Bluejay Bulletin

Congratulations to the GACC Volleyball team on their District win and to the GACC Football team for their first-round State Football playoff win!

To enable students and staff to attend either State Volleyball or the State Football Playoffs, there will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 6.

Take State Bluejays!

Congratulations to the Guardian Angels Central Catholic Volleyball Team on their District Championship! They will play their first game at the State Tournament tonight at 7 p.m. at the Pinnacle Bank Arena. Should they win tonight, they will play again on Friday at 1 p.m.

Members of the state-bound Guardian Angels Central Catholic volleyball team are, from left, front: Kara Ridder, Emma Cohee, Hailey Kreikemeier, Bailey Gerths, Tia Strehle;

back: head coach Maddie Gideon, Harper Dinslage, Charlie Ridder, Alli Ritter, Bailey Knobbe, Nevaeh Kreikemeier, Riley Wegner, coach Deb Bailey and coach Krista Batenhorst.

Photo courtesy of Mike O'Brien/Cuming County News

Junior High and High School students, please use the link below to sign up for a winter sports concession stand shift. Each student is expected to sign up for at least one shift. Service hours will be given!

On Monday, the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students attended the Sizemore Sportsmanship Pep Rally and the Nebraska Women's Basketball Game at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The students heard messages from Husker athletes on leadership, communication, responding to challenges, and finding joy in competition and their lives. More than 4,000 attendees from 73 schools across Nebraska took part in the day-long event.

A group photo of the Guardian Angels Central Catholic 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

Download the PDF below for a Cookie Tray Order Form.

Please join us in prayer as we begin the search for the next principal of Guardian Angels Central Catholic Grade School!

First, we are incredibly grateful to Joyce Stalp for her dedicated service as interim principal throughout the 2026–27 school year. We look forward to celebrating and thanking her for all she has done for our school community before she concludes her time with us next year.

This fall, the school board has been working closely with the Catholic Schools Office of the Archdiocese of Omaha to develop a plan for finding the next leader of our Catholic school. We ask for your prayers throughout this process—that God will guide our search and lead us to the right candidate.

Our hope is to find a principal who will help us continue to grow and strengthen what makes Guardian Angels Central Catholic so special: a school where people encounter Jesus, where our children are challenged to learn and grow, and where our faculty and staff are proud and happy to serve.

The job posting is available on the Nebraska Department of Education website:
nebraskaeducationjobs.ne.gov

We will be sharing the position in several places, reviewing applications, and scheduling interviews with our selection committee. Our goal is to extend and secure an accepted offer in early spring, allowing our new principal to begin on July 1.

Know someone who might be a great fit? Please share the job posting with family, friends, or anyone you think would be a wonderful addition to our Guardian Angels community!

Most important, please keep this search, our school, and the future of Guardian Angels Central Catholic in your prayers. We trust that God has great things in store for our school, and we are excited to see where He leads us!

To aid you in planning ahead, download the PDF below for a full schedule of Guardian Angels Central Catholic's winter activities schedule.

November

6 State Volleyball & 2nd Round State Football Playoffs - NO SCHOOL

8 St. Mary's Family Fun Day

9 Fall Sports Athletic Banquet

10 One Act Joint Performance, 6 p.m. at the Nielsen Center

11 Veterans Day Program, at West Point-Beemer High School

12 National Honor Society Induction , 7:15 p.m. at St. Mary's

18 Edge, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Activity Center

19-25 Book Fair, in the cafeteria

25 Grandparents Mass, at 10:30 a.m., Dismissal after Refreshments in the Cafeteria

26-29 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

December

8 Immaculate Conception Holy Day - NO SCHOOL

11 GACC Wrestling Meet - NO SCHOOL

16 Christmas Program

21 - Jan. 4 - Christmas Break - NO SCHOOL

After learning how families in Mexico honor and remember loved ones during Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Spanish 2 picked up their paintbrushes and put their own creative spin on one of the celebration’s most recognizable symbols “calaveras,” which means skulls. Pictured above, clockwise from left, Kutter Prinz, Keyden Throener and Ethan Gentrup decorate skulls.

Other students participated in the celebration by listening to music and eating snacks together. Bailey Knobbe (left) and Charlie Ridder enjoyed snacks while painting their skulls.

This week, Mr. Lammli's Biology class conducted a lab on mitosis. Students prepared their own microscope slides with an onion root tip, then observed the slide for the mitosis process. Pictured above, from left, Ethan Eisenmenger, Mason Strehle, Kaidyn Strehle and Anthony Jansen (partially visible) observe the slide they prepared.

Pictured above in the foreground, Neveah Kreikemeier (left) and Bailey Knobbe check out their slide for mitosis.

• The Nebraska Christian Women's Conference is seeking daycare helpers for the Conference on November 14. Service Hours will be given. A sign-up sheet is located outside the High School office.

The Dinklage Alumni Scholarship must be completed and submitted to the GACC Guidance office by December 11, 2026.

Click the link below for more information.

Yearbook Order Forms are available in the High School office, or click the link below to order:

Learning and Leading Through Christ

Email: matt.jansen@gaccbluejays.org
Website: www.gaccbluejays.org
Location: 419 East Decatur St., West Point, NE 68788