December 2015 The Open Range

“Where the Buffaloes Reign”
USD# 226 Newsletter
December 2015
The Open Range
USD 226 District Office
409 School Addition, PO Box 400
620-873-2081
Meade High School
409 School Addition
620-873-2981
Meade Elementary School/Jr High
310 East Grant
620-873-2671
Meade Community Learning Center
147 North Fowler
620-873-2169
Magnificent Musical Talents
The tradition of talent continues.
USD 226 has a history of being blessed with musically talented students. To
have this kind of tradition takes a commitment from all levels. We have a school
board and administration that understands the value of music education in our
schools. Our students have dedicated music instructors who are willing to go
above and beyond to teach and expand our students' musical abilities. Mr. Klaker
and Mr. Rempel also seek and provide opportunities for our students to showcase
their musical talents. Last, but not least, we have students who are willing to grow
and share their musical talents. From our grade school to our high school, we
have musical talents worth bragging about.
Mr. Rempel is pleased to announce that five of his sixth grade choir students
were selected to perform in the SWKMEA District Honor Choir on January 23 at
2:00 in the afternoon at Dodge City Middle School. They will be performing with
about 150 students from the Southwest Kansas area. The five students selected
were: Ian Unruh, Zack Volden, Melia Friesen, Kiana Unruh, and Allie
Miller. Congratulations to these students.
Mr. Klaker is proud to announce that six of his Junior High Vocal students
auditioned and were selected to perform in the SWKMEA Middle School Honor
Choir at Dodge City Middle School on January 23, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. They will
perform with 200 other Junior High students from the Southwest Kansas
area. Students selected were: Nathaniel Reimer, tenor, Jonoh Hughes, bass,
Monica Gleason, alto, Ali Unruh, soprano, DJ Beachy, bass, and Jonathan Unruh,
tenor. Congratulations to these students.
Five of Mr. Klaker's High School Choir students auditioned and were selected
to perform in the SWKMEA High School District Honor Choir on Saturday
December 5, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. This will take place at Dodge City High
School. These students will perform with about 200 other vocal students from the
Southwest Kansas area. Students representing MHS are Ashley Harp, alto,
Amanda Kastens, soprano, Maya Hartnett, soprano, Brooke Keith, soprano, and
Aspen Hanks, soprano. Congratulations to these students on their hardwork.
At the start of the school year the Kansas Music Educators Association opens
up auditions for junior high vocal students to earn a chance to sing in the KMEA
All-State Choir. This choir is comprised of 200 students from across the full state
of Kansas. Mr. Klaker is pleased to announce that out of 900 entries across the
State, Nathaniel Reimer was one of the 200 selected to perform in the All-State
Choir. Nathaniel auditioned on a Latin piece, recorded in class, and submitted to a
panel of judges. Nathaniel will perform with this choir on February 26, 2016 at the
KMEA Convention at Century II Concert Hall. Congratulations on this huge honor!
See Pictures of
Honor Selections on
Page 2.
•Front L to R: Lake Foster, Daven Wilkerson
•Back L to R: Brock Keith, Kiana Unruh, Not Pictured - Faith Klotz
MES/MJH would like to extend a special thank you to our monthly
sponsors. Their support of our students is greatly appreciated.
Meade State Bank
Chalker Chiropractic
Meade Thriftway
DeLissa Ford
Bachman Drug
Bob’s Drive Inn
Smoke Hoss
AJ Electric
Pizza Hut
Meade Co-op
The Dusty Rose
Snappy Stop
Backroom Printing
Bulls Eye Truck Accessories
Dr. Headrick DDS
EARLY DISMISSAL
Friday, Dec. 18th @ 11:30am (PS-12)
NO SCHOOL
Monday, Dec. 21st to Friday, Jan. 3rd
Christmas Break
School Closing Information
Meade will continue to use an Alert System to help notify parents.
This system will send a voice and/or email message about weatherrelated announcements. This system is NOT foolproof and may miss
someone who has changed phone numbers, email addresses, or simply
is not contacted for a variety of other reasons.
Meade Schools will also post announcements on the district website
as soon as possible at www.usd226.org. In addition, the following
television and radio stations will be contacted.
5th & 6th Graders Selected to SWKMEA District Honor Choir
TV Stations
KBSC – Channel 6
KUPK – Channel 13
KSNG – Channel 11
MHS Kayettes
Radio Stations
1370 AM, 93.9 FM
95.5 FM, 96.3 FM
1030 AM, Q97 FM
98.1 FM, 94.5 FM
99 FM, 99.1 FM
103.9 FM, Z92 FM
K101 FM
Twelve members of the Meade High School Kayettes Club
attended the Area 5 KAY Regional Conference at Southwestern
Heights High School.
