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The Mullen TeamMates Chapter kicked off a new year last Monday, Aug. 18 with a BBQ and TeamMates Trivia. Male mentors are especially always needed! If you are interested, please go to teammates.org and click “Be a Mentor.” Mentors and their mentees meet during the school year on school grounds - this may be before school, over lunch, after school or at a game. Gerri Peterson

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Mullen TeamMates kicks off a new year

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Mullen TeamMates kicks off a new year

The girls golf team hadn’t taken a photo in time for last week’s fall sports preview, so here they are! Pictured l-r: Austin Deibler, Maci Walz and Hope Miller. Girls golf, cross country, volleyball and football all begin their season this week! Bo Cribelli

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Mullen Bronco Fall Sports Preview

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Mullen Bronco Fall Sports Preview

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MPS now seeking meat donations for Beef in Schools

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

submitted by Mike Kvanvig Since December 2016, Mullen Public Schools has proudly served locally sourced, donated beef in our cafeteria.What began as a simple idea quickly grew into a thriving program - thanks to the generosity of our community.

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State Board of Education update

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

by Elizabeth Tegtmeier The State Board of Education met August 7-8 in Lincoln after taking a break during July. Literacy continued to be a main topic of discussion, as much of the department of education’s work is centered around this initiative.

Heather Phillips

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MPS welcomes new staff members

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

by Gerri Peterson The 2025-26 school year in Mullen begins this Thursday, Aug. 14. Mullen Public Schools has five new staff members, but all familiar faces.

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Dual credit classes to be tuition free

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved a plan earlier this summer to offer free tuition for dual credit and early entry classes for the 2025-26 academic year.

Kindergarten roundup held

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Kindergarten roundup held

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Mullen Elementary held kindergarten roundup last Thursday, Aug. 7. The incoming kindergarteners are pictured back, l-r: Johnny Phillips, Kane Simmons, Martin Connealy, Tate Seeley, Harper Barnes. Front: Josey Boland, Stevie Johnson, Quinley Schmid, Vio let Stichka, Emerson Phipps.

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From the Superintendent’s Desk: Back to school

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

by Chris Kuncl, MPS Superintendent As I write this article the first week of school, it is truly hard to believe that the summer is over and the kids are back in school. Each year it seems to go faster and faster, but as most say, “time flies when you are having fun.

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Simonson earns academic honors

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Manhattan, Kansas Nearly 4,600 Kansas State University students earned semester honors for their academic performance in the spring 2025 semester.Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.

Sarah Hardin (back left) is pictured with the Nebraska Department of Education Digital Learning Director, Dorann Avey (front left), and other Nebraska teachers that won a trip to InstructureCon. courtesy photo

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Hardin wins education conference trip

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

by Gerri Peterson Earlier this summer, Mullen High School science teacher Sarah Hardin’s name was drawn by the Nebraska Department of Education at a workshop for a trip to InstructureCon 2025 in Spokane, Washington.

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