Mathew Zitek Wins Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest

  Mathew Zitek, seventh grader at St. John the Baptist Catholic School, received the Patriot’s Pen Award from Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2543 for his essay entry in the 2018 Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. This year’s theme was “America’s Gift to My...

Classroom Speech Contest Winners

Congratulations to our Speech Contest Class Winners: 5th Grade: Claire Laney, 1st Place Izabel Widman, 2nd Place Piper Isham, 3rd Place 6th Grade: Carissa Eckhoff, 1st Place Jayger Haag, 2nd Place Miles Poppleton, 3rd Place 7th Grade: Isabella Hajek-Jones, 1st Place...

StJB Student Honored at Heroes In the Hearland Awards Luncheon

Jayger Haag, 6th grade student at St. John the Baptist Catholic School, was recognized for being a winner of the My Hero Essay Contest at the “Heroes In the Heartland” Awards Luncheon held on March 8th. The annual essay contest is sponsored by the American Red Cross....

Linda Monahan Nominated for Educator of the Year

StJB Principal Linda Monahan was nominated for “Educator of the Year,” an award given out by the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce each year. Nominees in this category are “individuals who are educational instructors in one of the Plattsmouth schools and who spends time...

StJB Students Compete in District History Day

Congratulations to our 14 students from 7th and 8th grade who competed in District History Day contest held February 23 at Peru State College. Approximately 300 students from 10 different schools in southeast Nebraska created projects for the competition. This year’s...