Banner County Public Schools

It’s that time, the school year is coming to an end. Graduation is approaching, and teachers are preparing for summer. For some of these teachers, it will be their last year packi...

As this school year comes to an end, Mrs. Steer will be ending her journey of teaching after 40 years of service. She is retiring with a legacy that has touched many students and ...

After 32 years in education, Mr. Steer is retiring in May 2026. Throughout Mr. Steer's teaching career, he has had many roles: principal-teacher, coach, athletic director, and stu...

Although the Banner County High School track team started with eight athletes this season, there are only three now: Makynna Boettcher, Gabe Collier, and Kassie Loutzenhiser. Coach...

The fourth graders tried a new approach when completing a research project for Social Studies. This current event project was influenced by Wheaties cereal boxes highlighting insp...

Mark Twain once said, “There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.” The Banner County High School speech team members are conquering their nerv...

What is the importance of clay whistles and Batiks? Some may say there is really no importance to it; it's just an art project, but there is a lot more to it than you think. These...

This February, 9th-grade Physical Science students were building rubber-band-powered cars. This experiment puts their creative engineering skills to the test, while also helping t...

The High Plains Honor Choir was held at Chadron State College on February 3, 2026. This was a chance for high school students to sing with college-level singers and learn from exp...

Next year, Optional Enrichment Friday will be discontinued. The school board held a special meeting after the school sent a survey regarding OEF and related topics. With OEF being...

This season the boys' varsity Wildcat basketball team is learning. With more development, practice, and maturity next season, the team will dominate. Despite an unfortunate losing...

The Lady Wildcats basketball team is off to a challenging but promising start this season. With a roster of ten dedicated players and two new coaches leading the way, the team has...

The 2025–2026 high school wrestling season has started, and the team has two wrestlers: Wilbur R and Tate O. So far, Wilbur has a record of 24 -17 and Tate has a record of 24-6. W...

During the last weeks of October, Banner County School purchased an ice cream machine. Mr. Lecher noticed that ice cream machines at other schools made a lot of money and thought,...

On November 19th, FFA members Makynna B., Tack C., Micah D., Kambree H., Kassie L, Shawnie M., Leeigh M., and Luke O. participated in FFA Leadership Development Events (LDEs). In ...