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Congratulations to our April students of "Hope" Believing something good can come out of something bad! Jaxon- Prek4 Reece- Kindergarten Lilliana- 1st Grade The 2nd Grade Class

Reminder to all 8th through 11th grade families: enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year is tomorrow, Thursday, April 28 from 1:00-8:00pm. Your student and/or your student’s advisory teacher should have shared more details. We look forward to seeing tomorrow in the Commons.

Hello parents! Has your child experienced the death of a loved one? If so, you may be interested in this FREE resource and event! Hospice and Homecare of Reno County and the Kansas Cosmosphere have partnered together to offer a "Space to Grieve" Kids Kamp. The day will be filled with a combination of activities for children and youth ages 6-17 to process their grief with peers and trained facilitators, along with various fun activities provided by the Cosmosphere. Parents can drop their children off at 9:00am to engage in activities until 1:00pm. Parents are then asked to return to the Cosmosphere for a family activity until 1:30pm, followed by the chance to view a documentary film and self-guided tours of the Space Museum from 2:00-3:00pm. The whole day is FREE to families but space is limited! Registration closes on July 1st or when space is full. If you'd like to register, please call (620) 665-2473. Date: Saturday, July 16th Time: 9:00am-3:00pm Location: Cosmosphere (1100 N Plum St, Hutch, KS)

HS track travels to Hoisington today. Meet starts at 3:00pm. HS softball and baseball also travels to Hoisington with a start time of 4:00pm.

Live entertainment in Stafford this weekend. Stafford High School students will be presenting "Employees Must Wash Hands...Before Murder". The play will be this evening at 7:00 and Sunday at 3:00. For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/271762791838048/271762795171381?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

Hey parents! We have noticed a lot of students talking about different apps, games, and videos that are not school appropriate. We know how difficult it can be to keep up with all of our kids' technology use in this day and age. As such, we wanted to take a moment to share some resources and information on this subject. Take a look at the links below! General online safety tips: https://sectigostore.com/blog/internet-safety-for-kids-resources-tools-for-parents/ Guided how to's on setting up parental controls for your child's internet use and devices: https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/ Online safety guides by age: https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/ Parents' guide to age appropriate apps: https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/apps-guide/ Host of other resources, including advice on screen time, cyberbullying, gaming, and social media use: https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/esafety-leaflets-resources/

HS track competes at St. John today at 4:00.

Activities of the day: HS Golf @ Kinsley - 3:00 HS Track @ St. John - 4:00 HS Baseball @ Ellinwood vs. TMP - 4:00

Stafford hosts the Stafford Middle School track meet today. The meet starts at 2:00. Baseball and softball play at Ellinwood today with a start time of 4:00.

Get your cookbook while supplies last! Graphic by Axel Ortiz

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