Wood River Rural Schools

TRACK SHIRT ORDER FORM for Junior High 2026.
ANYONE is welcome to order these shirts. Please select the size and style you would like. All shirts are unisex, Gildan brand, Adult sizes. Please have money to Mrs. Strode/Mrs. Foltz/or the front office by the deadline, March 17.
https://forms.gle/GxQEP9NzBXRKTFBN6

🌟 State FFA Qualifier Shirts Now Available! 🌟

We are excited to celebrate our Wood River FFA State Qualifiers! All students who qualified for State FFA will receive a t-shirt, and we are opening the online store so family, friends, and community members can also purchase one to support them.

🛒 Order here:
https://woodriverstateffa2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/

⏰ Store closes March 10 at 10:00 AM.
No late orders will be accepted, so make sure to get your order in before the deadline!

Let’s show up to State in style and support our Wood River FFA members! 💙💛

Our seniors had the opportunity to explore career options today. Special thanks to the Hastings Police Department, Mary Lanning Healthcare, and Small Town Famous for hosting us.

Last week, the dual credit Applied Statistics class gathered data on lunch order times in Grand Island. After their analysis, it was determined that while some people had an extra 7 minute wait, we had zero outliers and no times were significantly fast nor slow in our sample.

🎈The 4th graders celebrated Nebraska's 159th birthday by baking and decorating cookies! 🎈

The Wood River freshman class visited Concordia University in Seward and Champion Homes in York today and explored post secondary options to consider pursuing.

Mrs. Martin's 1st grade kicked off Read Across America week with a very special guest reader!

Golf will also be in full swing on Monday as we will have our first Player Meeting. Band is where we will keep parents and players updated so please join if you have not done so. Parent Meeting will also be on Wednesday at 6pm.

The spring sports season kicks off on Monday. Here is the track and field schedule and announcements for the first week. If you plan to participate and haven't joined the Band page, sign up so you don't miss any information throughout the season.

We are honored to attend the Dallas LIM Symposium as we receive our Lighthouse School recognition. The first Middle School/High School in the state of Nebraska! We want to give a heartfelt shoutout to our incredible staff who work tirelessly with our students every single day. This recognition belongs to you and all of our students. You are the reason we are celebrating this award. We A.R.E Wood River! Go Eagles!

The Eagles fall to Fillmore Central in a hard fought sub-district final. #wreagles #seniors

Excellent job to our Principal Mr. Pietrzak for thoughtfully answering questions during the Q&A at the Dallas LIM Symposium Secondary breakout session.

We were thrilled to lead a breakout session at the Dallas Leader in Me Symposium, where we had the opportunity to share with fellow secondary schools about LIM.

The Eagle Boys win tonight in OT vs Cross County!! Play Fillmore Central on Thursday!! GO EAGLES!!

🦅 Go Eagles! 🦅 The Eagles took down the Cardinals 64-36 to advance in sub-districts! Next up: Cross County 📍 At Cross County 🕖 Tomorrow at 7:00 PM

Track and Field season begins Monday March 2nd. Here is a link to purchase team apparel/fan gear for the upcoming season. Store closes March 8th at 11:59 pm

https://wood-river-track-and-field-team-store-2026.itemorder.com/shop/sale/

UPDATE: PRICE DROP!!! $1500 takes this home! Construction class has this nice 8' x 10' shed for sale for less than cost of materials! Interested buyers please email dwadding@wrrsd.org. Buyer will need a trailer capable of given dimensions to haul. We'll help load!

Today the Eagle Boys Basketball Team travels to Cross County to play the first round of Subdistrict Basketball. Tonight the boys play Giltner/Harvard at 6:30. The game will be streamed on the Cross County Youtube channel and Cross County Hudl TV. GO EAGLES!!

Congrats to our speech team on another wonderful day competing. Congratulations to the following medalists: Adriana Riley: 3rd place novice serious prose Liza Green: 7th place Varsity humorous prose Preston Ammon: 6th place novice humorous prose Liza and Matilda Green: 2nd place improv duet Jeremey Fehringer: 6th place varsity entertainment Makayla Krolikowski and Adriana Riley: 1st place novice duet acting Presley Packer and Liza Green: 12th place duet acting