In communication with local health officials, USD-379 will continue to encourage but not require the use of masks during summer weights, team sessions, and camps at USD-379 facilities, CCCHS athletics director Greg Ferguson said in an e-mail to parents.

USD-379 will hold kindergarten round-up for the 2020-21 school year for Lincoln Elementary and Wakefield School on Thursday, July 30. Round-up for kindergartners will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lincoln Elementary gymnasium; and at Wakefield School, at 6 p.m.

Here’s what USD-379 students turning in laptops and iPads need to know before bringing them to check-in:

USD-379 has announced that Lincoln Elementary won’t be holding kindergarten roundup on April 23 and Wakefield School also won’t be holding kindergarten round-up as planned.  Both schools will wait until the summer to see if we can host something similar or if we need to go another route.  In…

Rhett Koppes at CCCHS and Jaden Tate at Wakefield School and Jonathan L. Terrell at Miltonvale High School and Emily Ann Myers at Linn High School have been named 2020 governor’s scholars. These students represent the top 1 percent of high school seniors.

Elementary students at Wakefield School have been engaged in their learning, according to the principal’s report submitted to the USD-379 school board.

On Monday, the USD-379 hired Jessica Wietharn as a pre-school teacher at Lincoln Elementary, effective Aug. 1.

Lincoln Elementary recognizes that success  in learning to read takes extra attention and intervention for some kids, which they accomplish through a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS).

Next year, USD-379 will be closer than ever to its goal of putting a device in the hands of every student with an action approved last night.

Last night the board gave final approval to spend $163,000 to replace and repair roofs -- some of which will be done this spring and the majority of which will be done over the summer.

The board heard a presentation from CCCMS teachers and principal Keith Hoffman on how the redesign effort is going there. Formal launch of redesign is expected to take place in June or July.

If you didn’t get a chance to see all the great things CCCHS students are doing since redesign started, here’s a couple more takeaways based on visiting stations at the museum, Common Ground and Java Junkies during the Tiger Showcase downtown last week:

In tackling redesign, Wakefield School is taking advantage of its unique set-up as a K-12 School to enhance learning opportunities for its students, principal Tom DeBauche and redesign co-pilot Jay Sleichter told those attending the joint site council meeting last week. The school has taken …

Tiger Speech and Drama students will present a ‘Tiger Night Showcase’ tonight at The Rex Theatre.

One of the more unusual In talking about how Clay Center Community Middle School has changed under redesign, principal Keith Hoffman told those at last night’s joint site council meeting that they first recognized that the needs of middle school student are different than those in elementary…

The 2020 Senior Class Mock Trial will be held on March 9th at the Clay County Court House.  

On Monday, the USD-379 school board hired a couple of driver ed. teachers, a couple of substitutes and two others.

The district is planning to offer an all-day preschool option in an effort to reach more kids in most need of it.

Lincoln Elementary parent/ teacher conferences will take place March 9 and 12 from 4 to 8 p.m.  

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