Worm.
3rd Grade
Finished Full Marathon: Landon Andersen, Joshua Bean, Ella Bruggeman, Elijah Clark, Trevor Cumpston, Tyler Kratzer, Will Luthans, Carson Schnacker, Carter Abels, Kenzie Bonnner, Charlie Brockmeier, Kaiya Diestler, Hannah Godwin, Carter Goff, Mia Hernandez, Olivia Mendez, Jacee Nore, Lily Novacek, Logan O'Brien, Eli Smith, Anna Boyd. Finished 1/2 Marathon: Grace Oberg, Peter Waterfield, Will Decker, Brian Barua.
Finished Full Marathon: Landon Andersen, Joshua Bean, Ella Bruggeman, Elijah Clark, Trevor Cumpston, Tyler Kratzer, Will Luthans, Carson Schnacker, Carter Abels, Kenzie Bonnner, Charlie Brockmeier, Kaiya Diestler, Hannah Godwin, Carter Goff, Mia Hernandez, Olivia Mendez, Jacee Nore, Lily Novacek, Logan O'Brien, Eli Smith, Anna Boyd. Finished 1/2 Marathon: Grace Oberg, Peter Waterfield, Will Decker, Brian Barua.
4th Grade
Finished Full Marathon: Kaden Bonner, Nick Carlson, Sarah Clinch, Jessica Hinz, Haley Kollars, Skyler Krull, Brooklynn LeClair, Nat Luther, Sydney Weiler, Ainsley Aden, Christina Arram, Alexis Barth, Kelsey Borowski, Will Cavill, Ben Homan, Alex Kemp, Cade Kluthe, Jared Mattley, Addie Mitchell, Colin Murray, Liza Trettel, Maddie Wegner. Finished 1/2 Marathon: Morgan Boldt, Kayla Poggioli, Michaela Becker, Anthony Becker, Faith Becker
5th Grade
Finished Full Marathon: Brandon Boyd, Elle Dahlgren, Sam Engberg, Kollin Goff, Emily Maul, Claire Phillips, Ben Prellwitz, Max Rademacher, Jayden Yoder, Nolan Bennett, Sam Clinch, Olivia Micek, Charlie Polen, Courtney Schwab, Hannah Speicher, Joshua Sutton, Bryce Tibke.
Math Magic Visits Windy Hills
Math Magician, Christian Augustine, visits Windy Hills to show students that there is much more to math through the excitement of magic.
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Marathon Finishers
CLASS ACT DONATES TO OUR SCHOOL
C.L.A.S.S. Act Distributes $60,000 to Kearney Public SchoolsC.L.A.S.S. Act (Community Leading And Supporting Students) distributed $60,000 to Kearney Public Schools in September. Every year the steering committee delivers oversized checks to each school and shares with the students what C.L.A.S.S. Act does. The annual fundraiser took place in April and raised $116,000. See additional photos on the KPS Facebook Page
Windy Hills Banner Project 2010-2011
We want to thank all of Windy Hills parents, students and staff that worked on and supported this year's traditional, end of the year, banner project. Thanks to: Tanya Wegner, Denise Waterfield, Amber Cochran, Sanae Shea, Freddy Susnar, Tricia Shoemaker, Laura Kollars, Mackenzie Krajewski, Cindi Richter, Steph Wegner, Mona Pickering, Ranee Borowski, Dina Luthans, Lexi Kratzenstein, Dee McClenahan, Koeby Bonner, and Stone Mendez. The banner is up! Stop by school and take a look!
