Superintendent's Ramblings

Lyons High School has four new certified students among its student body. Congratulations to Alex Mead, McKayla Brandt, Nathan Arenivas, and Jacob Keffer for passing the certification for 1G welding! Kudos to LHS welding instructor Tim Slupski as well.

Approximately two dozen LHS students and sponsors traveled to Spain during Spring Break where they stayed with as many host families while participating in school activities with their peers at the host school and touring historical and cultural sites! This week, the LHS students and their families are returning the favor by hosting students from Spain, who likewise, will be attending school and school activities and a couple of area field trips including the Cosmosphere and Rock City near Minneapolis, Kansas. Thank you to LHS Spanish teacher Señora Puig for making this fantastic opportunity a reality!

The students from Spain started their visit to Lyons by learning about the community and area by visiting with City Administrator Chad Buckley and Mayor Dustin Schultz.

Rich Jensen, from the National Be a Champion in Life Tour, visited with Lyons Middle School and Lyons High School students. He told his own story of making poor decisions and turning his life around and related it to our own students about the importance of making wise decisions and doing things the right way. Rich left autographed copies of his autobiography for our middle school and high school wrestlers and coaches. Learn more about the Be a Champion in Life Tour.

Congratulations to Lili Miranda, who was awarded the Best in Show for the LHS entries in the Rice County Art Show in Sterling for her gift bow pencil drawing! Congrats to the other LHS students receiving gold medals, including Keirah Davis (2) and Ainara Ramirez and those receiving silver medals including Alexa Bilbao (Guzman), Peyton Crawford, Kimberly Vargas, and Keirah Davis. Congrats also to LHS art teacher Leah Bowers.

Congrats to the Renegades Wrestlers from Lyons Middle School who qualified for and competed at the State Wrestling Tournament. Lyons students placing at State included: 3rd place in 14 & under girls 85# Macy Schubert, 3rd place in 14 & under boys 110# Jace Grizzle, and 6th place in 12 & under 140# Alexander Young. Congrats to all of the Renegades from around the area and thank you to the coaches. Follow the Renegades on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064348075279.

Congratulations to seniors Caitlyn Belote and Sam Schmidt and junior Taylor Campbell for being named by the Central Kansas League basketball coaches to the all-league team!

Congrats to the Lyons High School FFA Greenhand Floriculture team of Kennedy Grizzle, Cherish Galliart, Nancy Espinoza, & McKenna Martinez for placing 4th place this week at the Ark City contest. Other LHS FFA members did well and their results can be seen on the LHS FFA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LyonsAgEdFFA.

Congratulations to Central Elementary for earning a Challenge Award! The Challenge Awards were created to honor schools that performed well on the state assessments despite significant demographic challenges. Arrangements are being made for Kansas State Board of Education Representative Dennis Hershberger to make the presentation to Central Elementary in the near future.