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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 27, 2017
- An educator who teaches history through music will give a presentation at this month’s Tonganoxie Community Historcial Society meeting.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 24, 2017
- Genesis Christian Academy students celebrated math and satisfied some sweet teeth all in one day.
GCA students participated in Pi Day on March 14 by making the Pi mathematical symbol. The entire school came together to create the symbol in the school gymnasium.
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March 24, 2017
- Tonganoxie Elementary School recently announced its fourth- and fifth-grade honor rolls for the third quarter. Here are those lists:
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 23, 2017
- Meetings scheduled for the coming weeks could help decide Tonganoxie’s future league membership.
Kaw Valley League superintendents and athletics directors are set to meet Wednesday, March 29, to “discuss where each school stands,” THS athletics director Brian Engelken told the school board at its March meeting.
He said THS and other schools would then visit with Frontier League officials to discuss a possible fit in that league.
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March 22, 2017
- A local band with a unique name loves music. Members hope their sound makes others happy, too.
SnakeDog, a band of Tonganoxie High students Adrian Cullen, Sammy Sigourney, Grayson Gilbert and Gage Smith, will have its major public debut later this week with a 6:30 p.m. spring break show Friday at VFW Park.
The band formed last May and has played for friends and family at various venues, but Friday marks the band’s first truly public performance.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 22, 2017
- Tonganoxie public school Supt. Chris Kleidosty pled not guilty Wednesday in Linn County Court to charges of failure to report abuse while at a previous school district.
Kleidosty also will be allowed to attend Tonganoxie school events in which his three children are participating, but otherwise cannot be at accredited Kansas schools while court proceedings continue, Judge Valorie LeBlanc ruled.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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06:17 a.m., March 22, 2017 Updated 06:17 a.m.
- A 5K run/walk created in memory of a longtime Leavenworth County educator is coming this spring.
The Tonganoxie High School cross country program is hosting the Miles for Marilyn School 2 School Memorial 5K in honor of Marilyn Weller, who recently died after a battle with cancer.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 17, 2017
- A 35-year-old Kansas high school league could be seeing its final years.
Tonganoxie High School athletics director Brian Engelken spoke at Monday’s School Board meeting about the future of the Kaw Valley League, a conference THS has been in since the KVL’s modern formation in 1982.
Current member Bishop Ward will head to the Crossroads League starting with the 2018-19 school year, reducing the league to six teams — Basehor-Linwood, Bonner Springs, Lansing, Piper, Turner and Tonganoxie.
Engelken said Lansing wants to create a new league that would contain all or some combination of THS, BLHS, Bonner Springs, Blue Valley Southwest, De Soto, Leavenworth, Ottawa, Piper, Spring Hill, Turner and Topeka schools Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 15, 2017
- Tonganoxie USD 464 is moving forward with track improvements at Beatty Field.
The board approved a contract with Fisher Tracks for nearly $178,000 to upgrade the district’s track and runways just west of the stadium. The Boone, Iowa, company will begin work in May to revamp the track, including converting it to a 400-meter track. It was determined that the track previously wasn’t quite at 400 meters. In addition to the track work, the runway for jumping events and pole vault will be upgraded.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 8, 2017
- A Tonganoxie USD 464 administrator will appear in court later this month for suspicion of failure to report abuse.
Superintendent Chris Kleidosty is set for a first appearance at 9 a.m. March 22 in Linn County Court in Mound City.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 3, 2017
- Tonganoxie High has another regional medal to its credit for Science Olympiad.
This year’s team placed third at its regional this past Saturday at Johnson County Community College. There were 20 teams that competed, with the top six in each event medaling.
Here’s a list of THS teams and their placings:
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March 2, 2017
- Threatening notes were discovered on consecutive days at Tonganoxie Middle School and then Tonganoxie Elementary School last week.
Authorities still are investigating the TMS note, but the issue has been resolved at TES, according to interim Superintendent Tonya Phillips.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 1, 2017
- Kathy’s Kottage offers visitors the chance to buy or create crafts and gifts, but the Tonganoxie business also has an international feel.
Kathy Link, who taught second grade at Genesis Christian Academy for nine years, retired from the school in June 2016.
A longtime craft enthusiast, Link wanted to share her craft love with the community.
This past October, Kathy’s Kottage opened at 120 Hatchell Road nestled near her home.
Link’s husband, Bob, built the cozy building.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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March 1, 2017
- As Tonganoxie’s top administrator awaits his time in court for allegedly failing to report abuse at his previous school, a Tonganoxie School Board member explains the district’s timeline with hiring the administrator.
The Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kleidosty on Tuesday on a warrant out of Linn County where he previously was superintendent at Prairie View USD 362.
