Centre USD 397

“If you have a sophomore or junior student, there will be two Butler college representatives who are coming to the school on Monday - 4/8 - to speak to them about taking Butler classes in the fall. There are MANY options for courses to take while in high school and there’s scholarships available to help cover some costs and discounted prices for courses. If this is something your student might be interested in, let them know they need to speak to the representatives! They will need to know their social security numbers for this. Please let Mrs. McMichael know if you have any questions!”

Centre USD #397 is blessed with some of the best paraprofessionals in the business. Thank you for your dedication to our students! You are greatly appreciated!

Preschool Visit Day 2024

Kindergarten Roundup 2024

April 2024 BOE Agenda

Events for this Week

USD #397 Centre is taking applications for the following coaching positions: Head HS 8-Man Football Coach Assistant HS Volleyball Coach If interested please contact Tim Vinduska at tvinduska@usd397.com or Kelly Steiner at ksteiner@usd397.com. Applications can be found on the Centre USD 397 website or from the central office. Centre USD #397 is an EOE.

Thank you, Tristen Cope and Erin Hein, for bringing this opportunity to our kids! Today was Safety Day at Centre for students Pre-K through 5th grade! Students learned ways to stay safe through attending a variety of sessions throughout the day. The safety topics they learned about were: Fire Safety Farm/Animal Safety Water/Pool Safety Stranger Danger/Internet Safety Storms/Preparedness Railroad Safety Bike Safety Calling 911 It was a great day filled with a lot of learning and fun! This day would not have been possible without the number of agencies/individuals that partnered with us for this event! (Marion County Safe Kids, Marion County K-State Research & Extension, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Lincolnville Fire Department, Lost Springs Fire Department, Hillsboro Fire Department, Florence Fire Department, Marion Fire Department, Cara Duell (Hillsboro Family Aquatics Center), Marion County Emergency Management, Bill Fitzgerald (retired railroad), & Marion County Health Department)

Olivia Carlson competes in the 1st dive meet of the season at Maize against 19 divers. Olivia placed 1st and is a state qualifier!

Fort Scott Aggie Day Results 🐜🍃 Today FFA members competed in various CDE’s & LDE’s at the Fort Scott Community College Aggie Days. This was a multi-state competition, and our members were exceptional! Results are as follows: Speech Contest Sophomore - Addison Bina - 5th place Junior - Jimena Sanchez Gomez - 4th place Entomology - 1st team overall!! 🏆 Karsen Kroupa - 4th place Leah Brunner - 13th place individual tie Addison Bina - 13th place individual tie Hayley Whiteley - 17th place Allie Stuchlik Kathrine Whitson Lily Hauck Ellis Smith Ryleigh Jones Daniel Moenning Robert Spohn Floriculture: Emilee Remmers - 8th place Leah Brunner Allie Stuchlik Ellis Smith Addison Bina Jenaya Plett Mariah Brasch Food Science - 3rd place as a team! 🥉 Isabel Rziha - 1st place!! Allie Stuchlik Kathrine Whitson Jenaya Plett Mariah Brasch Jimena Sanchez Gomez Robert Spohn Nursery Landscape - 3rd as a team! 🥉 Karsen Kroupa - 1st place!! Emilee Remmers - 10th place Isabel Rziha Vet Science: Lily Hauck Ryleigh Jones Leah Brunner Mariah Brasch Kathrine Whitson Livestock Judging: Sam Foster Kaden Hutchinson Blaise Kitzmiller

Leah Brunner swims to a 3rd place finish in the breaststroke, competing against swimmers from Bishop Carroll, Andover, Buhler, El Dorado, and Rose Hill in the first swim meet of the season at the Marion Invitational Swim Meet Thursday, March 21st.

Easter Activities at the Herington Library!

P-5 Parents, Centre will be hosting a school safety day this coming Friday for our students in grades P-5. This will be a day-long event that will feature numerous sessions on such areas as fire safety, railroad safety, farm safety, how and when to call 911, and several other subjects. Atmos Energy is cooking hot dogs for the students for lunch and knowing it is Lent, I want to make sure that is okay with our parents who practice fasting during lent if they go ahead with the hot dog for lunch. Please let me know if you DO NOT want your child to eat the hot dog and we will have a non-meat option for them. You can email me at lgeist@usd397.com and let me know. Thank you.

Class and individual spring pictures are next Tuesday, March 26th. We will begin taking photos at 8:20 AM. Picture order forms were sent home with students before spring break, one for individual photos and one for class photos. Complete order forms and payment must be turned in to your student's teacher on picture day. If you did not see an order form, please check with your student, as they were handed out. Please make sure that you have your backgrounds picked on the form or you will get the standard blue background.

Today is the final day to order from our Spring Store! https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/uvyL7fHrdS

Beginning today, March 18th, Cougar Cubs Daycare's new operating hours will be from 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM to help accommodate any parents working out of town and having a hard time picking their children up at 5. Please pass the word to anyone you may think is interested in the new hours of operation. If you have any questions, please contact Janine Foth at 785-983-4333.

There is a menu change for lunch on Tuesday, March 19th. The menu will now be hamburger on a bun, chips, baked beans, and a fruit.

Special Board Meeting, March 19,. 2024

Congratulations Olivia and Nick on Wheat State League honors!

Outstanding performance tonight by the 6-12 music department at Centre. The audience was treated to a wide variety or music that included solos, small ensembles, and choir and band performances. Centre is blessed to have an outstanding music teacher in Amy Harmes who is a dedicated and very talented music educator. Music educators are becoming harder and harder to find and if you don't think music education, or for that matter any of the arts aren't important, listen to the retirement speech by all pro football player and future Hall of Fame member Jason Kelcey who thanked one teacher in his speech, his band teacher! Yes, I may be biased as a former music teacher, but go for a week without listening to the radio or watching TV. Support the Arts, they impact every other subject in school.