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TONGANOXIE USD 464
April 2014
Students Recognized for
Academic Excellence
135 High School students were honored
on Tuesday March 25th at the 28th annual Educational Excellence Banquet in
the KU Ballroom. This recognition ceremony was originated by the THS academic committee to honor students
who excel academically by earning at
least a 3.6 grade point average during
the two previous semesters. It is the
hope of the faculty and the Board of Education that this recognition will
demonstrate how proud we are of the
academic achievements of students and
challenge them to continue to excel.
After a welcome from High School Athletics and Activities Director Brandon
Parker followed by an invocation by senior Megan Zerrer, three seniors shared
their talents with the group. Brett Bolon
and Tyler Wehmeyer performed a humorous skit from “Crazy Town” by Jonathan Rand; Halston Field sang “King of
Anything” by Sara Bareilles; and Lauren
Harrell presented the humorous skit
“Bad Substitute” by Sean Abley.
The keynote address was given by KU
Volleyball Coach Ray Bechard. He recounted his life as a student in a small
town in Kansas, then went on to stress
the need for students to live by his mantra “CMTYC”, or “Contribute More Than
They Consume”, an idea gleaned from
his favorite book. He told stories about
athletes who, although not the most talented on the team, still add value to the
team by keeping a positive attitude and
giving back in any way possible.
As Parker announced each honoree and
they walked across the stage at the KU
Ballroom, they were congratulated by
High School Principal Jamie Carlisle and
Assistant Principal Brent Smith. Each student received a medal acknowledging
their accomplishments. The students
recognized at this year’s ceremony are
(* indicates a 4.0 GPA):
Seniors
Celeste Bartels*, Tiffany Benedick, Brett
Bolon*, Annie Holton, Alison Bryant*,
Rhiann Caywood, Jill Derzinski, Alissa
Donnelly*, David Falk*, Halston Field*,
Ian Finkbiner, Brianna Finnegan, Madison Fletcher, Annabelle Frese*, Haley
Griffin, James Grizzle, Rachel Gumm*,
Austin Harris, Caly Ingle-Maxwell, Jonathan Irwin*, Benjamin Jacobs*, Isaac
Jones, Nathaniel Laundy, Marissa Martin*, Erin Meador*, Leah Miller*, Bonnie
Monahan*, Taylar Morgan*, Madison
Moulin, Kaylin Nelson, Kinsey Nelson*,
Dylan Olson, Hannah Pray*, Shawn
Ridihalgh, Jessica Rubio, Drew Sandburg*, Katelyn Schenk, Evan Stilgenbauer*, Jonathan Sturgis*, Eric Tate, Jessa
Thorne, Dustin Torneden, Katelyn Wal-
Dates to remember:
Inside this issue:
Spring Alumni Events
3
Fourth Grade Honor Roll
6
Weseman to Retire
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District Retirements
9
Kindergarten Preparation
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Calendars 14-15/15-16
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April
April 3
April 5
April 8, 9
April 11, 25
April 14
April 18
April 20
April 23
School Library Month
Kindergarten Parent Information Night, TES, 7-8
THS Prom
Kindergarten Sneak-a-Peek, TES, 1-2pm
Kindergarten Screenings
Board of Education Meeting, 6pm, THS W Library
No School - Staff Development; Buildings Open
Easter
Administrative Professionals Day
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Educational Excellence - cont’d
deier*, Tyler Wehmeyer, Samantha
White*, and Megan Zerrer.
