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July 6, 2017
- A school physical night will be offered this summer.
The event will be 6-7 p.m. July 18 on the Tonganoxie High School east campus. It’s open to all middle school and high school students. Cost is $25, with half of that being donated back to the THS athletic training budget. Physicals will be provided by physicians affiliated with Family Medicine of Tonganoxie and Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The Connor Olson Leadership Fund also will provide some financial assistance to qualifying Tonganoxie families to offset the cost of these physicals.
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July 6, 2017
- Elizabeth Higbee, from Tonganoxie, has made the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester.
To make the list, students must attain a grade-point average of 3.4 or above in a single semester.
“Making the dean’s list is a tremendous honor for our students,” said Susan Elrod, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “It is a recognition for their hard work and commitment to success. We are proud of all of the students on the list and hope to see their names there again!”
The Registrar’s Office reports 3,148 students were selected for the Dean’s List for the spring semester. About 12,000 students are currently enrolled at UW-Whitewater.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 3, 2017
- The league merry-go-round continues in this part of the state.
The 2017-18 school year will be the final year of the Kaw Valley League, which dates back 30 years.
Tonganoxie, Basehor-Linwood, Bishop Ward, Bonner Springs, Lansing, Piper and Turner will compete in the league for a final time together starting in August.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 3, 2017
- Tonganoxie school district Superintendent Chris Kleidosty will be in court again next week, but he remains on administrative leave with pay.
The judge approved bond modifications at Kleidosty’s last appearance to allow him to go back to work on the USD 464 campus with restrictions. The bond agreement previously prohibited him from being on Kansas accredited campuses and he could only attend school functions in which his children were involved.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 28, 2017
- Classifications will be shifting for Kansas high school sports starting with the 2018-19 school year.
Kansas High School Activities Association schools recently voted whether to adopt reclassifications for football and all other sports.
The two proposals passed with the required number of votes, 145 for football and 177 for the other sports.
For football, 6A and 5A will stay with 32 teams, while 4A no longer will have divisions. That class also will go to 32 teams.
The 3A members will be the next 48 largest schools, the same number of teams that will be in 2A.
Previously, football had a Class 2-1A level, but moving forward 1A will have its own 11-man level. All remaining 11-man teams will compete in 1A.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 28, 2017
- A Tonganoxie teacher has won a state award.
Kathy Harrell, a teacher at Tonganoxie Middle School, has been named the 2017 Kansas History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 American history education.
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June 22, 2017
- Matt Beat has written a song about every former U.S. president.
In 2016, he unsuccessfully started a petition at whitehouse.gov to interview President Barack Obama for his song.
Though his “signatures” fell well short of the required 100,000 mark, Beat’s latest YouTube video may well be on its way to that level in social media views.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 14, 2017
- Tonganoxie USD 464 hopes to have a full staff when the 2017-18 school year begins in August.
Interim Superintendent Tonya Phillips said the district continues to receive resignations. She said at Monday’s regular school board meeting that the district has filled or is trying to fill 37 positions that have been open.
She said that is unusually large group of new staff.
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June 7, 2017
- A school physical night will be offered this summer.
The event will be 6-7 p.m. July 18 on the Tonganoxie High School east campus. It’s open to all middle school and high school students.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 7, 2017
- Allison Williams and Sierra Staatz, both seniors-to-be at Tonganoxie High School, will tour the nation’s capitol with 38 other students from Kansas and Hawaii for KEC’s 57th Annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, June 8-15 in Washington, D.C.
FreeState Electric Cooperative selected Williams and Staatz from a group of high school students.
To win this trip, students were asked to compose an essay about cooperative engagement, as well as go through a personal interview.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 7, 2017
- Incumbents will join seven challengers also vying for their seats in a Tonganoxie City Council election that will require a primary.
The 10-person field will have a run-off Aug. 1 for the at-large seats.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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May 23, 2017
- The Tonganoxie school district superintendent can return to work under certain court stipulations as his court proceedings continue, a Linn County District Court judge determined Tuesday.
Judge Terri L. Johnson granted a bond modification request from Alan Fogleman for his client, Tonganoxie Supt. Chris Kleidosty.
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May 10, 2017
- Tonganoxie High brought home a second-place trophy Saturday from the Class 4A State Speech and Drama Championships at Washburn Rural in Topeka.
THS had seven students place at state, which helped the team to 294 points.
That was just nine points behind state champion and Kaw Valley League foe Piper.
Matt Scharff won an individual title in the humorous solo.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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09:46 a.m., May 10, 2017 Updated 05:08 p.m.
- Tonganoxie school board members approved refinancing of bonds that will save the district on average about $126,000 annually over the next decade, though those larger savings won’t start for a couple years.
