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Marisa Schmeckpeper Named December Youth Rotarian

Seward High Senior, Marisa Schmeckpeper was recognized as the December Seward Rotary Club’s Youth Rotarian.  She is the daughter of Dr. Shannon Hall-Schmeckpeper and Kurt Schmeckpeper of Seward.  She was introduced and . . .

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SHS Writes Christmas Cards to Area Veterans

Many Seward High students took time in the classes to write a Christmas Card to a Military Veteran in Nebraska. The program- remembering military veterans at Christmas - is sponsored by the GFWC Seward Woman’s Club! The Woman’s . . .

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Rotary Club’s Annual Holiday Home Lighting Awards Announced MIXING IT UP 2024

The annual Seward Rotary Home Holiday Outdoor Lighting Contest was held Sunday evening, December 8, 2024.  The holiday outdoor lighting and decorated homes in the Greater Seward Area were judged by a group delegation from the Seward . . .

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GFWC Seward Woman’s Club “Festival of Trees” Creates an Impact in the Community of Seward

The GFWC Seward Woman’s Club highlighted the area “First Responder” Christmas Trees for the Seward Christmas Festival on the weekend of November 30 th , 2024. The local GFWC Club wanted to be part of the bigger community . . .

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Seward High Senior, Esten Johnsen named November Youth Rotarian of the Month

Esten Johnsen, SHS Senior, was selected as the November Seward Rotary Club’s Youth Rotarian of the Month. He is the son of Angela and Steven Johnsen of Seward. He is an Honor Student academically, with a Grade Point Average of 4.0. . . .

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Esten Johnsen-SHS Senior and Kinlee Goracke-SMS Both Named Champions at American Legion District 12 Oratorical Contest

Esten Johnsen-SHS Senior and Kinlee Goracke-SMS Both Named Champions at American Legion District 12 Oratorical Contest. Esten won First Place in the High School Division and Kinlee was the Middle School Champion.  Esten is the son of . . .

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Annual “Bluejay Way Community Service Day” is a Success!

There were about 30 local high school students that volunteered and assisted in the annual “Bluejay Way” Community Service Day on Sunday, October 20, 2024. The day promoted community service at Seward High School and . . .

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SHS Performs Well at State History Quiz Bowl in Seward at Living Water Lutheran Church

The two Seward High teams participated in the recent History Quiz Bowl in Seward did very well considering they were with many Class A Schools in the Large School Division of the contest.  The Large School Division was won by Elkhorn . . .

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Seward High Sends Five Students to Rotary Leadership Program-RYLA

Five local Seward High juniors attended the recent Rotary Youth Leadership Award program during the three-day week-end of October 11-13 th at Camp Sonshine near Roca, Nebraska sponsored by Rotary District 5650 of Rotary International and . . .

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“Girl’s Only” Quiz Bowl held in Seward

The statewide, annual “Girl’s Only” Quiz Bowl was held in Seward at the Seward Living Word Lutheran Church at 1300 West Hillcrest on Wednesday, October 2 nd in an all-day quiz bowl competition from 9:00 am until 4:00 . . .

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Lawson Luebbe is Selected the October Seward Youth Rotarian

SHS Senior, Lawson Luebbe of rural Seward-near Goehner, was selected to be the October Seward Youth Rotarian and invited to the October 9 th , 2024 Rotary Luncheon meeting at the Jones Bank in Seward.  He is the oldest son of Melissa . . .

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Jena Eberspacher Named September Youth Rotarian

SHS Senior, Jena Eberspacher of rural Seward was named the 2024 September Seward Rotary Club’s Youth Rotarian at the recent September 18 th noon Rotary Club luncheon meeting held at the Jones Bank Auditorium.  She is the . . .

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Ben Nottingham is Select First Youth Rotarian for 2024-2025 School Year

The SHS National Merit Scholar Finalist, Ben Nottingham, an Seward High Senior, was selected as the first to be named a Seward Youth Rotarian for 2024-2025.  He is the son of Dana and Danna Nottingham of Seward.    . . .

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Five SHS Students to attend GFWC Sophomore Pilgrimage

Five SHS students were selected to represent Seward High at the spring, 2024 GFWC NFWC Sophomore Pilgrimage at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.  The students will be sponsored by the GFWC Seward Woman’s Club and the GFWC . . .

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SHS Students Selected for RYLA Leadership Weekend

Three Seward High young men were selected to be the representatives to the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) program sponsored by Rotary District 5650 and Rotary International! The selected students  were announced Wednesday Sept . . .

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The Annual Literature High School Quiz Bowl Held in Seward-SHS Does Well

The annual Literature High School Quiz Bowl was held in Seward, at the Seward Civic Center, with 39 High School Quiz Bowl teams competing in a tournament competition with a Literature Focus on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.  This . . .

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SHS is Represented at ESU #6 2023 Annual High School Quiz Bowl

SHS had two teams represented in the annual ESU#6 Quiz Bowl March 29 th  at the Civic Center.  The team members included Lydia Lobmeyer, Sjoen Munk, Kretyn Roth, Ben Nottingham, Addilyn Sugden, Ainsley Hotovy, . . .

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SHS Senior, Noah Fields placed First in the local Seward VFW “Voice of Democracy” speech contest. The 2022-2023 theme was “Why Veteran’s Count!”

He was asked to write and record a Three to Five minute speech on the selected topic!  Noah's speech then competed at the District level and he was presented a cash scholarship on behalf of the Seward VFW Club 4755.  . . .

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HOBY Student Selected At SHS to Represent Seward at State’s 2023 Seminar this summer

The annual selection process is complete to select a Seward High sophomore student leader for the Nebraska Hugh O” Brian Youth Leadership Seminar scheduled for this summer.  SHS Sophomore, Tessa Greisen, the . . .

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SHS FCCLA Collects TEE’s in a Unique “Recycle” Program-Promoting Suicide Awareness and Prevention

“Give Us the Shirt Off You Back! Goal-271` Tee Shirts –Last Year 271 Individuals Died from Suicide In Nebraska Julya Metschke, SHS Sophomore member of the Family Community . . .

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