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.
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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.
USD-379 announced yesterday that they’ve put together five teams who are diligently working this to provide for students. Those teams include:
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.
CCCHS students found enough evidence to find John Gilbert, a farmer accused of murdering his wife and their children, guilty of the crime in a mock trial of the historic Clay County case on Monday.
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.
CCCHS drama students are taking on a difficult challenge by performing “real theater” for the spring production of “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams.
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:
The Tiger Forensics teams competed at Valley Heights Saturday, and once again every single competitor broke to finals in at least one event, with many in several events
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…
How Garfield Elementary has changed how it is teaching kids is such a success that students don’t want to leave when parents come at the end of the day to pick them up, Garfield Elementary instructor Jeff Edwards, a co-pilot on the school’s re-design team, told community members serving on s…
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.
Counselors remind parents of the Class of 2020 that important dates are coming up for scholarships and graduation:
USD-379, USD-334 Parents As Teachers, Infant/Toddler Services, Early Head Start the Clay County Health Department and the Twin Lakes Education Cooperative are once again joining together in a cooperative effort to offer another Free “Child Check” clinic for infants and children up to pre-kin…
On Feb. 19 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., CCCHS will host the traditional parent teacher conferences at the school with most of the teachers being in their classrooms. During this time, students needing assistance in completing scholarship applications can come to the commons area. From 6 p.m. to 8…
Ethan Hill, a member of the CCCHS Tiger Band, has been selected for the 1234A State Band.
USD 379 will be hosting the annual Kansas Heritage Day at Garfield Elementary on Friday, Jan. 31, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Wakefield School is asked for band alumni to play with student band members at the home game on Friday, Feb. 7. This game will be the winter homecoming game and the band will play at the girls’ halftime and in between the games. If you are interested in performing with us, contact Toni Croxt…
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Grandparents from across the state -- some as far as Dodge City -- braved the winter weather that arrived that day for Lincoln Elementary’s annual second-grade Grandparents Day on Nov. 22.
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Do you know what my biggest beef with setting the clocks back a hour? It not that I mind setting them back (or even an hour forward in the Spring). It's that the dogs don't know we've changed the time.
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The dogs are in big trouble —while we up up at my parents house, they got into Halloween candy intended for my nieces and nephew.
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Wakefield After Prom is auctioning off a Remington V3 Field Sport Water Fowl Shotgun. Tickets are $5 each, $10 for three or $20 for seven. You must be 18 to enter and win.
Toy Story 4 will be shown at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 at Wakefield School as part of an event sponsored by the Wakefield PTO and WRA. The event will include a costume contest, bounce houses, games, snacks and more.
This week Wakefield High School will celebrate Homecoming week with spirit activities that culminate in the Homecoming game at 7 p.m. Friday against Hartford.
Lincoln Elementary is celebrating “Take your Parent to P.E.” this week. Anyone over 18 who is considered family of a student is welcomed to come with the kids. For more details, e-mail P.E. teacher Travis Smith at travissmitth@usd379.org
The USD-379 school board approved hiring 11 paraeducators for the Twin Lakes Educational Cooperative at Monday’s board meeting.
Although USD-379 school board members said last night they hope it won’t be necessary, they agreed they should be prepared to approve another property tax increase when discussing the budget at last night’s school board meeting.
The USD-370 school board approved the following items as part of the annual re-organization for the 2019-20 school year:
Please give a warm Clay Center welcome to the Bike Across Kansas (BAK) participants, who will be arriving in town tomorrow, June 13.
Most of Monday’s school board meeting was spent on school redesign, as instructors and staff members from three of the district’s schools talked about what they will be doing when redesign fully launches in the Fall.
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