NO ACTIVITY ROUTE Monday, May 15th!!! Unfortunately we will not be able to run an after school activity route coming Monday, because of a driver shortage. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Free Sports Physicals have been postponed to a later date! STAY TUNED! We will get the new date out to you soon. Sorry for any inconvenience.
LOCATION CHANGE! The High School FHL Track Meet will be in COUNCIL GROVE on Friday, May 12th.
Calendar change
Thursday May 11. NHHS Art awards night and NHS induction 6 pm, awards night following
Wednesday May 17. NHHS/NLC band/vocal and forensics performance 6 pm. Baccalaureate following at 7 pm
Due to the grand opening of the Americus ball fields and vintage baseball game, the Honor Flight fundraiser at Harry & Lloyds has now turned into a postgame pulled pork dinner! We will be selling raffle tickets for Rolling Hills and Harry & Lloyds gift certificates in Americus at the vintage game as well as at Harry & Lloyds. NHHS Honor Flight would like to thank Rolling Hills and Harry & Lloyds for their continuous support of Honor Flight, and especially Mike Phillips for facilitating our meal!
USD 251 received a $300,000 federal grant to replace windows on both campuses. The NHHS office and gym windows have been installed. The NLC office windows have been installed. The NLC music room and science room will be completed by the end of May.
Regional Baseball & Softball brackets have been posted. The game times are suggested and will start based on the completion of the previous games.
Baseball will play Mon. 5/15 vs. SLC in Lyndon @ 4:30 PM
Softball will play Tues. 5/16 vs. MV in Alma @ 6:30 PM
Northern Heights High School students enjoyed a cook out today. Mr. Watkins and Mr. French grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for all students and staff.
USD 251 was awarded a Kansas Preschool Pilot grant yesterday by the Kansas State Board of Education in the amount of $89,750 for the 2023-2024 school year. This will be official after the Governor has signed a budget appropriating funds.
Thank you Ashley and Natasha for all you do!
USD 251 now also maintains a Twitter page. https://twitter.com/usd251?s=21&t=QJk7R_za9D3GwB9OKPqiOA
USD 251 Teachers! Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and passion for teaching the students of North Lyon County!
FBLA will start selling tickets on Monday 5/8 for 50 lbs. of beef.
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Northern Heights softball game @ Lyndon has been moved to Monday, May 8th. The baseball team will still play as scheduled on Friday. Both games will begin at 4:00 PM
NEW Student Athlete Physical Form!!!!!! Follow the link... https://www.usd251.org/documents/enrollment-forms/150704
The May Newsletter is posted to our Website at https://www.usd251.org/page/monthly-newsletter. Enjoy some exciting news about our district!
Muffins with Mom this Friday!
Dr. Cottenmyre's zoonomics class visited Manhattan Sunset Zoo last Saturday to do research on zoo construction. They have been designing their own zoo based on different zoo models.
Come join the fun at the NLC Elementary School CARNIVAL tonight from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.! There will be lots of Carnival Games, yummy Walking Tacos, and a Silent Auction.
WEBSITE CHANGES!
In order to accomodate a newly created page for the "Strategic Planning Committee" we had to move a couple of things on our webiste. The "Monthly Newsletter" is now nested under the "District" tab, the "Paperless Board Meetings" link can now be found under the "Board of Education" tab.