
Centre USD #397 has an opening for a daycare director beginning in August. If you are interested, please contact Larr Geist at lgeist@usd397.com or call the central office at 785-983-4304. USD 397 is an EOE.

Special Meeting May 23, 2023


UPDATE ON STATE DIVING: Olivia is currently in 6th place and will dive again Saturday at 4:30 with her best three dives left to perform. Keep up the good work Olivia and good luck Saturday!

Congratulations to Centre's Anthony Potocnik for placing 18th at the regional golf tournament held in Centralia last week and qualifying for State Golf being held May 22-23 at the Emporia Country Club. Good Luck next week at State Anthony!

Good luck to Centre's Olivia Carlson as she heads to the State Diving Championship today and Saturday in Topeka. Olivia is ranked among the top ten divers in classes 1-5 in the State of Kansas.


The last day of school for Centre USD 397 will be Tuesday, May 23rd. Students will be released at 12:30 and buses will run at that time. Thank you.

I need everyone to go to their closet and get your Centre T-Shirt out and lay it on the bed so you don't forget to wear it tomorrow for our faculty and staff picture at 3:30 in the gym so we can include the bus drivers. Bring your classes along and they can sit in the opposite stands in the gym. Jeans will be fine for the rest of the year if you would like! Let's finish strong!!

Special Board Meeting, May 18, 2023


Good evening. This is just a reminder that Centre Elementary will be having field day tomorrow, Friday, May 12th. Record Breaking activity will begin at 12:30 for 4th & 5th-grade students with P-3 beginning field day at 1:00. All activities will take place on the North side of the building on the track and football field. We will let you know if we get rain tonight if we need to postpone.

Happy School Nurses Day Gayle Whiteley. We couldn't do it without you!

Centre Parents, we are sending the buses on the routes at this time and sending students home. Also, the FFA banquet scheduled for this evening has been postponed until tomorrow night at 6:30. Once again, FFA banquet will be Wednesday, May 10th, at 6:30.

At the present time, we are still holding students at the school until we feel the weather is safe for the bus routes. If you would like to come get your student that is fine or if you want your high school students to drive home, please call the school at 785-983-4321. I will send another message when we release the buses. Thank you.

We are holding all students at the school until the storm passes. I will let you know when we feel it is safe for the buses to leave.

Due to threatening weather conditions expected during our regular bus route times, we will release all students at 3:00 this afternoon in order to get students home before the storm hits. Please contact the school as soon as possible at 785-983-4321 if this will cause a problem. Thank you Please be safe tonight.

The junior high track meet in Solomon has been postponed until Thursday. We are monitoring the weather and seeing when it is safe for them to leave. Watch for further updates.

Centre Junior High Parents,
The league track meet in Solomon is in a weather delay at this time. All students are accounted for and are safe inside the building. I will keep you updated as I hear more. Again, all students are safe and inside the building in Solomon.

Here are the events for this week! Good luck to our athletes competing at League Events.



16 NHS and FFA students adorned gloves and rakes for community service lawn work. Great job students and sponsors!


Our PTO at Centre is the BEST! They had events scheduled for everyone all week and it culminated in a drawing for some awesome prizes Friday. We can't begin to express how much we appreciate all this group does for our school. Thank you again for all you do! Here are the winners from the drawing:
Tossed n Sauce (coming Monday) - Shelby Srajer
The Spot (coming Monday) - Candace Tajchman
Al's - Dawson Raymer
Al's - Gail Lorson
Taco Truck - Megan Wheeler
Taco Truck - Wayne Rziha
Carlson's Grocery - Kelly Steiner
Gambino's - Amy Pagenkopf

Today we celebrate our outstanding food service workers at Centre. Thank you, Mindy, Samantha, and Madison!
