Graduation Photos from Lifetouch can be ordered by texting 24351GRAD24 to 90738

Attention Senior Parents and others planning to attend graduation on May 18th at 6pm:

• Each graduate receives 6 tickets at graduation practice on Friday morning
• Guests with tickets can enter the gym starting at 5pm
• At 5:30pm all other guests can enter the ceremony
• Seniors have been with the same CCR (College and Career Readiness) teacher for all 4 years of high school. That teacher will hand the graduate their diploma.
• IMPORTANT information about the order of names read **Names will be by CCR class

1. Senior class co-presidents (who then read names of graduates)
2. Student Council Members
3. Mr. Allen's CCR Class
4. Mr. Basler's CCR Class
5. Ms. Bolin's CCR Class
6. Ms. Curatola's CCR Class
7. Ms. Gutierrez's CCR Class
8. Ms. Matthew's CCR Class
9. Ms. Oatney's CCR Class
10. Ms. Rasdall's CCR Class
11. Ms. Robinson's CCR Class
12. Mr. Usera's CCR Class

This weekend we brought 6 kids in 7 events to Omaha Nebraska to see some of the best performances the nation has to offer at the National Individual Events Tournament Of Champions!

• Melina Rodriguez in Dramatic interpretation
• Chris Achord in Extemporaneous Speaking
• Riley Shields and Hallie Sohn in Duo Interpretation
• Bayne Yoakam in Program of Oral Interpretation
• Patrick Wong in Dramatic Interpretation, Program of Oral Interpretation, and Informative Speech.

Patrick Wong brings home a trophy as a quarterfinalist in Program of Oral Interpretation!

Please congratulate all these kids on their hard work this season!

Our next event is the NCFL Grand National Tournament in Chicago!

The girls successfully defended their league title in dominant fashion with a 69 point win over the second place team, Seaman. Last year the margin of victory was 50. What makes this year more impressive is that we had a little adversity at the beginning of the meet with our relay being disqualified. The girls stayed focused to work their way back taking the lead for good after event 5.

Of note, 2 Lansing swimmers were selected as Swimmer(s) of the Year: Adrian Escalante (SR) and Makaila Hayes (SO).

Makaila was UKC champion in 200 Free. Both our 200 and 400 Free Relays were UKC champions.

The girls are having a great season winning every home invitational, winning 2 away invitationals, and easily winning UKC. The 3 Lansing relays are currently among the fastest 3 in the state. State is May 17th and 18th.

• Adrian Escalante (SR) – captain
• Caitlynn Kankelfitz (SR) – captain
• Brookelin Pierce (SR)
• Gwyn Biue (SR)
• Anny Yedlinksy (JR)
• Mary Archambault (SO)
• Lauren Foster (SO)
• Makaila Hayes (SO)
• Haven Kane (SO)
• Avila Verzola (SO)
• Kylee Walter (SO)
• Katelyn Johannes (FR)
• Hallie Sohn (FR)

The LV Lansing Drill Teams traveled to Daytona, Florida to compete in Drill Nationals, May 3rd Army Nationals and May 4th – 5th All Service Nationals. The teams include Lansing students Cadet Cristiana Scillieri, Cadet Gabrielle Ohwovoriole, and Cadet Gunnar Blome. Both Unarmed and Armed Teams did amazing!

The Cavalry Angels Drill Team are the 2024 - (All Services) National JROTC High School Drill Team National Champions Runner-Ups. They competed against over 120 of the top teams from across the Nation encompassing All Services (Army, USMC, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard).

The Calvary Angels also placed 3rd in the U.S. Army JROTC National Drill Championship competing against 88 Army Teams.

The Pioneer Guard Drill Team was just as amazing earning 2nd place as the 2024 U.S. Army JROTC Drill Championship Runner-ups. They also competed against the top 88 Army Teams from across the Nation.

Cadet Cristiana Scillieri, Cadet Gabrielle Ohwovoriole, and Cadet Gunnar Blome will be greatly missed as they graduate and move on to do great things with their ROTC Scholarships!

38 students are inducted into our chapter of National Honor Society this year. Congratulations to these students for their commitment to high academic standards, community service, and leadership!

Ryan Dennis and Jacob Dennis placed 4th playing doubles at Regional Tennis and qualified for state.

They will compete on May 10th and 11th at the state championships.

There is an easy way to see how your student(s) are doing in class. Parents can log into Canvas as an observer. Please follow the directions below to get started

• Observers must log in through the observer portal: usd469.instructure.com/login/canvas.
• The Canvas Parent app will not work (it uses the Discovery Page, which is the student/staff portal).
• Observers should log in to Canvas before following links emailed from Canvas. If they aren't already logged in, they'll see an error 403 (unauthorized user) page.

Senior apparel, senior family apparel, and other items are now available for ordering. This store will stay open all year. There are a lot of colors, artwork, and items to choose from. There are three options for shipping (USPS, Local, and school pick up). We will be at the school on Nov. 17th to distribute to those who want to pick that option from 4-6pm. We may offer that option again at a later date. If you want to choose that option, orders must be in by November 3. A portion of the sales will go to Op Grad. Please share this link and information with everyone who has a senior and senior family members.

https://lansinglions.company.site/

We do have a Facebook page for Op Grad. We would love any of you seniors to join the group so that you can stay informed! Here is the QR code to the 2024 Lansing Op Grad Facebook page.

Email: alan.penrose@usd469.net
Website: https://www.usd469.net
Location: Lansing High School, 147th Street, Lansing, KS, USA
Phone: (913) 727-3357
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LansingHighSchool
Twitter: @usd469