
Because of a threat made against Marion County Schools, the decision has been made to cancel school for today. All activities will be canceled as well for the day. I appreciate your patience and understanding.

The regularly scheduled board meeting is on April 11th, 2022, at 5:30 pm in the Library.


Here are the events this week! Good luck to our spring athletes!


Centre School will have an early release day tomorrow, Wednesday April 6th. School will be dismissed at 1:00 PM. This is a scheduled staff development day.

This is just a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday, March 29th we will have our spring pictures and our class pictures. Please make sure that you send the order forms and payment to school with your students tomorrow.

There is a special board meeting in the band room on March 28th, 2022, at 6:00 pm.


Good morning. This is Larry Geist Superintendent of schools. Because of weather conditions there will be no school at Centre today and the FFA auction will be postponed to a later date.

JH Music students and guardians,
Tomorrow is our music contest!!! Yippee!!! Please have students dressed in their black pants and white shirt at the school by 7:45am. They need time to grab their instruments and music before getting on the bus. We plan to leave at 8:00am.
If you have not turned in your permission slip, please bring it tomorrow, or take a picture of it and email it to aharms@usd397.com

Good evening, this is Larry Geist superintendent of schools for Centre. because of treacherous road conditions on our county roads, we will not have school Monday, March 7th. Please take care and be safe. Thank you and have a good evening.

The regularly scheduled board meeting is on March 7th, 2022, at 6:00 pm in the Band Room.



Good evening,
This is Larry Geist, Superintendent for Centre Schools. I wanted to remind parents and guardians of the 1:00 PM early release for all Centre Schools tomorrow, Friday March 4th. This is one hour earlier than is published on our school calendar so I wanted to be sure everyone new of the change. We will use the extra hour to review the district crisis plan while giving teachers time to finish their grades for the 3rd quarter. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening. This is Larry Geist with information pertaining to wearing masks while riding in district transportation. The C D C recently reversed the mandate that anyone riding public transportation must wear a mask. Beginning tomorrow morning, Wednesday March 2nd, students riding in district transportation will no longer be required to wear a mask while riding. Students are welcome to continue to wear masks if their parents so choose. Also, just a reminder student's will be dismissed at 1:00 PM this Friday March 4th. Thank you and have a great evening.

Here are the events for this week! Good Luck to our Boys!



Good evening,
This is Larry Geist, superintendent of schools for Centre Schools with a reminder that spring parent-teacher conferences will be held tomorrow Tuesday, March 1st from 4 PM until 7 PM. If you would like to meet with your child's teacher during that time, please contact either the teacher or the school to schedule a time to meet. Also, Driver's Education forms are due in the office before spring break as well as orders for the yearbook. Thank you and have a great evening.

There will be a special board meeting tonight, February 28th, 2022, after 5:30 pm in the band room.


This is a message from Centre Unified School District 397. We want to remind any of you that have students that are wanting to take driver's education this summer, the fee is due before Spring Break begins. The cost of driver's education is $102.00 and must be paid in cash. Students need to be fourteen years old before the end of May in order to take the class. Again, if you want your student to take driver's education this summer, please bring $102.00 in cash to the school office on or before the March 11th deadline. If you have questions, please call the school office at 785-983-4321.

There is a special board meeting on February 28th, 2022, at 5:30 pm in the band room.


Here are the events for this week and the Sub State Brackets! Good luck to our girls this week!




There will be no school on Monday, February 21st for Centre Unified School District 397. This is President's Day. School will resume on Tuesday, February 22nd.

Because of roads refreezing and most of our county roads still being slick, Centre Unified School District 397 will have a two-hour late start tomorrow morning. Classes will begin at 10:15. Please be careful.