Juniors
Chelby Abney*, Sarah Ahart, Bradley Andrews*, Josephine Baker, Mara Bigge, Sophia Breedlove*, Megan
Briggs*,
Kyle
Caldwell,
Breeanna Cash*, Summer Cerny*,
Alyssa Crenshaw, Makayla Dajani,
Mathew Davis, Brittany Dussault,
Lexis Fehd*,Tyler Fraedrich, Kourtni
Freemyer, Garrett French*, Morgan
Galvin, Callie Grinter, Christian
Grube*, Lauren Harrell*, Mara
Hebert, Ramon Hernandez, Asher
Huseman, Danielle Irwin, Samantha
Jones*, Brenna Kietzmann, Elisabeth Laundy*, Justyn Leslie, Garrett
Martin, Maria Miller*, Emily Mitchell, Kendall Parsons, Justin Patrick,
Courtney Ramseier, Grace Reilly*,
Adryon Sander, Elaine Scheilz,
Audrey Snodgrass*, Jared Sommers*, Christian Tiner, Madison
Tucker, Tressa Walker*, and Emily
Williams*.
Sophomores
Luke Aitkens*, Leah Bartels*,
Brooke Bolon, Jacob Brents, Zacha-
ry Callaghan*, Zachary Calovich,
Garrett Campbell, Bobbie Chapman*, Jack Dale*, Kelsey Davis, Emma Demaranville*, Allison Dorsey,
Angela Faherty*, Spencer Finkbiner*, Danielle Focht, Cheyenne
Ford*, Sierra Graham*, Kassidy
Gratton*,Kaitlin Hall*, Shannon
Haufler, Jolie Hebert*, Coy Howard*, Lauren Jackson*, Dawson
Jones*, Billy Kelley*, Ben Lanza*,
Joshua Lingo*, Dakota Maas*, Ryan
Malone, Monica Maurer*, Kennedy
Morey*, Tyler Novotney, Shannon
Olson, Mackenzie Price*, Brynlee
Robbins, Kelly Robinson, McKinna
Shelton*, Sierra Sommer, Dylan
Staatz*, Aneth Torres*, Sophia
Wetta, Natalie Wolf*, Hunter York,
and Nicole Zerrer.
lisle. Student representatives Celeste Bartels and Halston Field gave
brief speeches expressing their appreciation for all Kathy has done for
them then presented her with the
signed poster and an Aim for Excellence pen. Kathy’s contributions
have been immeasurable, and we
wish her a happy and fulfilling retirement!
As each student left the stage, they
stopped to sign a poster commemorating the service of High School
Counselor Kathy Walker, who is retiring after 42 years of service to
the district. She has organized every Educational Excellence banquet
since the event’s inception 28 years
ago, and was recognized in a closing speech by principal Jamie Car-
 Superintendent:
Enrollment ‘14-15
Online enrollment for the 2014-15 school
year will be available beginning Monday,
June 2. This is only for students who are
not new to the district (translation = already
in our computers). More information will be
available in the next newsletter.
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Tonganoxie USD 464
330 E. Hwy 24/40
Tonganoxie, KS 66086
(913) 845-2153
(913) 369-2183
www.tong464.org
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Randy Weseman
Director of Educational Programs:
Tonya Phillips
Technology Coordinator:
David Milhon
Transportation Coordinator:
Melissa Ostermeyer
Facilities & Grounds Coordinator:
Bill Seymour
Student Nutrition Coordinator:
Barb Smith
Newsletter Editor: Val Carlisle
Our District Mission
The Mission of Tonganoxie Public
Schools is to provide each student with
a positive and personalized educational
experience which empowers them to
achieve high levels of success in all
endeavors, make responsible choices,
and become positive contributors to
society.
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TONGANOXIE USD 464
Spring Alumni Events
The 2014 Alumni Banquet will be
held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10
(Mother's Day weekend), in the
Chieftain Room at the high school.
(For those of you who graduated a
while ago, this is the former auditorium). The hosts will be the Class of
1989 on their 25-year anniversary.
Their honored guests will be the
Class of 1964 on its 50-year anniversary. For more information, check
www.tong464.org (then click on
“USD 464 Alumni” on the left-hand
side) for banquet details as they become available. The Alumni Association also has a Facebook page,
tonganoxiealumni.
Tickets are $20 each or $35 for two,
and are available until May 1 at
these area businesses: Evans Real
Estate, First State Bank & Trust,
Community National Bank, and Mutual Savings.
