Superintendent's Ramblings

Congratulations to IT Assistant, Susan Tobias for being the lucky winner of the final drawing for Gerry Brooks swag. Susan won a "Suriously" t-shirt!

Two Lyons High School wrestlers came home from the 3-2-1A State Championships with medals. Congratulations to Nate Dold who took 5th place in the 157 pound division and to AJ Almanza who finished in 6th place in the 113 pound division!

Congratulations also belong to the other four boys and three girls who qualified for the State tournament: Elijah Martinez, Isaac Fall, Easton Benavidez, Jace Grizzle, Alexa Guzman, Kyrsten Young, and Kennedy Grizzle.

It is time to nominate a teacher for the Ray & Evelyn Lippelman Outstanding Educator award. Prior winners from the past five years are not eligible and include: BJ Smith, Brian Friess, Trisha Stover, Teresa Konda, and Austin Gautier. To nominate a teacher, send a nomination letter to the district office, to the attention of Jessica Goforth or email her at jgoforth@usd405.com no later than March 7. A committee from Wichita State University evaluates the applicants and makes the selection.

The Lyons Middle School boys wrestling team defended their league title when they hosted the Central Kansas League tournament on February 29th, and the LMS girls wrestlers received Runner-Up honors! Five boys and three girls also won individual league championships in their divisions! Combined with the high school wrestling successes with many returners on both the girls' and boys' squads, the Renegade Wrestling program, and the current middle school program, the wrestling programs will continue to be strong for the foreseeable future.

On Thursday, March 7, the Lyons High School FFA chapter will sponsor another meal packaging event. This time, they will partner with the Central Elementary School Fourth Grade and the Lyons Rotary Club to package 10,000 meals that will be used to support local families.

Spring Break 2024 will start a couple of hours early for students with a school dismissal time of 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Mary 8. Because school is dismissing early, it will also start early on the 8th. School will begin at 8:00 instead of the normal Friday late start.

Spring Break 2024 will be the week of March 11-15. With the early dismissal on March 8, students will have 9-1/2 days off for spring break. School will resume on Monday, March 18. Staff and students use this week off to rest up and gear up for a busy final two months of school, full of activities, assessments, and sports.