Senior spotlight
Full Name: Joseph Robert Ptacnik
Birthday: July 29, 1999
Nickname: Joe
Hometown: Litchfield
Favorite Movie: The Proposal
Favorite Pastime: Hunting
Favorite Teacher: Mrs. Hunt
Favorite Animal: Meerkat
Favorite Subject: Pottery
Favorite Place to Shop: The Buckle
Favorite Sport: Track & Field
Unique About You: Everything
Extracurricular Activities: National Honor Society, FBLA, TADA
Favorite Color: Royal Blue and Yellow
Favorite Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Favorite Music Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Plans After High School: Attend College
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Orange is the New Black
Favorite Hangout: Anywhere with my friends or family
Favorite Book/Magazine: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Most Prized Possession: My memories with family
Favorite Thing to do with Friends: Roadtrip to eat Mexican in Broken
Bow, Raising Canes in Grand Island, or Buffalo Wild Wings in Kearney
Pets: Babygirl (Dachshund), Diesel (Black Lab), Miley (Shitzu), Home
Skillet (English Shorthair), Guppies & Cichlids
Favorite Actor/Actress: Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc,
David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry
Advice for Underclassmen: Sleep is not important… grades are.
Favorite Thing to do in Spare Time: Go camping and hang out at my sister’s house
If You Could Be Anyone Else Who Would You Be?: One of my siblings, because I want to live in the same family.
Lifetime Goals: To own a brand new Suburban with five kids and a newer house in a residential area of a bigger town
such as Kearney
Favorite School Memory: Taping a piece of toilet paper to Mrs. Winberg’s shoe
Quote to Live By: “Carry on.”
NEW TEACHER NEWS
By: Siarah Willenberg
Mr. Ellison is the new 3rd and 4th grade teacher at Litchfield Public
Schools. He graduated high school from Callaway. He then went on to
graduate from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the field of
Elementary Education. His first five years, he taught at Shelton
Schools. He chose to teach at Litchfield because of its welcoming
community and rural setting. His decision brought him new and
exciting challenges. Mr. Ellison believes that the best part about
teaching at Litchfield is the support that this school has.
Mr. Ellison’s favorite color is green.
We are proud to welcome Mr. Ellison to LPS!
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