 Class of 1954 -- 60-year reunion:
The Class of 1954 will celebrate
May 10, prior to attending the
Alumni Banquet that night. For
more information, please contact
Jim Grinter at 785-843-3964.
Class of 1989's 25-year reunion -May 11, 2013 (same day as Alumni
Banquet). The Class of 1989 is planning its 25-year reunion and also will
be hosting the annual Alumni Banquet May 11. For more information
contact
Teri
Morgan
([email protected])
or
Holly & Scott Soetaert (shjmea@
yahoo.com).
If you have a child who
will be kindergarten
age for the 2014-15
school year, you
should plan to attend
Kindergarten
Information Night
on Thursday, April 3
from 7-8 pm at TES .
In keeping with tradition, alumni
fund $2,000 in Tonganoxie Alumni
Association Scholarships to be presented to graduating seniors. We
need your generous donations to
fund these scholarships. Donations
may be made to the USD 464 Education Foundation (please write
"Alumni Assn. Scholarships" in the
check’s memo line) and mail to:
USD 464 Education Foundation
330 E. Hwy 24/40
Tonganoxie, KS 66086
All donations are tax deductible, as
the Foundation is a 501-c-3 organization. Please contact Debbie Shoemaker Krivjansky with questions-she can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone
at 913-669-6935.
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High School Graduation
Tonganoxie High School’s commencement ceremony will take
place on Saturday, May 17th at 7pm in the THS East Gym. Overflow
seating will be available in the TPAC.
A Baccelaureate program sponsored by the Tonganoxie Ministerial
Alliance will be held at 2pm in TPAC.
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TONGANOXIE USD 464
TES Sock Hop
The Elementary School PTC’s annual Sock Hop is coming up! It will be held on
Friday, April 11th in the Middle School gym.
An annual tradition, the sock hop is a fundraiser for the TES Parent/Teacher
Club, which provides funds for things like technology, playground equipment, and other improvements for elementary students.
This year’s event will have a dinner available, provided by the Middle School
FCCLA students. They are raising funds to attend a national competition during the summer. So dust off your poodle skirt and letter jacket, and shake a
leg at the sock hop!
The deadline is fast approaching
to sign up for the upcoming session of drivers’ education! Information is now available in the
High School West building.
Only students who have completed their freshman year are eligible
to take Drivers’ Ed. Enrollment
information, including full payment, must be turned in to the
High School West campus by April
11th. The program capacity is only
60 students, and is first come first
served.
The cost is $200 for students who
live within USD 464 boundaries
and $225.00 for out of district.
Bus Pass
Reminder
Transportation Coordinator Melissa Ostermeyer wants parents to
keep in mind that bus passes must
be returned at the end of the year.
If you are the parent of a bus rider, please have them turn their
pass in to the driver on their last
day. If they forget to do that, it
can be turned in at the District Administrative Center. If a pass is not
turned in, that student’s account
will be assessed a $5 fee.
AM Route 10
PM Route 14
Anita
Knapp
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Fourth Grade
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Counselor’s Corner
In the months of April and May,
TES students will be
reviewing all the character traits! Talk with
your students about
the importance of
each of these character traits and point
out real life examples! Some real
life examples of these character traits at TES are those students who have earned model class and random acts of
kindness. New random acts
of kindness recipients are
Jaiden Campbell and Damien
Merrill in Mrs. Gurwell’s
fourth grade class, Miranda
Serrano in Mrs. Wynn third grade
class, Landon Griffith in
Mrs. Miller’s third
grade class, and Mikey
Trowbridge in Mrs.
Conrad’s first grade
class. Our current model class is Mrs. Albert’s
Kindergarten, pictured below.
