Winter break has started for many schools in the area. Tonganoxie public schools, Genesis Schools and McLouth schools all have started winter break. Those schools finished up the 2023 portion of the academic schedule Friday. Basehor-Linwood schools will begin break on Thursday. Students ...
McLouth will have three elementary school students performing in the All-State Elementary Honor Choir. This marks the first time ever that MES is sending three students to the honor choir. Caitlyn Pound, Cameron Medina and Zeddie Walker are the three students selected to perform in the choir ...
Tonganoxie High School and Tonganoxie Middle School band members recently were selected to the Northeast District Honor Bands. Honor band students rehearsed and performed in the District Honor Band Concerts on Dec. 2 at Seaman High School in Topeka. Aiden Van Middlesworth, a three-year ...
A Tonganoxie High School alum has been named honorable mention to the fall 2023 honor roll at McPherson College. Dustin Rhoads has been named to the list at McPherson, a four-year private college in central Kansas. Students must be enrolled full-time and earn a grade-point average of 3.55 ...
Tonganoxie USD 464 school board members will meet later next week for their regular December meeting. The board normally meets the second Monday of the month, but this month’s meeting has been changed to three days later on Dec. 14. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and will take place at the ...
A Tonganoxie High School alum spoke to American Government classes at Tonganoxie middle and high schools. Douglas County Judge Carl Folsom III spoke to TMS teacher Debbie Holloway’s class and THS teacher Mike McClellan’s class. Folsom gave a presentation to and answered questions from ...
Six close contacts of an Olathe Northwest student have tested positive for tuberculosis so far, according to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment. The department, alongside the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, began testing after a student tested positive for ...
Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce Billy Smith of Fort Leavenworth graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management in July. About Upper Iowa University Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, nonprofit university providing undergraduate and graduate ...
Tonganoxie USD 464 and Basehor-Linwood USD 458 are offering free early childhood developmental screening for youths ages 3-5 residing the two school districts. Areas of development are vision, hearing, motor, self-help, cognitive, personal/social and communication. The screenings will be at ...
Amber Lynn Rea, Tonganoxie, was among 583 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during a combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Saturday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Rea earned a Master of Arts from the Office of Graduate Studies. Graduates are ...
