Stafford USD 349

Today, two of our #ZeroReasonsWhy members, Sam Lowther and Jacob Johnson, went around town to put up some yard signs to help raise awareness and reduce stigma of mental health and suicide prevention efforts. You might see them near the highway curve, in the main street planters, or even near the rest stop. If you do, pay special attention to the messages our student group wants you to receive. One of my personal favorites goes along with this month's school focus: HOPE. "There are #ZeroReasonsWhy you can't have hope!"

HS Golf is at the Stafford Golf Course - 11:00 HS Track is at South Barber - 3:00 MS Track is at St. John - 3:30

Our Prek3 class is super excited that our Tower Garden has arrived and is ready to start growing some produce! Thanks to South Central Community Foundation for funding this project.

Get ready to "ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET" for our juniors and seniors along with their dates. Promenade is at 7:30pm Saturday, April 9 in the Stafford High School Commons.

Lots of events going on today. HS Golf @ Herington MS Track @ South Barber HS Track @ Pretty Prairie

Congratulations to senior Angel Dominguez on signing his letter of intent to play football at Dodge City Community College! #TrojanNation

KDHE has a family survey about how the COVID-19 testing program went in our district. If you made use of testing (even just once), please consider filling out the survey. The link is https://kdheks.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25YgY8EcgEz12wS

If your student ordered a tux for prom through the Tiffany at the school, she will be delivering tuxes to the school tomorrow. Please be sure to bring your payment with you.

Congratulations to our March students of "Cooperation" Working together to do more than you can do alone! David- Prek4 Kayla- Kindergarten Erica- 1st Grade Wesley- 2nd Grade

Congratulations to our March students of "Cooperation" Working together to do more than you can do alone! Madison- 3rd Grade Wyatt- 4th Grade Wylie- 5th Grade Congratulations to our March students of "Sportsmanship & Leadership" Showing positive character in action at our school! Nathan- 5th Grade Riley- 3rd Grade Jacob- Prek4 Paige- 5th Grade

Our 8th and 10th grade students participated in Reality U this morning. This program gives students a taste of real life budgeting and finances at age 26. Thank you to AG 360 and SJN Bank for allowing us to take part. Families - there are a lot of great talking points to ask your student about. To learn more about Reality U, visit https://thepandoinitiative.org/programs/reality-u

Macarons round 2 - senior students prepared macaron shells today - Key Lime, Cookies and Cream, and Lemon. Tomorrow they will prepare the filling and assemble the final product.

More Tie Dye Mini Cakes

Baking and Pastries students prepared Tie Dye Mini Cakes this week. Swiss Meringue Buttercream was featured for the multi-colored finish on these cakes. Students used powdered food coloring to achieve the colors used in the batter and the final design.

The 3 year old preschool classroom ventured out to the Ritz Theatre in downtown Stafford today to watch "Clifford the Big Red Dog." Thank you to the City of Stafford and the Ritz staff for accommodating us!

ProStart Kansas Culinary Winners

Last night FFA members assisted over 45 families in making their own pizza while learning about how there is Agriculture in every slice of pizza and that pizza is grown in Kansas! Thank you to the Stars after school program and the Stafford Co. Farm Bureau Assn. for planning the Make & Take Pizza night. Thank you to the SHS Culinary program for making all of the pizza dough.

Elementary Parents! Please, help us by taking our parent survey. We would love to have your feedback! https://forms.gle/3aavaJWNxQuXJ5Eb6

The last full day of the Book Fair is today! !! I will be open until 8 pm tonight for conferences. Come see our wide selection of books. We also have journals, posters, fun pens and pencils, and cookbooks! There's something for everyone! Every purchase you make benefits our school.

Reminder, students will be released at 12:20pm today, March 10th. NO STARS. Conferences are from 1-8pm. Tomorrow, March 11th, is a full day of school then SPRING BREAK from the 14th-18th.