2nd Grade
Monster Cars
Tara Franz, a student teacher under the supervision of second
grade teacher Natalie Frese,
worked with the class on an innovative project to teach the concept
of simple machines. The activity
included the students designing
and building "monster cars” using
only two index cards, two straws,
six lifesavers and tape. During the
discussion and design phase the
students learned about wedges,
wheels and axles, pulleys, levers
and inclined planes. They then
raced their creations using an inclined plane to measure the distance the cars traveled.
THS Wins 7th Consecutive
League Forensics Title
High School Forensics coach Steve
Harrell reports that at the KVL forensics tournament in February, THS
won its 7th League Forensics title in
a row and its 14th overall in the last
25 seasons!
Individual KVL Champs were: Austin
Harris in Extemporaneous Speaking;
Halston Field in Poetry Interpretation; Brett Bolon and Tyler
Wehmeyer in Improvised Duet Acting; Lauren Harrell in Prose Interpretation. Other medalists included
Jackson Bartlett 4th Poetry; David
Falk/Rodger Black 3rd IDA; Brett Bolon/Tyler Wehmeyer 3rd Duet; Jonathan Irwin 5th Extemp; Indah Zatadini 5th Oration; Celeste Bartels 4th
Informative; Halston Field 2nd Serious Solo; Emma DeMaranville 6th
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Poetry; Milton Ulreich 5th Impromptu; Austin Harris 2nd Informative;
Monica Maurer 3rd Oration.
The team photo below shows
(front row l-r) Emily Pierce, Danielle
Irwin, Lauren Harrell, Indah Zatadini, Halston Field; (back) Brett Bolon, Rodger Black, Tyler Wehmeyer,
David Falk, Jon Irwin, Austin Harris,
Celeste Bartels, Emma DeMaranville, Milton Ulreich, Jackson Bartlett, Monica Maurer.
Book Date
Update
Barb Bahm reports that of the 67
TMS students who finished their
“Blind Date with a Book” before
the deadline, 77 % gave their book
date 4 or 5 stars (out of 5). Half of
the students gave their match 5
stars, which means Ms. Bahm is
pretty good at knowing her students and matching their interests!
They gave away $200.00 worth of
Amazon Gift cards, donated by the
TMS Parent Teacher Organization.
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THS Places at State
FBLA Competition
The High School chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America
(FBLA) competed at the State FBLA
competition on March 25 and 26 in
Topeka. According to FBLA sponsor Jared Jackson, the following
students achieved state rankings!
 Management
Decision Making - 2nd
place: Celeste Bartels, David
Falk, and Austin Harris
 Global Business - 4th place: Ma-
ra Bigge, Ali Bryant, and Lexis
Fehd
 Public Speaking I - 5th place:
Emma Demaranville
 Public Speaking II - 6th
place: Celeste Bartels
 Banking
and Financial
Systems - 6th place:
Mara Bigge, Rachel
Gumm, and Samantha
Upcoming
Years’
Calendars
At their March 10 meeting, the
Board of Education approved
calendars for the next two academic years. This will give patrons and families the chance to
plan far into the future. In addition to being available on the
district website, the calendars
are also on the last two pages of
this newsletter.
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Fourth Grade Honor Roll
Below is a listing of the Fourth
Grade students achieving the requirements for Honor Roll for the
third quarter of the 2013-14 school
year at Tonganoxie Elementary
School.
Principal’s Honor Roll:
Chyanne Aaron, Augie Bachelor,
Ava Bartels, Cole Bennett, Riley
Bichelmeyer, Marie Brockhoff, Elijah Caiharr, Haven Carpenter, Andrew Colvert, Mason Davenport,
Emily Doebele, Rebekah Farrow,
Malison Fisher, Macy Geiger, Gehrig
Goldbeck, Hayden Hannigan, Gage
Hayden, Joseph Jimenez, Mason
Khanthaboury, Jordan Knipp, Hailee Laterra, Johnathan Long, Jackson Lynn, Benjamin Manus, Haven
Munoz, Sydney Padfield, Mari Perez, Caden Phillips, Mikayla Rhoads,
Lacey Robaugh, Colin Robinson,
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Elizabeth Scheilz, Ella Scott, Raegan Seba, Katie Skinner, Ben Suber,
Owen Welsh, Andrew Willson, and
Daniel Zesati.
