
Reminder: There is no school Wednesday November 23 through Friday November 25. Have a Happy Thanksgiving from USD 493!


Congratulations to the Park and Highland November Students of the Month!




We are excited to host the Sectional football game this Friday at 7PM. The Titans will be playing Topeka Hayden.
This is a KSHSAA event so passes can not be accepted. Student price is $6.00 and adult price is $8.00.
Good luck to our Titans!

Girls Jr. High basketball games tomorrow 11/3 will start at 3:30 instead of 4:30. The order of games will be Combined B, 7A, 8A.
Jr. High wrestling will not be going to Jayhawk Linn tomorrow 11/3, instead they will be going to Parsons on 11/22.

The 3A Regional Football Championship Game with Columbus @ Galena has been rescheduled to Thursday, November 3rd @ 7:00pm.

Congratulations to our October Students of the Month for Park and Highland!




USD 493 Winter Concert Schedule


Congratulations to Central’s October nominees for Student of the Month! They have demonstrated what it means to be a Titan this month and have gone above and beyond!
4th grade: Kip Noel
5th grade: Blaze Bowman
6th grade: Korbin Caton


Parent-Teacher Sign-Up for Mr. Spear's Home Room:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DAEAA2CA4F8C43-mrspear

Tomorrow is a busy day for high school and junior high students. Freshman and sophomores will take the PreACT and juniors will take the WorkKeys test in the morning while seniors will travel for campus tours of PSU and LCC. In the afternoon, we will have a career day. Several community members will present their careers to our high school and junior high students.
Please help us in reminding your students to be here early, eat a good breakfast and get a good night's rest to be ready for tomorrow!

Sixth graders at Central tested the strength of their bridges that they built in STEAM class. The strongest bridge held 20 Science textbooks!! I may see some future Civil Engineers!!





Today at Central, our local law enforcement stopped by to help serve school lunch for National School Lunch Week! Thank you officers! Our kids enjoyed seeing you!


Today at Central, we celebrated National School Lunch week with a groovy 70s theme! The kids had a blast with a dance party! Thank you to Amber, Shirley, and Robin to always doing their best for our kids! We appreciate you!





2 new resources are available for students and caregivers for supporting mental health and suicide prevention. 988 is a mental health and suicide prevention crisis line available to everyone. Additionally, “Kansas—A friend AsKs”, is a new app available to all. It is a new tool providing resources for preventing youth suicide. It is now available in both the Apple app store and the Google Play store and is free to download.


Loki Martin is our August & September Lifter of the Month! He's an 8th grader at Columbus Junior / Senior High School and is being recognized for his hard work and continued improvement.


Today, Juniors and Seniors had the privilege of listening to Chief Justice Marla Luckert of the Kansas Supreme Court and Justice Fleming of the 11th Circuit Court.


Congratulations to Central’s September Student of the Month Winners! These students demonstrate what it means to be a Titan!
4th grade: Kayelynn Adoremos
5th grade: Gentry Holt
6th grade: Tatum Clark


The golf team played at CountrySide Golf Course yesterday. Varsity and JV competed. The varsity placed 2nd as a team. Mallory Thompson took 1st place and Kenlyn Christiansen took 4th individually. For JV, Emily Buffington placed 1st and Suzan Crowe placed 4th. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Park and Highland Students of the Month for September!!!




The Lady Titan Golf Team traveled to Chanute yesterday to play an 18 hole tournament against the SEK. Reese Grundy placed second overall and Mallory Thompson placed 3rd overall. Good job, ladies!