Centre USD 397

Today during Mrs. Carlson’s Financial Literacy class, Mrs. McMichael came in to kick off the 3-day Kansas Apply Free Days with the seniors!

During these three days, any Kansas resident, regardless of age or income can apply for free at any of the 7 public universities, 19 community colleges, 6 Technical colleges, and the 21 private member institutions.

We are so proud of our seniors for taking advantage of this opportunity!

If you haven't done so already, fall sports pictures can be ordered at the following link:

https://forms.gle/2UfWFwVc9aKiRM3h6

Here are the events this week!

Reminder: the Homecoming coronation ceremony will take place at 6:00 this evening.

Here are some of the recent volleyball for both High School and Junior High. They both picked up great wins!

The high school students will be traveling to Marion on Thursday afternoon to participate in a presentation from Kate Garnes. Kate will be presenting at the KSHSAA regional STUCO conference in the morning, and Marion HS was able to book her for a presentation for our schools separately. You can find a link to Kate's website below if you're interested. Thank you to Marion HS for the invitation to this event. 
https://www.kategarnes.com/#motivational-speaker

Congratulations to our "Cougars, Phone Home" Fall Homecoming Court! Queen Candidates are Addison Bina, Anna Godinez-Vinduska, and Sydney Smith. King Candidates are Sam Foster, Blaise Kitzmiller, and Owen Wingerd. A community pep rally is planned for 2:45 p.m. on Friday, October 3 at Bud Peterson Field with coronation taking place at 6:00 p.m.

Here are the events this week!

If you are unable to make it to Burlingame tonight here is the link for the livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/@burlingamebearcats1544

Reminder - No School for USD 397 Centre on Monday, September 29th due to inservice for all school staff. We look forward to seeing our students back on Tuesday!

Reminder regarding school pictures!

Here are the results from Centre tonight! Two wins for the Lady Cougars!

Here are the events this week!

Fall teams have begun to take sports pictures. If you would like to order pictures for your student, please use the following link to place your order.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDNLQcCeb6cseyik0_rnNjbT11nRphB3dlk46zw7YXWXXekA/viewform?usp=preview

📢 Flu Shots at Centre K-12 Library

The Marion County Health Department will be offering flu shots at the Centre K-12 Library:

📅 Monday, October 6, 2025
⏰ 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Link below for more info and required paperwork.
https://www.usd397.com/documents/parent's-portal/flu-shot-information-and-paperwork/853451

We have had a lot of events happen from JH VB on Thursday, HS CC on Saturday, HS VB on Saturday. JH VB on Monday and HS VB last night. Here are the results from all of those contests!

Here are the events this week!

We had a BIG event happen on Saturday! Our HS Volleyball Head Coach, Amy Finch, got her 400th career victory! Congrats Coach Finch! Way to go Lady Cougars!

Picture Credit: Maranda McMichael