Thank you to the Elmdale Church for letting Voices be part of their Harvest Home celebration!
The water is TENTATIVELY projected to be turned on as follows:
Strong City 8 PM tonight
Cottonwood Falls 8 AM tomorrow
Rural water district - after that
Based on the projections, the schools will have a two-hour delay to make sure the repairs hold. School will start at 10 am Thursday, Oct. 26. Buses will run two hours later. No breakfast will be served. No morning preschool.
Please remember that Strong City, Cottonwood Falls, and Rural Water District #1 will be under a boil warning. Please send your student to school with a full water bottle (if possible). We will have some bottled water available.
Football practice will be at 3:30 today in the south gym. Plan accordingly and come in through the weight room door. Coach Budke
No school today (Wednesday, Oct. 25) due to a water main break. The all-call will be going out in awhile.
No School on Friday, Oct. 27.
The high school team placed 3rd at Northern Heights Scholars bowl this evening! Congratulations!!
7th and 8th Grade Music are excited to sing at the FHJL Vocal Concert!
HS Football Update:
The Bulldogs play at Oswego starting at 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 26. Admission Students $2 Adults $4. The field is near Neosho Heights Elementary.
State Cross Country Information:
Ticketing: $10 cash per person. Pre-K and under are free. Wamego will only have cash on site or advance purchase tickets before you get to the event. Fans will not be able to pay with a credit card on site. To purchase advance tickets, go to https://gofan.co/event/1165715?schoolId=KSHSAA
Heartland Timing will post real-time results of each state race on their website as well for coaches and fans to access: https://ks.milesplit.com/meets/575914-kshsaa-1a2a4a-state-championship-2023
Run Times: Girls 10:35 am Boys 12:20 pm
CCES will host a K-6 Winter Concert on Monday, Dec. 11 at 7 pm. This is a calendar change.
The programs were listed on Friday, Dec. 8 for grades 3-6 and Monday, Dec. 11 for grades K-2. Now all grades will perform on Monday, Dec. 11 at 7 pm.
Cross Country Update:
Sadie Mushrush placed 7th and is going to state. Silus Hernandez won 1st, Carson Schroer placed 4th, Tate Morgan placed 7th, John Paul Ubert placed 16th, and Bryson placed 28th. The Chase County boys won Regionals and will be going to state!!!!
HS Football Update:
The Bulldogs will play at Oswego next week! Here is a link to the playoff bracket.
https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Football/8P%20DI.cfm?Activity=1
State Recognitions: The district received notification that we earned two STAR recognitions and the Commissioner's Award from KSDE. We received a GOLD STAR for the Graduation Rate, a SILVER STAR for Postsecondary Effectiveness and the Commissioner's Award. Proud to be a BULLDOG!
This week is School Bus Safety Week! Join us in thanking our bus drivers for all they do for our students. In addition to the regular routes, many also spend time helping us with field trips, activity trips and sports trips. Thank you! Bus Drivers: Ron Albers, Cheryl Bailey, Steve Fillmore, Kira Gadbury, Scott Gallmeister, Kyle Hannigan, Tony Hazelton, Lindsey Nurnberg, and Mike Lauer!
Parent-teacher conferences and advisory meetings start tonight, 4-8:00 pm. The second night is Tuesday, October 24. We hope to see everyone!
The FAFSA informational meeting tonight will begin at 6:30 PM in the Band room. FAFSA is changing so anyone with a student in college would benefit from attending this meeting. Be sure to bring a device to create your FSA ID with and your social security number.
The senior football and cross country Parent's Night ceremony will begin at 6:30 PM before the football game vs Madison this Friday, October 20. Parents and athletes please meet at the north end of the field at 6:15.
HS Volleyball Substate Brackets are ready. Here is a link to tournament bracket for the Hillsboro substate:
https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Volleyball/2ASub-State.cfm?Activity=5&Class=5&WeekID=5597
37 junior high KAY members participated in the Walk-a-Thon to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Together they raised $2675 with more donations still coming in! Thanks to the community for their support and to our youth for their great effort! They also took two breaks, making a craft to give to the individuals that come for lunch at the senior center and playing games.
HS Volleyball Substate Tournament will be at Hillsboro. We will post the bracket when it becomes available.
HS Cross Country Regionals will be at Council Grove at Canning Creek Cove
945 Lake Rd. Girls will run at 10:35 am, and boys will run at 11:45 am.
Starting during the 2024-25 school year, the Flint Hills League will be changing.
This school year will be our last year with Central Heights and Northern Heights as part of our league. Both schools have chosen to leave the league and join other leagues.
To replace those two teams, Wabaunsee Junior and Senior High (Alma) and Cair Paravel Latin School (Topeka) will be joining the league. Again, this will start next school year.