Wood River Rural Schools

It’s a great day to be an Eagle! 🦅🔥 Heading to Gibbon for Conference Semis tonight! Let's go Eagles!! 🏀💜🤍

💃🏻 2 weeks to go ~ sign up today! YWCA of Grand Island provides the MyNight Boutique program that offers high school students the opportunity to shop for prom dresses, shoes, and accessories for free! Each year, they transform their space into a boutique filled with beautiful options for students to choose from.

Mat time in Loup City today. Let’s get it! 🔥 Good Luck! #EagleWrestling

Let’s go, Eagles! 🦅 Our girls are competing at Districts in Weeping Water today starting at 2:00 PM. They’ve put in the work, now it’s time to secure those spots at State! 💪 Click below for live results and bracket info: https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/14593455/information 🥇 Good Luck Lady Eagles! #EaglePride #WrestleLikeAGirl

Friday Morning Club interviewed the members of our bowling team. Congratulations to Avery Miles as she qualified for state! Listen to our conversation here. https://bit.ly/4kn3NW8. #weAREwoodriver

Boom!

Yesterday, 10 Wood River FFA members competed in State FFA Degree interviews, representing our chapter with professionalism, confidence, and pride. The time, preparation, and dedication it takes to reach this level speak volumes about these students and their commitment to growth through FFA.

We also had strong results in Proficiency Awards, recognizing outstanding SAE projects:

🏅 Agricultural Mechanics Repair & Maintenance (Placement)
• Peytin Grossart – Gold, State Qualifier 🥇
• Kale Real – Silver

🏅 Beef Production (Entrepreneurship)
• Rylee Codner – Gold, State Qualifier 🥇

🏅 Beef Production (Placement)
• Rylee Codner – Gold, State Qualifier 🥇
• Kenna Wagoner – Silver

🏅 Diversified Agricultural Production (Entrepreneurship/Placement)
• Everett Miller – Silver

These results reflect countless hours of hard work outside the classroom—feeding, caring for livestock, maintaining equipment, recordkeeping, and taking responsibility for real-world agricultural projects. We are incredibly proud of all of our members who stepped up to compete and represent Wood River FFA. 💙💛

The Eagle Boys Basketball team plays in the winners bracket on Friday night at Gibbon at 6:00. If you can't make the game it will be streamed at: https://striv.tv/channel/gibbon/

The Lady Eagle Basketball team plays in the consolation bracket on Thursday night at Doniphan-Trumbull at 6:00. If you can't make it the game will be streamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/doniphan/organization/637/doniphan-trumbull-high-school

What a great way for women coaches around the state to meet on National Women's Coaches and Girls Sports Day by attending the WeCoach Regional Conference in Omaha today. Grateful to be a part of so many girls' journey through sports at Wood River. It was a great day!

Lady Eagles play a hard fought game in a loss to Ord in LouPlatte Conference Tournament play. They will play in the consolation game on Thursday night.

This year Wood River is in a bowling coop with Grand Island. Today the bowling team became District Champs with all five bowlers taking the individual honors Avery Miles was one of those five. She finished in 5th place and will compete at the State Bowling Championships next week. Great Job!!

Congrats to the Eagle Boys Basketball Team. They pick up the win tonight in the Louplatte Conference Tournament!! Great win!!!

🌹 Freshman Class Fundraiser! Pre-Order your student a flower or flowers to be delivered at school on Valentines Day. 💕 Pre-Orders Due: MONDAY, FEB 9 by 4 pm. Send money in an envelope to the front office of either school. Cash or Checks to Wood River Freshman Class (due before delivery) LIMITED QUANTITIES!! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE!

Construction class has this nice 8' x 10' shed for sale for 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!

🎳 The bowlers are competing for a chance to head to state today! GOOD LUCK 🍀

Friday Morning Club interviewed Mrs. Woodman and Mrs. Haywood Friday. Listen here to learn more about some of our new staff members this year. https://bit.ly/45F2Cv2. #fridaymorningclub #weAREwoodriver

Braille Challenge

The Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) recently hosted its annual statewide Braille Challenge, a friendly competition designed to strengthen braille literacy skills for students in grades 1–12. Developed by the Braille Institute, the challenge tests students in Speed and Accuracy, Proofreading, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, and Charts/Graphs, emphasizing skills essential for academic and career success.

Mykell Earl competed at the Junior Varsity level and earned a second-place finish. The Braille Challenge not only allows students to showcase their abilities, but also provides opportunities to build confidence, make new friends, and celebrate achievements in braille literacy.​ Great job!

Here is the Counselors Corner newsletter for February. Also, we are planning for a Career Fair on Wednesday, April 29th. We are looking for parents, community members, and businesses to participate. Please consider signing up to help - https://forms.gle/CSWq94wKnB89CyGe7

Attention undergrad education majors WREA (Wood River Education Association) is offering a one-time $300.00 scholarship. To qualify you must be in at least your second year of education courses and a Wood River graduate. Please fill out the application and submit it to the president of WREA via email:

kileycodner@wrrsd.org by February 20th, 2026.

Here is the link: https://shorturl.at/tG4Zi