On Saturday, Dec. 6, the Kearney High School varsity Football team traveled to Missouri Western in St. Joseph for the MSHSAA Class 4 state championship game against the Hannibal Pirates, and brought home another state title with a 21-14 victory.
We are incredibly proud of this team. These seniors have gone from 1-5 as eighth graders to 49-4 in high school, with two state championships, a semifinal appearance, three undefeated regular seasons and a lifetime of great memories.
Thank you to our students, families, staff and community members for supporting KHS Football all season long. Now we turn our attention to our winter and spring activities and athletics, and we’ll keep showing up for our Bulldogs, together.
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A busload of Kearney High School band students demonstrated their mastery in Columbia at the All-State Band auditions on Dec. 6!
Each student auditions against every other All-District musician on their instrument from across Missouri, so the competition is incredibly tough. Kearney High School had three students earn All-State honors:
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Phoebe Taylor – All-State Flute
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Daisy Burnam – All-State Honorable Mention Clarinet
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Charity Smith – All-State Honorable Mention Clarinet
As a member of the All-State Band, Phoebe will attend the Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) Conference in January and take part in a four-day clinic that culminates in a performance on Jan. 31.
Please join us in congratulating Phoebe, Daisy, Charity and all of our KHS band students who auditioned. We are proud of their hard work, talent and dedication to representing Kearney High School at the state level! Bravo, Bulldogs!
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Get ready to cheer on Kearney High School Football team and other state title holders during the Fall 2025 Tour of Champions around Kearney School District starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17!
The Tour of Champions is our tradition started to celebrate varsity KHS teams that win their activity's top state trophy. This season's tour will include the KHS Football team, which earned the 2025 Class 4 championship on Saturday, Dec. 6. We will also take this opportunity to recognize 2025 All State Band member Phoebe Taylor, along with 2025 All State Choir selectees Delayne Boyd, Emi Eberhardt and Kaycie Springer.
Tour participants will board buses at KHS and visit each KSD school, where students and staff members will celebrate them with music, cheers and high fives. It's a great opportunity to recognize our outstanding students, coaches and directors, and also stoke the "Reload" culture of excellence among younger Bulldogs.
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Two Kearney High School Football standouts have been recognized among the very best in the Kansas City metro.
At the 2025 Thomas A. Simone Memorial Football Awards ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 9, junior quarterback Carter Temple received the Frank Fontana Memorial Award and senior defensive end Isaac Beaver received the Bobby Bell Award. These honors go to the top players in the greater Kansas City area and are selected by a vote of high school coaches and select media members.
Please join us in congratulating Isaac Beaver, Carter Temple, their teammates and coaches, and everyone who has supported them along the way. These awards shine a bright light on their hard work, toughness and character, and on the strength of our entire Bulldog community.
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The 2025 Kearney Special Olympics Jam will start at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15, in Kearney High School's Bulldog Fieldhouse!
Hosted by the KHS Boys Basketball team, this event will feature our community's talented Special Olympians and is an opportunity to raise funds for the program through goodwill donations at the door.
"Our Special Olympics athletes have been working hard over the last few weeks, practicing alongside the Boys Basketball team to prepare for this exciting event," KHS Boys Basketball Head Coach Dillon Starzl said. "Come out and show your support for these incredible athletes and make this year's event the best one yet!"
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Kearney High School students are getting a real taste of Real World Learning thanks to a new partnership with Giambalvo's Wood Fired Pizza & Pasta. KHS Advanced Foods students are working with the Giambalvo’s team on a seven-month creative collaboration where they design a new specialty pizza each month, from flavor concept to cost control.
This project came together through the work of KSD Career Readiness Coordinator Emmy Berry and Kassidy Robertson, who teaches the Advanced Foods class at KHS. Together, they’ve built an experience that lets students practice culinary skills, menu development and business strategy in an authentic setting. Earlier this fall, Giambalvo’s staff visited the classroom, hosted students for a field trip to their kitchen and helped run a student “pitch day,” where our Bulldogs presented their ideas and recipes.
The first student-created pizza hit the menu in October with the Hallows Eve, which featured orange beer cheese, grilled chicken and mozzarella, and was created by Kearney High School student Annalyn Carver.
Two new student creations are being featured during the holiday season:
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Pumpkin Delight Dessert – a cozy, fall-inspired dessert pizza with pumpkin purée, allspice, cream cheese, candied toasted pecans, caramel drizzle and a dusting of powdered sugar. Created by culinary student Adalyn Morgan.
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Winter Wonderland Wreath – pepperoni, sliced cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil leaves for a festive, “spiced-up Margherita” Christmas pizza. Created by culinary student Audrey Lay.
We are grateful to Giambalvo’s for opening their kitchen and business to our students, and to Ms. Berry and Mrs. Robertson for leading this work with so much vision and heart. Partnerships like this help show Kearney High School students the many paths available to them, both in school and beyond.
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KHS Football Head Coach Logan Minnick believes that in the Kearney School District, we don't rebuild; we reload. This is what it means to reload: one older Bulldog passing that legacy of excellence up to a young admirer who is supported firmly by his parent. The future is in good hands. |
Dec. 17 - Board of Education Business Meeting
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 - NO SCHOOL (Winter Break)
Dec. 30 - School board candidate filing closes
Jan. 5 - NO SCHOOL (Staff Professional Development)
Jan. 6 - Classes Resume
Jan. 19 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
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