The club received the GOLD Award, recognizing their student
leadership and service to their school, community, nation and world
for the 2014-1015 school year.
Jr. High Students Selected to the SWKMEA Middle School Honor Choir
High School Students Selected to the SWKMEA HS School Honor Choir
Nathaniel
Reimer
Selected for
KMEA
Middle
School AllState Choir
December 2015
7th-12th Plan Joint
Christmas Performance
Students in 7th-12th grade will host a joint Christmas Program on
Thursday, December 3 at 7:00 PM in the Meade High School
Auditorium under the direction of Cory Klaker. Both the Jr. High and
the Sr. High choirs and bands will perform traditional Christmas
favorites along with newer renditions. The community is invited to
attend this musical celebration of Christmas.
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Orphans Find Good Homes in
Meade...Or did they????
The 7th and 8th grade students of MJH set out the morning of
October 29 looking for loving families to adopt them for a day.
Wonderful volunteers from the community came to help these
students bring their novel to life by re-enacting an Orphan Train
placing out.
The students arrived to SunnyDale historical schoolhouse by
way of our local Orphan Train(The Meade County Trolley) dressed
as orphans from the 1800s. Upon their arrival to the schoolhouse,
their caretakers, agents of the Children’s Aid Society, prepared
them to enter the schoolhouse and look their best, in the hopes
that each orphan would be chosen and “adopted” by a community
member. The orphans were a bit surprised at the large crowd
eagerly waiting for them, ready to bicker with other foster parents
over which child would suit them best. The students hoped to be
part of a good, kind and loving family; but as was the case
historically, that didn’t happen for all of them. There were foster
families looking for children to love and those looking for children
to provide cheap labor for farm work, babysitting or pig butchering.
Some foster parents were rather boisterous about their
expectations and lifestyle. Once the foster families signed their
contracts to assume responsibility for their orphans, they walked
to the courthouse lawn to enjoy a picnic lunch together. As was
the sad reality in history, not all orphans were adopted. They had
to return to the train and eat with their caretakers.
Over lunch, the new families got to know each other.
Orphans learned what would be expected of them and what they
could anticipate as far as living conditions and family
responsibilities.
Foster parents learned about each of the
orphans’ stories that brought them on the Orphan Train to Kansas.
Some orphans were excited about their wonderful new family.
Others wondered just what they had gotten themselves into with
tales of pig butchering, chores of cleaning pig insides and hours of
work with little food. The foster parents were very imaginative in
creating scenarios for our orphans to be a part of.
Our experience only lasted a short time as we dismissed after
our picnic lunch, but the interaction with the community left each
student with a great ability to understand and visualize the reality
of orphans in the 1800s.
This greatly broadened our
understanding of our novel we’ve been reading, A Family Apart.
Many thanks to the volunteers that made our Placing Out not
only a fantastic learning experience, but a hugely entertaining
experience as well! Check the school Facebook page for many
more pictures.
Get the 2015-16 MHS Yearbook!
Place your order before December 31, 2015 and receive a $5 discount. Order at
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December 2015
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A SECOND GRADE JINGLE
(To the tune of “London Bridges”)
Second graders learn and grow, cooperate, concentrate
Second grade, oh what a joy
We build on skills from first grade
Counting dollars, quarters and dimes, and nickels, pennies too
Counting the change in our banks
We are rich with knowledge
In our reading we do learn, demonstrate, understand,
In our reading, we do learn
Characters, plot, & setting
Three numbers make a fact family, fact family, fact family
Add, subtract in sentences
They are all related
AR goals are set for us, each nine weeks, a new goal set
Read a book and take a test
Comprehension masters
Chromebooks give us independence, to work alone, on specific skills
Study Island, IXL,
Lexia for reading
Picture books and chapter books, we do read, everyday
Learning vocab. as we go
We increase our brainpower
Science is for exploration, experiments, understanding
Erosion, health, and habitats
Five senses help us learn
Writing thoughts in sentences, paragraphs, stories too.
Stories for all to read
We share ideas with classmates
Social Studies shows us where, we live and play, our history
Reading maps with a compass rose
Geography and timelines
Add, subtract singles and doubles, start with the ones, end with the tens
Regrouping as we do need
Exchanging tens for ones
Mrs. Reimer, Mrs. Flavin, teach our classes, help us learn
Shows us that we can achieve
Second grade is awesome
Heather Flavin – 2nd Grade Teacher
December 2015
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VOLLEYBALL
1ST
Team
2nd Team
Natalie Thompson
Jaylin Stapleton
Honorable Mention: Lexus Luetters
CROSS COUNTRY
1ST
Team: Ethan Thompson
FOOTBALL
Offense
Defense
1st Team
1st Team
Kale McCulloch
Avery McCulloch
RB
C
Lawson Luetters
Kash Larrabee
Emmett Reimer
Landon Bird
Logan Meyers
Dakota Messer
OL
OL
TE
WR
Kade Milsap
Logan Meyers
2nd Team
Lawson Luetters
Special Teams –
Jamie Davalos
1st
QB
DB
LB
DL
DE
2nd Team
DelRey Welsh
LB
Team
Kicker
Please contact
Kenneth Harshberger @ [email protected]
or Tyler Flavin@ [email protected] to have your
USD 226 info included in
The Open Range.
