The Easter bunny visited Prairie View Assisted Living in Tilden this afternoon, bringing with it a golden egg.

​Jaxsyn Robertson, age 3, was the lucky winner of the golden egg during the Easter egg hung.

School: Elkhorn Valley

Parents Names: Brandon and Jen Rystrom

Siblings Names/Ages: Colten 15 and Easton 12

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Band, choir, show choir, FBLA, FCCLA, volleyball, basketball, track

What is your favorite memory of high school?
Going to Worlds of Fun my sophomore year.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
To never give up no matter how hard it gets, and it may get frustrating at times, but push through it.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
To go to Northeast and graduate but I don’t know what I want to do yet, but after I graduate get a job and go on from there.

Five Elkhorn Valley students were inducted into the National Honor Society earlier this month. 

2019 inductees are (left to right) Jace Thompson (junior), Jacob Cleveland (sophomore), Kayleigh Fernau (sophomore), Benjamin Wilcox (sophomore) and Adam Miller (sophomore).​

School: Elkhorn Valley Schools

Parents Names: Cindi Rath and Jake Knox

Siblings Names/Ages: Brandi Jean, 30, Xac Rath, 29, Tasha Rath, 27

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Art, Teammates

What is your favorite memory of high school?
The art trip my Junior year.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
Sometimes all you need is a good cry to get everything back on track.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
I plan to attend the Berlin University of the Arts and major in Fine Arts. I hope in five years I’m still living in Germany possibly still attending school or being part of the workforce there. 

School: Elkhorn Valley Schools

Parents Names:
Kylie & Virgle Holley

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Band, choir, football, wrestling, FFA, FBLA, show choir, jazz band

What is your favorite memory of high school?
My first varsity football game.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
It’s never too late to try. Somethings you just gotta do even if you don’t want to.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
I’m going to college at Wayne State to major in animal science and one day hopefully become a veterinary technician.

School: Elkhorn Valley Schools

Parents Names: Bob and Tonya Petersen

Siblings Names/Ages: Chris Petersen/21

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Football for 2 years, track for 4 years, wrestling for 4 years, show choir, choir, jazz band, band, National Honor Society, FBLA, and FCCLA

What is your favorite memory of high school?
My favorite memory of high school is finally making it to state my senior year in wrestling.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
The advice I would offer to underclassmen would be to cherish every moment of your high school career. Time flies by, even though it might not seem like it sometimes.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
I haven’t decided where I’m going to college yet, but my two choices are between the Young Americans and Ozark Christian College. In five years I hope to have gotten my college degree, and have a good start on a job and career. I want to have a strong faith, and a start of a great life.

School: Elkhorn Valley

Parents Names: Joe & Stacie Schaecher

Siblings Names/Ages: Kyleigh(27), Jaydn(19), Sydnee(15)

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Football, wrestling, track, FBLA, FFA, Stand for the Silent, FCA, One Act.

What is your favorite memory of high school?
Placing at state wrestling

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
Work hard on your studies because it helps in the long run.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
I plan to go to Northeast and go into the plumbing or electrician program. In five years I hope to have built my own house either outside of Tilden or Battle Creek.

School: Elkhorn Valley Schools

Parents Names: Lavelle and Felecia McFarland

Siblings Names/Ages: Brother and two sisters, ages 23, 33, and 36

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Football, track, wrestling, golf, FBLA, FCCLA, FCA, Circle of Friends.

What is your favorite memory of high school?
Senior trip with my class.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
To stay on top of homework.

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
Northeast Community College and not sure about what I will be doing.

School: Elkhorn Valley Schools

Parents Names: Jerome and Kathy Ollendick

Siblings Names/Ages: Braedyn 16, Brendyn 14, Kellyn 12

What activities did you participate in while in high school?
Volleyball, basketball, track, dance

What is your favorite memory of high school?
High School is full of great memories!! I don’t really have a specific one.

What advice can you offer underclassmen?
The advice I would give them is the more you dread school, the longer it will feel. So just go to school and have fun, you only have a couple more years until your off on your own paying your own bills and taking on your own responsibilities ;)

What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years?
I plan to go to Northeast to become a nurse. I will do my generals first and then apply to get into the nursing program. In 5 years, I plan to stay close to home and be done with college and begin working as a pediatric nurse.

Seven Elkhorn Valley students were selected for 2018-19 Winter NSAA Academic All-State honors.

Chosen for the honor were:

Boys Basketball - Braedyn Ollendick and Carter Rautenberg
Girls Basketball - Haley Fleetwood and Amber Miller
Speech - Angel Qualset
Wrestling - Hunter Bennett and Mitchell Petersen

The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize high school students, based on their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity.

A nominated student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role on the team or in the organizational activity during the seasons for which nominations are accepted. The student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average, in all curricular subjects, of 93 percent or 3.7 on a 4.0-point scale or the equivalent. NSAA high schools or their cooperative sponsorship may nominate a maximum of two students per NSAA activity program.

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