Honor Roll:
Dereck Bachert, Brayden Bennett,
Logan Blancarte, Ally Blauvelt, Tristen Bridges, Connor Bruch, Olivia
Cadue, Jaiden Campbell, Mikey
Conroy, Colton Conway, Litzy Delgado, Carly Devine, Jillian Dunn,
Nick Edholm, Hayden Estes, Alex
Evans, Danika Fickler, Abi Fisher,
Jace Goebel, Brody Groves, Melanie Gumbel, Carson Hayward,
Breahna Hensley, Timmy Hill, Mi-
chael Irwin, Adam Isaacs, Cooper
Jones, Tori Keagle, Cody Kesinger,
Cuyler Kietzmann, Dawson Kovar,
Brooklyn Lang, Hope Lewallen, Haley Likes, Delaney Lynch, Alex
Mack, Kadyn Maggart, Hunter
Mast, Kent McCulloch, Keerstin
McNeely, Damien Merrill, Courtney
Mills, Levi Minton, Daylen Novotney, Zane Novotney, Julia Perich,
Landon Pitts, Justin Postlethwaite,
Jacob Riker, Indiana Renne, Eva
Romero, Masey Schelert, Mason
Shriner, Evan Shupe, Dylan Smith,
Grayson Sonntag, Brooke Spencer,
Devyn Splichal, Emma Sunderland,
Austin Swegle, Chloe Temple,
Shelby Thomas, Jordon Van
Anne, Garrett Walden, Eli Watson, Joseph Wenger, Riley
Widhalm, Brayden Wilson, Kailey
Woosley, and Jesse Young
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TONGANOXIE USD 464
Weseman Announces Retirement
After careful consideration and
discussions with the Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools
Randy Weseman announced that
he is retiring effective June 30th.
In a letter to staff he wrote “I am
proud to have played a small role
in this strong and robust school
system. Working together, we
have accomplished much and we
have made great strides to address facility and educational
needs. I am personally gratified to
have worked with you to reach
our goals.”
The search for a new superinten-
dent is being conducted with the
assistance of the Kansas Association of School Boards. The process
timeline allows for applications to
be accepted immediately, with the
position closing on April 30th. Information on the process is available at www.kasb.org/suptsearch.
A recommendation will be made
to the Board of Education at their
May 12th meeting and the new
superintendent will begin duty on
July 1.
As part of the staff that has
worked daily with Mr. Weseman
(pictured at right playing guitar at
a high school assembly), we will
miss his knowledge, sense of fun
and personable nature, down-toearth way of dealing with even the
most complicated situations, and
ability to stride directly towards
potential adversity without flinching.
We hope he
stops by from
time to time there will no
doubt be great
stories!
More
information on district retirements is on page 9.
Tongie’s Got Talent
The T3 (Transforming Tonganoxie
Together) Coalition wants the
young people of Tonganoxie to be
as healthy and happy as possible.
To help spread information on
making healthy choices, the organization is holding a student talent
show.
The show, titled Tongie’s Got Talent, will be held Friday April 25th at
the City Park adjacent to the VFW.
The show will be from 7:00pm to
9:00pm with prizes for 1st, 2nd and
3rd in two divisions - Middle School
and High School. Anyone wishing
to participate should contact info@ rozmusicsite.com.
For those who would like to help
the T3 Coalition, their next meeting will be April 15th at 7:00 p.m. at
Vintage Park.
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Reading is Fundamental
According to Volunteer Coordinator Earleta Morey, the annual
Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program is coming soon.
The book distribution program will
be held on April 30th, May 1st and
2nd in the Elementary School hallway near the North Gyn. Each TES
student will get
two books at this
distribution.