December 2015
The Meade Lady Buffalo Volleyball team had a great season
finishing with a record of 28-9. Our JV finished 28-3. Some of
the highlights from our season included: getting our 900thwin for
MHS Volleyball, defeating larger schools such as Liberal, Dodge
City, Scott City, and Hugoton, and taking first place at the
Sublette and Hugoton JV Tournaments! Thank you to all of the
parents, fans, teachers, and administration for your support.
--Kristen Stapleton, MHS VB Coach
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SkillsUSA and Meade High School Shop Class will be Displaying…
Meade County Fairgrounds
Saturday, December 12th, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Monday, December 14th, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Sleigh Rides, laughter, treats and a truly magical time are a-waiting…
 BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH SANTA!!!
Each class will have a display with treat for all…..
Freshman... Winter Wonderland
Sophomores… Charlie Brown Christmas
Juniors… Home Alone
Seniors... A Christmas Story, Santa’s Workshop, and Santa
Help make someone’s Christmas truly magical
Free will donations will be accepted…
 All proceeds go to our local Angel Tree and families in need.
Thank you Meade Kansas for all your support of Meade High School and SkillsUSA
ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS INCLUDING MEADE ELEMENTARY WILL BE TOURING
“A CHRISTMAS STORY” ON DECEMBER 14, 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Biscuits & Gravy
2
G& G–Sausage Cheese Biscuit
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Spaghetti & Garlic Bread
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. – Turkey Wrap, Chips
Chef Salad (5th-12th)
Breakfast Pizza
3
G & G – Strudels
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Beef Burrito, Chips, Salsa, Ref.
Beans, Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. - Crispy Chicken Sand.
Chips, Salsa
Muffins
4
G & G – Muffins
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Pulled Pork Sandwich, Chips
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2ndCh.–Chick. Salad Sub. Chips
Grilled Chicken Salad (5th-12th)
Breakfast Bake
7
G & G – Breakfast Burrito
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Hamburger, French Fries
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. – Hot Dog, French Fries
Crispy Chicken Salad (5th-12th)
French Toast Sticks
8
G & G – Mini Cinnamon Rolls
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Chicken Nuggets, Mashed
Potatoes, Corn, Roll
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch.– Roast Beef (same sides)
Bagel Pizza
9
G & G – Bagel Pizza
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Breakfast Burrito, Hashbrowns,
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. – Pizza, Cookie
Chef Salad (5th-12th)
Scrambled Eggs & Toast
10
G & G – Breakfast Pizza
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Chicken Fajitas, Black Bean
Salsa, Chips
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
Poptarts
G&G – Poptarts
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Turkey Sub.. Chips
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
Pancake Sticks
14
G & G – Cereal Bar
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Pizza Sub, Potato Wedges
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. - Ham Wrap, Pot. Wedges
Grilled Chicken Salad (5th-12th)
Breakfast Bits
15
G & G – Breakfast Sandwich
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BBQ Chicken Breast, Baked
Beans, Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch.-Corn Dog, Baked Beans
Waffles
16
G & G – Pancakes
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Christmas Dinner
Ham, Hashbrown Casserole
Corn, Roll, Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
Cheesecake, Relishes
Cinnamon Rolls
17
G & G – Cinnamon Twist
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Crispy Chicken Sand.Tator Tots
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. – Turkey Sand. Tator
Tots
Croissant Sandwich
18
G & G – Croissant Sandwich
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Sack Lunch – No 2nd Choice
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23
24
25
Waffles
G & G – Mini Pancakes
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Pig in Blanket, French Fries,
Salad Bar, Fruit, Milk
2nd Ch. - Ham/Cheese Sub.
French Fries
2ndCh.Roast Beef Wrap-same sides
11
2ndCh. Crispy Chicken Wrap, Chips
Crispy Chicken Salad (5th-12th)
Christmas Break Starts!
Christmas Break – No School PS-12th - Dec. 19th through Jan. 3rd
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Hope Everyone
has a Blessed
Christmas!!
---The Cooks
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Breakfast is listed 1st each day.
Grab & Go Breakfast is 2nd.
Lunch is listed 3rd & 2nd Choice
is listed below the line.
Sometime options are just for
HS or GS or for 5th-12th grades.
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