Tonganoxie High School’s debate program is no stranger to the state tournament. Year in and year out, longtime THS coach Steve Harrell usually is taking two-speaker or four-speaker teams or both to the state tourney. This year, the four-speaker team nabbed the final spot in its regional, ...
A Tonganoxie High School graduate has been named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List at Baylor University. THS graduate Graham Foley was named to the list at the Waco, Texas, university this past fall. To be named to the list, a student must carry at least a 3.7 grade-point average while ...
Graceland University has announced the fall 2024 graduation list. Graduates have been recognized for earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from Graceland University between the summer term of 2024 and Dec. 14, 2024. Elizabeth Burden,Leavenworth, majoring in family nurse practitioner, ...
The Tonganoxie Success Center had 10 students complete the academic program during the fall semester. That positions them to earn their diplomas. The center also ended the semester with nine active students. In total, those 19 students completed 147 classes for 73.5 credits. Phillips shared ...
Tonganoxie High will compete in the Class 4A state debate championships Friday and Saturday in Winfield. THS will have teams in both 2-speaker and 4-speaker state debate. The team advanced to state Dec. 21 after taking fourth place at the McPherson regional. THS went 3-5 at the regional. ...
Superintendent Loren Feldkamp commended the district’s maintenance crew for its hours of work in removing snow from the parking lots and sidewalks. “This was a huge endeavor on our maintenance crew’s part,” Feldkamp said in his monthly report. “There is no perfect way to remove snow ...
The Calendar Committee had meetings Oct. 29 and Nov. 13 and has developed four 2025-26 draft calendars for staff to review. According to Phillips, a survey was sent to all staff on Dec. 2. The survey asked staff to rank their most preferred calendar drafts. The committee will review the ...
The Tonganoxie school board will be reevaluating its rental policy following denial of a request for temporary usage by a local church at the district’s administrative center. Rev. Matthew Wilke, pastor at Tonganoxie United Methodist Church, spoke to the school board during public ...
Administrative team retreat is Friday Feldkamp said he scheduled an administrative team retreat for Friday. He said he has been trying to schedule a good time to meet since November for a session outside of school time.
Central Methodist University celebrated its winter 2024 commencement on Dec. 7 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette (Mo.) campus. Former board of trustees member James Kimbell gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the ...