RIF is the largest
children’s literacy nonprofit in
the United States. Their focus is
to motivate children to read and
to inspire children to be lifelong
readers by delivering free books
and literacy resources. RIF provides new, free books for children
to choose from and make their
own.
If you have an unfinished project
that’s been making you feel guilty,
come and join the group! You can
have fun while working on your
painting, crochet, knitting, embroidery, quilting, or whatever. You might even get some free
advice to help you get it done!
In more Volunteer Center news,
the monthly Activities Night has
been a great success. The participants have been having a great
time and learning a lot from some
very talented folks.
The group meets from 6:309:00pm on the second and fourth
Thursday of each month at the
Volunteer Center behind the East
wing of the High School in the Mobile Classroom.
Chieftain Wrestlers Finish Strong
The 2013-14 Chieftain Wrestlers season was capped off by great regional and state tournaments, according to Wrestling Coach Jeremy
Goebel.
At the late February Regional tournament at Holton, Clayton Himpel,
Garrett Martin, Asher Huseman,
Luke Carey, and Zeke Kissinger
qualified for the finals and an automatic berth at the state tournament. The team finished the Regional in third place overall. Of the
five regional finalists, Himpel, Carey
and Kissinger brought home gold!
At the State 4A Tournament in Salina in March, Zeke Kissinger finished fifth, Clayton Himpel finished
fourth, and Asher Huseman became only the second Chieftain to
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al. The Chieftains’ point totals gave
them a tenth place team standing,
which means back-to-back- top ten
state rankings!
Although Goebel lauds the hard
work the wrestlers put in on the
mat, he is exceptionally proud of
their academic success. The THS
wrestling team earned First Team
Academic All State for the first
time ever, after receiving honorable mention the last three years.
Himpel and
Joe Wolf
earned first
team honors, with
Kissinger
receiving
honorable
mention.
The Chieftain wrestling program
saw several records fall this year Clayton Himpel had 149 career
wins, 15 technical falls and 60 3point near falls in a year; and Zeke
Kissinger had a 6 second pin.
Coach Goebel and the students of
the Chieftain wrestling program
would like to thank everyone for
their support and look forward to
the next season of Chieftain Wrestling.
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Retirements Announced
The worst thing about this time of
year is that we have to say goodbye to some great people. The following staff members have recently announced their retirements:
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Julie Bernard, High School
Secretary. Julie’s
first position with
the district was as
a teacher’s aide in
1987. After a year
she assumed the
role of high school
secretary and registrar, where
she’s been ever since. She is of
invaluable assistance to the
building administrators, as well
as the Counseling department
and the Athletics and Activities
department. She is known for
her friendly demeanor and creating an inviting work environment
for staff and students.
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Tammie
George, Elementary
Principal. Mrs. George joined the
district in 1994 as a sixth grade
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(FHA) and drill team, then made
the transition to counselor and
advisor to the National Honor Society. At this point in her career
she works exclusively with juniors
and seniors, and
has helped secured literally millions of dollars in
scholarships
for
our graduates. She
also created the
Academic Excellence Recognition
Program, which is highlighted on
the front page. Her value to the
district is incalculable, and although we know she will enjoy
spending her retirement with her
growing family, we hope she
keeps in touch!
Ron Lewis, High School Chemistry Teacher. Mr.
Lewis joined the
teaching
profession in 1988 after
spending ten years
as a chemical engineer at Phillips Petroleum. Although skilled in all sciences, his
teaching specialties are upperdivision/advanced
placement
chemistry and physics. He has also served as a class sponsor, advisor to Scholars Bowl, Science
Club, and Science Olympiad, leading them to several successful
years. He is known for his dedication to students, and regularly
offers free tutoring to our graduates who need a little help with
college science classes.
Gail Drake, Technology Secretary. Gail has been
with the district
for a total of 26
years, serving as
the district accountant, Board
Clerk, and Human
Resources from 1986 until 2006.
After a brief hiatus she took over
Accounts Payable in 2008 before
moving to Technology two years
ago. Gail has been an indispensable member of the district family,
and is a resource that will be
hard to replace!
