Dundy County Stratton Schools

DCS FFA Labor Auction 2025 A HUGE thank you to everyone that came out to our annual Labor Auction tonight! We had a total of 45 member auctioned off and so many great buyers and community members that showed their support! Thank you once again to Kiley Roundtree for being a great auctioneer, Marily for the pictures, and to Dundy County Processors for the donation of the delicious hamburgers and hotdogs!

⚠️Update⚠️: Due to lack of interest/registration there will be NO Cornhole tournament this afternoon! Everything else is still on for this evening! Hope to see you there!

After a 3.5 hours weather delay, "Friday morning lights" finishes with a score of DCS 65-Southern Valley 13. Thanks to all for your patience and understanding.

Football senior parents night is being moved to next weeks playoff game. More details to come.

DCS volleyball is starting now if you are in town waiting for the football game to start! Come on inside!

Senior parents night will happen tonight, 15 minutes prior to the football game. We are currently in a weather delay.

DCS FFA had a great morning in Trenton today checking off the first task of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation's Connecting Chapters program! Next we get to read an Ag Literacy book and teach a lesson to an elementary classroom, and finally connect with our County Farm Bureau. After we complete all of the tasks our chapter we be recognized at the state convention in March!

Surplus items listed! Drop your sealed bids off at the DCS High School by Nov 6th at 12:00 PM MT/1:00 PM CT. Thank you!

October 16th, 2025-No Preschool, Early Out

Congratulations to Esmaye for earning a free jacket from the Nebraska FFA Foundation through the "Blue Jackets. Bright Futures." Campaign/Scholarship. Esmaye wrote about the symbolic meaning of the jacket to her, her future goals within FFA and the growth along the way. Esmaye was 1 of 257 (many more applied) members to receive a jacket this year, and the sole recipient from Dundy Co. Stratton. Congratulations Esmaye!

We are hosting the RPAC volleyball tournament on Thursday, October 16. To accommodate this, Dundy County Stratton Schools will be dismissing at 1:00 pm. Buses will run accordingly and there will be no preschool.

Busy Thursday Ahead, Tiger Nation!
RPAC Volleyball: 2:30pm MT
Admission: $5 Adults | $4 Students --Reminder: Local passes will NOT be accepted — everyone must pay at the door!

Then head over for some gridiron glory...

Tiger Football vs. Southern Valley Eagles starting at 7:00pm MT.
Senior Parent Nights at 6:45. Parents please be to the field by 6:40.
FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT – That means FREE ADMISSION for ALL!

Join the DCS FFA on SATURDAY for our annual Labor Auction! This year, we will be hosting a cornhole tournament and serving a hamburger/hot dog meal beforehand! Please contact kmues@dcstigers.org for any questions. See you there!

DCS host RPAC volleyball on Thursday! Brackets are in CENTRAL time. Games start at 2:30 mountain time. DCS plays the first game against Sutherland.

JH Volleyball Schedule for Chase Co. on Saturday, Oct 11th starting at 9:00am.

We’re excited to be hosting our 3rd Annual 7–12 Science Fair at Dundy County Stratton Schools in Benkelman on Wednesday, December 10th, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We’re currently looking for community members to serve as science fair judges. Judges play an important role in providing feedback and encouragement to our students as they present their research projects. Judges will receive a stipend and lunch will be provided. If you’re interested or would like more information, please reach out to Elisha Hinojosa (ehinojosa@dcstigers.org). We’d love to have you join us for a fun and inspiring day of student science!

Picture Retake Day is October 13th, 2025.

The dual credit anatomy and physiology class finished their tissue box models of the skin yesterday. These will be delivered to teachers' classrooms throughout the school to show off their work.

FBLA members are starting their annual Little Caesars Fundraiser! Sales are October 1st through October 27th. If you would like to order online, use this link:

https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/buyer

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