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teacher, then transitioned to administrator for the
school’s Jump Start
Academy,
Pre-K
Academy, Summer
Academic Camps,
and as the district’s
Curriculum Coordinator. She transitioned from teacher to administrator in 2001 as Assistant Principal, then took the principal role in
2007. The fact that the elementary school maintains a positive
and professional climate despite
their space, traffic and scheduling
challenges is a testament to Mrs.
George’s affirmative impact.
Kathy Walker, High School
Counselor. Kathy joined the district in 1974 as a Home Economics
teacher and sponsor to the Future Homemakers of America
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Randy Weseman, Superintendent of Schools. Although Mr.
Weseman has only been with the
district for three years, he has
made
significant
contributions to our
processes, policies,
and financial situation, and initiated a
successful bond issue for the construction of a new
elementary school. During his
tenure here the district has successfully updated and revised all
Board of Education policies, initiated online enrollment, created
an Anti-Bullying Awareness Guide,
published a Section 504 Manual
and an Open Records policy
guide, and streamlined our financial and hiring practices. Mr.
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Kindergarten Information
Night, Sneak-a-Peek, Screenings
If you are the parent or guardian of
a child who will reach the age of
five on or before August 31, please
plan to attend Kindergarten Information Night on Thursday, April 3
from 7-8pm at the Elementary
School. This informational session is
for parents who are enrolling a
child for the first time, as well as
those who already have children in
school.
Topics to be covered include kindergarten enrollment procedures,
kindergarten curriculum, a school
nurse presentation, a school counselor presentation, a principal welcome speech and teacher introductions. Enrollment packets will be
distributed, along with a kindergarten pre-enrollment card.
Please do not bring children to this
event. This is for parents and
guardians only.
If you have a child who will be at-
tending kindergarten in the fall but
are unable to attend the Information Night, please call 913-8452290 to make other arrangements.
help them suggest some summer
activities that will help the child to
be ready for kindergarten in the
fall.
Kindergarten Sneak-A-Peek, in
which incoming 2014-15 kindergarteners are invited to visit this year’s
kindergarten classes, will be held
April 8th and 9th between 1 and
2pm at TES. Choose whichever day
is best for your child to stop by and
Sneak-a-Peek!
Dates and times for the screenings
are determined by the first letter of
the child’s last
name.
Kindergarten Screening will be
held on two Fridays in April - the
11th and 25th. During the screenings, incoming kindergartners will
be given a series of brief skills assessments. These will include reading readiness, language, fine and
gross motor ability, math, speech,
phonological (how they understand and process spoken language), and a hearing and vision
check. This will enable the school
to discover the child’s needs and
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cy, so he has been happy to help
our patrons and staff understand
the intricacies of recent legislative decisions regarding the state
budget and its impact on the district. A highly sought-after educational efficiency expert, his input
is already being requested by the
Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas State
Board of Education on methods
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of streamlining and improving
their policies and processes. His
wife, Marcia, is also retiring from
her role as Principal of Leawood
Middle School in Blue Valley, so
they plan to travel and spend
time with family, and we wish
them both the best.
We will definitely miss all these experienced educators, but look forward to what the future holds!
Friday April 11
 8:30 - A, B, C
 9:45 - D, E, F
 11:00 - G, H
 1:15 - I, J, K, L
Friday, April 25
 8:30 - M, N
 9:45 - O, P, Q, R
 11:00 - S, T
 1:15 - U, V, W, X, Y, Z
If you find that you are unable to
attend the time scheduled for your
child’s last name, feel free to call
the elementary school at 845-2290
or 369-2415 to reschedule.
All district mail is now
being delivered to the
Central Office, so please
address any school mail
to 330 E. Hwy 24/40.
We are no longer using
post office boxes 179,
199, 259 or 980.
Each building’s street
address is listed at the
bottom of their web
page, but all mail should
be sent to the Central
Office.
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